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  • Lithuania Officially Confirms Winner of First Offshore Wind Tender

    12 October 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The Lithuanian National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has confirmed the joint venture between Ocean Winds and Ignitis Renewables as the winner of Lithuania’s first offshore wind tender after the partnership was selected in the auction in July and declared the provisional winner. Ignitis Group, the parent company of Ignitis Renewables, says that the two companies […]

  • JBA Backs Rampion Construction with ForeCoast Software

    29 November 2016
    Technology

    JBA Consulting’s metocean planning and forecasting software, ForeCoast® Marine, has been employed during the first phase of offshore construction of the Rampion offshore wind farm, which ended earlier this month. Following an initial foundation construction campaign between January and March 2016, which was heavily affected by adverse weather early on, and a planned suspension of works due […]

  • Irish Vessel Operator Orders Second Incat Crowther CTV

    24 March 2021
    Vessels

    Farra Marine has ordered a second Incat Crowther crew transfer vessel (CTV) from Penguin Shipyard. The Irish vessel operator ordered its first vessel from the Windflex-27 series last year, with the CTV already nearing completion and set to become the first catamaran wind farm service vessel operating under the Irish flag. The second vessel is scheduled […]

  • Taiwan Gets First Locally-Assembled Offshore Wind Pin Piles

    14 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Century Iron & Steel Industrial has completed the first pin pile assembly for the offshore wind sector in Taiwan. A ceremony to mark the completion of the first pin pile assembly was held on 12 October at the Port of Taipei. According to Lai Wen-hsiang, Chairman of Century Iron & Steel Industrial, the company invested NT$6 billion […]

  • DONG Tables Hornsea Project One Offshore Construction Schedule

    24 August 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is currently undertaking the necessary preparations to begin offshore works on the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm which are scheduled to start in September.

  • RWE Renewables Plans 2GW-3GW Annual Capacity Boost

    14 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    German energy company RWE plans to add between 2GW and 3GW of capacity annually to its renewable energy portfolio in three core markets: Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific. The portfolio will be managed by RWE Renewables and the technologies in focus will be onshore and offshore wind, as well as photovoltaics and storage. The capacity […]

  • Riffgat Project Wakes German-Dutch Disagreement

    10 July 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the Riffgat offshore wind farm has started in the North Sea and so did the disagreement between Germany and the Netherlands. Namely, the two countries cannot agree on which side of the border the offshore wind farm is, which puts the energy firm EWE in a difficult position. Riffgat offshore wind farm […]

  • Giant Jack-Up Voltaire Soon to Install First Turbines at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 August 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The campaign to install the first turbines at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm is underway, with Jan De Nul’s Voltaire jack-up vessel leaving the Able Seaton Port with the first batch of wind turbines and heading to the offshore construction site about 130 kilometres off the east coast of Yorkshire, the UK. […]

  • Boskalis Secures First Floating Wind Project

    2 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has won the contract to transport and install five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine floating wind farm in Scotland. For Cobra Wind International Ltd, Boskalis will transport and install the MHI Vestas 9.525 MW floating wind turbines at the site fifteen kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen. This will be Boskalis’ first floating […]

  • Photo of the Day: Pacific Orca Gearing Up for Rampion at Teesport

    15 June 2016
    Vessels

    Pacific Orca has arrived at PD Ports’ newly redeveloped £35 million quay at Teesport, where it will be berthed at Number One Quay for several weeks while being fitted with a pile gripper that has been constructed on site. The vessel, owned by Swire Blue Ocean, will then sail away to the Rampion offshore wind farm site to work […]

  • Vattenfall to Start Recruitment for New CEO (Sweden)

    29 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall’s CEO, Oystein Loseth has informed the Board of Directors that he does not want to negotiate an extension of his fixed-term contract, which is due to expire in March 2015. The Board of Directors has now begun the process of finding a successor. Vattenfall’s CEO Øystein Løseth: “I have informed the Board that I […]

  • Moray East Onshore Works Restart After Coronavirus Pause

    14 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Work has commenced on the onshore sites of the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland after a break due to the coronavirus crisis. At the end of March, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd announced the demobilization of work at the project’s onshore sites, including the new underground cable and substation in Aberdeenshire. Following the […]

  • Beatrice Foundation Piles Almost In Place

    6 November 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel Stanislav Yudin has installed 84 out of the 86 sets of piles for jacket foundations on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • Strategic Marine and BMT Nigel Gee Design Far Offshore StratCATs

    7 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Strategic Marine and BMT Nigel Gee will be displaying two new crew transfer vessel (CTV) designs at Seawork International in Southampton, United Kingdom.

