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Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update
The wind turbines at Borssele and Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farms were stopped for four hours on 13 May, to help migrating birds pass by safely. According to the Dutch Government, this is the first time such a measure has been applied and is in line with the approach of the government and participating […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has signed multiyear agreements with three consortia for the delivery of eleven 2 GW grid connections in the North Sea that will connect German and Dutch offshore wind farms to their respective grids on land. Under the eleven contracts – worth EUR 23 billion in total – Hitachi […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future offshore substations at two floating wind farm sites in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea. Fugro’s Geo-data will provide insight into seabed conditions, not only enabling reliable and efficient design of the offshore substations, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
MunmuBaram, a joint venture between Shell and Hexicon AB, has named Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier for the 1.3 GW MunmuBaram floating offshore wind project in South Korea. If the project materialises, Vestas will supply and install 84 units of the V236-15.0 MW turbine for the project located off the south-east coast of South […]
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Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update
Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in Dutch waters.
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Ørsted’s first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, Borssele 1 & 2, has been fully commissioned. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the province of Zeeland, the 752 MW project has now become the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second largest operating offshore wind farm in the world, providing enough […]
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Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm has delivered first power to the Dutch grid. According to the Danish company, the first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbine began producing electricity on 28 April. “This is a big milestone for Borssele 1 & 2. Ørsted is doing its utmost to allow the construction of the […]
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SAL Heavy Lift’s multi-purpose cargo ship Svenja has arrived at the Redcar Bulk Terminal, the UK, to pick up the third batch of transition pieces for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project. Svenja is picking up six transition pieces, which were produced by EEW Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) and barged down to the Redcar terminal […]
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EEW Offshore Structures Britain has produced the first transition piece for the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Teesside-based company rolled out the first of 35 transition pieces destined for Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 project at the beginning of April. EEW SPC, the parent company of EEW OSB, is in charge of manufacturing 47 monopiles […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has signed an agreement with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to divest a 50% ownership share in its Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Ørsted will continue to provide long-term operations and maintenance services from its O&M base at the Port of Vlissingen, as well as provide […]
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DEME has installed half of the 94 monopile foundations at the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm site.
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Work on the jacket foundation for the 700MW Borssele Alpha offshore transformer station is in full swing at HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam, the Netherlands, as this photo shared by Ørsted shows.
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Ørsted has awarded Atlas Professionals with a contract to supply personnel for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
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Ørsted is set to officially open the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm today (6 September), after postponing the project’s inauguration a number of times due to COVID-19. The developer of the 752 MW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, which has been operational since the fourth quarter of 2020, will also celebrate the […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Sea Challenger has left the port of Esbjerg with one of the last batches of turbines for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. DEME’s vessel is working in tandem with its sister vessel Sea Installer on the installation of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the site in the Dutch part of […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
DEME Offshore’s jack-up Innovation has installed 18 out of 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Innovation is loading the monopiles and the transition pieces at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and installing them at the site some 22 kilometres off the coast of […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has selected ERSG to supply temporary specialist staff for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea.
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NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23km from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken delivery of a new H145 aircraft for the Midden-Zeeland […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Nexans will provide up to 190km of inter-array cable rated at a maximum operating capacity of 72.5kV for the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands as part of the recently-announced contract.
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DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed 13 of the 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, Ørsted said. Innovation is loading the monopiles and transition pieces at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility before transporting and installing them at the site located some 22 kilometres off the […]
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DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has completed the installation of the 94 monopile foundations at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project. The installation, which began in mid-January in the Dutch North Sea, was completed on time despite the COVID-19 crisis, DEME said. Sif provided 47 monopiles for the project and EEW SPC, the parent […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) has won a contract to produce 47 monopiles for Ørsted’s Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm.
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Van Oord has won a contract to install inter-array cables on Ørsted’s Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.
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ProCon Wind Energy has completed the electrical construction of 35 transition pieces for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project at EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. ProCon stated that all its tasks have been finished and now only an O&M manual remains for total completion. The company has been providing electrical pre-assembly, installation and […]
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The 752 MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm is nearly fully commissioned with the last of the turbines currently undergoing tests before they start feeding the electricity to the Dutch grid. Once fully commissioned, the 94-turbine wind farm will surpass the 600 MW Gemini to become the largest operating offshore wind farm in […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 500 million financing for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. At the beginning of the year, Ørsted applied for a loan with the EIB which will finance the construction and the operation of the 752 MW wind farm. The estimated value […]
