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  • 20 April 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-based subsea and offshore cementing specialist FoundOcean is getting ready to start working on 32 wind turbine foundations at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects have been contracted to transport and install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between […]

  • 7 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is making a maximum use of its Burbo Bank Extension load-out and pre-assembly site at the Belfast Harbour today. The Belfast Harbour has shared images of three vessels being loaded by components which will make up some of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines to be installed at the site […]

  • 5 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s self-propelled jack-up vessel Sea Installer is currently mobilising in Liverpool and preparing for the installation of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines on DONG Energy’s 252MW Burbo Bank Extension, the Danish company said. The vessel is preparing to handle the new large turbines, which will make their debut on Burbo Bank Extension. The turbine installation is scheduled to start […]

  • 8 May 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby HydroMap has completed the depth of burial operations over the newly installed export cable of DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.

  • 17 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    With the inauguration of the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm today, 17 May, the LEGO Group informed it had reached the goal of balancing 100% of its energy use with energy from renewable sources.

  • 9 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Denmark’s A2SEA has contracted two UK shipyards to fabricate and install sea fastenings on two of the company’s turbine installation vessels which are set to start working offshore UK.  A&P Tyne will fabricate and install the sea fastening on Sea Challenger, which was contracted to work on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, with Cammel […]

  • 3 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted the Hamburg-based design and engineering company HeavyLift@Sea GmbH to design grillages for the sea fastening of wind turbine blades built for DONG Energy’s 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The 80-metre-long blades are part of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines, the first components of which have […]

  • 13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from DONG Energy to supply a high-voltage export cable system that will transmit power from the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. ABB’s project scope includes the design, engineering, supply and commissioning of the 25 kilometer (km) long 220 kilovolt (kV) AC (alternating […]

  • 29 September 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK Government has approved another renewable energy project by Dong Energy off its northwest coast. Namely, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey last week granted consent to the Danish company to build Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. Brent Cheshire, DONG Energy’s UK chairman, commented: “Today’s announcement is an important step in clearing […]

  • 26 July 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    After installing the final wind turbine foundation at DONG Energy’s 256MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in Liverpool Bay last week, Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has set sail to the Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland, to undergo repairs and outfitting, according to the port. Svanen’s last project included the installation of 32 foundations for the […]

  • 15 December 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Last night, A2SEA’s Sea Installer completed the installation of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension in the Irish Sea. At 8:25PM GMT yesterday, the final blade on turbine 32 at Burbo Bank Extension was lifted into place. The 258MW wind farm off the coast of Liverpool, UK represents the first offshore project […]

  • 11 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has signed an agreement to divest 50% of the Burbo Bank Extension project to Danish pension provider PKA and KIRKBI A/S, parent company of the LEGO Group. Each investor will obtain a 25% ownership interest in the project, and the total purchase price amounts to approximately GPB 660 million (DKK 6.6 billion) to […]

  • 18 July 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and robotics solutions provider SkySpecs have completed an automated inspection of wind turbine blades on Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension wind farm off the coast of Liverpool Bay, UK.

  • 5 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Turbine Transfers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holyhead Towing Company, has won a contract to support Van Oord during the installation of foundations at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. Porth Eilian, an 18-metre offshore support vessel, has been deployed to provide crew transfer services to construction vessels in the field. The construction works at […]

  • 23 October 2017

    DONG Energy has awarded Robertson Facilities Management a one-year contract for hard and soft facilities management services at the new O&M base in King’s Wharf, Birkenhead, which will serve both Burbo Bank and Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farms.

  • 5 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The walk-to-work vessel Wind Innovation is currently deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, where a wind turbine upgrade campaign is under way. During the last week of April, the vessel mobilised for the project at DHSS support base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, according to DHSS. The Wind Innovation arrived to […]

  • 26 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Diamond Transmission Partners BBE Limited (DTPBBE) has signed the acquisition of transmission assets connected to the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm located in the Bay of Liverpool in the UK.

  • 28 June 2015

    Fukushima’s 7MW Floating Turbine almost There Assembly works of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine on the three-column semi-sub floater at Onahama port has been completed and delivery of the floater to testing area is going to start shortly as part of the second phase of the Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project. […]

  • 21 May 2017

    Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects 10 Dunkerque Offshore Wind Bidders France’s […]

  • 18 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem, which has been evaluating Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) submissions for Burbo Bank Extension, part of Tender Round 4, is scheduled to notify the bidders of the outcomes and publish the Qualifying Bidder shortlist this month. In addition, the UK’s energy market regulator has disclosed a more specified timetable for the Tender Round 5, for which it recently announced […]

  • 26 April 2015

    Germany Halts Farshore Wind Energy Projects Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH has halted licensing procedures for offshore wind projects until further notice. Offshore Wind in Spotlight of Van Oord’s Success Van Oord has published its annual report for 2014, which was an exceptional year for the company, according to CEO Pieter Van Oord. […]

  • 13 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The first tower components for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project have begun arriving at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly site in the Belfast Harbour.  The middle tower sections which arrived this week will support the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank wind farm located in Liverpool Bay, west of the existing 90MW […]

  • 18 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fourteen local organisations around Liverpool Bay have been awarded grants of up to GBP 20,000 through the round one of Dong Energy’s community benefit fund (CBF) established as part of the Burbo Bank Extension project. Dong has committed to set aside approximately GBP 225,000 each year for community projects during the expected 25 year lifetime of the […]

  • 20 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Ørsted has awarded grants to fifteen local organisations around Liverpool Bay, UK, as part of its Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund.

  • 30 September 2016

    ENGIE Fabricom has contracted Roxtec as a supplier of transits to seal off hundreds of openings for cables and pipes onboard the substation for DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The transits are used for high voltage power cables as well as for signal and fiber optic cables and in control cabinets. The transits are also […]

  • 22 January 2015

    Danish energy company, Dong Energy, will hold a civic reception at Denbighshire regarding its Burbo Bank Extension plan. Today’s event will be hosted by Counter Context on behalf of Dong at Bodelwyddan Castle from 7-9pm. Dong Energy plans to build 259MW wind farm west of the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm, approximately 7km north […]