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  • RWE Close to Securing Galloper Financing

    31 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s energy company is planning to close a financial deal for its GBP 1.3 billion Galloper offshore wind project by “either October or November,” said Hans Buenting, RWE Innogy’s chief executive. According to the Reuters, RWE is close to making a deal with three partners which would leave it with 25% stake in the project. […]

  • Galloper OWF: SSE Shakes Hands with RWE on Pull-Out Plan

    5 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has agreed exit terms with its 50:50 joint venture partner, RWE Innogy for its interest in the Galloper offshore wind farm project. In March, SSE announced that it would not be progressing its stake in the Galloper offshore wind farm project beyond the development phase. Under the exit arrangements, SSE will remain a 50% […]

  • Siemens Picks Houlder to Design Sea Fastenings for Galloper Turbines

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Wind Power has awarded UK-based marine engineers, Houlder Ltd, the contract for the design of sea fastenings for the 336MW Galloper wind farm project. The Galloper wind farm construction consists of 56 Siemens 6MW SWT-6.0-154 turbines. Critical to the successful construction of the offshore turbines is the design of sea fastenings work, and for […]

  • James Fisher Gets Busy at Galloper OWF

    30 January 2017

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has started working at the Galloper offshore wind farm by deploying a three-man emergency response team in support of the foundation installation works at the site.

  • Galloper Choppers Cleared for Takeoff

    22 August 2017
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Windfarm Ltd (GWFL) has obtained an approval from Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Planning Committee to set up a temporary helipad at Great Oakley Lodge, Great Oakley, to serve the Galloper offshore wind farm.

  • DOF Subsea Sends Skandi Constructor to Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    15 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has won the contract for Skandi Constructor for Siemens on the Galloper offshore wind farm project in the North Sea.

  • Photo of the Day: First Wind Turbine at Galloper OWF

    23 May 2017

    Innogy UK yesterday posted the first photo of the first wind turbine installed last week at the Galloper offshore wind farm. 

  • Ndurance Readies to Lay Final Galloper Export Cable

    26 April 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS’ cable laying vessel Ndurance will arrive off the coast of Sizewell on 30 April, weather permitting, to install the second and final export cable for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm, Galloper Wind Farm Limited said.

  • Photo of the Day: Smulders Sends Off Last Batch of Galloper TPs

    24 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The last four transition pieces (TPs) for the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK have been dispatched from Smulders facilities in Hoboken, Belgium, and are on their way to Rotterdam, where they will be loaded onto the installation vessel Innovation at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 site.

  • Galloper OWF Generates First Power. Turbines Tweaked to Add 17MW More

    7 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Innogy announced three pretty big news about its Galloper offshore wind project today, 7 November. The wind farm generated the first power on 5 November, 38 wind turbines are now installed at the site, and the project’s capacity has increased by 17MW.

  • Heerema Nets Galloper OSS Fabrication Contract

    4 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Petrofac has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) with a contract to deliver an offshore substation platform for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm. Heerema Hartlepool will be in charge of fabricating the unmanned offshore substation, with project engineering and procurement being undertaken by Petrofac as part of the GE-Petrofac Consortium. The Galloper offshore substation, scheduled for delivery in […]

  • GWFL Prepping Sizewell Beach for Galloper Export Cables

    5 May 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) has started preparing a section of Sizewell beach in Suffolk for the installation of the export cables that will bring the power generated from the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm to the onshore substation that will connect to the National Grid. Work is also continuing at the substation construction site north […]

  • RWE Abandons Galloper OWF Project

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has recently reviewed the development status of the Galloper offshore wind farm as a ROC accredited project. “Despite positive investor interest, including that of the Green Investment Bank, and support from the project’s supply chain partners we are disappointed to announce the decision not to continue with the development of Galloper in its current […]

  • Photo of the Day: Ndurance Loading Galloper Export Cable

    26 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    RWE Innogy has shared a photo of the first 45-kilometre export cable for the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm being loaded onto the carousel of VBMS’ multipurpose vessel Ndurance. In October 2015, VBMS signed a contract for the export cabling scope in a consortium with nkt cables, consisting of supply and installation of two 45-kilometre-long export cables […]

  • Construction Begins on Galloper O&M Base

    19 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 353MW Galloper offshore wind farm has started in Harwich, UK.

  • Another Seacat Heads to Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    1 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Galloper Offshore Windfarm Limited has chartered Seacat Services’ windfarm support/crew transfer vessel (CTV) Seacat Ranger.

  • Ramora UK to Destroy UXO at Galloper

    7 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist explosive ordnance disposal contractor Ramora UK is preparing to undertake a programme of disposal of items previously identified as unexploded wartime ordnance, found on the seabed where the 336MW Galloper wind farm will be built off the Suffolk coast. The bombs were identified during surveys undertaken ahead of the offshore construction starting this summer. Ramora […]

  • Micro Shelter Solution Puts Galloper Maritime Traffic on Radar

    30 March 2017

    Micro Shelter Solution informed that it had participated to the radar/VTS equipment installation for the Galloper offshore wind farm foundations, all of which are now installed at the project site in the UK.

  • Stemat Spirit Loading First Galloper Inter-Array Cables

    24 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The cable laying vessel Stemat Spirit is being loaded with the first batch of inter-array cables for the Galloper offshore wind farm at JDR Cables’ facility in Hartlepool.

  • MCT Brattberg Seals Galloper Offshore Substation Deal

    11 May 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish cable systems provider MCT Brattberg has supplied the cable penetration seals for the offshore substation built by Heerema Fabrication Group for the 336MW Galloper wind farm project off Suffolk.

  • N-Sea Keeping Galloper Safe from UXO

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    N-Sea has been awarded a pre-construction unexploded ordnance (UXO) contract with Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (GWFL). The clearance works commenced in April 2016 and include UXO risk management, target investigations and clearance on the Galloper wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk. Expected to run for between three and six months, the project sees the […]

  • First Galloper Blades Reach Great Yarmouth

    11 April 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first consignment of Siemens wind turbine blades for the Galloper offshore wind farm have arrived at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth, the turbine maker’s assembly and installation base for the 336MW project.

  • Siemens Gamesa and Seacat Services Reaffirm Galloper Bond

    10 June 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cowes-based offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has secured long-term extensions to its vessel support contracts with Siemens Gamesa at the Galloper wind farm off the coast of Suffolk. Building on a pair of two-year operations and maintenance (O&M) charter agreements signed in 2017 for vessels Seacat Vigilant and Seacat Liberty, Siemens Gamesa has now […]

  • Ofgem Names Galloper OFTO

    22 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has selected Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission link to the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • UK: Royal HaskoningDHV Congratulates SSE and RWE on Galloper OWF Advancement

    27 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Royal HaskoningDHV has congratulated SSE and RWE npower renewables  on the announcement that Galloper Wind Farm has received development consent from the Secretary of State, and represents the largest offshore wind farm project to receive consent under the Planning Act 2008. SSE and RWE npower renewables estimate that the 140 turbine development will provide enough […]

  • Irish ESB Buys Into Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland’s state owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has acquired a 12.5% stake in the 353MW Galloper offshore wind farm from Macquarie Capital.