Top News of the Week May 30 – Jun 5, 2016

Timelapse: Dudgeon Foundation Eased Into Place

Statoil has shared a timelapse video of one of 67 foundations for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm being installed in the UK part of the North Sea.

Sandbank Partners Streamlining Turbine Installation Process

Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), together with project partner Siemens, have developed an optimised concept for constructing and commissioning the 72 wind turbines for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm which is expected to cut the time between erecting the first wind turbine and commissioning the last one to around 89 days, a 23% reduction compared to the original plans.

Photo of the Day: Wikinger Jackets Falling in Line

While the installation of the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind site started at the end of the last month, Bladt Industries is lining up further jackets at its Lindø Facility in Denmark.

Floatgen: Construction of First French Offshore Wind Turbine Kicks Off

The construction of the first wind turbine to be installed off the French coast – Floatgen – was officially launched today.

Dudgeon Substation Jacket Stands Straight

A 1,500-tonne steel jacket which will support an offshore substation at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm has been installed in the seabed some 32 kilometres off Cromer, Norfolk.