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CWind has completed this year’s campaign at the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. Last year, CWind secured a multi-year contract to provide below water services, including subsea inspections of the jackets and offshore substation, corrective maintenance, as well as pre-engineering studies at the wind farm. The company worked with Rovco to […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) has agreed to acquire a 14.3 per cent indirect equity interest in the 714 MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm from Green Investment Group (GIG). The investment has been made in a 50 per cent interest in the holding company through which GIG’s initial investment was made, TRIG […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has named Transmission Capital Partners the preferred offshore transmission owner (OFTO) for the 714 MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Transmission Capital Partners is a consortium of Transmission Capital Partners Limited Partnership and International Public Partnerships Limited. Prior to becoming a successful OFTO bidder, Transmission Capital Partners needs to […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a letter extending the examination period for the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the East Anglia One North and the East Anglia Two offshore wind farms. The deadline for the completion of examinations has been moved from 6 April until […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred bidder to supply and install 14+MW wind turbines for its GBP 6.5 billion East Anglia Hub programme offshore the UK. More than 200 next-generation 14+MW turbines are planned for East Anglia ONE North, TWO, and THREE projects in the southern North Sea – collectively known as […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Euskalforging has been awarded a contract for foundation flanges for offshore wind farms at all four Hollandse Kust Zuid sites. Under the contract, euskalforging will produce and deliver a total of 140 flanges for the TP-less foundations that will support the wind turbines of the wind farms being developed by Vattenfall. The flange supplier has […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Iberdrola has agreed to take a majority stake in DP Energy’s 3 GW offshore wind pipeline in Ireland, marking the Spanish energy company’s entry into the Irish offshore wind market. The projects are located in three clusters on the east, west, and south coasts of Ireland, of which some will be eligible for the forthcoming […]
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Hydrogen East has kicked off a new research study to explore the potential for hydrogen production off the coast of East Anglia in the UK. The Bacton Energy Hub: Exploring the potential for hydrogen from the Southern North Sea will research options and scenarios to bring together the region’s offshore wind and offshore gas sectors […]
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Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment
The number of people working in the rapidly expanding offshore wind industry in the UK is projected to increase to 69,848 by 2026, with the private sector expected to invest GBP 60.8 billion (approx. EUR 70.5 billion) in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms over the next five years. There are 26,000 people currently […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Work to install the onshore cable which will connect the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm to the Scottish grid has ended, Siemens Energy said. The onshore cable, which starts near Banff, Aberdeenshire, takes the power generated offshore from the three 220kV subsea cables, and transmits it to the new onshore substation at New […]
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The first of the 100 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines has been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The installation of the wind turbines is being undertaken by MHI Vestas, using Global Energy’s facility at the Port of Nigg in North East Scotland as the onshore pre-assembly port. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up […]
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Blue Gem Wind has received planning consent from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to install a temporary met mast to study the floating offshore wind potential in the Celtic Sea. The 120-meter met mast and onshore monitoring equipment is provided by local supplier Solar Wheel. Due to be installed on the Angle Peninsula, on […]
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Seajacks Scylla has 28 jacket foundations to install at the Moray East offshore wind farm, before it wraps up one of the biggest offshore construction works on the project. Only this month (November 2020), the vessel has put in place 18 jackets, so the foundation installation is expected to be completed in January, weather permitting, […]
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Norwegian energy major Equinor has submitted bids into New York’s second offshore wind solicitation. Equinor submitted its proposals to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in response to the state’s most recent solicitation requesting proposals for up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind and a multi-port infrastructure investment plan. The bids […]
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The 103rd and final jacket foundation has been installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel installed the first three-legged jacket in July. The wind farm’s three offshore transformer modules (OTMs), together with their three jacket foundations, have been in place since mid-September. DEME’s installation vessel Orion, initially scheduled to be […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The last jacket foundation produced for the Moray East offshore wind farm at Lamprell’s yard in Hamriyah has now been unloaded from OHT’s Hawk heavy transportation vessel in the Port of Nigg. The vessel arrived at the Port of Nigg on 12 November with the last batch of ten jackets, completing its second trip to […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Wind turbine installation at the Moray East offshore wind farm is scheduled to start in the first days of the next year, around 5 January. The wind turbines will be installed by the Bold Tern jack-up vessel, with the commissioning work to be done from Acta Centaurus, supported by two crew transfer vessels, HST Harri […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The crew of the Esvagt Njord Service Operations Vessel, in cooperation with Equinor’s medic and technicians, rescued seven fishermen in distress near the Dudgeon wind farm offshore the UK. Esvagt Njord is a wind turbine ship assisting Equinor in the operation of the Dudgeon wind farm off Great Yarmouth on the English east coast. Last […]
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Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics
North East of England’s Tees Valley is aiming to turn Teesside into ”UK’s premier offshore wind location” with a project to develop a GBP 90 million quay at South Bank on the River Tees. The work on the South Bank Quay is due to begin in August 2021, with completion expected by the end of […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
U.S. Congress members from New York State, Jerrold Nadler and Nydia M. Velázquez, have sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in support of the Empire Wind offshore wind project, more specifically its Port Infrastructure Improvement Plan (PIIP) which would set up an offshore wind hub at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has contracted Ulstein for the integration engineering for the first Jones Act compliant subsea rock installation vessel dedicated to the U.S. offshore wind market. The new contract follows the one for Basic Design, which GLDD awarded to Ulstein in December 2020. The scope of work includes the selection of […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Tekmar Energy has secured a cable protection system (CPS) supply contract for an offshore wind farm located off the Shandong Peninsula in North East China. Tekmar Energy will supply its TekLink Mechanical Latch CPS technology to protect the project’s subsea inter-array cables as they transition from the seabed through the dynamic zone to the topside […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance
HSEQ-360 has been awarded a contract by Elmeridge Cable Services (ECS) for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) campaign at the Hornsea offshore wind farm. The UK-based provider of Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality and Operational services will be supporting ECS during inter-array cable repairs and replacements at the offshore wind farm site off Yorkshire. In a […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Seagreen 1A Limited has submitted applications to Scottish authorities for onshore and offshore works related to the Seagreen 1A offshore wind project. The applications were sent to East Lothian Council for onshore works and Marine Scotland for offshore works. The applications for Seagreen 1A have been lodged following online consultation, in line with Scottish Government […]
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DNV has analyzed 20,000 years of plausible weather and power production for the Massachusetts-based ISO New England (ISO-NE). With the completion of this project, which began at the end of 2019, ISO-NE can now understand the magnitude, frequency, and duration of events like cold snaps or heat waves which drive regional load, as well as […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, which is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Under a contract worth approximately GBP 270 million (around EUR 316 million), the Scottish company is responsible for the […]
