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  • 20 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish engineering consultancy Geo has won a contract to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations for the Thor offshore wind project in the Danish North Sea. The investigations will also include offshore boreholes and CPT tests. The value of the contract is around EUR 5.4 million. Danish transmission system operator Energinet selected Geo to carry out […]

  • 20 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Port of Thorsminde for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark, with part of the port to also be used for project construction. The Port of Thorsminde is located approximately 22 kilometres from the Thor offshore wind farm site, offering both the shortest sea […]

  • 24 June 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has published the final tender conditions for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm – Thor. With the publication, all the basic elements of the tender are in place, and the bidders now have four months to prepare their final bids for the offshore wind farm. The deadline for submitting bids is 8 […]

  • 25 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has invited offshore wind developers to pre-qualify for the tender to build and operate the Thor offshore wind farm. The pre-qualification period is open until noon on 1 December, with the invitation to selected candidates to bid at the tender expected to be issued on 14 January 2021. The shortlisted developers […]

  • 24 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a contract notice for the procurement of the onshore export cable section for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. The wind farm’s onshore grid connection consists of 21 individual cable sections each containing two 220 kV cable systems with a combined length of approximately 28 kilometres. The […]

  • 16 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has secured a contract by Danish engineering consultancy Geo to supply a vessel for preliminary geotechnical investigations for the Thor offshore wind project. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will use its jack-up vessel Jill to support Geo with the offshore borehole campaign. The purpose of the assignment is to acquire geotechnical and geological information […]

  • 1 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a tender for preliminary geotechnical site investigations on the Thor offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The Thor offshore wind farm is located west of the peninsula Jutland and ca. 20km to 45km west of the coastal village Thorsminde. The water depth in the areas of operation […]

  • 20 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The project will be built off Nissum Fjord in the North Sea and is expected to feature 13-15MW turbines set to be operational between 2024 and 2027.

  • 24 April 2020
    Authorities, Environment

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have launched a 5-week public hearing on the environmental assessments related to Thor offshore wind farm. The public hearing will also cover the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the land-based part of the project, which is to be built by Energinet, the Danish TSO. […]

  • 6 July 2016
    Vessels

    Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) has inspected thrusters of DEME’s DP1 jack-up vessel Thor and repainted its hull in the new DEME livery. Thor spent four days in one of the yard’s drydocks. A special docking solution was required due to the size of the vessel’s aft thrusters, which are 3.825 metres high and standard dock blocks are just 1.80 metres. The […]

  • 22 April 2022
    Vessels

    German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has acquired the 108 metres long jack-up vessel Thor from the Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME, for an undisclosed fee. The vessel, which sails under the Madeiran flag, has a 500-tone capacity, a high-outreach offshore crane, and a fully equipped accommodation block for up to 56 […]

  • 21 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Energinet has contracted Ramboll to carry out the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental investigations for the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. Ramboll will provide a SEA of the plan for the Thor project, as well as a number of surveys and technical reports on specific environmental and other themes. These are primarily meant […]

  • 12 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency is holding a technical meeting on site investigations for the Thor offshore wind farm tender. The event will take place on 13 May from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. local time at Denmark’s National Aquarium and will gather potential developers and relevant experts for the project. According to the Danish Energy Agency, the dialogue will […]

  • 13 June 2013

    The jack-up barge THOR is currently docked at the Hannoverkai Terminal in Wilhelmshaven. At the docks of the Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts; Ports of Lower Saxony), HOCHTIEF’s jack-up barge, which has been in service since 2010, is being technically upgraded and serviced as planned. After this, it will be prepared for its next assignment at the […]

  • 24 September 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has decided that a Strategic Environmental Assessment must be completed prior to submission of final bids for the Thor offshore wind farm. In addition to this, comprehensive environmental assessments are still to be carried out prior to final bids. Later, the winner of the concession will have to carry out […]

  • 5 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and Energinet are hosting a market dialogue in November for potential bidders and investors in the coming tender for the Thor offshore wind project. The market dialogue, which will be held on 25 November, aims to optimize the tendering material in order to ultimately obtain the lowest possible bid price. The main […]

  • 12 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The scope of the tender to develop the Thor wind farm in the Danish North Sea will include the offshore grid connection, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) said. DEA has also revealed that Thor will have the minimal installed capacity of 800MW, with an option for the developer to boost the wind farm’s capacity to […]

  • 7 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the project that will have an installed capacity of between 800 MW and 1,200 MW. The duration of the […]

  • 18 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill is nearing completion of the preliminary geotechnical surveys at the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Jill is progressing on the borehole campaign at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore. As reported in mid-April, the company secured a contract by Denmark’s Geo to […]

  • 31 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) plans to launch the tendering process for the Thor offshore wind farm in the third quarter of 2020 with the issuance of the contract notice and the tender documents. The deadline for final bids and the appointment of the concession winner is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021, the agency […]

  • 1 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill has started the geotechnical investigations at the Thor offshore wind project in the Danish North Sea. Jill completed the first borehole drilling out of 20 in total at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore. As reported in mid-April, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier secured a contract by Denmark’s […]

  • 14 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency and Energinet have made available the first results and data from site investigations carried out at the Thor offshore wind farm site. As part of the preliminary investigations for the site in the Danish North Sea, Energinet is conducting preliminary geotechnical, geophysical, and biological surveys, as well as collecting metocean data. […]

  • 17 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    The self-elevating platform JB-117 has been deployed on the DolWin 3 project  in Germany to provide crane support and accommodation services during the float over, installation, hook up and commission of the DolWin gamma converter station topside. Offshore Marine Contractors were appointed by Jack-Up Barge to provide assistance with the mobilisation of JB-117.

  • 21 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet has selected the UK marine survey specialist Gardline Ltd to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations at the Hesselø offshore wind farm. The Hesselø offshore wind farm is located north of Sealand in Kattegat, in Hesselø Bay, at a distance of 30 kilometres from Sealand and around 20 kilometres from the […]

  • 7 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    German-based RWE has signed an agreement with the Danish grid operator Energinet to build two new electrical substations for its 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. The agreement with Energinet regulates the technical set-up, the power quality, and the cooperation between RWE and Energinet, at the point of connection (POC) in Volder Mark. To connect […]

  • 19 September 2013
    Authorities

    Bernard Jenkin, Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex, visited Brightlingsea-based designer and builder of multi-purpose composite marine craft, CTruk, in London last week as the defence and security event DSEI drew to a close.  CTruk launched its proof-of-concept Force Protection Craft, THOR – Twin Hulled Offshore Raider, at the show. After meeting the […]