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  • SSE holding consultations for Arklow Bank 2 offshore wind project

    20 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables is holding public consultations in the South Wicklow and North Wexford areas in Ireland for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project. During the consultations held from 14 October to 11 November, the public will be able to provide feedback on the offshore infrastructure and onshore grid infrastructure elements of the project. […]

  • DNV GL to certify 11 MW MingYang offshore wind turbine

    7 October 2020
    Technology

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has signed an agreement with DNV GL for the Type Certification of MingYang’s new MySE11-203 offshore wind turbine. MingYang’s recently announced model has a rated power of 11 MW and a rotor diameter of 203 metres. The turbine’s 99-metre carbon-glass hybrid blades, MySE11-99A1, provide a swept area of […]

  • UK Prime Minister: Offshore wind to power every home by 2030

    6 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Technology, Transition

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out commitments to ensure that offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, boosting the government’s previous 30 GW target to 40 GW. The commitments, part of the Build Back Greener initiative, also include […]

  • RWE picks NHC Northern Helicopter for another offshore wind farm

    18 November 2020
    Safety

    NHC Northern Helicopter has secured a contract with RWE for offshore air rescue services at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in Germany. The two-year contract includes the provision of emergency medical care with a rescue helicopter and the offshore emergency control center. With this new contract, RWE bundles offshore air rescue for both of […]

  • Dolfines, 8.2 France shake hands on joint offshore wind plans

    12 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Dolfines and 8.2 France are joining forces to offer integrated services to the wind energy market, especially the offshore one, by combining their technical expertise in wind turbines, electrical infrastructures and foundations. The offshore wind market’s growth represents a unique opportunity for an integrated player, according to the two companies, with strong growth in the […]

  • Sif receives order for Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm

    22 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Sif has secured a contract with Van Oord for the fabrication and supply of monopiles for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Sif will manufacture 70 TP-less monopile foundations and store them at its Maasvlakte2 facility in Rotterdam in 2022-2023. “We are grateful for the confidence Van Oord and CrossWind have […]

  • US: New Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessel on the horizon

    17 December 2020
    Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register North America and Northeast Technical Services Co. (NETSCo) have joined forces to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). “The offshore wind industry is expected to see exponential growth in the United States. There are currently no U.S.-built wind turbine installation vessels, and if the sector takes off […]

  • Offshore wind autonomous O&M project reports several breakthroughs

    24 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, IT & Software, Technology

    The team behind the Innovate UK-funded, two-year MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) project has revealed breakthroughs achieved during its first year of running. The MIMRee project has made concrete steps toward reaching its ultimate goal of having an autonomous system capable of planning its own operational missions to offshore wind farms and […]

  • DLBA Naval Architects designs SATV for US offshore wind market

    22 June 2020
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Virginia-based DLBA Naval Architects has developed a concept Service Accommodation and Transfer Vessel (SATV) for the US offshore wind market. The 120’ SATV is conceived as a possible alternative to traditional North Sea crew transfer vessel (CTV) designs, specifically developed for the US market and concept of operations. According to DLBA Naval Architects, the US […]

  • LS Cable & System sends first offshore wind cables to Taiwan

    22 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has shipped off the first batch of submarine power cables for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This is also the company’s first shipment of submarine cables for an offshore wind project in Taiwan. Last year, LS C&S won the right to supply all the high-voltage […]

  • Kajima to handle construction at 700 MW Japanese offshore wind farm

    12 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Japanese consortium developing the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind farm has selected Kajima Corporation as the project’s contractor in charge of construction. The consortium, led by Renova, is developing the Akita Yurihonjo project through the special purpose company – Akita Yurihonjo Offshore Wind GK (AYOW). Members of the consortium also include Cosmo Eco Power, JR-EAST Energy […]

  • Norway opens two offshore wind areas, 4.5 GW available

    12 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    Norway has opened two areas for offshore wind development, which are said to together have a capacity of 4,500 MW. The applications for the Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II areas will launch on 1 January 2021, and limits have been set on the amount of wind power that can be developed. Utsira Nord is […]

