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  • Germany: Federal Council recommends against proposed offshore wind tendering model

    6 July 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    German Federal Council (Bundesrat) did not accept the recently proposed offshore wind tendering model with open arms at its latest session on 3 July. The Council found the new model, introduced in a bill amending the existing Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG), should go more along the lines of Contracts for Difference (CfDs). The amendment also […]

  • SSE chooses Arklow Harbour for 520 MW Irish offshore wind farm

    8 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    SSE Renewables has selected Arklow Harbour as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the second phase of the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm. The developer has been assessing the Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour as possible locations for the project’s O&M base since early 2019. The Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase […]

  • Havfram set to order installation vessel for 20+ MW offshore wind turbines

    27 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Havfram is expected to place an order for a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in the next quarter of this year, the company revealed on 27 September as it announced a target of having a majority of its income coming from the renewable energy sector by the middle of this decade. The semi-submersible jack-up […]

  • GROW Offshore Wind: We need to speed up the carbon-neutral future

    26 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Market Outlooks

    “The ambition is clear, we need to go to the sustainable energy, carbon-neutral future, but there are many roads to that at the moment. Well, all the signs tell us that we need to speed up,” David de Jager, director of the GROW Offshore Wind cooperation told OEEC 2021 host Eva Brouwer in an interview.

  • Mitsui, Hokutaku set up offshore wind inspection and maintenance joint venture

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Mitsui and Hokutaku have established Horizon Ocean Management (HOM), a joint venture company providing inspection and maintenance services to the offshore wind sector. The new company brings together wind turbine maintenance expertise developed by Hokutaku and the Mitsui Group, and Mitsui’s customer base in Japan, with an aim to provide Japanese offshore wind companies with […]

  • New Jersey offshore wind farm to feature GE Haliade-X turbines

    18 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    GE Renewable Energy has signed supply and service contracts for the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind offshore wind farm in New Jersey, which will use the company’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines. The contracts, subject to final notice to proceed, cover the GE Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine with an option for Ocean Wind to utilise the […]

  • Bladt expanding its facilities to accommodate production of giant offshore wind foundations

    25 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Bladt Industries is investing in an expansion of its production facilities at Lindø port of Odense in Denmark to enable the production of XXL monopiles for future offshore wind turbines. The planning for new facilities has already begun and the company has already signed the first agreements with machine suppliers, with plans to start the […]

  • US senator calls for South Brooklyn Marine Terminal offshore wind makeover

    30 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Ports & Logistics

    U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling for major investment to transform South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York into a wind turbine assembly center.  The city-owned South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is one of 11 ports around the state to be pre-qualified to be considered for up to USD 200 million in loan and grant funds […]

  • German government under industry’s criticism over Offshore Wind Act amendment

    4 June 2020
    Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    A new draft bill proposing to amend Germany’s Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG) has caused a backlash from the industry, as it proposes to change the tendering process which would, according to the industry, raise project and electricity costs, and slow down the development of offshore wind in Germany. The bill, introduced by the Federal Ministry […]

  • Stonepeak enters mezzanine debt with AMP to back Taiwan offshore wind investment

    19 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    New York-based Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners has entered a USD 145 million mezzanine debt agreement with AMP Capital to support the acquisition of Swancor Renewable Energy and the construction of the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. “The transaction represents our first infrastructure debt investment in Taiwan– it’s a key milestone for our business and […]

  • Smulders sends off first transition pieces for Yunlin offshore wind project

    27 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Smulders has sent off the first four transition pieces destined for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first four out of 40 transition pieces left the company’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium, towards Vlissingen, the Netherlands, last week. In Vlissingen, the units will be loaded for their voyage to Taiwan. The Yunlin offshore wind farm will […]

  • LEEDCo: Nighttime turbine restrictions may be fatal for Icebreaker offshore wind project

    26 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The decision of the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) that turbines at the Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie must be shut down during nighttime hours “may well be fatal to the entire project”, according to developer Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo). As reported, OPSB recently approved the construction of the 20.7 MW […]