  • SPSL Presents Its Expertise at Offshore Renewables Investment Event

    20 March 2014

    Lowestoft-based business Scour Prevention Systems Ltd (SPSL) was shortlisted as one of eight companies to present in Ultralight Startups Online Investor Challenge, where they presented their innovative Scour Prevention Mats to a panel of investors from around the world. Supported by the Shell Game Changer Programme, this high profile event featured eight early-stage energy and […]

  • UK: GIB Deals Blow to Wave and Tidal Energy

    27 June 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Green Investment Bank (GIB) has excluded wave and tidal energy from its plans and said it will focus on other projects, reports the BBC. Lord Smith of Kelvin, the new chairman of GIB, said the bank will invest GBP 3 billion budget in projects that will make a commercial return. He outlined five priority areas, […]

  • Damen to Deliver Two Vessels to SeaZip

    2 February 2015
    Vessels

    At the end of March, Harlingen-based SeaZip Offshore Service BV will bring two new service vessels into service for the support of wind farms at sea. The vessels,of Damen FCS 2610 type, called SeaZip 3 and SeaZip 4, are going to sail under the Dutch flag and were built by Damen Shipyards in Singapore. Both […]

  • ‘Sea Installer’ Calls into Port of Esbjerg, Denmark

    4 December 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    A2SEA’s newly build Sea Installer calls into the Port of Esbjerg around the 6 December. Around New Year the ship will be sailing with two 6MW Siemens test mills to be installed at Gunfleet Sands. Hereafter the Sea Installer will work at the Anholt project where A2SEA then will have four vessels working with installation. […]

  • New York’s Atlantic Ocean Study to Support Offshore Wind Energy (USA)

    11 July 2013
    Ports & Logistics, R&D

    The New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) yesterday released a comprehensive study on the physical, biological, wildlife and geographic characteristics of the Atlantic Ocean impacting New Yorkers. The results of the New York Offshore Atlantic Ocean Study will lay the groundwork for selecting offshore areas where wind development could be most suitable and appropriate […]

  • EWEA 2012 Kicks Off Today in Copenhagen, Denmark

    16 April 2012

    “This is the place to be for renewable energy and green growth”, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark, said in Copenhagen this morning at the opening of the European Wind Energy Association’s Annual Event. And with 25,000 jobs in the Danish wind sector, which provides 60 billion in Danish Kroner in exports per year, she’s […]

  • Bad Weather Hampers Japan’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    2 December 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    A spell of bad weather could postpone the commissioning of Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm – the 140 MW Akita Noshiro. All 33 Vestas V117-4.2 MW wind turbines, 20 at the Noshiro Port offshore wind farm and 13 at the Akita Port offshore wind farm, were installed before the end of September this year. […]

  • Hornsea One Suffers Technical Fault, Drops Production

    16 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK suffered a technical fault on 9 August due to grid problems. During the technical fault, the 1.2GW offshore wind farm significantly dropped its power production as it lost 800MW of electricity, around the same time as another generation source lost load, Ørsted said. “During a rare and […]

  • Beatrice Export Cable Works Set to Begin

    11 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first stage of works for the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s export cable is scheduled to start on 13 April at Portgordon, near Buckie, and will include installation of horizontal cable pipes, as well as underwater operations including diving, tunnelling and seabed preparation, according to the developer’s notice to mariners.

  • Nexans, Bureau Veritas Join Forces to Lower Export Cable Risks

    30 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Bureau Veritas (BV) and Nexans have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to onshore grids. With insurers’ studies confirming that high voltage power cables are among the most critical elements of offshore wind farms, the reliability […]

  • Port of Nigg Chosen for Seagreen OWF Foundation Installation

    10 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Global Energy Group’s (GEG) Port of Nigg has been selected as the marshalling, storage and logistics base for 114 wind turbine foundations for the 1,075 MW Seagreen offshore wind farm. GEG has been awarded a contract for the project by Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for Seagreen’s foundations and inter-array cables, on behalf of the […]

  • Dominion Energy and BizMDOSW to Talk Virginia’s Offshore Wind

    6 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dominion Energy and the U.S. Business Network for Offshore Wind are holding an event in Virginia with an aim to support the state’s inclusion of large-scale offshore wind in its energy mix. The Sea to Land event will bring together the supply chain business community with federal and state government officials to accelerate Virginia’s inclusion of large-scale […]