Dubai-headquartered offshore support vessel owner and operator Topaz Energy and Marine has renewed its long standing contract with ABB for the cable laying vessel Topaz Installer. Under the terms of the contract, the Topaz Installer will provide ABB with cable-laying services in support of wind farm
Go Offshore International, a wholly-owned subsidiary Otto Marine Limited, has secured a chartering contract worth up to USD 7.5 million as part of an unidentified offshore wind project in South East Asian region. The vessel under charter is a liftboat equipped with heavy lift crane used for offshore
The Port Authority of Antwerp has filed an appeal to the Dutch Council of State against a proposed export cable route for Borssele offshore wind farms. The proposed cable route, identified as the 4B route, holds a security risk for maritime traffic to and from Antwerp since the cable is in the busie
USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Business Germany’s VTC Group Munich has bought Bilfinger’s share in Bilfinger Mars
German engineering consultancy Gicon will postpone the installation of the full scale demonstrator of its floating offshore foundation, the Gicon SOF, in the Baltic Sea to 2017 due to ”procedural challenges”. The Gicon SOF is a tension leg platform developed by Gicon and ESG GmbH in co-operation wit
Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc. Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to com
Gamesa and Siemens have rejected GE’s first bid to buy offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen, Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying. However, GE still has an option to improve its bid before the deadline, a source told Reuters. Adwen is a 50-50 joint venture established in Marc
Danish companies are turning their attention to Hvide Sande which is expected to become the centre of activities related to what is to be the largest offshore wind farm in Danish waters – Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3, the Danish Wind Energy Association (DWIA) said. The Swedish energy company and i
DONG Energy has awarded Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham with a contract to manufacture 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. This is not the first time Steelwind Nordenham was contracted by DONG to build foundations for an offshore wind project, but it
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is expanding the number of offshore measuring locations and is entering a partnership with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). ECN, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat and several other parties have various measurement masts and measurement system
NorSea Group has set up an offshore wind company, NSG Wind A/S, in Esbjerg, Denmark, which has been set up to deliver the full range of offshore wind industry services to wind farm operators, wind turbine manufacturers and sub-suppliers, among others. “European offshore wind markets continue to grow
UK-based engineering company Ardmore Craig has been awarded numerous contracts for detail design and seafastening work associated with summer campaigns in the offshore wind sector over the past few months. Projects include vessels destined for Burbo Bank, Bligh Bank, Race Bank, Rampion, Wikinger and
SeaRoc Group has won contracts for its Health and Safety services to provide advice and support to players involved in the offshore wind industry in Japan. The company will provide a full day training course to an expected 100 attendees consisting of developers, banks, insurance companies, EPCI cont
Iberdrola plans to relocate the Wikinger project corporation to Sassnitz, Jürgen Blume, director of Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH, said during the recent topping-off event of the wind farm’s operations building at the Port of Sassnitz-Mukran. “We have always been emphasizing that we
