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  • Gardline Wins London Array Extensions

    21 October 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Gardline Environmental’s Coastal Division has recently been awarded contract extensions at the London Array offshore wind farm. These extensions mean that the Marian Array, Ellida Array and Smeaton Array, as well as the Gardian 7, will continue crew transfer operations supporting the O&M teams at London Array through the winter and into the New Year. […]

  • UK: Pinsent Masons Advises London Array on Transmission Assets Disposal

    30 September 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    Pinsent Masons has advised London Array, a joint venture between DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar, on the £459 million disposal of the offshore wind farm’s transmission assets to Blue Transmission London Array Limited – a consortium comprising Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited and Diamond UK Transmission Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation) – […]

  • Red7Marine Carrying Out Repair and Maintenance Work at London Array

    29 May 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Remedial construction works at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm have been launched and will be performed until August 2014. The work is being done at a number of turbines locations. Red7Marine Offshore Ltd is undertaking diving and construction work within the London Array site. Operations will be conducted from the vessel Red7 Reel, a […]

  • DONG Energy Recruiting for London Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    2 December 2011

    Dong Energy, appointed to operate and maintain London Array, is looking to recruit people to work on the Operation and Maintenance of the wind farm. London Array is a joint venture between Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar. Dong Energy will operate London Array on behalf of the consortium with successful applicants employed by Dong Energy […]

  • Sima, Windcat to Provide Six CTVs for London Array

    13 June 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    London Array has signed a two-year contract with Sima Charters and Windcat Workboats for a total of six new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs). The move follows an assessment of how best to cope with the unique environmental conditions that exist within the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, with water depths varying from intertidal to […]

  • Masdar Refinances London Array Stake

    28 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Masdar Energy UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Masdar, has refinanced its stake in the 630 MW London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The refinanced debt totalled approximately GBP 466 million in commercial bank debt, maturing in December 2032. Original financing for the project closed in October 2013. Located off the coast of Kent […]

  • London Array Construction Underway (UK)

    1 November 2011
    Wind Farm Update

    The London Array consortium, Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, E.ON, Dong Energy on Monday announced that work is under way at the world’s largest offshor… (wam) [mappress] Source: wam, November 01, 2011

  • MarineSpace Nets London Array Consents and Licensing Contract

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK consultancy MarineSpace Ltd has won a contract from London Array Limited for the provision of consent and licensing services at the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary.

  • London Array Foundation Design Gets Thumbs Up (UK)

    17 January 2012

    The new type of wind turbine foundation design used by London Array has been given the seal of approval by industry certification experts DNV. London Array is among the first in the world to use a conical joint at the top of its monopiles to prevent transition piece slippage. The design was undertaken in parallel […]

  • Remedial Works Underway at London Array

    30 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction works at London Array Offshore Wind Farm are complete and the wind farm is operational. However, some remedial construction works are required. Due to the long term essential maintenance, the wind turbine D20, located on the west side of the wind farm, has a 500m safety exclusion zone in place from the 8th September […]

  • Siemens Extends CWind’s London Array Contract

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    CWind Athenia and CWind Endeavour will provide further logistical support at world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array.  CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has been awarded a second contract extension by Siemens at London Array. CWind Endeavour and CWind Athenia have been on site since late spring this year and are set to […]

  • DONG Energy A/S signs a GBP 250m loan facility for London Array (UK)

    9 June 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has today signed a GBP 250 million Loan Facility with the European Investment Bank (EIB), guaranteed by the Danish Export Credit Agency (Eksport Kredit Fonden, EKF) on the basis of deliveries from Siemens Wind Power and Per Aarsleff. The loan is part of the financing for the construction of the London Array offshore […]

  • La Caisse Invests in London Array

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    One of Canada’s leading financial institutions has joined the international partnership behind London Array. La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) has taken a 25 per cent share in the offshore wind farm after buying half of DONG Energy’s 50 per cent holding. The other shareholders are E.ON (30 per cent) and […]

  • UK: Masdar Announces Work Progress on Phase-I London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    10 July 2011
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

      Masdar Power, one of the five integrated units of Masdar, and partner in London Array, along with DONG Energy and E.ON, toay announced that the 630MW first phase of London Array – which will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world – is due for completion by the end of 2012. On-site […]

  • Siemens Hires Dalby for London Array

    24 November 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The Dalby Swale has been contracted by Siemens to work on the London Array Wind Farm. The Swale was chosen for her versatility in carrying cargo and passenger comfort. The vessel is 23m long with a residual mounted wheelhouse and saloon, and a sprint speed of 30knts and cruises at 24knts. The Dalby Swale is the […]

  • NASA’s Image of the Day: London Array Offshore Wind Farm

    22 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    NASA Earth Observatory has released an image of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite. The image was captured on April 28, 2013; twenty days after the wind farm became fully operational. In April last year, the London Array […]

  • VIDEO: London Array Offshore Wind Farm – 3D Animation

    13 February 2013

    Last year in December the last turbine was installed at the London Array offshore wind farm. Check out this interesting 3D animation about this project. [mappress] Offshore WIND staff, February 13, 2013; Image: london array

  • London Array Sponsors Kent’s Coastal Week This Year (UK)

    13 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      London Array is sponsoring Kent’s Coastal Week this year, which runs from 22 to 30 October. Kent’s Coastal Week is a celebration of all that the Kent coast has to offer, with free or subsidised events – ranging from creative workshops, beach art and boat trips to shingle sculptures and storytelling – taking place […]

  • Intertek Completes Cable Management Support at London Array (UK)

    18 June 2013
    Grid Connection

    Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has successfully completed a long-standing cable package engineering and support contract at London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Now in full operation, London Array is set to provide renewable energy to over half a million British homes each year and as part of this […]

  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • UK: Second London Array Export Cable Completed

    20 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed all the 4,400 tonne cables in the Swale. London Array […]

  • UK: London Array Looks Ahead to Phase Two

    18 May 2012
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    London Array achieved some of its final key construction milestones for the onshore substation at Cleve Hill. The North Wall was completed at the end of 2011, when it installed the final six steel and aluminium fins. In February this year, the London Array substation connected to the National Grid substation, so the wind farm […]

  • Wind Turbine Challenge Winners Visit DONG Energy (Denmark)

    16 November 2011

    Last week, DONG Energy, one of the partners in London Array, played host to six students from Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone, as the prize for winning the wind turbine challenge earlier this year. The contest saw young people from schools across Kent become engineers for two days where they were challenged to design, […]

  • Big Day for London Array (UK)

    4 July 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, will be inaugurated today, July 4. The UK Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Edward Davey, announced his participation in the official opening of the offshore wind farm. The London Array, jointly owned by Dong Energy, Masdar and EON, comprises 175 Siemens’ 3.6 MW […]

  • Barrier Wraps Up London Array Coating Repairs and Maintenance Work

    6 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist coatings provider Barrier Ltd, and rope access company, UK Total Solutions, both part of Barrier Group, have collaborated to complete a remedial painting and maintenance contract on the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary. The contract involved coating system repairs to two offshore substations, which transmit power from the wind […]

  • Final Foundation Installed at London Array, UK

    21 October 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    At midday on Friday 19th October the final transition piece was installed at London Array – marking the completion of the installation of all of the project’s 177 foundations. Richard Rigg, Project Director at London Array said: “The installation of the final foundation at London Array is a significant achievement for everyone involved in the […]