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  • Ocean Infinity to Survey Equinor’s Floating Wind Area Offshore US

    18 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Equinor Wind US has hired Ocean Infinity for survey work on one of the first-ever floating offshore wind farms on the US West Coast. Under the terms of this contract, Ocean Infinity will undertake a comprehensive site investigation survey using multiple AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) simultaneously for Equinor’s floating offshore wind lease area – OCS-P […]

  • Boskalis Wins ‘Large’ Baltica 2 Cabling Contracts

    5 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Boskalis has been awarded contracts by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, classifying the contract value as “large”, which for Boskalis means it is worth more than EUR 300 million. The project scope comprises the transportation and installation of 107 […]

  • USV Survey Starting at Proposed 1 GW Offshore Wind Project in Ireland

    2 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    An unmanned surface vessel (USV) survey is set to begin this month at the Braymore Wind Park site located offshore Ireland. Trial operations of remotely piloted XOcean USVs will take place in the Balbriggan and Drogheda Bay area during September and October for approximately six weeks, subject to weather and operational constraints. The vessels will […]

  • SSE Renewables Unveils Plans for Wind Farm Offshore Ireland’s Atlantic Coast

    6 April 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is seeking an investigative foreshore licence to facilitate survey work for a possible new offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Tarbert, Co. Kerry, Ireland. SSE Renewables has recently submitted an application for an investigative foreshore licence to Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and is seeking […]

  • SSE Renewables Calls On Ireland to Raise Offshore Wind Ambitions

    17 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has called on the Irish Government to expand its renewable energy ambition and increase its current 5 GW target of installed offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at the Irish Renewable Energy Summit at Croke Park, Dublin, the company’s Director of Development Maria Ryan said the offshore wind was key to addressing the […]

  • Fugro Finishes Erebus Geotechnical Campaign Offshore Wales

    6 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has completed its geotechnical campaign for the 100 MW Erebus Test and Demonstration floating offshore wind project in Wales. The surveys, led by the Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro, included the acquisition of sub-seabed data using borehole, vibrocore, and cone penetration test techniques utilising […]

  • PGE and Ørsted Order Baltica 2 Hardware at Navantia-Windar and Orient Cable

    3 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The PGE and Ørsted joint venture has signed contracts with Navantia-Windar and Orient Cable (NBO) for delivery of foundations and array cables for Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltic Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Navantia-Windar will be supplying monopile foundations, the largest exceeding 100 metres and weighing over […]

  • Top News of the Week July 28 – August 3, 2014

    3 August 2014

    Photo of the Day: Aeolus Stretching Its Legs Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Van Oord’s first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms, Aeolus, jacked up. Siemens to Supply 48 Turbines for Dutch Wind Farm Siemens Energy has received an order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm. Designed […]

  • Local Residents Concerned over Irish Sea Wind Farm

    4 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Development of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea has raised a myriad of concerns for the local residents, voiced during Celtic Array’s public consultation period, one of them being cutting off of ferry routes. Centrica and Dong Energy consortium, Celtic Array, launched a public consultation process in November, so as to receive feedback on […]

  • COSCO Lays Keel for Cadeler’s First X-Class Mega Jack-Up

    5 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    A keel laying ceremony was held for Cadeler’s first X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Qidong, China. The vessel is the first of two that Cadeler has ordered from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry under a contract signed with the company in June 2021. The vessels will be equipped with […]

  • Crown Estate Approves Offshore Wind Project Casing

    31 July 2014
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate can today announce that it has agreed to Celtic Array Ltd’s request to end its offshore wind zone agreement for the Round 3 Irish Sea Zone, allowing developers, DONG Energy and Centrica, to cease development activity and terminate their seabed rights. Head of Offshore Wind, Huub den Rooijen said: “We have confirmed the […]

  • Hexicon Completes Wave Hub Buy

    2 August 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Swedish floating wind farm developer Hexicon has completed its acquisition of the Wave Hub renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England, paving the way for a GBP 100+ million floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea by 2025. The deal, first announced in May, sees Hexicon through its UK subsidiary, TwinHub Limited, acquire […]

  • UK: Celtic Array Presents Rhiannon Wind Farm Plans in Amlwch

    16 November 2012

    Centrica and Dong Energy consortium, Celtic Array, will hold public meetings regarding the proposed wind farm in the Irish Sea. The public information days will kick off today on Anglesey, BBC writes. Rhiannon Wind Farm will be located approximately 19km from Anglesey with total capacity of up to 2.2GW, which is enough to power about […]

