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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Siemens Signs Its First Deal for Dutch Offshore Wind Project

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Gemini consortium signed all construction, operations and financing contracts yesterday with a total construction budget of nearly EUR 3 billion. For Siemens this is the first order for an offshore wind power plant in Dutch waters. For the Gemini project, Siemens will deliver 150 wind turbines with a capacity of 4 megawatts (MW) and […]

  • DOE Issues National Offshore Wind Energy Grid Interconnection Study

    5 September 2014
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Storage

    The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) has released the first National Offshore Wind Energy Grid Interconnection Study(NOWEGIS). The NOWEGIS investigated the key economic and technological factors that will influence the integration of offshore wind energy onto the national grid. NOWEGIS suggests that the United States has sufficient offshore wind energy resources to legitimize the installation of at least 54 […]

  • Laidlaw Capital Group Buys Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm

    12 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Following the Laidlaw Capital Group’s acquisition of the Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the North Sea, around 90 km off Borkum, the UK-based company has now acquired the neighbouring Veja Mate wind farm. The purchase of the wind farm project from the BARD Group was completed yesterday. Once finished, the Veja Mate offshore wind farm […]

  • GBP 4.5 Mln Available for UK Manufacturers to Grasp Offshore Wind

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The GROW:OffshoreWind service has announced the opening of two fast-track funding calls worth a combined £4.5m to assist manufacturing companies in England to take a significant share of the opportunities presented by the UK’s offshore wind market. With as much capacity already installed as the rest of the world combined, the UK is seen as […]

  • BBB, MECAL, ep4 Assist in Major Offshore Wind Farm Transaction

    19 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Munich City Utility (Stadtwerke München) has assigned BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH (BBB) to conduct a technical due diligence on the Sandbank project in the German North Sea. The transaction between SWM and Vattenfall has now been successfully completed. The offshore wind farm is planned to be implemented from 2015 onwards by a project company that […]

  • VIDEO: France Picks GDF SUEZ to Build Offshore Wind Farms

    24 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    At the beginning of May, a consortium comprising GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA won the bidding process to install and operate two offshore wind farms in the areas of Tréport and the Isles of Yeu and Noirmoutier. French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Ségolène Royal announced the winner of the second call for […]

  • Better Cooperation across Industry to Help Reduce Offshore Wind Costs

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Thorsten Jalk, Chief Executive Officer of DBB Jack-Up Services A/S, has written an article on reducing costs of offshore wind energy. The article was published by OffshoreWindOM.com, a new online platform for operations and maintenance professionals in the offshore wind industry, powered by DBB Jack-Up:  Reducing costs of operation is critical to the long-term future of offshore […]

  • Oil and Gas Supply Chain Should Look for Offshore Wind Opportunities

    14 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Maggie McGinlay, Director of Energy and Clean Technologies at Scottish Enterprise, has written an article on using oil and gas sector knowledge in the offshore wind industry and companies from the oil and gas sector that can use vast opportunities in the offshore wind market. There are plenty of opportunities in offshore wind for oil and gas […]

  • Blue Water Shipping to Bring Offshore Wind Opportunities to Bandholm Port

    5 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As of 1 January 2015, Blue Water Shipping (BWS) will take over the daily operation as well as sales and marketing responsibility for the private Port of Bandholm on the island of Lolland in Denmark. ”We believe that the combination of Blue Water Shipping and Knuthenborg/Bandholm port is perfect. Our strong, local and regional port […]

  • Areva, Gamesa Get EU’s Blessing for Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    1 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Technology

    The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by the Areva group of France and the Gamesa group of Spain. Areva and Gamesa will each contribute their activities in offshore wind turbine production to the joint venture. Both groups produce and market power generation solutions. While Areva […]

  • Japanese Company Buys Shares in Two Belgian Offshore Wind Projects

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Sumitomo Corporation have completed the purchase of shares in two offshore wind farm projects (Belwind and Northwind) off the coast of Belgium from Parkwind NV (Parkwind). Parkwind is jointly controlled by its shareholders Colruyt Group, Korys, the investment holding of the Colruyt family, and the Flemish investment fund PMV. The Belwind project is located on the […]

  • Big North Sea Offshore Wind Players to Gather at Conference in Humber

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The development of offshore wind operations and maintenance in the North Sea comes under the spotlight at a high profile international three-day conference next week. North Sea Offshore Wind 2014 calls on the collective resources of Enterprise Europe Network, WindCluster Norway, Innovation Norway, Targeting Innovation, who have organised the event with Hull-based Team Humber Marine […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farm Builders Respect Noise Mitigation Rules

    16 October 2014
    Environment, Research & Development

    German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has revealed that the noise created during the construction of offshore wind farms is pretty much in line with BSH’s limit, which has been set to protect harbor porpoises.  “We have seen some noticeable progress in the reduction of noise levels during construction of offshore wind farms,” stressed the President of BSH, Monika Breuch-Moritz. She added […]

  • VIDEO: UK Government Needs to Commit to Offshore Wind, Panel Says

    5 December 2014

    A debate titled “Stick or twist? The next government’s choices on offshore wind”, held on 13 November 2014, explored the trade-offs the UK government will need to make between deployment, policy certainty and cost reduction. Panellists included: Matthew Knight, (Siemens Energy), Ian Temperton (Climate Change Capital), Colin Morgan (DNV-GL Renewables), and Aram Wood (Statkraft). The […]

  • VIDEO: UK Government Needs to Commit to Offshore Wind, Panel Says

    5 December 2014

    A debate titled “Stick or twist? The next government’s choices on offshore wind”, held on 13 November 2014, explored the trade-offs the UK government will need to make between deployment, policy certainty and cost reduction. Panellists included: Matthew Knight, (Siemens Energy), Ian Temperton (Climate Change Capital), Colin Morgan (DNV-GL Renewables), and Aram Wood (Statkraft). The […]

  • Suzlon Explores Indian Offshore Wind, Senvion’s New Turbine in the Game

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Suzlon Group is about to start a study off the coast of Gujarat, India, to determine feasibility of setting up an offshore wind farm there, according to the country’s media.  The company plant to install an offshore wind farm of a total capacity between 100MW and 300MW. Furthermore, Suzlon could use offshore wind turbines from its subsidiary […]

  • EDF Obtains Rights to Develop Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project

    3 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) has acquired the rights to develop the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Project near the port of Blyth in Northumberland, securing both the seabed rights from The Crown Estate, and associated land rights and meteorological data from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The project could provide the company with an […]

  • 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.

  • US Offshore Wind Could Flourish with More JVs and Technology Transfer

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A new study from Totaro & Associates identifies a total investment of US$424.8B required to develop the first 80GW of utility-scale offshore wind in the US. However, there are three critical path areas which will be essential to future growth including foundation production, port infrastructure, and domestic shipbuilding of purpose-designed installation and service vessels. Newer […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Could Rival Gas Plants in Terms of Costs

    3 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore wind costs could fall to a point where it is cost competitive with new build gas plants in the UK provided they face the full cost of their carbon emissions, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said in its 2015 Progress Report to Parliament. Ongoing innovation in offshore wind relies upon a visible future market […]

  • German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015

    21 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall energy produced country-wide in 2015, a 550% increase compared to a 0.2% contribution by offshore wind turbines in 2014, according to the data released by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Overall, energy generated from renewable sources has been the biggest contributor to Germany’s energy […]