A consortium led by shipbuilder CSBC Corp. has launched a strategic alliance aimed at helping Taiwan reach 520MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2020 and 3GW of installed capacity by 2025, the state-run Taiwan Today reports. The public-private consortium includes government-backed enterprises
MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, is ready to operate in deeper waters after works to extend the vessel’s six legs have been completed. The leg extensions are now class approved and fully operational, Vroon said. The upgrade work took place over a 60-day convers
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and DUWIND/TU Delft have designed a long-term training programme for future South Korean experts who will work on developing offshore wind potential off the Jeju Island. Over a five-year period, academic-level Koreans will receive training in basic the
Siemens Wind Power and Renewables recorded an 84% rise in profit in the fourth quarter of the Fiscal Year 2016 despite a 56% slide in orders received compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. The profit in the company’s renewables division was EUR 132 million in Q4 FY 2016, compared to EUR 72 million
For offshore wind farms to properly deliver power to households on land, not only do professionals using gigantic vessels and high-tech machinery need to install massive and complex infrastructure, but the selected sites also must be thoroughly surveyed before the construction can start. Once all se
DNV GL has awarded Vattenfall with a final statement of compliance for its DanTysk offshore accommodation platform recently installed in the North Sea. This is the first offshore platform in the North Sea to host up to 50 operation and maintenance staff members working at the 288MW DanTysk offshore
Maryland-based offshore wind developer US Wind, Inc. partnered with Tradepoint Atlantic (TPA), the firm overseeing the 3,100-acre redevelopment of the former Sparrows Point steel mill, to host offshore wind supply chain manufacturers at TPA’s Port of Baltimore facility on 2 November. Representatives
Siemens has recently taken delivery of a heavy cargo “roll on/roll off ” (RoRo) coaster specifically designed for the transportation of wind turbine parts. The Rotra Vente, delivered and commissioned by The Concordia Group, is 141 meters long and 20 meters wide. The vessel has a specially developed
Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) has agreed a lease in principle with Harwich International Port for an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm. GWFL is currently pursuing planning permission in relation to this, Toby Edmonds, Project Director, Galloper Wind Fa
Thirteen local organisations in Lancashire and Cumbria coastal communities have been awarded grants totalling GBP 250,000 through DONG Energy’s new Walney Extension Community Benefit Fund. Each year, approximately GBP 600,000 will be made available for community projects for the expected 25-year lif
Dutch subsea inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) provider, N-Sea, has increased its fleet through the long term charter of Siem Offshore’s offshore subsea construction vessel, the Siem Barracuda. The vessel is equipped specifically for subsea IMR, survey and construction operations, featuring tw
RenewableUK has welcomed the news that DONG Energy has awarded the UK-based JDR Cables with a multi-milion-pound contract to supply array cables to what will be the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One. The British company will design and manufacture 242 kilometres of ar
UK-based Automated Ships Ltd and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the world’s first unmanned and fully-automated vessel for offshore operations. In January 2017, Automated Ships Ltd will contract ‘Hrönn’, which will be designed and built in Norway in coo
Aberdeen and Houston based M² Subsea Limited, a recently formed subsea services business, has secured a private equity investment to acquire a fleet of 32 remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). M² Subsea is set to become one of the largest independent providers of ROV services globally after attracting
