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  • Offshore Wind Energy Success Story on Samso Island (Denmark)

    12 September 2011

    The success story of the small island of Samso began in 1997, when the Danish government initiated a renewable- energy contest.   By Martin Zhuwakinyu (engineeringnews) [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, September 12, 2011

  • 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;

  • JFSE Supports VBMS on Offshore Wind Cable Repair Projects

    5 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Storage, Technology

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, is providing equipment and personnel to VBMS for several concurrent offshore wind projects.

  • James Fisher Subsea Completes Offshore Wind Hat-Trick

    26 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has completed three projects at offshore wind farms in European waters.

  • Surveys on Norfolk offshore wind farm extensions to start in March

    10 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Hydrographic and geophysical surveys are set to start on the proposed Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Extension offshore wind projects in March. The vessel Ocean Research is expected to begin the work around 1 March offshore the North Norfolk coast. Activities will continue for an estimated 120 days, ending on 1 July. The surveys will consist […]

  • DONG Reaches FID for World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has taken a Final Investment Decision for its Hornsea Project Two, following the UK government’s allocation of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) and the offshore wind giant winning a CfD for what will become the world’s biggest wind farm.

  • Hybrid propulsion CTVs for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm

    15 June 2020
    Vessels

    Danish company MHO-Co has signed a contract with Afai Southern Shipyard in China for the construction of two crew transfer vessels with hybrid propulsion for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The two vessels are scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2021, after which they will start working under a contract with Ørsted, […]

  • NASA’s Image of the Day: London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    NASA Earth Observatory has released an image of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite. The image was captured on April 28, 2013; twenty days after the wind farm became fully operational. In April last year, the London Array […]

  • Northland Power agrees to buy Canadian offshore wind project

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Canadian energy company Northland Power has agreed to buy the NaiKun offshore wind farm project from compatriot NaiKun Wind Energy Group. The NaiKun offshore wind farm is located in the Hecate Strait between Haida Gwaii and Prince Rupert on the British Columbia mainland. The project is in the early stages of development. Upon successful completion […]

  • HSM Offshore to build offshore wind-powered gas production platform

    22 November 2022
    Technology

    Dutch metal construction company HSM Offshore has won a contract to build the first electrified ONE-Dyas N05-A gas production platform in the North Sea which will run entirely on offshore wind power. The N05-A project is part of the so-called GEMS area, an area approximately 20 to 80 kilometres north of the Ems estuary. ONE-Dyas, […]

  • RSPB Scotland Objects Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Aberdeen (UK)

    1 November 2011

      RSPB Scotland has objected to proposals for an offshore wind farm near Aberdeen. A planning application for an 11-turbine wind farm off Abe… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 01, 2011

  • The Netherlands: FRISIA-Offshore and Offshore Wind Services Announce Cooperation Agreement

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    FRISIA-Offshore, located in Germany, and Offshore Wind Services BV from the Netherlands announced a cooperation agreement. The intention of FRISIA-Offshore and OWS is to invest together in new Crew Transfer Vessels through a joint venture in the coming months. This joint venture will serve as growth platform for the German and Dutch market. Workships Contractors, […]

  • Atlantic Wind Transfers joins Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project

    27 May 2020
    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 […]

  • Ørsted contracts Muehlhan Wind Service for offshore wind coating campaign

    28 April 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has awarded Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) with a contract to carry out a coating campaign at three of its UK offshore wind farms. The work will be performed on the Walney 1 & 2 and the Barrow 1 offshore wind farms located on the West coast of England in the Irish Sea. The order […]

  • MacGregor equipment for new Edda Wind offshore wind service vessels

    13 May 2020
    Vessels

    Cargotec’s MacGregor has received orders to provide equipment to four offshore wind service vessels for Edda Wind, Østensjø Group’s offshore wind business unit. Two of the equipment packages were awarded by the Spanish Astilleros Gondán, who is building the zero-emission prepared commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The first CSOV will be delivered in Q1 2022, […]

  • CS Wind UK Starts Building First Offshore Wind Towers

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind UK has started producing first offshore wind towers at its facilities in Machrihanish, Scotland.

  • Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs Team Up for Offshore Wind Innovations

    20 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs have established a partnership to run a Greentown Launch accelerator program focused on offshore wind innovations.

  • New Atlantic Wind Transfers CTV soon ready for offshore wind

    18 November 2020
    Vessels

    Atlantic Wind Transfers’ new crew transfer vessel (CTV) Atlantic Endeavor, destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, is getting ready for its launch. Blount Boats rolled out the Chartwell 24 CTV on its lift dock in Warren, Rhode Island, a few days ago. Once launched, Atlantic Endeavor will provide marine support services for […]

  • Stril Explorer sets sail to Beacon Wind offshore wind site

    13 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area off New England. The contract includes high resolution geophysical, benthic […]

  • Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs pick offshore wind challenge participants

    13 August 2020
    Research & Development

    Vineyard Wind and Greentown Labs have selected three startups for the Offshore Wind Challenge focused on accelerating technologies that protect marine life. The startups will focus on innovations in marine mammal monitoring through data collection, real-time transmission, and analysis, which is expected to support the development of the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts and beyond. After […]

  • Belgian Offshore Cluster Advises Prudence on Future Offshore Wind Moves

    25 April 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Belgian Offshore Cluster (BOC) has urged the government ”not to take any impulsive and ill-considered decisions next week” with regards to the intention of the country’s Secretary of State for the North Sea, Philippe De Backer, to cancel concessions for future offshore wind farms.

  • OSM Offshore Signs Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Contracts (Germany)

    1 September 2011

      OSM Offshore AS signs offshore wind mill installation contracts with Reederei NSB. OSM Offshore AS recently signed two contracts with the German Ship Owner Reederei NSB for crew management of two jack-up construction vessels for offshore wind farm installation. The vessels are owned by the German company RWE Innogy – heading the renewable energy […]

  • Management plan approved for Ørsted’s Australian offshore wind farms

    27 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The feasibility stage management plan for Ørsted’s Gippsland offshore wind farms 1 and 2 has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). The management plan details how activities will be safely carried out in compliance with the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act (OEI Act). The plan allows the developer to begin feasibility activities, including a […]

  • DCO application rejected for Thanet Extension offshore wind project

    3 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has refused Vattenfall’s development consent order (DCO) application for the Thanet Extension offshore wind project.  The conclusion behind the decision is that Vattenfall failed to demonstrate sufficient mitigation of risks to safety of navigation to make them As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). According […]

  • RWE and Kyuden Mirai unite for Japanese offshore wind project

    28 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    RWE Renewables Japan G.K. and Kyuden Mirai Energy have signed a Joint Bidding Agreement to enter into a full-scale feasibility study for the offshore wind project planned off the coast of Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture in Japan. E.ON, whose renewables business RWE acquired last year, and Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy signed a cooperation agreement in […]