Annual maintenance of the wind turbines at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany, which was planned to take eight weeks, has been completed two weeks earlier. A total of 75 wind turbine technicians have finished the inspection and repair campaign on all 48 Senvion 6 MW units, installed some
Australian oil and gas specialist Pilot Energy Limited is starting a feasibility study to pursue the development of an offshore wind project off the coast of the Mid West Region of Western Australia. The wind farm is part of a larger renewable energy project. The Mid West Wind and Solar Project comb
Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has invited applications for its Offshore Geophysical Surveys Qualification System. Through this procedure, ESB plans to procure the scope of services pertaining to the offshore geophysical surveys for the development of its offshore wind farm projects in Ire
Huisman’s 2,600mt Skyhook crane has performed its first lift of offshore wind monopiles at a facility in China. Skyhook was dedicatedly designed for load-outs of heavy equipment, like the 10,000mt tub mounted cranes for Heerema’s Sleipnir and the 3,000mt offshore mast crane for Boskalis, Huisman sai
Tech giant Apple will invest in the construction of two MHI Vestas 8.4 MW offshore wind turbines which will be installed onshore near the town of Esbjerg in Denmark. The 200-metre-tall turbines are expected to produce 62 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year. The power produced at Esbjerg will sup
Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has won a contract to provide local technicians to assist with pre-assembly works for Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. 20 locally-based technicians have been recruited for the project which commences this month and is expected to reach completion in Septemb
Ideol and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) have entered a strategic partnership to develop a new synthetic mooring solution for the floating offshore wind market. According to the parties, the goal is to meet the floating offshore wind market’s cost reduction, capacity and lead-time expectations. “
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 governmen
Bokalift 1 has been deployed on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France, where drilling tests are now taking place and will continue throughout September. Ailes Marines, the developer of the 496 MW offshore wind farm, said via social media that the vessel was chartered by Van Oord and the d
Crown Estate Scotland is awarding £500,000 for the development of the local offshore wind market. The funds comprise £300,000 for Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) projects and £200,000 for environmental research. The awarding of SOWEC funding will be linked to criteria which include ali
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded RPS Energy with a contract to provide client offshore representatives for geotechnical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ) in the Netherlands. RPS will provide four client offshore representatives who will be present at the v
The Danish Energy Agency has sent a draft permit for preliminary offshore and onshore studies related to the Hesselø offshore wind project for consultation with the relevant authorities. The feasibility study permit will give the transmission system operator Energinet, which is to be responsible for
Lithuania plans to finance and develop offshore wind projects using the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, according to the draft legislation prepared and submitted by the country’s Ministry of Energy. A transmission system operator (TSO) will be responsible for providing grid connection infrast
Siemens Gamesa has partnered with Acteon to jointly provide a fully integrated turbine operations and maintenance package for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to fully optimize the wind turbine service and Balance of P
