"Offshore Wind" News

First UXO Survey Guidance Launched for Offshore Wind Industry

Apr 10, 2020

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has this week published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders, supporting subsea cable installation by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of surveys…

COVID-19: DEME Charters Flotel to Pre-Quarantine Offshore Workers

Apr 10, 2020

Belgium-based offshore installation and construction company DEME has chartered a hotel ship where it will pre-quarantine its offshore crews ahead of deployment to offshore projects.'To ensure safe crew changes on board dredgers and offshore vessels during the COVID-19 pandemic…

TKF Cables for Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 10, 2020

Dutch cable manufacturer Twentsche Kabel Fabriek (TKF) will deliver 33 kV inner array grid cables for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project by innogy SE, located in the German North Sea.The contract was awarded to TKF by Seaway7, a Subsea 7 subsidiary…

MHI Vestas Eyes Further Asia Pacific Growth. Appoints Regional Manager

Apr 09, 2020

Offshore wind turbine specialist MHI Vestas has appointed Masato Yamada as Regional Manager Asia Pacific to facilitate broader growth across the region.The company, a joint venture between Denmark's Vestas and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries…

MHI Vestas Wind Turbines for Yurihonjo Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 09, 2020

Offshore wind turbine supplier MHI Vestas has won an order to deliver wind turbines for a wind farm project offshore of Yurihonjo city in Akita Prefecture, Japan.The contract was announced Thursday by Renova, a partner in Akita Yurihonjo Offshore Wind GK (AYOW)…

OWC to Develop Ground Model for U.S. Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 08, 2020

OWC, formerly known as Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd, has won a contract with an undisclosed developer to develop a ground model for a US offshore wind project and its cable route.  Will Cleverly, managing director of OWC said:“Our approach…

Oceaneering to Prepare Seabed for Moray East Wind Farm

Apr 08, 2020

Offshore services company Oceaneering has won a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East Wind Farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland.The contract, of an undisclosed value, has been awarded by Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited (MOWEL)…

Equinor's $466M Floating Wind Farm Plan Approved

Apr 08, 2020

Norway approved on Wednesday Equinor's 4.8 billion Norwegian crowns ($466 million) plan to build floating offshore wind turbines that will provide electricity to North Sea oil and gas platforms, the energy ministry said.The long-planned project…

Arup Names Americas Offshore Wind Head

Apr 08, 2020

Offshore engineering and consultancy firm Arup has appointed Saygin 'Sy' Oytan as the company's Offshore Wind Leader in the AmericasAs an associate principal in the Boston office, Oytan will lead strategic business development initiatives aimed…

Ramboll to Design Foundations for Japan Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 07, 2020

Danish engineering company Ramboll has signed a contract with Japanese construction company Obayashi Corporation for the design of offshore wind farm foundations.“There is a giant potential for Ramboll in Japan. At the same time, however, the…

Vestas Wind Turbines for Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

Apr 06, 2020

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the supply 33 Vestas V117-4.2MW typhoon variant turbines for Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm project in Japan. The Akita Norshiro offshore wind farm…

EU Funds Floating Wind Turbine Project in Norway

Apr 03, 2020

The European Union has granted funds to an international consortium led by Spain's Iberdrola, to install and test a floating wind turbine in Norway.Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster said earlier this week that the EU had granted NOK 290 million (~$27…

Subsea 7 Scores 'Sizeable' Offshore Wind Deal in Germany

Apr 03, 2020

Offshore installation and construction company Subsea 7 has said it has won a sizeable contract - meaning worth between $50 million and $150 million, for work on a wind farm offshore Germany.Subsea 7 said Friday the contract was with innogy Kaskasi for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project…

RWE Sanctions 342 MW Offshore Wind Farm Project

Apr 03, 2020

RWE, Europe's third-largest renewables group, has taken a final investment decision for a 342 megawatt wind project off the German coast, its green energy unit said on Friday.Contracts worth more than 500 million euros ($539 million) have been signed for all major components of the Kaskasi project…

RWE Enters Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

Apr 02, 2020

RWE, Europe's third-largest renewables group, is partnering with Taiwan's Asia Cement Corp to enter one of the strongest-growing offshore wind markets outside Europe, its renewable arm said on Thursday.The partnership is for the Chu Feng offshore wind project…

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