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  • Ørsted to Use Rutter’s Wave Prediction Tech on CTVs

    25 September 2023
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Ørsted has forged a partnership with Canada-headquartered Rutter to deploy the company’s wave prediction technology on selected crew transfer vessels (CTVs) worldwide within its contracted fleet. Under the partnership, Ørsted will deploy the wave prediction technology, sigma S6 WaveSignal, to selected CTVs worldwide within its fleet. The system’s primary function is wave prediction, which indicates […]

  • Maersk Connector Named in Newcastle

    11 May 2016
    Vessels

    DeepOcean and Maersk Supply Service held a naming ceremony for the advanced cable installation vessel, the Maersk Connector, in Newcastle, UK, on 3 May. The Maersk Connector was built by Damen to a bespoke DeepOcean specification. She was delivered in cooperation with the vessel owner, Maersk Supply Service, and is on a long term charter to […]

  • AgileTek De-Risks Walney Extension Cables

    20 June 2016

    AgileTek, a UK engineering consultancy, has completed a multi-phase study on subsea power cables for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The study involved over 12 months of analysis and engineering work to quantify and eliminate risks to subsea power cables on the 660MW project, located in the Irish Sea, around 19 km west of the Walney Island […]

  • Two More Turbines to Go at Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    20 September 2011
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

      During September, the installation activities have been slowed down due to adverse weather, and last week only had one working day, which was used to full extent to install one array cable and the third last wind turbine. After the installation, Kraken headed for the Harbour of Mostyn to get the last two turbines […]

  • UK: Walney Extension Raises Debate

    16 September 2012

    Following a public consultation regarding the proposal for Walney Extension offshore windfarm, held at the Villa Marina last week, Steam Packet Company said that DONG Energy’s information at the event were misleading. Steam Packet Company CEO Mark Woodward said: “The Dong Walney public consultation was potentially somewhat misleading to the Manx public as there appeared […]

  • DONG Picks Fugro for Walney Extension Seabed Surveys

    11 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has appointed the Portsmouth-based Fugro EMU to carry out offshore pre-construction surveys for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the coast of Cumbria. Fugro will begin seabed survey work in the Irish Sea this month using three specialist vessels. The 41-metre Fugro Helmert will concentrate on surveying the main windfarm site, while the 24-metre RV […]

  • Secretary Huhne to Inaugurate Wold’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    23 January 2012

    On the February 9th, 2012, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, located in the East Irish Sea, will be inaugurated by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Rt. Hon. Chris Huhne, MP. Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall will be the gravitation point for this grand celebration marking a milestone to the Cumbria County and […]

  • UK: Walney Offshore Windfarm to Conduct Post-Construction Environmental Surveys

    21 March 2012
    Environment

    The marine environment and bird life in and around Walney Offshore Windfarm have been carefully studied before construction of the wind farm was authorised. During the two years of construction, additional work has been done to check that construction activities remained within acceptable limits for noise or other disturbance. As the wind farm is approaching […]

  • Dong Energy Completes Wind Turbine Installation at Walney 2 (UK)

    20 October 2011

      In the night of 22 September, the last blade on the last wind turbine at Walney 2 was fastened. However, it took waiting until the installation vessel, Kraken, succeeded in finding the weather window which made it possible to install the last blade on the last wind turbine in the wind farm. Now, all […]

  • DONG Energy Awards New Grants from Walney Extension Community Fund

    16 June 2017

    Fourteen organisations have been awarded grants as part of DONG Energy’s Walney Extension Community Fund. The groups will each receive a share of the just over GBP 250,000 windfall available under round two of the Fund, which launched last year.

  • Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf Waves Goodbye to VOS Start

    25 July 2017
    Vessels

    VOS Start has left Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf  and is set to commence its first project next month, providing logistics support, accommodation and walk-to-work  (W2W) capability for MHI Vestas at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • Low Turnout at Walney Offshore Windfarm Consultation Event in Millom, UK

    12 September 2012

    A public consultation event held on Saturday in Millom, concerning the extension of the Walney Offshore Windfarm, had less attendance than expected. As the North- West Evening Mail reports, less than 20 people showed up to learn about Dong Energy’s plans and give their opinion. Peter Sills, the company’s communications manager believes this is because […]

  • Ørsted Allocates Fourth Round of Walney Extension Grants

    19 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has announced the winners of the fourth round of applications to the Walney Extension Community Fund, which was established to support community and environmental projects near the 659MW offshore wind farm in Cumbria, UK.

