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  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Installs All Beatrice Piles

    4 December 2017

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has installed the 86th and final four-pile set at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. SHL carried out the piling work with the heavy-lift vessel Stanislav Yudin, which will now re-mobilise for jacket foundation installation.

  • Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Reports on OWF Environmental Impact

    6 December 2017
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) has published a report on the environmental impact of offshore wind farms in Belgium, which has 870MW in operational wind turbines in its part of the North Sea as of 2016 and plans to reach 2.2GW by 2020. 

  • Arkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery

    27 February 2018
    Storage

    STX France has transported the offshore substation jacket foundation for the Arkona offshore wind farm to a quay in the Saint-Nazaire Port, from where it will be placed on a barge and transported to the wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea.

  • India Plans Demonstration Offshore Wind Farm in Tamil Nadu

    19 March 2018
    Authorities & Government

    India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will install four to five 6MW offshore wind turbines at Arichamunai in the state of Tamil Nadu, according to The Hindu. The wind turbines will be set up as a demonstration facility and the investment to build the project and put it into operation would cost around ₹300 crore (approx. EUR 37.4 million). 

  • Totaro & Associates Opens European Headquarters

    5 January 2015

    Totaro & Associates (T+A), a market research and innovation strategy consultancy, has opened their European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany as of 1 January, 2015. The company cites strong demand for competitive benchmarking as well as intellectual property (IP) risk mitigation services from existing and new European clients. In the midst of companies re-centralizing their research […]

  • Semco Maritime to Service Deutsche Bucht OSS

    15 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Storage

    Northland Deutsche Bucht has awarded Danish-based Semco Maritime with a 5-year service contract for the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea.

  • Belgium Blows Past 1GW Offshore Wind Mark as Rentel Goes Full Throttle

    11 January 2019

    The 309MW Rentel wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has become Belgium’s fifth fully operational offshore wind farm. Rentel has now joined the ranks of C-Power, Belwind, Northwind, and Nobelwind. The combined capacity of the five wind farms is 1,186MW provided by 274 wind turbines. With the addition of the capacity from Rentel, Belgium is now fifth […]

  • DesignPro preparing for September installation works in France

    2 August 2018

    Irish hydrokinetic technolgy developer DesignPro Renewables confirmed on August 2 that the installation of its 25kW hydrokinetic turbine at the SEENEOH test site in France is on schedule for this September.

  • Investment wave brings in $5 million for Aquanet Power

    17 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Hong Kong-based clean technology developer Aquanet Power has completed its second round of capital raising, securing $5 million to further grow its wave energy business.

  • Photo of the Day: Where’s the Wind Farm?

    10 March 2016

    Given the everlasting concern of visual impact that offshore wind farms might have, especially with regard to tourist destinations, Offshore WIND decided to feature this photo of the Sheringham Shoal wind farm, or rather the absence of it from the horizon. The wind farm comprises 88 Siemens 3.6MW turbines, located in the Greater Wash, between 17 and 23 […]

  • Dong Energy First OWF Operator to Get ISO Certification

    18 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has received the internationally recognised ISO 55001:2014 certification for its operation, maintenance and integrity management of offshore wind power assets. The company ‘Bureau Veritas’, an internationally recognised organisation, was responsible for conducting the certification. DONG Energy has standardised all its asset management processes, routines and procedures for operating and maintaining its offshore wind […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 13-19, 2015

    19 July 2015

    VIDEO: HDD Work at Gemini Offshore Wind Farm BvL, a joint venture between BAM Nelis De Ruiter bv and Gebr. van Leeuwen Boringen B.V, finalized the 2nd and last horizontal directional drilling (HDD) work at the Gemini offshore wind farm site in February. Dong Hires Seajacks Scylla for Walney Extension Seajacks UK has entered into […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Submits East Anglia DCO Applications

    29 October 2019
    Authorities & Government

    ScottishPower Renewables (UK) Limited has submitted the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the East Anglia TWO and the East Anglia ONE North offshore wind farms to the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate received the DCO applications on 25 October. From the day after receipt of the applications, the Planning Inspectorate has 28 days to review […]

