Damen Shipyards Antalya has floated out HST Harri, High Speed Transfers’ (HST) FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel. The vessel will now undergo final outfitting and commissioning ahead of the delivery which is scheduled for September. Following the delivery, the FCS 2710 class Damen crew supply v
Fugro has secured contracts to conduct surveys at EDF’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in the UK and Ørsted’s Greater Changhua project in Taiwan. Under the deals, Fugro will carry out multiple unexploded ordnance surveys at Neart na Gaoithe and a geotechnical survey at Greater Changhua, accordi
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has reached an agreement with its lenders which gives financial support for the continuation of its business until the end of August and potentially for a period thereafter if ongoing talks with lenders can be concluded successfully. As reported earlier, Senv
Vattenfall has allocated the first grants from the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) fund to community groups across Aberdeen committed to a fossil fuel-free future. The Unlock our Future Fund was designed following feedback to focus on projects and activities that support local commu
UK-based offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has taken up its option to build a second Chartwell 24 catamaran for the offshore wind sector. Seacat Rainbow, designed by Chartwell Marine, will enter construction immediately at Isle of Wight shipyard Diverse Marine. Recent
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has opened a tender dedicated to corrosion protection for secondary steel components of offshore wind substructures. The selected party will be in charge of carrying out a study looking into all aspects of corrosion, including problem identification
Siemens Gamesa reported a 12% year-on-year increase in revenue in the first nine months of the 2019 fiscal year, to EUR 7,283 million, driven by record activity in offshore wind. Siemens Gamesa also saw a 23% rise in revenue year-on-year in the third quarter, amounting to EUR 2,632 million, said to
German utility EnBW has launched its first two green hybrid bonds on the capital markets with a total issue size of EUR 1 billion which will be used to fund offshore and onshore wind projects and photovoltaics. This makes EnBW the first German green hybrid bond issuer, the company said. Rating agenc
Prysmian Group has shared additional details on their contract to provide cables for Vattenfall’s Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. The award follows Vattenfall’s successful bid for the permit to develop these non-subsidised wind farms. The notice to proceed is expe
RPS Group has secured Level 2 certification from DNV GL for its Floating LiDAR technology. According to RPS, the certification qualifies the RPS Lidar 4.5 buoy type to collect bankable wind resource data for the development of offshore wind farms. The news comes after a six-month validation deployme
The first MHI Vestas 8.4MW wind turbine at the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm has been commissioned and is delivering power to the German grid, Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH said. “This is a great achievement for our Deutsche Bucht project,” said Jens Poulsen, Project Director of Northland
DNV GL has invited wind energy stakeholders to join a new Joint Industry Project (JIP) to explore the potential of using light detection and ranging (LIDAR) to measure wind speed turbulence intensity (TI) for various applications in the wind industry. LIDAR is becoming the preferred technology for w
Northern Ireland’s coastline is not suitable for fixed offshore wind farm development, according to a report by the Department of Economy. The report writes that as 99% of Northern Ireland’s potential offshore wind sites are located within 13km off the coast the visual impact would represent a signi
HRH Prince Charles of Wales officially opened the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth, Scotland, on Monday, 29 July. Located 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in the North Sea, the 84-turbine Beatrice – the fourth largest offshore wind farm in the world – was completed in Jun
