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  • 15 MW Siemens Gamesa turbines for US offshore wind farm

    26 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will conditionally supply SG 14-222 Direct Drive offshore wind turbines to the 2,640 MW Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project. This project will be home to Siemens Gamesa’s latest offshore turbine variant having the capability to produce up to 15 MW with a 222-metre rotor. The exact quantity […]

  • Vole au vent starts North American offshore wind tour

    6 May 2020
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has deployed its offshore jack-up installation vessel Vole au vent to install the wind turbines on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project offshore Virginia, US. The AIS data shows that Vole au vent is currently en route from the UK to Halifax, Canada. The wind farm’s turbine components and the […]

  • East Anglian offshore wind supply chain eyeing US market

    6 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited is looking to export its supply chain expertise to the U.S. offshore wind market. A preliminary online event organized with the City of Virginia Beach saw 20 local businesses meet with operators and developers involved in the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. At the sessions, OrbisEnergy, East of […]

  • Iberdrola’s offshore wind farms produce 1.1 TWh in Q1 2020

    30 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind farms developed and owned by Spain-based Iberdrola have produced 1,119 gigawatt-hours (GWh) during the first quarter of 2020. Iberdrola’s total installed offshore wind capacity stood at 1,174 MW on 31 March. In the United Kingdom, the company’s offshore wind farms generated 680 GWh, up 203.4% compared to the same period last year, […]

  • Nauti-Craft and OFFCON developing new daughter craft for offshore wind

    22 April 2020
    Vessels

    Nauti-Craft and OFFCON have entered into a development and license agreement to introduce a new range of multi-purpose daughter craft for the offshore wind industry. OFFCON has established a company to build the new range of vessels, called Wallaby Boats GmbH. The German company secured exclusive rights to manufacture the vessels incorporating Nauti-Craft technology with […]

  • EnBW seeks certification services for He Dreiht offshore wind project

    20 April 2020
    Certification & Classification, Project & Tenders

    EnBW has issued a tender seeking certification services for the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. The selected company will be in charge of providing certification for the turbines, foundations and the offshore platform. The contract will begin on 1 December this year and end on 31 December 2026. The deadline for […]

  • Sif starts producing foundations for Japanese, French offshore wind farms

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dutch foundation manufacturer Sif has started the production of monopile foundations for the Akita-Noshiro and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms in Japan and France, respectively. According to the company’s latest trading update, the production started during the first quarter of 2020, when Sif also delivered monopiles and transition pieces to the Triton Knoll and Borssele 1, […]

  • NKT Delivers Rentel Offshore Wind Farm Cable System in Belgium

    1 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    NKT has commissioned the 220 kV AC high-voltage cable system connecting the 309 MW Rentel wind farm to the Belgian shore. NKT has designed, manufactured and installed the 40-kilometer extruded three-core 220 kV XLPE HVAC (alternating current) submarine cable system. The installation was finalized in 2018 after a successful offshore operation completed by the cable-laying […]

  • Industry Teams Up to Reduce Offshore Wind Cable Failure Costs

    11 April 2018
    Research & Development

    DNV GL, ECN, WMC, BREM, VanderHoekPhotonics, Deltares and other partners have started a Joint Industry Project (JIP) named “Cables Lifetime Monitoring” to reduce failure levels in offshore wind farm cables. Power-cable failures offshore are often the main risk affecting the development and operation of offshore wind farms. Approximately 80% of insurance claims in the offshore […]

  • Van Oord Nets Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm Deal

    21 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has been awarded the balance of plant contract for the Northland Power’s 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm located in the German Bight, 95 kilometers northwest of the island of Borkum.  The scope of the contract includes the design, engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the foundations, inter array cables and offshore high voltage station, and the transportation of […]

  • Vroon’s Subsea Support W2W Vessel Goes on Offshore Wind Job

    12 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    E.ON has contracted VOS Stone for logistics support and offshore accommodation at the Arkona offshore wind farm in Germany. VOS Stone was delivered to Vroon by Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding, China in July 2017. The vessel will undergo final outfitting works in the Netherlands and be ready to start operations in the North Sea from November […]

  • Spotted: Damen Makes Seafox 5 Fit for Offshore Wind Work

    14 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Seafox 5 has left Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) shipyard following a four-month refit.

  • China’s first 8 MW offshore wind turbine enters operation

    16 June 2020
    Technology

    Shanghai Electric has commissioned China’s first 8 MW offshore wind turbine, which is now entering operation. The 8MW-167 offshore turbine, which features the “black start” technology, produces 20% more electricity and reduces the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) by around 11% compared to the 7MW-154 wind turbine, Shanghai Electric said. The 8 MW turbine is […]

  • Almost 70,000 people will work in UK’s offshore wind sector by 2026

    25 March 2021
    Human Capital, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The number of people working in the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the UK is projected to increase to 69,848 by 2026, with the private sector expected to invest GBP 60.8 billion (approx. EUR 70.5 billion) in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms over the next five years. There are 26,000 people currently […]

  • Chinese offshore wind farm first to connect fixed and floating turbine

    19 March 2021
    Innovation, Project & Tenders

    Orient Cable has won a contract to provide dynamic cable for an offshore wind project in China which will connect a floating wind turbine to a fixed unit. Ningbo Orient (NBO) plans to use one 35 kV dynamic cable to connect the 5.5 MW floating wind turbine to the fixed-bottom turbine. The plan is to […]

  • HSBC backs local content on Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project

    9 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    HSBC Bank (Taiwan) has approved two green guarantees to support the Taiwanese Century Iron & Steel Industrial and Hung Hua Construction on the supply of equipment and services for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project. The bank guarantee issued for Century Iron & Steel Industrial and its subsidiary Century Wind Power is valid for […]

  • California earmarks offshore wind, green hydrogen money in new budget

    17 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    California is set to allocate USD 20 million to support offshore wind development in its 2021-2022 budget, on which the state government is currently working. Governor Gavin Newsom presented the US state’s revised 2021-2022 budget on 14 May, before the final budget is established this Summer. The ‘May Revision’ includes USD 912 million in investments to accelerate […]

  • Vattenfall not participating in Dutch offshore wind tender due to COVID-19

    3 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has decided not to participate in the tender for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, citing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason. ”In light of the current COVID-19 situation, we have carefully evaluated our risk-reward balance against the remainder of our strong pipeline and the […]

  • Subsea 7 Bags Offshore Wind Farm Cable Contract in UK

    24 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7’s Seaway 7 has secured a sizeable contract for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm project by Optimus Wind, a subsidiary of the Ørsted Group, for the installation of the entire inner array grid cable system. According to Subsea 7, a sizeable contract is defined as being between USD 50 million and USD 150 […]

  • PGE to ditch projects outside core business, offshore wind safe

    10 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    PGE will close projects with unsatisfactory rate and those not directly related to its core business.

  • NYSERDA Supports Data Collection for New York’s Offshore Wind Development

    27 December 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making available up to $5.5 million to support the collection of geophysical and geotechnical data from areas off New York’s Atlantic coast that hold the potential for future offshore wind development. The announcement further advances Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Green New Deal goal to […]

  • GEO.xyz Nets Thor Offshore Wind Farm UXO Box Survey

    26 December 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Energinet has awarded unexploded ordnance (UXO) box survey for Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea to GEO.xyz. Energinet is performing the initial geophysical and geotechnical investigations prior to the procurement of the wind farm. The survey will be conducted in order to minimize the UXO risk for the geotechnical investigations, planned to start […]

  • Lloyd’s Register Supports DONG Energy US Offshore Wind Campaign

    19 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Lloyd’s Register has used its specialist expertise in its Maine-based subsidiary, SGC Engineering, to support DONG Energy on its evaluation phase of the Bay State project with its offshore site and export cable route geophysical and hydrographic surveys. DONG Energy has recently secured two leases in the United States – Bay State and Ocean Wind, off […]

  • 6 Alpha Deals with UXO Risk on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    29 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    6 Alpha Associate is in the process of managing an unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited (BOWL), an 84- turbine project located in the Moray Firth.   The 6 Alpha activity is geared towards issuing a final UXO safety clearance certificate. Upon completion, the work will confirm that the prospective threat to installation […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines and Fish Live in Harmony, Danish Study Shows

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The first Danish study into how one of the worlds largest wind farms affects marine life is now completed. It shows that the wind turbines and the fish live quite happily together. Indeed some species of fish have actually increased in number. As work is just beginning on Denmark’s newest and so far largest offshore […]