Top News of the Week, 22 – 28 May 2017

Smulders Puts Together First Beatrice Jacket

Smulders has put the first upper jacket for the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s foundation on top of the first lower jacket, thus completing the first foundation for the 588MW project.

Northland Power, Yushan Energy Plan 1.2GW Project in Taiwan

Northland Power and and Yushan Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enterprize Energy, plan to develop 1,200MW of offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

First Stage of Beatrice Export Cable Installation Starts

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has started the first stage of export cable works for the Beatrice offshore wind farm at Portgordon near Buckie, as it plans to install the export cables beneath Portgordon Beach.

Final Veja Mate Turbine Parts Leaving Esbjerg

Wind farm installation vessels (WFIV) Seajacks Scylla and Bold Tern are getting ready to install the last turbines at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

DONG Completes Oil & Gas Unit Sale, Becomes Pure Play Renewables Company

DONG Energy today agreed to divest the entire share capital of DONG E&P A/S to INEOS.