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  • China: Shi Xiping Investigates Longyuan Power Offshore Branch

    2 December 2013

    Shi Xiping, the chairman of board of supervisors of key large state-owned enterprises arrived at Jiangsu china Longyuan Power Offshore Branch for investigation, accompanied by Chen Bin, the Chief Accountant and member of the party leadership group of China Guodian Corporation, and Huang Qun, Secretary of Party Leadership Group of China Longyuan Power. During the […]

  • GRI Renewable Industries to Build Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Factory in Hull

    9 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    GRI Renewable Industries will build an offshore wind turbine tower factory at Able Marine Energy Park, Hull, the UK. The Madrid-headquartered tower manufacturer will invest GBP 78 million in the new factory which is expected to create up to 260 direct jobs. GRI Renewable Industries plans to supply initially 100 offshore towers a year, equivalent […]

  • Team Gathered for Virginia’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain Study

    11 March 2021
    R&D

    The Hampton Roads Alliance has partnered with Xodus Group and BW Research to conduct an offshore wind supply chain study for the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The partnership will deliver an in-depth offshore wind supply chain assessment and gap analysis for the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and wider Southern Virginia. It will be used […]

  • Portugal’s Energy Future Is in Floating Wind

    10 November 2017

    Portugal’s renewable energy mix could be boosted by offshore – and especially floating – wind, as the country could meet 39% of its electricity demand with wind power by 2030, while 25% is currently covered with 5GW of wind turbines on land. 

  • Worldwide Wind Capacity Hits 392GW

    10 September 2015

    The worldwide wind capacity reached 392’927 MW by the end of June 2015, out of which 21’678 MW were added in the first six months of 2015. This increase is substantially higher than in the first half of 2014 and 2013, when 17,6 GW respectively 13,9 GW were added. All wind turbines installed worldwide by […]

  • UK OWF Construction Spikes in 2016, Further GBP 23.2Bn in Pipeline

    16 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    The total construction value of UK offshore wind projects reached GBP 4.1 billion in 2016, up from GBP 2.45 billion in 2015, with offshore wind farms alone accounting for 42% in the utilities and power sector and 21% of the entire infrastructure sector.

  • ORE Catapult Sharing Hywind Scotland Operational Data

    28 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor and Masdar have joined forces with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to share operational data from the Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. The floating offshore wind data is available for supply chain businesses and academia through ORE Catapult’s Platform for Operational Data (POD) service. According to Equinor, the shared data includes environmental data, […]

  • World Mistral Sports Reygar Monitoring System

    16 July 2019
    Technology, Vessels

    World Marine Offshore (WMO) has implemented BareFLEET, Reygar’s remote monitoring system, on their crew transfer vessel (CTV) World Mistral. This installation is the first in WMO’s rollout of BareFLEET, which will soon deliver health and performance monitoring across the firm’s fleet of CTVs. A lack of interoperability between disparate remote monitoring systems continues to present […]

  • Thailand’s Gulf Officially Takes 50 Per Cent Stake in German Offshore Wind Farm

    25 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited has officially taken over the 50 per cent stake in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm from Global Infrastructure Partners. In July, Gulf acquired 50 per cent shares of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Investor Holding (BKR2) through its subsidiary Gulf International Holding (GIH) which entered into a share […]

  • Sale of Share in Danish Offshore Wind Farm and Acquisition of Shares in German Sales Company Approved

    21 December 2010
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    On 30 September 2010, Stadtwerke Lübeck and DONG Energy announced their intention to swap Stadtwerke Lübeck’s 25.1 % share in the jointly-owned German subsidiary DONG Energy Sales for an indirect 7.25 % share of the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm. The completion of the transaction was subject to approval by the City Council of Lübeck, which […]

  • Global Wind Service Marks Ten Years in Business

    5 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    On 4 January, Global Wind Service (GWS) celebrated ten years since it was founded. The company, now employing 600 people, worked on over 300 projects in 35 countries and has local business units in ten countries.