  • Aker Solutions and Cognite get $2 million offshore wind technology grant

    15 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Aker Solutions and Cognite have secured a $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for an offshore wind energy technology project. The NextWind Real Time Condition Monitoring project aims to develop a holistic digital solution that will enable monitoring the condition of an offshore floating wind farm and its impact on the environment […]

  • Ørsted picks Pulse monitoring equipment for Greater Changhua offshore wind project

    22 April 2020
    Technology

    Pulse Structural Monitoring has won a contract to provide digital structural monitoring and insight services and equipment for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. Pulse is in charge of providing the design, fabrication, yard installation and commissioning of the monitoring instrumentation on three wind turbine foundations. The Acteon company said it will supply […]

  • Vestas to lay off 400 people, close temporary offshore wind facility

    22 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vestas will lay off around 400 employees on functions that do not directly support the wind turbine supplier’s 2020 deliveries.

  • The Netherlands: VPI to Supply Cable Hang-off Systems for Offshore Wind Farm

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. has been awarded an order by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), for the supply of Cable Hang-off Systems for an offshore wind farm project in the North Sea. Vos Prodect has carried an intensive development program to launch the best system to meet the technical & commercial requirements of NSW for the […]

  • Germany: Offshore Wind Noise Reduction Test for Marine Mammals off Travemünde

    8 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Eight builders and operators of German offshore wind farms will test various noise reduction methods for the construction of offshore wind farms as from 13 August of this year. This series of tests will be conducted on the so-called “Brodtener Pfahl” near Brodten off Travemünde. Every 2 days a tug boat with work pontoon and […]

  • UK: Harwich Has the Potential to Become Major Player in Offshore Wind Industry

    23 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Harwich has all the potential and advantages to make it a major player in the offshore wind energy industry – it just needs a level playing field to compete on with its competitors. That was the message to Greg Barker, Government Minister for Energy and Climate Change, from a business delegation in the town on […]

  • The Netherlands: ODENH Invests 3 Million Euros in New Offshore Wind Turbine

    1 December 2010

    The Development fund for Sustainable Energy North Holland (Ontwikkelingsfonds Duurzame Energie Noord-Holland (ODENH) has announced that it will invest € 3 million in the development of a new offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 5MW or more.

  • The Netherlands: Ecofys Introduces Test Module for Seaweed Cultivation in Offshore Wind Farms

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Ecofys started a trial with the combination of seaweed cultivation and offshore wind energy. Thursday, 01 March, the cultivation module left the NIOZ harbour on the Dutch island of Texel for a disused sand extraction area 10 kilometres west of the island. By late June, Ecofys hopes to harvest the first supply of Dutch seaweed […]

  • UK: Second Export Cable Installed at London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed all the 4,400 tonne cables in the Swale. London Array […]

  • Bilfinger Berger Teams Up with Polish Partners to Produce Offshore Wind Foundations

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Bilfinger Berger, together with Polish partners, have established a joint venture for the production of steel foundations for offshore wind turbines. The Group, together with steel construction specialists Crist and the state-owned investment fund MARS, will manufacture steel structures that will be used as foundations for wind turbines in deep waters. Investment volume for the […]

  • RTE France Seeks Contractor for Studies of Offshore Wind Farms Electrical Connections

    7 September 2012
    Project & Tenders

    RTE France (Réseau de transport d’électricité) seeks for advice and technical assistance for the specification, procurement, monitoring and operating of offshore geotechnical and geophysical studies in the part of the electrical connections of offshore wind farms. Eventually, advice and technical assistance will be required for the specification and procurement of markets for siting and cable […]

  • Ofgem Launches 3rd OFTO Tender Round for Two Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Ofgem launches the third Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) tender round, for the high voltage transmission links of two offshore wind farms, Westermost Rough and Humber Gateway situated in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Worth almost £400m, Tender Round 3 (TR3) is the first new tender round to be run under the enduring […]

  • ABB, Prysmian to Supply Cables for Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Energinet.dk has signed contracts with ABB and Prysmian for the supply of 220kV high-voltage cables to transport power from the Horns Rev3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea into the Danish electricity grid. ABB will supply the 33 km long submarine cable for the connection of the wind turbines to the coast at Blåbjerg, […]