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  • Statoil Awards Dudgeon OWF Contract to Siemens

    14 January 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The wind turbine generator (WTG) supply contract will cover engineering, procurement, assembly and offshore commissioning. Each turbine (6.0 MW) consists of a tower section, a nacelle and […]

  • Timelapse: Dudgeon OSS Topside Lowered into Place

    15 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has shared a timelapse video of a heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov installing a 1,700-tonne topside onto a jacket on Dudgeon bank off Norfolk, UK. The topside and the jacket were built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft and now form an offshore substation which once commissioned will collect and transform power generated at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The topside was […]

  • Last TPs En Route to Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

    17 June 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    On Wednesday, the last three transition pieces for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm left Smulders’ yard in Hoboken. Smulders and Sif have been in charge of the production of the 67 transition pieces for the project, developed by Statoil, which owns the wind farm together with Statkraft and Masdar. “These TP’s were the heaviest and largest ones produced by Smulders […]

  • Onshore Dudgeon OWF Work Commences

    26 March 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Work has commenced in Norfolk to install the underground cables and construct the substations that will enable electricity produced by the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to be distributed into the UK National Grid electricity network. Two underground cables will run from Weybourne on the North Norfolk coast to Necton, near Swaffham where the new electricity […]

  • Siemens: Order Placed for 67 Dudgeon Offshore Wind Turbines

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. Siemens will manufacture, deliver, install and commission 67 Siemens direct-drive wind turbines rated at 6 megawatts (MW) each and equipped with a 154-meter rotor. Installation will start in early 2017. The combined […]

  • UK: DOW Receives Onshore Cable Route Planning Permission

    26 June 2012
    Grid Connection

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has received the planning permissions needed to construct and operate the onshore cables for the proposed Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project. The permission received from the Planning Inspectorate covers the northern 28km section of the buried cable system needed to allow the electricity […]

  • Dudgeon’s OSS Topside Preparing for Take-Off

    15 July 2016

    Dudgeon offshore wind farm’s substation topside is getting ready to sail, according to Siemens’ social media pages.  The four-deck topside has been built by Sembmarine SLP, and will go through weighing and load out this month before it sails away from the yard  in August. The jacket for the substation was also built by Sembmarine and loaded onto […]

  • Dudgeon Substation Topside Sails Away

    5 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 1,700-ton topside built by Sembmarine SLP for the offshore substation of the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm has sailed out of the port of Lowestoft, UK. The four-deck topside will be installed on a 1,500-tonne steel jacket which was put in place some 32 kilometres off Cromer, Norfolk, at the beginning of June. The jacket structure […]

  • Dudgeon OWF Set for Inauguration

    21 November 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft are ready to officially open their Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK tomorrow, 22 November.

  • Ofgem Grants Dudgeon OFTO Licence

    8 November 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has granted a licence to TC Dudgeon OFTO plc to own and operate the GBP 297.9 million high-voltage transmission link to the Dudgeon offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • Sea Challenger Loads Final Dudgeon Turbine Parts in Hull

    29 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has loaded the final set of wind turbine components for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm project at the Port of Hull.

  • First Dudgeon Turbine In Place

    9 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm situated some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk, UK. The first out of the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines was installed on Saturday, 7 January. For the next months, the vessel will install the turbines being shipped from […]

  • Smulders Projects to Build Dudgeon OWF Transition Pieces

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    On July 3, Smulders Projects was awarded the contract for the supply of 67 Transition Pieces for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.  The Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm will be constructed on the coast of Norfolk, South East England. The wind farm comprises 67 monopile foundations on which 6 MW turbines will be placed. This large capacity […]

  • Top News of the Week May 30 – Jun 5, 2016

    5 June 2016

    Timelapse: Dudgeon Foundation Eased Into Place Statoil has shared a timelapse video of one of 67 foundations for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm being installed in the UK part of the North Sea. Sandbank Partners Streamlining Turbine Installation Process Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), together with project partner Siemens, have developed an optimised concept […]

  • VSMC Lands Dudgeon Cable Deal

    3 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    VSMC has been awarded a EUR 110 million contract by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft, for the export and inter-array cabling for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. VSMC will start in 2015 by performing two 1,100-metre horizontal directional drillings at the landfall, followed by the installation of two 42-km […]

  • Masdar Takes Stake in Dudgeon OWF, Investment Worth GBP 525 Mln

    24 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Abu Dhabi-owned green energy giant Masdar has confirmed that it will invest £525 million for a 35% stake in the planned Dudgeon offshore wind farm, alongside Norweigan partners Statoil and Stakraft. Earlier this summer, the Dudgeon project passed a final investment decision. In conjunction with this a new partner acquired a 35 percent stake from […]

  • Sea Challenger Loads First Dudgeon Kit

    5 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger is preparing to sail out of the port of Hull with the first load of turbine components to be installed at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Sea Challenger was loaded with components of four Siemens 6MW turbines on Wednesday, 4 January. The vessel will make 17 runs […]

  • Granada Material Handling to Deliver Two Davit Cranes for Dudgeon OWF

    27 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Sembmarine SLP has awarded a contract to Manchester-based Granada Material Handling Ltd (GMH) to manufacture, deliver and commission two davit crane units for Siemens’ Transmission and Distribution Platform at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Each of the Granada ‘Python’ crane units have been specifically designed for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm and the challenging marine environment […]

  • Dudgeon Owners Sign Refinancing Deal

    13 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor, Masdar and China Resources Group, the owners of the Dudgeon wind farm, have signed a hybrid refinancing of GBP 1.4 billion (EUR 1.55 billion).

  • Siemens Signs Electrical System Infrastructure Deal for Dudgeon OWF

    3 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has awarded the contract for the Electrical System Infrastructure for its Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction and offshore hook-up of one onshore substation and one offshore substation including jacket foundation. Siemens will have the overall system responsibility to connect the […]

  • Dudgeon Reaches Another Milestone

    20 May 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The approval for Dudgeon in meeting the milestone requirements was confirmed by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), the designated independent Counterparty to CFDs, last week. Dudgeon issued the milestone requirement notice on 7th May 2015, two days ahead of schedule. “This milestone fulfillment is very good news for the project, and it confirms that […]

  • NNDC Rejects Dudgeon Wind Farm Onshore Cable Plans (UK)

    17 January 2012

    North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) rejected plans to place offshore wind farm power cables throughout the countryside, reports BBC. The 45km onshore cable running between the landfall point at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk District) and Little Dunham (Breckland District) would connect the Dudgeon offshore wind farm to the grid. Even though Development Committee stated in […]

  • Sif Scores Dudgeon Foundation Contract

    4 July 2014

    The Dudgeon Wind Farm Limited has awarded the contract for the Monopile Foundation Fabrication for its Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to Sif Group B.V. The contract covers the procurement, fabrication and assembly of 67 monopiles (MPs) and 67 transition pieces (TPs), including transportation to the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm storage site from where the monopile […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Growing Roots

    5 April 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first monopile at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, located off Norfolk, England. “Our team and suppliers have worked hard to prepare for the exciting installation phase and we are pleased to progress according to plan,” said Olav-Bernt Haga, project director for the Dudgeon project. In total, 67 turbines, as well […]

  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Electricity (Video)

    9 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil reports.

  • Recruitment Begins for Dudgeon OWF O&M Base

    21 April 2015
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The first seven employment opportunities for managers and engineers to be based from the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm O&M base in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk have been posted on the Statoil website, Statoil being the operator for both the construction and operational phases of this 402MW offshore power plant. To date, the O&M team has consisted […]