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  • RXPE Wins Burbo Bank Extension Contract

    8 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    RXPE has won a design & build contract from DONG Energy for the supply of its Utility grade STATCOMs.  DONG Energy has selected RXPE through a competitive tender process to provide a turnkey deliver of a ±50MVAr MAXIVAR™ Utility grade STATCOM for its 256MW Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm, comprising 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay. RXPE […]

  • Vestas’ 8MW Turbine Selected for Burbo Bank Extension

    18 February 2014

    Vestas has been selected as the preferred supplier by Dong Energy for their offshore wind project in the UK. Namely, Vestas will deliver V164-8.0 MW wind turbines for the extension of the Burbo Bank wind farm. “The performance of the 8 MW turbine from Vestas is very promising. I see this as a very concrete […]

  • Bibby HydroMap Completes Export Cable Ops at Burbo Bank Extension

    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.

  • Modus to Carry Out Burbo Bank 2 UXO Works

    27 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Modus Seabed Intervention has been contracted by DONG Energy to conduct pre-installation works on the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The workscope has been divided into two packages – an initial investigation survey of known ferromagnetic unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets to identify any explosive ordnance within the site, followed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) […]

  • Construction of Burbo Bank O&M Base Kicks Off

    30 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Robertson North West, part of the Robertson Group, has started construction works on a GBP 5.5 million facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, UK, which will serve as the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for DONG Energy’s 90MW Burbo Bank and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The facility will consist of a new office […]

  • MHI Vestas Breezes Through Norther

    30 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas has completed turbine installation at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium in record time. “The MHI Vestas installation team, together with our partners, has completed installation at Norther in record time,” said MHI Vestas Chief Operations Officer, Flemming Ougaard. “Not only did we finish ahead of schedule despite inclement weather, but most importantly, […]

  • DONG to Officially Switch On Burbo Bank Extension

    17 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy is set to officially open the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm later today (17 May).

  • VolkerInfra, VBMS Win Burbo Bank Extension Job

    1 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture comprising VolkerInfra and VBMS has been appointed by DONG Energy to execute the export cable landfall installation for Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. The works consist of two 600 meter duct installations, both intertidal and onshore, between Rhyl and Prestatyn at the west coast of the UK. The […]

  • DONG Picks Van Oord to Install Foundations at Walney Extension

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Rotterdam-based dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has reached an agreement with Denmark’s DONG Energy to transport and install the 87 foundations at Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom. Van Oord will transport the foundations, monopiles and transition pieces, from the various suppliers in Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, and then install the […]

  • Photos of the Year: 2016 in Pictures

    2 January 2017

    Port of Esbjerg Displays Offshore Wind Bounty Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has shared a photograph showing components for more than 100 offshore wind turbines ready for installation in the North Sea stored in the port area. Wikinger Jackets Enjoying Sunrise at Lindø A photo of Bladt Industries’ Lindø facilities, showing Wikinger jacket foundations. First Burbo […]

  • Tekmar Energy Hits Walney Trifecta

    3 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy, a cable protection systems specialist (CPS) for offshore wind farms, has recently been awarded a contract with DONG Energy to supply 184 of its TekLink CPS on the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm. This comes after Tekmar’s previous involvement in the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects where Tekmar supplied earlier generations […]

  • Dong Energy Sets Out Local Opportunities for Burbo Bank 2

    3 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Opportunities for local businesses to get involved in the delivery of the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay were explained at a special supply chain event held in the Wirral yesterday. DONG Energy and its partners presented at the event in New Brighton from 10am to 4pm on Tuesday 2 June, which […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Brings LEGO to 100% Renewables Goal

    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.

  • N-O-S to Provide Seven CTVs for Ørsted’s UK OWFs

    7 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has signed a contract with Ørsted for seven crew transfer vessels (CTVs) which will support offshore wind farm operations from the developer’s UK West Coast Hub. Under the three-year agreement, the CTVs will operate on Walney, Walney Extension, West of Duddon Sands, Barrow, Burbo Bank and Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind […]

  • HeavyLift@Sea Keeps Burbo Bank 2 Blades Safe at Sea

    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 […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Progresses with Wind in Its Sails

    14 May 2015

    DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm project remains on track having met a key contractual milestone. The project has demonstrated that 10 per cent of total project expenditure has now been spent, a fundamental contractual requirement which had to be met for the milestone to be delivered. This is one of the requirements […]

  • Ørsted Joins UK Sea State Forecasting Project

    27 July 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Ørsted has joined a GBP 400,000 sea state forecasting project, launched by UK’s national Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Centre of Excellence, a collaboration between the University of Hull and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The project’s goal is to deliver a significant reduction in missed working days by developing an innovative approach to sea […]

  • EEW Scores Walney Extension Deal

    14 September 2015

    DONG Energy has named Germany’s EEW SPC (EEW) as the main supplier of foundations for its 660 megawatt (MW) Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the Cumbrian coast. The contract covers the supply of 87 foundations for which the monopile structures will be manufactured by EEW in Rostock. The associated transition pieces will be produced under […]

  • RenewableUK Disappointed with Recent Offshore Wind Setbacks

    19 February 2014

    Dong Energy announced that the London Array Phase 2 is not proceeding, while Forewind stated that the capacity of Dogger Bank is being scaled back. Reacting to these announcements, RenewableUK’s Director of Offshore Renewables, Nick Medic, said: “The overall project pipeline for UK offshore wind is still healthy, although obviously it’s disappointing when projects don’t […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Starts Producing

    21 November 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With the initial MHI Vestas 8MW turbines recently installed in Liverpool Bay, power from the first turbine is now being exported to […]

  • Dong Picks MHI Vestas for Walney Extension

    18 February 2015

    Dong Energy has appointed MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as preferred supplier for phase 1 of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. Dong Energy has decided to split the Walney Extension offshore wind development project into phase 1 and 2, each with a capacity of 330MW. According to Danish energy company, the joint venture is to supply V164-8.0 MW wind turbines […]

  • WFW Helps Investors Close Walney Extension Deal

    23 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised institutional investors on GBP 1.3 billion investment-grade bond acquisition of a 50% stake in Ørsted’s 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • DONG Building Burbo Bank O&M Base in Merseyside

    20 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, Merseyside, to serve the existing 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, currently under construction. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site. The whole […]

  • Ofgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date

    30 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016.  The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a generation capacity of 2.3 GW – […]

  • Offshore Wind Drives Bladt’s Performance in 2015

    31 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Driven predominantly by work in the offshore wind industry, Bladt Industries wrapped up 2015 with an annual profit of DKK 63.5 million (approx. EUR 9 million), after a challenging 2014 which ended with a loss of DKK 6.7 million (approx. EUR 900,000). The company’s 2015 EBITDA was DKK 139 million (approx. EUR 18.7 million), a significant increase from DKK […]

  • Bladt Reports Good 2016 Results. Eyes US, APAC Offshore Wind Markets

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    According to Bladt Industries’ 2016 annual results, the company saw a very favourable year with offshore wind projects as the main driver. Bladt reported a revenue increase from DKK 3 billion (approx. EUR 403 million) in 2015 to DKK 3.5 billion (approx. EUR 470 million) last year.