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  • ScottishPower Renewables Adds DNV to East Anglia THREE Team

    20 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded DNV a three-year contract to provide integrated inspection services on the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK North Sea. The agreement will see DNV conduct a wide range of services, including site inspection, vendor inspection, and quality management services across project and vendor locations globally until 2026. “East […]

  • Monopile Installation on Dogger Bank B Delayed by Six Months

    18 January 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    NOTE: The article was amended on 23 January to include the parts of Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s Supporting Statement filed to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) that concern the reasons for the delay of the monopile installation on Dogger Bank B. The installation of foundations on two UK offshore wind projects, the 1.4 GW Sofia […]

  • Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Readies for 2025 Auction

    10 April 2024
    Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and Polenergia have applied for environmental approval for the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk I offshore wind farm as the project is being prepared for auction in Poland in 2025. The Bałtyk I offshore wind farm is one of three projects jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia in the Polish Baltic Sea. Bałtyk I, […]

  • Wind Farm Offshore Japan Becomes Fully Operational

    25 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Nyuzen offshore wind project in Japan is now officially operational, according to a recent social media post by Mingyang Smart Energy. The project completion ceremony was held on October 17. The 9 MW offshore wind project features three Mingyang’s MySE 3.0-135 typhoon-resistant offshore wind turbines. The wind turbines were installed at the construction site […]

  • Huisman Rolls Out Wind Detection System for Safer Blade Installation

    17 October 2023
    Technology

    Huisman has launched a newly developed system that enables crane operators to anticipate and react to approaching wind speeds, gusts, and direction during the installation process of wind turbine blades. The system, called Wind Gust Buster, assists crane operators and lifting supervisors when working with the installation of large objects at considerable height, by providing […]

  • Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Fully Up and Running

    17 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW wind turbines at the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland are fully operational and are generating clean, renewable energy to Britain’s power grid, according to SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, the owners of the project. Located 27 kilometres off the Angus coast in the North Sea’s Firth of Forth, Seagreen is […]

  • Euskalforging Flanges for 1.4 GW East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm

    5 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Spain-based manufacturer of rolled rings euskalforging has been awarded a contract to supply flanges for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Within the scope of the project, the company will ring roll a total of 235 flanges as transition piece (TP) top flanges, TP bottom flanges, and monopile flanges […]

  • All Changfang & Xidao Inter-Array Cables In Place

    14 September 2023
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All inter-array cables have been laid at the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to Dennis Sanou, CEO of Changfang Xidao Offshore Wind Farms at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The installation of approximately 73 kilometres of 66kV inter-array cables that are used to connect turbine strings started in May this year. […]

  • 1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project Nears Financial Close

    22 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind Project, a joint venture between Northland Power and Mitsui & Co., has signed a credit agreement to secure TWD 118 billion (approximately EUR 3.4 billion) long-term over 20-year non-recourse financing for the 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The non-recourse project financing will be provided by over 15 international and […]

  • Cyan, CMHI Sign Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Deal

    31 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-headquartered offshore wind vessel owner established last year by investment management company Seraya Partners, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) with the goal of manufacturing a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). Cyan Renewables said that this brings them a step closer to their ambition of […]

  • Inter-Array Cable Laying Work Kicks Off at First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2023
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cable-laying operations for the inter-array cables are about to begin at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The work, carried by Jan De Nul’s vessel Isaac Newton, will begin with array cable lines five and six. The vessel will remain on-site until early October, said Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • First Turbines Up at World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first two wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction. According to a Notice of Operations from the project, the first wind turbine was installed on the 29th of August […]

  • Singaporean Company Enters European Offshore Wind Market with SOV Acquisition

    21 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Singapore offshore wind newcomer Cyan Renewables has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the service operations vessel (SOV) Groenewind from Belgium-based DEME Group. This transaction marks Cyan’s first acquisition in Europe. Delivered in 2021 to DEME Group, the SOV is operating under a 17-year long-term contract to service offshore wind farms in Belgium. The […]

  • Stowen to Support East Anglia Hub Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    8 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded Stowen Group a major construction services contract for the East Anglia Hub offshore wind farm in the UK. The multi-million-pound contract will see the UK-based company, which was previously a subcontractor on East Anglia 1, directly support the offshore construction for East Anglia 1 North, East Anglia 2, and East Anglia […]

  • Correll Group Strikes Again in Taiwan

    21 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Correll Group, Electrical Engineering Division has been contracted by Seaway 7 to complete the termination and testing of inter-array cables (IAC) and export cables on the 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, the Correll Group will be responsible for the termination and testing of 29 66 kV inter-array […]

  • Bold Tern Installs Half of Changfang & Xidao Wind Turbines Offshore Taiwan

    23 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel, Bold Tern, has installed 31 out of 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first wind turbine was installed in July 2022 by the jack-up vessel Bold Tern some 15 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. The project aims […]

  • Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Seaway7’s Next-Generation Jack-Up Vessel

    2 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Huisman has been awarded a contract by Seaway7, part of Subsea7 Group, for the delivery of the entire monopile installation spread for the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, which is currently being built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI). Under the contract, Huisman will deliver a monopile gripper, an upending frame, and two sets of monopile […]

  • Belgians Bundle Offshore Wind Projects

    20 July 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Developers of the Mermaid and the Seastar wind farms in the Belgian North Sea have merged the two projects into one – the 487.2MW Seamade.

  • SeaMade Completes Financial Close

    3 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 487MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea has reached financial close.

  • SeaMade Export Cables Ready to Deliver

    20 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin in mid-June. “Another important milestone for the SeaMade offshore wind […]

  • Blade Crashes Into Apollo’s Gangway Offshore Belgium

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    A blade from one of SeaMade’s wind turbines collided with the gangway on DEME Group’s jack-up Apollo, after which the gangway detached from the vessel and fell into the sea. The accident happened on 2 July in the morning and no injuries were reported as there were no employees on the gangway at the time of […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Firms Belgian Combo Order

    3 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has received the order for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind power project in Belgium from Seamade NV.

  • First SeaMade Offshore Substation Transition Piece Heads to Rotterdam

    18 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The first offshore substation transition piece and J-tube cage for the SeaMade offshore wind farm are on their way from Belgium to the Sif terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, DEME Group said. The transition piece was loaded out at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken. Together with the foundation, which is already in Rotterdam, the transition piece and […]

  • Living Stone Picks Up SeaMade Export Cables in Greece

    15 November 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s cable laying vessel Living Stone has departed Greece carrying the export cables for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Living Stone loaded the export cables with a combined length of around 28 kilometres at Hellenic Cables’ facility in Soussaki. The vessel is currently en route to Vlissingen, the Netherlands. […]

  • Living Stone Buries SeaMade Cables

    30 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s cable laying vessel Living Stone has completed the cable burial activities at the SeaMade offshore wind farm site in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. The vessel started the inter-array cable laying works in April and connected the first cables to one of the project’s offshore substations (OSS) at the end of the […]

  • SeaMade Begins Countdown to Completion

    26 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The SeaMade offshore wind farm is nearing completion with only three wind turbines left to be installed. Located 50 kilometres off the Belgian coast in the North Sea, the offshore wind farm will comprise 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines, 55 of which are now in place. This is according to social media posts from […]