  • Ørsted Allots Walney Extension Round 6 Grants

    2 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has allocated grants from the sixth round of the Walney Extension Community Fund, set up to support community and environmental projects near the 659MW offshore wind farm in Cumbria, UK. The grants have been awarded to sixteen groups who will each receive a share of the just over GBP 253,000 windfall and will join 75 other […]

  • DONG Energy Allocates First Walney Extension Skills Fund

    28 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    DONG Energy has revealed details of its Walney Extension community skills fund which will invest GBP 100,000 a year for the next 25 years into equipping people to work in engineering industries in the coastal areas of Lancashire and Cumbria.

  • Ørsted Awards Fifth Round Walney Extension Fund Grants

    4 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded eighteen organizations with grants from the fifth round of its Walney Extension Community Fund.

  • Brazil: Two DONG Projects Among 100 Most Sustainable

    21 June 2012

    Wednesday night, politicians and other decision makers at the UN sustainability conference Rio+20 were presented with 100 sustainable projects. They are eco-friendly solutions which are already available today and which can contribute to the development of sustainability on a global level. DONG Energy has two projects nominated: Walney Offshore Windfarms and Wind Power’s partnership model, […]

  • First power from the Walney 1 Offshore Windfarm (UK)

    14 January 2011

    The Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm, off the shore of Cumbria, has Thursday January 13th 2011 started producing the first CO2-free electricity to the UK’s national grid. Electricity has been generated from the first of the 51 turbines that Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm will consist of eventually. When fully operational, the Walney 1 and […]

  • Windfarm Update: Race Bank, Rampion, Walney Extension, EnBW Baltic 2, Gode Wind 1 & 2, Sandbank

    13 November 2015

    Race Bank In July, A2SEA won a contract to provide the SEA CHALLENGER offshore installation vessel for the installation of wind turbines at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm from early 2017. Also, MMT has been contracted to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) inspections and removal MMT along the export cable routes and within […]

  • Lyman Morse Boatyard to Start Building Alicat Vessels (USA)

    3 October 2011

      Lyman Morse Boatyard launches into the offshore wind workboat market at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition on October 11-13, in booth 331 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland. To keep up with demand, UK-based Alicat Workboats, part of the UK based Gardline Group of companies, will be working with Lyman Morse […]

  • APEM Stays Over East Anglia Zone

    3 October 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has appointed aerial survey specialists APEM to carry out ultra-high resolution bird and marine mammal surveys of its proposed East Anglia ONE North area. APEM is also continuing baseline surveys of the East Anglia TWO area after ScottishPower Renewables extended its contract. All the surveys will employ APEM’s recently developed proprietary camera system, […]

  • Safety Technology to Open New Centre at Port of Mostyn

    16 January 2014
    Ports & Logistics, Training & Education

    South Wales based safety training provider Safety Technology Ltd, announced their plans to open a state-of-the art Wind Energy safety training centre in the Mostyn region this week. With support from the Welsh Assembly Government, the RenewableUK and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accredited training provider will be developing a new safety training facility on-site at […]

  • UK: Supacat Contracts Mustang Marine to Build New Concept Multi-Purpose Offshore Support Vessel

    27 February 2013

    The innovation house, Supacat, has awarded the build contract to Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd for a new concept offshore support vessel, the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24. The first boat will be built at Mustang Marine’s Pembroke Dock facility and is scheduled for launch in August this year. To develop the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV […]

  • Two important new offshore windfarm contracts signed by Nordsee – GeoSea (both DEME Group) in German waters

    1 September 2010
    R&D

    The Joint Venture Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau Gmbh – GeoSea NV, both of them members of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental Group DEME, has been awarded two different contracts for prepiling and installation works to construct both the EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm, 32 km north of the island of Rügen, and the Trianel West Borkum II wind farm, 45 km north of the East Frisian Island Borkum in German waters.

  • DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables to Build West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    16 June 2011

      DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group, have decided to go ahead with the construction of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea in a 50/50-partnership. The total cost of construction is up to GBP 1.6 billion (approx. DKK 14 billion), which includes the cost to […]

  • Ørsted Allots Seventh Round Burbo Bank Extension Fund Grants

    21 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded ten local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the seventh round of the Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund.