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  • Vattenfall Champions HVDC Norfolk Offshore Wind Setup

    22 February 2018
    Environment, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy group Vattenfall plans to deploy High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable technology to connect the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard and its sister project, the 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas, to the UK’s National Grid. 

  • CIP, Ignitis Secure 1.4 GW Offshore Wind Site in Estonia with EUR 1.7 Million Bid

    13 December 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ignitis Renewables, a subsidiary of the Lithuanian Ignitis Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have secured the first of the two sites the Estonian government is auctioning off for offshore wind development by placing a EUR 1.7 million bid. The tender for the Liivi 2 area took place electronically from 7 December to 13 December […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Enters Germany

    11 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Wind Consultants Limited, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, expands its physical footprint and opens a new office in Hamburg, Germany. The new Hamburg office will be used as the operating base for the company’s growing client and project work based in the region, and will also provide a base for other Aqualis Group services […]

  • Top News of the Week Sep 1 – 7, 2014

    7 September 2014

    DolWin Beta Becomes Resident of North Sea (Gallery) DolWin beta, the offshore HVDC platform that will connect three offshore wind farms in the German part of the North Sea, is now anchored and ballasted to the seabed, Aibel has announced on its social media pages. Greater Gabbard OWF’s Cabling Infrastructure Worries Local Fishermen The developers […]

  • Atlantic Wind Transfers Joins Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

    27 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Atlantic Wind Transfers has secured a contract to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The new-build Chartwell 24 CTV will be used for marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines set to be installed at the project. According to Atlantic Wind Transfers, the […]

  • SER: France Should Set More Ambitious Offshore Wind Targets

    15 April 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER), a French renewables lobby, will ask for more ambitious targets for offshore wind capacity planned post-2023 during the review of the country’s new energy investment plan scheduled for Friday, 15 April. The French government’s plan calls for the development of 3GW of offshore wind capacity by 2023, with further […]

  • Bureau Veritas to Certify South Korean Floating Offshore Wind Project

    22 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Bureau Veritas, in partnership with the Korean Register (KR), has been appointed to lead the project certification of BadaEnergy’s Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm in Ulsan, South Korea. As an independent third party, Bureau Veritas will provide project certification services. This covers the conformity assessment of the complete floating offshore wind farm and […]

  • POSH, First Marine Solutions Form European Floating Wind Partnership

    18 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Singapore-based offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Service Holdings (POSH) has partnered with Aberdeen-headquartered mooring and marine service specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) to explore growth opportunities for floating offshore wind in Europe. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on identifying, developing, and delivering on relevant joint tender opportunities. POSH, […]

  • Offshore wind farm create artificial reef (Germany)

    22 September 2010
    Environment, R&D

    A slew of non-native marine species have made their home on the Alpha Ventus wind turbines off the German coast in the North Sea. Scientists say the oysters and crabs, among others, have not affected the structures.

  • IMCA Publishes Renewables Contracting Principles

    10 August 2015

    International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published Renewables Contracting Principles, along with a variety of guides, templates and discussion documents aimed at raising awareness on contracting issues and providing tools that may be useful for its contractor members, their clients and sub-contractors. The new document from IMCA focuses on the differing issues concerned renewables. Based on the […]

  • Fugro Integrates and Rebrands Its UK Geotechnical Units

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Fugro’s UK geotech companies have been restructured as Fugro GeoServices Ltd. The renaming completes the integration of key UK specialists – Fugro Seacore, Fugro Engineering Services, EM Drilling, Fugro Loadtest, Fugro Instrumentation & Monitoring and Fugro Aperio. Fugro GeoServices Ltd employs close to 600 staff and undertakes seven key activities: nearshore geotechnical, offshore geotechnical, marine […]

  • Havfram Eyes Securing Top Spot in Powering Oil and Gas Assets with Offshore Wind

    2 March 2022

    Havfram intends to become one of the future leaders in the electrification market for oil and gas production assets through offshore wind developments, the company said on 2 March, a little over a year after changing its name to reflect its increased commitment to offshore wind. The company said it had identified oil and gas […]

  • South Korea’s President Reaffirms 12 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030 Goal

    17 July 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has pledged to expand the country’s offshore wind power capacity from the current 124 MW to 12 GW by 2030, according to local media. Moon announced his pledge on Friday, 17 July, during a visit to a turbine research center and the operational 60 MW Southwest Offshore Demonstration Wind Farm […]

