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  • ECN Releases Offshore Wind Access Report, Introduces O&M Access Tool

    5 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has released Offshore Wind Access 2017 report, which provides an overview of the existing and under-development access systems for offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M). Besides the conventional method of access to the boat landing through crew transfer vessels, motion compensated gangways on the deck of service operation vessels […]

  • RenewableUK: Hull Factory Opening Marks New Era for Britain’s Offshore Wind Industry

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says today’s official opening of Siemens’ new offshore wind plant in Hull represents a major stride forward for Britain’s rapidly-expanding offshore wind sector. RenewableUK’s Chief Executive, Hugh McNeal, who is attending today’s ceremony, said: “Innovative, large-scale manufacturing for Britain’s offshore wind industry, as Siemens are doing here in Hull, is a key part of […]

  • EU Offers EUR 10 Million for New Offshore Wind O&M Solutions

    17 May 2016
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Commission has issued a call for project proposals for new solutions in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines/farms, and has set aside EUR 10 million to fund the winner(s).  The call was launched on 11 May, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, with the period for submission of proposals set to expire on […]

  • UK Helps Develop India’s Offshore Wind, First Tendering Process Expected in 2018

    28 January 2016
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding a project under which a consortium of three British consultancies will support the Government of India in setting up its offshore wind industry. IT Power Consulting, CmY Consultants and SeaChange Offshore will deliver a 10-month long project that is focusing on the delivery of a concession competition process for new offshore wind […]

  • Two Offshore Wind Projects Take a Piece of France’s EMR ITE 2015 Grant

    25 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    Two offshore wind-related research projects will receive a portion of a EUR 10 million grant through the Investment for the Future program (EMR ITE 2015) launched jointly by France’s Institute for Energy Transition and National Research Agency (ANR). The first offshore wind-related project that will receive part of the funds is research into modeling the role of […]

  • DeepOcean Could Lay Off 45 People after Failing to Win UK Offshore Wind Projects

    27 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    DeepOcean is urging the UK Government to review the policing of contracts for levels of ‘local content’ awarded by licence holders for UK offshore energy projects. The company said that it has missed out on a number of competitive tenders for UK offshore wind farm projects, which have been awarded to businesses based in Belgium and the Netherlands. As […]

  • Oceans of Energy to build offshore solar array at Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park

    25 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Oceans of Energy has been awarded the contract for installing and operating offshore solar farm inside the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park being developed by CrossWind, a joint-venture between Shell and Eneco.

  • All-Energy to Launch Offshore Maintenance – Where Offshore Wind Meets Oil and Gas (UK)

    30 September 2011

      Europe is in pre-eminent position in the offshore wind sector, and the UK, with 487 turbines installed (1,534MW of capacity); a further 2 GW in construction; and 42.1GW tabled for future development, is at the top of that European league. With the operation and maintenance business opportunities available throughout a typical 266-year wind farm […]

  • Jumbo Offshore installs 100th Transition Piece for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    27 July 2010

    DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel Jumbo Javelin has installed its 100th TP for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK’s south-east coast. For this project, Jumbo’s scope includes transport, installation, leveling and grouting of the TP’s. The close cooperation between all parties (client Fluor, Jumbo’s crew, the project team and subcontractors) has resulted […]

  • LS Marine Solution invests €221 million in new high-spec cable laying vessel

    2 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution is investing KRW 345.8 billion (approximately €221 million) in a cable laying vessel (CLV) with a load capacity of 13,000 tons. The company said on May 27 that the decision to invest in the new CLV comes as LS Marine Solution aims to expand its orders […]

  • O-Power hopes to develop new offhsore engineering technology and to contribute to offshore wind market (UK)

    28 July 2010
    Research & Development

    O-Power (OP) Limited, a new business, will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a significant contribution to… [mappress] Source: ecofriendnews, July 28, 2010;

  • Vestas, TKF secure contracts for 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm

    13 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and ESB, has awarded TKF with a turnkey contract to supply and install inter-array cables at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Additionally, Vestas has secured a firm order to deliver its V236-15.0 MW wind turbines to the 1.1 GW project. The firm […]

  • Ulstein presents vessel fleet to cover everything one offshore wind farm needs

    2 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Edwin van Leeuwen, Managing Director at Ulstein, talks about how the company is designing and developing ships that cover all the needs of an offshore wind farm – from installation to operation.