  • Damen Receives Another Vessel Order from Taiwanese Company

    28 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The Netherlands’ Damen Group has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of a new service operation vessel (SOV) that will serve offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV will be built at the Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is slated for delivery at the end of 2026. This is […]

  • Van Oord Orders Mega Jack-Up for 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

    1 October 2021
    Vessels

    Van Oord has ordered a new self-elevating offshore installation vessel that will be able to operate on methanol and install wind turbines with a capacity of up to 20 MW. The vessel is being built by the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The design is by Knud E Hansen. The jack-up is expected to […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Important for Energy Transition

    24 March 2014
    Authorities

    The offshore wind industry called for a reliable framework that will enable successful further development of offshore wind energy. “Offshore wind energy is an important component of the energy transition. Therefore, the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), must offer optimal conditions for the further development of offshore wind energy,” said Joerg Kuhbier, Chairman of the Foundation […]

  • Visser & Smit Hanab Bags Another Windpark Fryslân Contract

    30 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Visser & Smit Hanab has secured a contract by Van Oord to perform inter-array cable termination and testing work at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The routing, termination and testing activities will commence as soon as the cable installation starts. Visser & Smit Hanab is also in charge of installing the […]

  • Second Turbine Up at Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

    29 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has installed the second and final turbine at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project in the U.S. The two Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 units, which are the first wind turbines installed in U.S. federal waters, will now undergo acceptance testing before being energized later this summer. According […]

  • Jan De Nul Wins Burbo Bank Extension Wires

    21 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. Jan De Nul Group will install and bury a 25km long export cable between the wind farm’s offshore transformer platform and the beach, as well as 32 infield cables between […]

  • Norwegian Floating Wind Demo Sites Get Green Light

    13 December 2017
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    The Norwegian government plans to open one to two offshore areas for the development of floating wind power demonstration projects.

  • Correll Lands Saint-Brieuc Cable Pull-in Gig

    27 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Correll Group, Cable Installation & Power Services Division has been awarded a contract with Asso.subsea for cable pull-in operations on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The full scope of work includes pulling high-voltage subsea cables into the 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines as well as the offshore substation. The project will […]

  • Last Rentel Transition Pieces Leave Smulders Hoboken Yard

    8 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group has loaded out the last two out of the 42 transition pieces built for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm at the Smulders fabrication yard in Hoboken, Belgium.

  • E.ON Cleared to Build Pontoon at Rampion’s Base Port

    28 March 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has granted a licence for E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind to build a temporary pontoon at Newhaven Port to support the construction of the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. As part of the Rampion OWF development, proposed by E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited, an onshore operations […]

  • Goliath En Route to China

    31 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME has sent off its DP2 jack-up vessel Goliath to COSCO’s shipyard near Shanghai, where the vessel will undergo some last modifications before embarking on the installation of offshore wind farms off the eastern coast of China.

  • Vattenfall, SWM to Inaugurate Sandbank with a BBQ

    21 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    On Sunday, 23 July, Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) will officially put the Sandbank offshore wind farm into operation by organising a public barbecue at the city park Stadtpark in Hamburg.

  • Transformers Land on Norther Topside (VIDEO)

    24 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Norther N.V. has shared a video showing the transformers being lifted into the Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) for the Norther offshore wind farm located in the Belgian North Sea.

  • Peterson Supporting Installation of Hollandse Kust Zuid Transformer Stations

    12 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energy logistics provider Peterson is supporting the offshore installation of the two 700 MW transformer platforms for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection under a logistics contract with Petrofac. HKZ Alpha, the first of the two offshore substations that will connect Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, was installed […]

  • Siemens Energy Gear for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm

    23 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy will supply the main electrical equipment for the grid connection of Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in US federal waters. The wind farm will include up to 180 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 Direct Drive turbines standing slightly more than 800 feet tall and is the largest offshore wind […]