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  • Airswift eyes offshore wind sector with Vietnamese joint venture

    30 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Workforce solutions provider Airswift has formed a joint venture with Source of Asia (SOA) in Vietnam with an aim to target the offshore wind sector. SOA will provide on-the-ground support to Airswift’s candidates and clients working in the region’s offshore wind market. Together, the companies plan to offer knowledge and expertise on the local area and immigration […]

  • DMC Now Offers Subsea Services for Offshore Wind Development

    1 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Danish company DMC/Drechsler Marine Consult has announced that it now offers inspection and service of offshore wind farms, among other services. DMC’s ROV is equipped with a powerful manipulator arm and the company recently invested a BlueView high performance 2D imaging sonar, specially engineered for underwater tasks. “You can reduce your costs if you hire us and one of our […]

  • Prysmian to Connect Three French Offshore Wind Farms to Mainland

    2 October 2017
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian has been awarded a contract from Réseau de Transport d’Électricité to develop submarine cable links to connect the three planned offshore wind farms to the mainland power grid in mainland France. The offshore wind farms to be connected via submarine cable are Fécamp, Calvados and Saint Nazaire. The contract is worth more than €300 million. As […]

  • BASF Nets Merkur Offshore Wind Farm Grouting Contract

    7 July 2017
    Equipment

    Construction Chemicals from BASF have won the contract for the supply of MasterFlow 9600 by GeoSea for the €1.6bn Merkur offshore wind farm. The grout will be installed by BASF’s licensed contractor FoundOcean using their specialized grouting equipment. BASF’s MasterFlow 9600 will be used as a skirt backfill grout for 66 grounded monopiles and transition […]

  • Nexans Completes Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Export Cable

    5 April 2018
    Equipment

    Nexans has completed the manufacturing of the 220 kV offshore cable for the high voltage power export connection for 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The cable has been loaded onto the Skagerrak cable laying vessel for the journey across the North Sea to the Moray Firth, where it will be installed and later trenched into the […]

  • Equinor to Power Snorre and Gullfaks from Offshore Wind Farm?

    28 August 2018
    Research & Development

    Equinor and partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore wind farm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms, the company said. The project forecasts a reduction of CO2 emissions […]

  • Northwester 2 offshore wind farm goes into full operation

    14 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The Northwester 2 offshore wind farm is fully operational, with all 23 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines supplying power to the Belgian grid. Northwester 2 is the first to use the V164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines to enter commercial operation to date, which now supply green energy via Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). […]

  • Ørsted faces delays across US offshore wind portfolio

    29 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ørsted’s offshore wind development projects in the US are moving forward at a slower pace than originally expected, the company’s CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said. The delays are due to a combination of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) prolonged analysis of the cumulative impacts from the build-out of US offshore wind projects, […]

  • First turbine up at Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm

    8 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The first Ming Yang turbine has been installed at the Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind project in China. The first of the project’s 55 MySE5.5MW turbines was installed on 6 May at the site located in the southern part of Sanzao Island, Zhuhai City. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by Guangdong Yudean […]

  • DHI backs APAC offshore wind with new metocean dataset

    1 April 2020
    Technology

    DHI has expanded its Metocean Data Portal with a new dataset to be used for offshore wind development in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere in the APAC region.

  • MingYang and Goldwind turbines for Shanghai Fengxian offshore wind farm

    7 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    MingYang Smart Energy and Goldwind have been selected to provide wind turbines for the 200 MW Shanghai Fengxian Phase 1 offshore wind farm in the East China Sea. Located in the north side of Hangzhou Bay some 12 kilometres off the coast, the 400 MW Fengxian offshore wind project comprises four blocks. This tender covers […]

  • Galloper Offshore Wind Farm UXO Disposal Set to Begin

    7 June 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Galloper Wind Farm Ltd is preparing to undertake a programme of disposal of unexploded wartime ordnance, found on the seabed where the Galloper wind farm will be built off the Suffolk coast. The bombs were identified during surveys undertaken ahead of the offshore construction starting this summer. Ramora UK will use a combination of remotely […]

