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  • RSPB Scotland Continues Battling Firths of Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Farms

    12 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland has decided to appeal against the recent decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session which allowed further development of four wind projects in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.

  • Bureau Veritas Okays DCNS Energies’ Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation

    13 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued a preliminary design approval for a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) foundation designed by DCNS Energies.

  • Site investigations underway at RWE’s three Norfolk offshore wind project sites

    4 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects

    RWE has kicked off geophysical and geotechnical site investigations at the Norfolk Boreas, Norfolk Vanguard East, and Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind project sites in the UK, rights to which the German company acquired from Vattenfall earlier this year. The survey vessel Braveheart Spirit is conducting geotechnical survey operations within the boundaries of the Norfolk […]

  • UXO clearance starting at 1.4 GW UK offshore wind farm site

    2 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects

    Hughes Subsea, a subsidiary of OEG Renewables, will start disposing of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the UK 1.4 GW East Anglia Three (EA3) offshore wind farm site on 4 July, according to the latest Notice to Mariners issued by the EA3 project team. The UXO identification, investigation and clearance campaign started in March this year […]

  • Boskalis connects all export cables and platforms for offshore wind farm in Netherlands

    2 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Boskalis, an offshore construction company, has completed the connection of all export cables and platforms for the offshore wind farm being developed by RWE in the Dutch North Sea. Off the coast of the Netherlands, Boskalis connected all the export cables the company recently installed for the shore connection that TenneT is providing for RWE’s […]

  • TenneT extends collaboration with Intertek for North Sea offshore wind grid connections

    29 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-headquartered Intertek has been re-appointed by the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, to provide long-term client representation services in support of North Sea offshore wind grid connections. Intertek Metoc has been selected for the full framework contract scope that includes specialist client representation for maritime surveys, transport and installation (T&I) and technical inspection, repair […]

  • TotalEnergies buys into RWE’s Dutch offshore wind farm to produce green hydrogen

    24 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement under which TotalEnergies will acquire a 50% stake in RWE’s OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. TotalEnergies said it would use its share of the electricity from the 795 MW OranjeWind to produce green hydrogen. The new partners have now also taken the final investment decision […]

  • US NREL: Offshore wind turbines offer path for clean hydrogen production

    12 July 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found that using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Belgian meshed grid to the rescue as offshore wind export cable gets damaged

    30 January 2024
    Infrastructure

    The export cable of the Rentel offshore wind farm is reported to have been damaged. However, the offshore wind farm keeps feeding electricity into the Belgian grid as the offshore power hub, Modular Offshore Grid (MOG), has taken over. Elia, the operator of Belgium’s MOG, says that the cable from the Rentel platform to the […]

  • Seaway7 picks inter-array cable supplier for Polish offshore wind farms

    16 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Greece’s Hellenic Cables has signed a contract to supply inter-array cables for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind farms in Poland. Hellenic Cables was appointed by Seaway7 as the key subcontractor for the design, manufacturing, testing, and supply of approximately 205km 66 kV submarine inter-array cables and related accessories for the Polish offshore […]

  • COSCO, bp to bolster cooperation on hydrocarbons transportation, methanol bunkering and offshore wind

    8 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Chinese shipping major COSCO Shipping and global oil giant bp inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of strategic cooperation at Marintec in Shanghai. The strategic cooperation memorandum outlines plans to expand the scope of collaboration, exploring new avenues for cooperation. Key areas of focus include Castrol marine lubricants, hydrocarbons transportation, offshore construction, and potential partnerships […]

  • Seabed surveys completed for North Celtic Sea offshore wind project in Ireland

    17 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Irish energy provider Energia Renewables has finished seabed surveys for the North Celtic Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Following the award of a Foreshore Licence in September 2021, the geophysical and geotechnical surveys started in April 2022 and were completed in October. Green Rebel carried out the geophysical surveys at the […]

