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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has signed a contract with UK-based VolkerFitzpatrick to install onshore cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, which is subject to Ørsted reaching Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project, VolkerFitzpatrick will install 240 kilometres of onshore cables connecting the offshore wind farm from the landfall at […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Ørsted and trade union Prospect have reached a landmark recognition agreement that will cover all employees involved in the operation and maintenance (O&M) of Ørsted’s twelve operational offshore wind farms in the UK. The agreement will see Prospect recognised as the sole negotiating body for the terms and conditions of around 450 of Ørsted’s O&M […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Denmark-based Cadeler has signed an agreement with its compatriot Ørsted to carry out the installation of turbine foundations at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The project will be Cadeler’s first use of its F-class foundation installation vessel that is being built by COSCO Heavy Industries in China. Offshore installation for the […]
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The world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has increased its full-year operating profit (EBITDA) guidance and gross investment guidance following the release of the results for the second quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022. The company’s EBITDA for the first half of the year amounted to DKK 13.044 billion (EUR 1.75 billion), in line with […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Aibel has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to transport and install two HVDC offshore converter platforms for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The work will include transporting and installing two jacket foundations, eight skirt piles, and two topsides. The contract was signed after Ørsted was allocated a Contract for Difference (CfD) by […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has awarded the Norwegian offshore service company Aibel, in partnership with Hitachi Energy, with an EPCI contract for two platforms for the Hornsea 3 project in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under the contract, Aibel will be responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation in the delivery of two HVDC converter platforms. […]
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Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of Norwind Breeze, a former Platform Suply Vessel (PSV) that was converted into a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) by Vard. The vessel will soon be deployed on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm under a contract with Ørsted, according to the vessel’s owner and operator. Hornsea Two, which is […]
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Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
NKT has commissioned the 220 kV HVAC export cable system connecting the 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind project to the UK grid. NKT manufactured the power cables for the project at its factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. The installation of the subsea cables was completed by the cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria. “Constructing a project of […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Offshore wind service provider C-Bed will deploy its walk-to-work (W2W) service operation vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operations and maintenance (O&M) service contract will commence in June. The company secured full activity for its 1999-built accommodation vessel until the fourth quarter of […]
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Cable pull-in for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm’s export line has been completed at the project’s landfall site at Lincolnshire’s Horseshoe Point beach. The operation, carried out by Boskalis’ cable laying vessel Ndurance, involved installing 2.4 kilometres of cable under water and toward the connection point. “Thanks to the dedication of our contracted staff, […]
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DEME Offshore has installed the 100th monopile foundation at the 165-turbine Hornsea Two wind farm offshore the UK. DEME installed the first foundation at the site some 89 kilometres north-east of Grimsby in early October 2020. The monopile foundations are being loaded at and transported from the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands and installed at the […]
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Sembcorp Marine has contracted Palfinger to provide cranes for the offshore substation and the reactive compensation station to be installed at Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Hornsea Two wind farm offshore the UK. Palfinger will equip the offshore substation with one telescopic crane (DKT400), two davit cranes (PF17000), and the reactive compensation station with one stiff-boom crane […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Jumbo Shipping has secured a contract with DEME Offshore for the transport of foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. Jumbo will transport 165 monopiles from Rostock, Germany, and 135 transition pieces from Aalborg, Denmark, to Eemshaven, the Netherlands, with a K3000 class vessel. Additionally, the company will undertake the project management for the […]
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Ørsted has contracted Bladt Industries to produce 135 transition pieces for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The fabrication of the transition pieces is planned to begin this year at Bladt’s site in Aalborg, Denmark, with delivery expected to take place from mid-2020 to mid-2021. “We are proud that Ørsted have trusted Bladt Industries as […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a contract to charter a new build crew transfer vessel from WEM Marine LTD to support its work supplying temporary power solution at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. WEM Marine LTD’s vessel, the WEM3, joined MRE on Hornsea Two in July 2021. The WEM3 is a […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
VolkerInfra has completed the onshore cable installation for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. VolkerInfra installed a total of 350 km of cable over 39 km of Lincolnshire land, reaching from the wind farm’s landfall point at Horseshoe Point to North Killingholme. Reinstatement works are expected to continue on the ground until […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once the […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Tekmar Energy has signed a contract with Ørsted to provide Cable Protection Systems for the 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Tekmar will provide their patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mechanical Latch for the wind farm, which when constructed will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The contract is valued in excess […]
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The jacket foundation for the offshore substation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK has been installed. The installation of the 4,800-tonne jacket marks the start of the project’s offshore construction. Six weeks ago, 10,000 tonnes of steel framework for the pin piles, reactor compensation and offshore substation jackets sailed from Batam, Indonesia, towards […]
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The first out of the total of 165 monopile foundations has been installed at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to social media updates from Ørsted. The milestone comes around a week after the jacket foundation for the wind farm’s offshore substation was installed. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation has been […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
DEME Offshore has won contracts to transport and install foundations and wind turbines on Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm is located approximately 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast and will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. DEME Offshore will transport […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a major contract with Ørsted to supply power to the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. MRE will provide the full temporary power solution, service technicians, and both crew transfer and walk-to-work vessels, during the construction phase of the 1.4 GW offshore wind farm. “When the company […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The UK Planning Inspectorate closed the examination period for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project yesterday. The Examining Authority now has 3 months to consider the project and make a recommendation to the Secretary of State, who will then have further 3 months to make the decision. Hornsea Project Two, located approximately 89km off the Yorkshire coast, will […]
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EEW Group has contracted Hutchinson Engineering Ltd for the fabrication and on-site assembly of Suspended Internal Platforms (SIPs) for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. The Cheshire-based company is in charge of providing 30 SIPs, each weighing 10t and towering 12m high, that will be suspended inside the transition pieces. In June, Ørsted, the developer […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
FairWind has a won a contract by Bladt Industries to install the electrical scope on 135 transition pieces for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. FairWind’s scope of work is full electrical installation, including light study design of cable support system, as well as installing all components and free issued items from […]
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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ (LDA’s) new service operations vessel (SOV), which will be working at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, was launched on 21 September at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey. The Wind of Hope SOV, ordered in 2018, is expected to arrive at Ørsted’s operations and maintenance (O&M) facility at the port of Grimsby in […]