  • SUBSEA PROTECTION: Protection solutions against scouring

    30 March 2015

    In the previous article we spoke about the importance of accurate wind measurement for an optimum wind farm design. But also underwater there are elements that need to be taken into consideration when designing the foundation and cable structures for each wind turbine. Waves and currents can cause erosion of the seabed around a fixed […]

  • Maersk Training Opens New Course for Young Wind Technicians

    9 November 2015
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has launched a new Fundamental Skills for Offshore Wind Technicians course that is specifically designed for 16 to 18-year-olds looking for an insight into the wind turbine industry. Maersk Training will be hosting this six week course at its facilities in North Shields. Along with learning about the industry essentials, mandatory […]

  • TIPC Unites with Japanese for Offshore Wind Safety

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japanese Nissui Marine Kogyo (NMK) to cooperate on offshore wind safety training. Under the deal, the two parties said they will work together to cultivate international talent for the sector by mutual exchanges, as well as focus on improving the global competitiveness of […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Offshore Wind Farm Cable Work Underway

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Construction of the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is complete: 100 kilometres from the German coast and occupying an area half the size of Bremerhaven the offshore wind power station now stands with 80 turbines of the 5 megawatt class (AREVA Wind M5000-116) and the farm’s own transformer station. At present, only the […]

  • Key Scottish offshore wind industry sites named

    5 February 2010

    Scottish Enterprise has identified 11 sites which could be potential bases for the offshore wind industry. They include locations in Fife, Dundee, Aberdeen, Ayrshire and the Highlands. The sites will receive investment over the next five years in an effort to create manufacturing and assembly sites for offshore wind turbines.

  • Pushing the limits of offshore wind farm installation and transportation

    28 October 2021

    With the rapid increasing size of Wind Turbine Generators (WTG’s), the transportation and installation of offshore wind farms is becoming a big challenge in the complex logistics around increasing the offshore energy production. Currently the capacity is around 9MW per installed turbine, which is expected to increase to 11MW next year. Furthermore, the latest turbine […]

  • UK: W3G Marine Develops New Generation of Windfarm Ship

    11 July 2011

      An Aberdeen company is developing a new generation offshore windfarm installation ship that draws on the success of oil and gas construction practices. Moreover, W3G Marine (W3GM) and Dutch shipyard/specialist engineering group IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM`s patented design for the concept vessel, known as OWTIS (offshore wind […]

  • Mitsubishi Acquires 50 Pct of Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have concluded an agreement giving MC a 50% stake in the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The companies have also entered into a ‘Long-Term Partnership Agreement’, signalling their intention to work together on other offshore wind energy activities in Europe. This signals the start of a new phase of the […]

  • The Netherlands: EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 Event Comes to End

    2 December 2011

    Sea-based wind turbines, enhanced grids and project financing shared centre stage at the EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 event in Amsterdam this week as it became clear the industry has the potential of becoming a driving economic force for many European coastal areas. Hosted by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), the bi-annual conference was told more […]

  • Tidal energy innovators take share of £116M UK government investment

    7 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Two tidal energy projects, led by major companies Nova Innovation and Magallanes Tidal Energy, have been selected to receive a share of £116 million to drive forward green innovation in the UK.

  • Brown’s Research Group Develops Hydrofoil to Harvest Tidal Energy

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A research group at Brown University led by Shreyas Mandre, assistant professor of engineering, is developing a hydrofoil — a water wing — as a means to harvest tidal energy. With support from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the group has designed a small prototype has been testing in the lab to prove the […]

  • UWIG Highlights Workshop Results (USA)

    16 March 2011

    For the fourth year in a row, UWIG conducted its Workshop on Variable Generation Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning and Operations in Albany, New York, February 23-24. With over a hundred attendees from the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the workshop, which traditionally has focused on wind forecasting, featured a session devoted to solar power production […]