  • Ordtek to develop UXO strategy for Baltica 2, Baltica 3 offshore wind farms

    3 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    PGE Baltica and Ordtek have signed a contract to prepare a strategy that will define the methodology of dealing with the potential risk related to the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 offshore wind project sites. In preparation for the construction of PGE’s offshore wind farms in the Polish […]

  • 162 offshore wind farms up and running worldwide, 26 more under construction

    9 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Last year, 15 new offshore wind farms generated their first electricity and there are now 162 offshore wind farms up and running worldwide. Soon, 26 more that are under construction will join the global fleet. This is according to the Global Offshore Wind Report 2020 from World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO), which reports that 5,206 […]

  • RenewableUK voices concerns over Round 4 offshore wind leasing option fees

    8 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    RenewableUK has welcomed the selection of preferred bidders at the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, but warned about the effect of the option fees on developers and, ultimately, consumers. The Crown Estate has selected six projects that will now move to the next stage of the process, whose developers have committed to the […]

  • Northland Power could invest € 13 billion in offshore wind in next five years

    5 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Over the next five years, Northland Power could invest between at least CAD 15 billion and CAD 20 billion (between EUR 9.8 billion and EUR 13 billion) in new offshore wind projects in which it holds ownership shares, with offshore wind being an anchor for its next phase of growth in the renewable energy sector. […]

  • Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm hits 10 TWh production mark

    5 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Horns Rev 2 has produced 10 billion kWh of electricity since its commissioning in 2009. The 209 MW Danish offshore wind farm reached the milestone on 4 February. Located in the North Sea some 30 kilometres off the Danish west coast, Ørsted’s wind farm was expected to supply clean energy corresponding to the annual power consumption […]

  • UK plans phase 2 of offshore wind farm radar risk mitigation competition

    23 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is set to launch the second phase of its competition for technologies that mitigate radar risk of offshore wind farms. The Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence competition seeks proposals that can develop technologies to permit the coexistence of future offshore wind farms alongside UK air defense surveillance systems. […]

  • UK makes first step to support large scale offshore wind portside hubs

    6 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    As the UK government today (6 October) announced raising the country’s offshore wind targets and allocated funding for offshore wind ports and infrastructure, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a request for information (RFI) related to the development of large scale manufacturing portside hubs. BEIS has invited coastal landowners and/or potential […]

  • Wpd: TPE airport ‘non-issue’ shouldn’t ground Guanyin offshore wind farm

    3 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Safety

    Only a few steps away from receiving the final authorisation to build the 350 MW Guanyin wind farm off Taoyuan in Taiwan, German offshore wind developer wpd has hit a wall due to concerns raised by the Taiwanese Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) – which could now lead to the Taiwanese government revoking the project’s permit. […]

  • Vessel forced to leave French offshore wind farm after protests turn ugly

    25 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Trenching support vessel Aethra was forced to leave the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm after the local fishermen protesting the project breached several safety protocols and verbally threatened the safety of the captain and the crew. The Aethra was deployed on the site when a large number of fishing boats surrounded the vessel. The fishermen then […]

  • Dutch to seek expert support on 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone

    24 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue an invitation to tender seeking experts to support RVO in managing offshore wind farm site studies. The tender is divided into three lots. Lot 1 will cover expert support on soil investigations, Lot 2 expert support on wind and water investigations, and Lot 3 client offshore representatives […]

  • Four missing after jack-up vessel tilts at offshore wind farm in China

    26 July 2021
    Vessels

    The Sheng Ping 001 jack-up vessel, formerly Teras Fortress 2, tilted on 25 July while working at the site of China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGN) wind farm off Huizhou, with four people reported missing, China’s media report. The vessel, carrying 65 people, tilted around 11 a.m. on 25 July, with several of those on […]

  • In focus: Challenge accepted by oil major while Norway answers offshore wind calls

    11 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    As the energy transition is unravelling, the industry is paving the way to net-zero by pushing for further emission cuts and new fuels and vessels.