  • Innogy gives status report for Dublin Array offshore wind project

    21 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Innogy is planning to commence stakeholder and community consultations for the Dublin Array offshore wind project in Ireland early this autumn. The wind farm is currently in the development phase, and data gathering will continue until the summer to refresh the environmental reporting and project design, innogy said. Ecological surveys are also underway in the […]

  • Port of Esbjerg getting €134 million investment for offshore wind facilities

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    Nordic infrastructure fund Infranode is preparing an investment of up to kr. 1 billion (circa €134 million) for new infrastructure facilities at the Danish port of Esbjerg which will be used for the offshore wind industry. The investment will go into port facilities for storage, preassembly and manufacturing of components for offshore wind turbines. “This […]

  • World’s largest offshore wind farm selects O&M base

    13 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Equinor and SSE Renewables plan to build a new Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base at the Port of Tyne, UK, to service the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Equinor and SSE Renewables. The construction of the wind farm, led by SSE Renewables, […]

  • Navantia and Harland & Wolff to jointly pursue UK offshore wind projects

    27 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Navantia and Harland and Wolff (Belfast) Limited are in advanced teaming agreement discussions for cooperation in the offshore wind sector. The partnership will focus on fixed and floating foundations for the offshore wind sector in the UK. The teaming agreements are in relation to a series of specific projects that have been identified as commercially […]

  • Fast solutions needed for physical separation in offshore wind crew transfer

    7 May 2020
    Safety, Vessels

    Social distancing measures in response to the ongoing pandemic have taken their toll on offshore wind crew transfer. The industry is now seeking rapid solutions to increase physical separation of technicians on offshore crew transfer vessels (CTVs). According to ORE Catapult, the current COVID-19 situation has forced some operators to limit CTV operations to a […]

  • JDR Partners Up with McAllister on US Offshore Wind Cable Services

    15 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    JDR and McAllister Towing have established a memorandum of understanding for the development and collaborative operation of a US East Cost Offshore Wind subsea power cable service base with an integrated cable training center. This new facility is being targeted to be developed on an existing McAllister quayside waterfront property in the north eastern United […]

  • JDR 66 kV Cables for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

    13 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility. JDR will supply more than 20 […]

  • New offshore wind targets to fuel REPowerEU green hydrogen ambitions

    20 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The 150 GW of offshore wind capacity pledged to be reached by 2050 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands under the Esbjerg Declaration, signed on 18 May at the North Sea Summit, will contribute to large-scale onshore and offshore production of green hydrogen, one of the focal points of the European Commission’s REPowerEU strategy, launched […]

  • Fugro gets call for 3 GW offshore wind sites in the UK

    12 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has won a contract with BP and EnBW to carry out a geotechnical site investigation campaign at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea. Fieldwork will run from May to September at the site located approximately 30 kilometers off the coast of North Wales and North West England in an area known […]

  • Offshore wind firms take aim at decarbonising Scottish oil and gas

    20 September 2022
    Environment

    Vårgrønn and Flotation Energy have formed an offshore wind partnership aimed at decarbonising the oil and gas industry in Scotland. Vårgrønn, a Norwegian full cycle offshore wind company owned by Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and Flotation Energy, an Edinburgh-based floating wind specialist, plan to generate renewable energy from offshore wind farms to enable the electrification […]

  • How Clarksons helps offshore wind developers to understand the local marketplace

    1 June 2022

    Written by David Matthews, Head of Strategy Offshore Renewables Division at Clarksons Platou Renewables Achieving your objectives within the global offshore wind market requires a locally focused lens. That includes having open, ongoing communication with local stakeholders, an understanding of each relevant country’s specific regulations and restrictions, and detailed insight into the availability and capabilities […]

  • UXO survey coming up at Moray West offshore wind farm

    21 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Moray West Offshore Windfarm is getting ready to conduct unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey investigations at the project’s site and export cable corridor. The offshore wind project is located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline, offshore Scotland. According to the project’s notice to mariners, the works are […]

  • Uncrewed surface vessel starts survey at UK offshore wind farm

    19 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    A remotely operated uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has been deployed for a hydrographic survey on an operational offshore wind farm in the UK.