  • SMC and Siemens Gamesa Team Up on Formosa

    28 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded a contract to provide marine coordination services to Siemens Gamesa across the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Formosa 1 Phase 2 project will comprise 20 6MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines and is an extension to the already operating 8MW Formosa 1 Phase […]

  • Scottish Renewables, WWF Welcome Nigg Energy Park Deal

    15 June 2016

    Scottish Renewables and WWF Scotland have responded to news that Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract securing the use of Nigg Energy Park for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The contract signed today will help breathe new life into this Highland port. “Scotland’s […]

  • New Report on Wind Turbines and Foundations Available

    25 August 2014
    R&D

    MarketResearchReports.Biz include new market research report “Offshore Wind Turbines And Foundations Global Market Size, Market Share, Regulations And Key Country Analysis To 2020” to its huge collection of research reports.  The report analyzes offshore installed capacity, power generation, average wind turbine sizes, average installation prices and annual investment by turbine and foundations, both globally and […]

  • Bridging borders: Regulatory harmonisation

    5 January 2012

    In recent times, the attention of project developers, policy makers and energy regulators has started shifting towards the construction of (transnational) large scale far offshore wind farms. This is due to their advantages over conventional energy production facilities, being larger in scale, inducing economies of scale; offering less nuisance related to visual or noise pollution […]

  • Vattenfall Wins Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender

    19 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has selected Vattenfall as the winning bidder in the country’s first non-subsidized offshore wind tender – the 700MW to 750MW Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II.

  • Denmark: Dong Hires New Chief Customer Officer

    11 May 2012

      Tomas Lykke Nielsen, former Vice President of Customer Experience, joined DONG Energy 1 May as the new Chief Customer Officer. He will continue the work with customer satisfaction, and he will be in charge of the Customer Service Centre, the Customer First” project, Billing and Customer Financial Operations. Lars Clausen, Executive Vice President for […]

  • Australia: Perth Wave Energy Project to Provide Electricity for HMAS Stirling

    26 September 2012

    The largest navy base in Australia is about to become a home for the world’s first demonstration wave energy project, writes Science Network Western Australia. Namely, Australian Department of Defence and Carnegie Wave Energy Limited have signed an agreement for Perth Wave Energy Project on Garden Island, the base of HMAS Stirling, Australia’s largest naval […]

  • EA1 Helicopter Flight Launches Peterson’s New Terminal at Zeeland Airport

    26 April 2018

    On 24 April, NHV’s helicopter carrying passengers from Van Oord to the UK East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm took off from Peterson’s newly opened helicopter passenger terminal at Zeeland Airport in the Netherlands and thus marked the operational launch of the terminal. 

  • Dogger Bank Unveils Operations and Maintenance Base Design

    25 March 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm have revealed the design for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base that will serve the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Subject to planning approval, the base will be constructed in the Port of Tyne, the UK. It will serve as the main hub for operating the 3.6 […]

  • Piling Continues at Rampion

    6 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Piling work to install wind turbine foundations at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm has recommenced this week, following the black bream spawning season coming to a close, E.ON said. 20 monopile foundations, each weighing between 500 and 800 tonnes depending on water depth, have already been installed and over the next four to five months […]

  • Boskalis Sees Promise in Offshore Wind

    9 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster plans to take advantage of the post-COP21 focus on renewables and pursue new projects in the growing offshore wind market, the company said in its financial report for the Fiscal Year 2015. The announcement is in line with Boskalis’ plans to acquire all of the offshore energy activities, including offshore wind, […]

  • Germany: GES Completes Acquisition of Service Organization of PowerWind

    14 November 2012

    GES Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of GES, the global market leader in construction and maintenance services for the wind and solar industry, has taken over the Service division of PowerWind GmbH, the Hamburg based wind turbine supplier. PowerWind’s Service division was taken over by Global Energy Services, effective from November 01st, 2012. “GES“, Global Energy […]

  • Poland Could Run on Offshore Wind – PWEA

    30 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind could cover close to 60 per cent of Poland’s forecasted electricity demand by 2050, according to a report by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA). According to the report, Poland would need to develop 28 GW of operating offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to achieve this. This capacity would be enough […]