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  • HUMBERSIDE DEVELOPMENT: Renewable energy revitalises the Humber

    22 June 2015

    To quote the British Government: “Enterprise Zones create jobs and boost businesses…. They are great places to do business for both new and expanding firms, benefiting from government backing.” The largest Enterprise Zone in the UK is on the Humber Estuary – both sides, North and South of the River Humber. The zone includes the […]

  • Notus Heavy Lift Solutions Opens US Office

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Notus Heavy Lift Solutions has entered the US offshore wind market with the launch of an office in New York.

  • Photo of the Day: Turbine Installation at West of Duddon Sands OWF

    23 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: SEA INSTALLER working on wind turbine installation at West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. A2SEA’s jack-up vessel SEA INSTALLER completed the installation of 108 wind turbines at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm at the beginning of this month. Commissioning work is now well underway and is expected to be […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset at West of Duddon Sands OWF

    31 October 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, seen almost a year ago.  Following yesterday’s official launch of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, it is nice to remember the good old times, especially some beautiful moments like the one caught on camera by Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) Ltd, […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • Cabling Work Starts at West of Duddon Sands OWF (UK)

    23 December 2013
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is currently in Liverpool for mobilisation and can be expected to arrive on site early next week to carry out […]

  • CWind CTVs Extend West of Duddon Sands Stay

    3 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has granted CWind a two-year extension to its existing three-year crew transfer vessel contract at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.

  • Cabling Works to Begin at West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm

    11 December 2013
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1’ will carry out construction works on subsea cables inside the perimeter of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. The works will […]

  • Cable Stabilisation Work to Start at Two Ørsted Offshore Wind Farms in UK

    3 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Rock placement operations are set to start this month at Walney 1 & 2 and West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farms in the UK to stabilise several sections of subsea cables at the wind farms, both owned by Ørsted. The work will be carried out by DEME’s DP2 fallpipe vessel Rollingstone. At West of Duddon […]

  • Ofgem Selects West of Duddon Sands Cable Assets Preferred Bidder

    9 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem appointed Blue Transmission as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission links to the West of Duddon Sands windfarm. Blue Transmission, a consortium comprising Macquarie Capital Group Limited, 3i BIFL Investments Limited and Frontier Power Limited, was selected by Ofgem through a competitive process in which bidders compete to become offshore […]

  • UK: Wind Turbine Component Collapses at Belfast Harbour

    14 October 2013

    Last week a wind turbine tower section fell on a vehicle at Belfast Harbour, writes Belfast Telegraph. Northern Ireland’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the independent work-related health and safety regulator, is investigating this incident where, fortunately, no one was hurt. Siemens and Dong Energy have been using Belfast Harbour to assemble turbine components for […]

  • Jurnalists Visit Scunthorpe Steelworks Complex (UK)

    9 December 2010

    INTERNATIONAL journalists have been given a great insight into the burgeoning renewable energy industry that is being created in northern…   (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, December 09, 2010

  • West of Duddon Sands Team Celebrates End of Turbine Installation

    19 June 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The team behind the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm is celebrating the successful installation of the final turbine at the 389MW project. The 108th turbine was recently hoisted into position by the Sea Installer. John Hill, Project Director for West of Duddon Sands at DONG Energy said: “We’re delighted to have reached this huge […]

  • Study Outlines Offshore Wind Potential for Tweed Dock (UK)

    26 May 2011

    A NEW study has outlined the potential for Tweed Dock to become an important base for the burgeoning offshore wind and renewables sector.   By Ian Smith (berwick-advertiser) [mappress] Source: berwick-advertiser, May 26, 2011

  • Development of Wind Farms is Big Opportunity for Offshore Helicopter Transportation Market (UK)

    24 February 2011

    Supporting the burgeoning development of wind farms is the next big growth opportunity in the offshore helicopter transportation market… By Charles Alcock (ainonline) [mappress] Source: ainonline , February 24, 2011

  • West of Duddon Sands Seeks Skilled Local Workers for Its O&M Base (UK)

    23 January 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50-50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has launched its campaign to recruit thirty skilled local workers for its operations and maintenance (O&M) team in Barrow-in-Furness. Work is now underway on a state-of-the-art Operations and Maintenance facility in Barrow, which will act as the base […]

  • SEA INSTALLER Installs 30 Foundations at WoDS Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    9 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    SEA INSTALLER has finished installation of foundations at the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm. She is now mobilising for installation of WTGs. The mobilisation takes place in Vlissingen, Holland. Afterwards, she will continue with the installation of 108 WTGs. The work is being carried out by two of the world’s most advanced installation vessels: Swire […]

  • UK: Fist Turbine Installed at West of Duddon Sands OWF

    1 October 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of 108 Siemens 3.6MW turbines has been successfully installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. Following the recent milestone of hitting the halfway mark on foundation installation, on Friday 27th September the West of Duddon Sands team completed installation of […]

  • Denmark: Bladt Upends Transition Piece Mock-Up for West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm

    2 November 2012

    Today, the full size transition piece mock-up for West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm was successfully upended at Bladt facilities in Aalborg, Denmark, and on Wednesday, the transition piece mock-up for Borkum Riffgrund 01 project will be upended  – also in Aalborg. Bladt Industries’ scope of delivery on the two projects is to manufacture […]

  • Bladt Sends Away Last Three WoDS Foundations (Denmark)

    5 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Today, the last three foundations are out-loaded from Bladt Industries, Aalborg, and setting sails towards Belfast. The West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) project has been in motion for almost a year, as Bladt have manufactured the 108 monopiles and 108 transition pieces, which were ready this July. The closure of the West of Duddon Sands […]

  • RES Offshore to Maintain WoDS Met Mast

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    RES Offshore has followed up the successful installation of the West of Duddon sands (WoDS) offshore met mast with a contract to carry out the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the met mast and equipment for the next 5 years. The mast was installed in August this year at the 389MW West of Duddon Sands […]

  • Offshore Substation Installed at West of Duddon Sands OWF, UK

    21 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, is officially underway following the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the east Irish Sea. The entire project will consist of 108 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of […]

  • 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 […]

  • CWind Bags Three-Year Contract for West of Duddon Sands

    26 August 2014

    CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, have signed a three year contract to provide crew and equipment transfer for DONG Energy and Scottish Power at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. The contract, which includes an optional extension for a further 2 year period, is valued to CWind […]

  • BMT Nigel Gee: Bigger Is Better in Wind Farm Support Vessel Market (Interview)

    10 May 2016
    R&D, Vessels

    Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) have increased in size in the last twelve months following the changes to the UK and German codes and regulations which allowed the vessels to be longer than 24-metre load line and to carry more than 12 technicians, and the trend is set to continue, according to Ed Dudson, Technical Director at […]

  • DONG Energy Divests West of Duddon Sands Transmission Assets

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    West of Duddon Sands, a joint venture owned by DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets to WoDS Transmission plc. WoDS Transmission plc is owned by a consortium comprising of Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited and 3i Infrastructure plc. The transmission assets hold an asset value of GBP 269 million (DKK […]