  • UK: GL Garrad Hassan to Provide Celtic Array Met Mast

    22 November 2012

    Centrica has awarded a contract to GL Garrad Hassan, the renewable energy consulting business of the GL Group, for the design, supply, installation and operation of an offshore meteorological mast system for their Celtic Array project in the Irish Sea. Located 15km north of Anglesey, the system includes a meteorological mast, power supply system, navigational […]

  • Crown Estate Releases BGS Geological Assessment of Irish Sea

    15 December 2015
    R&D

    The Crown Estate has published a study by the British Geological Survey (BGS) summarising the geological conditions of the Irish Sea, thus providing a valuable resource for the development of offshore infrastructure in the region. The study follows the Crown Estate’s publication of a wide range of data collected for the discontinued Celtic Array offshore wind […]

  • Centrica, Dong Drop Celtic Array

    31 July 2014

    Centrica plc and DONG Energy have today jointly decided to cease development of wind farms in the Irish Sea Zone through their 50/50 joint venture vehicle Celtic Array Limited (“Celtic Array”). The decision to stop development comes as a result of an assessment of the Zone, which has confirmed challenging ground conditions that make the […]

  • RenewableUK Comments on Celtic Array Withdrawal

    31 July 2014

    Commenting on the announcement by Centrica and DONG Energy that they have jointly decided to cease developing wind farms in the Irish Sea Zone via their joint venture, Celtic Array Ltd, RenewableUK’s Director of Offshore Renewables, Nick Medic, said: “Although it’s disappointing that this particular project isn’t going ahead, the reasons are understandable – conditions […]

  • UK: Ampair Nabs Offshore Wind Met Mast Power Contract for GL Garrad Hassan and Celtic Array

    27 November 2012

    Dorset- based small wind turbine and power system manufacturer Ampair announced that it has won a major contract to supply GL Garrad Hassan with a hybrid renewable energy system and control room for Celtic Arrays potential wind farms in the Irish Sea. The equipment will be manufactured at Ampair’s factory in Dorset. Ampair’s sales & […]

  • CIP Buys Into Statkraft’s 2.2 GW Irish Offshore Wind Portfolio

    17 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) fund Copenhagen Infrastructure IV K/S (CI IV) and Statkraft have signed an agreement which will see CIP acquiring 50 per cent in Statkraft’s offshore wind portfolio in Ireland. Under the deal, the financial terms of which have not been disclosed, CIP will hold half of the stake in up to 2.2 […]

  • British MP Backs Opposition to Rhiannon OWF Location

    11 December 2012
    Authorities

    David Morris, Member of the UK Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale has supported the residents of Isle of Man regarding disapproval of the Celtic Array’s Rhiannon offshore wind farm, which is proposed to be built in the Irish Sea. After Mr. Morris met with House of Keys Speaker Steve Rodan to discuss concerns about the […]

  • N-Sea Wins Baltic Sea UXO Survey & Disposal Contract

    14 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    N-Sea has won a contract with 50Hertz for detection and disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the area of export cable routes off the coast of Lubmin, which will connect future German offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea to the mainland. 

  • Bureau Veritas to Certify Erebus Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    19 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Bureau Veritas (BV) has been selected to undertake the project certification of Erebus, the first offshore wind farm in the Celtic Sea and one of the largest floating offshore wind projects in the world. Located 44 kilometers from the Pembrokeshire coastline, Wales, and in water depths of up to 75 metres, the Erebus project aims […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Farm Proposal Raises Concerns

    21 January 2013

    Many eyebrows have been raised by the Celtic Array’s Rhiannon offshore wind farm, including that of Mark Menzies, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde, who raised concern about the impact of the proposed offshore wind development in the Irish Sea on the fishing industry in Fleetwood. Nevertheless, as the process pushes forward the biggest […]

  • Metocean Studies Underway for First Welsh Floating Wind Farms

    27 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Metocean studies for the Erebus and Valorous projects, the first floating wind farms to be built in Welsh waters, are now underway, the developer Blue Gem Wind reported on 27 July. The studies, which will support the design of the two floating wind projects, are being performed by ABPmer, which will deliver the certifiable metocean […]

  • Site Selected for UK Twin-Turbine Floating Wind Demonstrator

    18 May 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Swedish floating wind developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England. The deal, which is expected to complete at the end of May, will see Hexicon through its UK subsidiary, TwinHub Limited, acquire the assets of Wave Hub Limited from local authority, […]

  • GDG Backs Irish Gem

    13 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Simply Blue Energy (SBE) has appointed the Dublin-based engineering consultancy, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), to provide development support services for the Emerald floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. GDG has been commissioned to provide both technical and consenting support during the foreshore licence process, providing a metocean assessment, conduct a landfall suitability assessment […]