Top News of the Week Nov 02 – 08, 2015

Fire Breaks Out on WFSV at Borkum Riffgrund 1

One of the engine rooms of the Beaumaris Bay wind farm service vessel, deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, caught fire on Saturday, 31 October.

Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project

The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construction of Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating offshore wind development.

Vattenfall Recruiting for Sandbank Project

Vattenfall is seeking specialists for quality control and site representation for the Sandbank offshore wind farm construction.

GeoSea to Install Galloper’s Foundations

GeoSea has been awarded a €340m contract to design, fabricate and install 56 steel monopile foundations at RWE’s Galloper offshore wind farm.

Siemens Sells 300 of Its 6MW Turbines

Siemens reported today that it had received an order for 56 of its SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines, including a 15-year service contract, for the Galloper offshore wind farm, for which the final investment decision was reached today.