  • Vattenfall taps Hellenic Cables for 4.2 GW Norfolk offshore wind zone

    26 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Hellenic Cables has signed an agreement with the Swedish energy company Vattenfall to supply inter-array cables for the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone in the UK. Under the agreement, the Greek cable manufacturer will provide approximately 850 kilometres of aluminium cables which will be used to connect the wind turbines to the offshore substation. “The Norfolk […]

  • Seaway7 completes EPCI cables scope on Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm

    11 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Seaway7 has completed the full engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) cables scope on the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland, a joint venture project between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies. The inter-array cable team completed the termination and testing last weekend and the trenching was completed yesterday, said Seaway7. This follows less than six weeks after […]

  • US government to fund research to improve offshore wind and marine energy deployments

    1 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have unveiled plans to collaborate and jointly fund research to further support durable and environmentally responsible offshore wind and marine energy deployments in the United States.

  • Germany pondering ‘negative bidding’ in offshore wind, WindEurope warns about consequences

    26 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Germany is looking to introduce the so-called “negative bidding” for some of its new offshore wind auctions, according to WindEurope, which warned about the effects this approach could have on consumers and the supply chain. Inspired by Denmark, whose Thor offshore wind auction used negative bidding and RWE is paying the government EUR 375 million […]

  • First turbine installed at TPC Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project

    16 September 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Taillevent has installed the first turbine at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project. The 109.2 MW project will feature a total of 21 Hitachi 5.2 MW turbines with a downwind rotor mounted on jacket foundations. According to Jan De Nul, with the first turbine installed, the project […]

  • Australia’s first offshore wind project setting up community advisory group

    30 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Star of the South Wind Farm is establishing a community advisory group for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. The advisory group will be set up with people from across Gippsland in order to share information, answer questions and seek local advice as planning of the project continues. The first meeting will be […]

  • Siemens Gamesa’s FY2020 revenues drop, but offshore wind order intake doubles

    5 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The fiscal year 2020 has ended at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), which reported a decline in revenues, but also a record order intake. In its outlook, the wind turbine supplier sees boosts in several markets, such as the green hydrogen plans in the EU, Democrats’ push for net-zero 2050 in the U.S., and new […]

  • Catapult, Advance Northumberland plan new offshore wind turbine test facility

    20 August 2020
    Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Advance Northumberland have established a partnership to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of offshore wind turbines. The Energy Central Offshore Wind Demonstrator will be designed to host one large prototype turbine for testing and will be locally managed by ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre […]

  • Crane ordered for first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel

    1 September 2020
    Vessels

    Dominion Energy has selected Huisman to deliver the crane for what will be the first U.S. Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. The crane will be able to lift 2,200 tons and will allow the installation of the new generation of offshore wind turbines. The vessel is expected to enter service by December 2023 […]

  • Site studies certification needed for 4 GW Dutch offshore wind zone

    24 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is seeking an entity to certify site studies carried out for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone in the Dutch North Sea. RVO has been requested to prepare and collect all site data required for commercial developers to prepare competitive bids. As part of the future Permit Call […]

  • Zhong Neng offshore wind project to feature locally-made pin piles

    17 July 2020
    Project & Tenders

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has signed a contract with China Steel Power Corporation to supply nearly a hundred pin piles for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan. Four production lines will be set up at CTCI MAC’s Ta-Lin Shop in Kaohsiung’s Nansing Free Trade Zone. The pin piles are expected to be ready […]

  • Aker Solutions to spin off offshore wind and carbon capture tech divisions

    17 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    As it plans to merge with its compatriot Kværner, Aker Solutions also intends to spin off its wind development business as well as the carbon capture technology business. The move should see two separate companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. “Aker Solutions has developed technology and taken strong positions in markets for offshore wind […]

  • SGN working on world’s first offshore wind-powered hydrogen heating project

    15 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The UK gas network operator SGN has launched a project that will be world-first to employ a direct supply of offshore wind power to produce green hydrogen energy for heating. The project will start with heating around 300 homes in Fife, Scotland, using clean gas produced by an electrolysis plant, powered by the offshore wind […]