German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has appointed Stefan Kapferer, former head of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), as its new CEO. Kapferer took over the position on 1 December from Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Frank Golletz, who was in charge of the CEO t
Cable manufacturer Nexans, Eversource, and Ørsted have signed a framework agreement for North American offshore wind development. Under the agreement, Nexans secured an opportunity to provide up to 1,000 kilometres of export cables for several of Ørsted’s in the United States. The first delivery is
US-based Atlantic Wind Transfers has signed an order for two Chartwell 24 Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to be deployed in support of new wind farms off the US East Coast. Developed by Chartwell Marine, the vessels will be built by Blount Boats for delivery in 2020. Charles Donadio, CEO of Atlantic Wi
GE Renewable Energy is holding an official inauguration ceremony for the first Haliade-X 12MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine, on 17 December. The event will be held in the Futureland Museum at Maasvlakte Rotterdam in the Netherlands, next to where the GE Haliade-X 12MW is installed
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has issued a tender for geophysical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. The contractor will be responsible for carrying out a geophysical survey required to obtain the soil information at a part of the Ijmuiden Ver zone. The contract will
Danish rubber manufacturer RG Rom Gummi A/S has won a contract to carry out the vulcanization of neoprene on boat landing stubs for the Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. The 605MW Kriegers Flak will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines installed some 15-40 kilometres off the Danis
SAL Heavy Lift’s multi-purpose cargo ship Svenja has arrived at the Redcar Bulk Terminal, the UK, to pick up the third batch of transition pieces for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project. Svenja is picking up six transition pieces, which were produced by EEW Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) and b
Ireland has revealed details of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction which has received government approval as the country looks to move to 70% renewable electricity by 2030. RESS is an auction-based scheme which invites renewable electricity projects, including offshore wind, to
Van Oord has signed a framework agreement with the Hendrik Veder Group under which it will outsource its hoisting and lifting equipment management to the Rotterdam-based company. The two-year agreement will see the parties collaborating on managing lifting equipment for offshore wind turbines, with
High Speed Transfers (HST) is implementing BareFLEET, Reygar’s remote monitoring system, across its crew transfer vessel (CTV) fleet as it aims to expand to the U.S. and Taiwanese markets. According to Reygar, BareFLEET gives operators visibility over fleet activity, health and performance, monitori
We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of November 2019. Japanese Trio Orders Big Wind Turbine Installer Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capabl
HSM Offshore BV has rolled out the topside for the Borssele Beta offshore high voltage substation at its yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Once completed in 2020, the 700MW Borssele Beta will connect the 731.5MW Borssele 3 & 4 wind farm to the Dutch grid. The offshore construction on the wind farm
First Subsea has delivered the cable protection system for the beach landing export cables on the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project in Portugal. According to the UK-based company, the cable protection system is designed to suit the export cable and consists of clamps, bellmouth and cable prot
2010, ZephIR HQ, Worcestershire, U.K.: the ZephIR 300 Lidar – a remote sensing wind measurement tool capable of collecting wind data remotely from its installed location by use of a infra-red laser – was born, following an 18 month product development program that focused on improving the ‘usabilit