  • Carbon Trust Looks to Improve Offshore Wind Subsea Cables

    10 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a competition to find and fund the development of innovative solutions to a challenge facing the offshore wind farm industry today: how to monitor the condition of subsea cables to ensure that they are not damaged during the load out and installation process. The competition aims […]

  • DeepOcean Delivers Its First Floating Offshore Wind Project

    25 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    DeepOcean, on behalf of Hengtong Group, has completed export cable installation for the first floating wind farm project in the Atlantic Ocean. This marks DeepOcean’s first project for the floating offshore wind industry. The scope of work included project management, engineering and execution of all marine activities associated with the installation of an 18km static […]

  • Scotland Sets October Offshore Wind Seabed Leasing Goal

    1 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Scotland’s new leasing round for offshore wind projects is likely to fully launch in October 2019, Crown Estate Scotland, the public body responsible for leasing Scotland’s seabed, has announced. There will also be a ‘pre-launch’ in the summer which will provide further details about the leasing and ensure that the people and organisations involved have […]

  • MCS Expands Fleet Due to Demand in Offshore Wind Sector

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    This week, Maritime Craft Services (MCS) will take delivery of one of the two additional Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers 2610 ordered from Damen, The Scotsman reports. After MCS took delivery of three Damen Twin Axe FCS 2610s last month, it ordered two more, named MCS Coromell and MCS Boreas. The company will have MCS […]

  • Aker BP: NOAKA platform could be powered by offshore wind

    7 May 2018

    Norway’s Aker BP is working on what it says will be the first energy positive zero emissions field development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf – the NOAKA.

  • CESA and EWEA are calling for investments in ship for offshore wind expansion

    26 February 2010
    Authorities & Government

    The Community of European Shipyards’ Association (CESA) and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) are calling on the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the building of new ships to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years. CESA and EWEA urge the European Commission to develop programmes […]

  • EWE places order for German offshore wind farm with Siemens

    7 April 2010

    Siemens Energy has been contracted by EWE AG and ENOVA GmbH & Co KG to supply 30 wind turbines for the Riffgat wind farm in the North Sea. With a total installed capacity of 108 megawatts (MW) the wind farm will supply approximately 100,000 German households with ecofriendly electricity starting in late 2012. Siemens has […]

  • DOE releases report about offshore wind development in USA

    8 October 2010
    Research & Development

    U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the release of a report from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory… (coalgeology) [mappress] Source: coalgeology,October 08, 2010;

  • Great Lakes Offshore Wind Power Project Launching (USA)

    13 October 2010
    Research & Development

    Lake Erie Alternative Power (LEAP) is supporting the development of the offshore wind industry in the United States focused around the Great Lakes. LEAP has identified this region as one of the most suitable locations for offshore wind development in the United States. LEAP is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of […]

  • Consultation on Manufacturer Requirements for Offshore Wind Demonstration Site (USA)

    22 October 2010
    Research & Development

    Narec has released further details of its proposed offshore demonstration site to turbine manufacturers, as part of plans to secure financial commitment from tenants in the form of deposits payable in March 2011. Eighteen prospective tenants, all global turbine manufacturers who have been involved in industry consultation for the development of the facility thus far, […]

  • Spain Expands Planed Capacity of First Offshore Wind Project

    9 November 2010

    Spain’s first scheduled offshore project has expanded its planned capacity by 25MW to 70MW and brought on board a number of heavyweight… By Michael McGovern (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 09, 2010;

  • Virginia asks for test site for offshore wind turbines (USA)

    19 July 2010
    Research & Development, Technology

    Virginia is making the case to the federal government that it’s a great place to put offshore wind turbines to the test with a $60 million…   [mappress] Source: businessweek, July 19, 2010;

  • Block Island residents for and against offshore wind turbines (USA)

    23 July 2010
    Human Capital

    One thing was clear at a public hearing Thursday on a proposal to put up eight offshore wind turbines within view of Block Island: opinion… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, July 23, 2010;