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  • Boskalis Inks Hornsea Two Cable Deal

    29 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Boskalis has won a contract for the offshore export cable installation at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract worth more than EUR 100 million, Boskalis will install three export cable circuits with a total length of approximately 380km. The project scope includes the preparation of the offshore export cable route, […]

  • Keel Laid for Hornsea Two Hybrid CTVs

    2 September 2020
    Vessels

    MHO-Co and AFAI Southern Shipyard have held a keel-laying ceremony for the two hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will service the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. MHO-Co signed a contract with the Chinese shipyard in mid-June for the construction of the two CTVs. The 35m vessels will have hybrid propulsion packages designed to be adapted […]

  • Contracts Signed for Hornsea Two’s Hybrid CTVs

    15 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Danish company MHO-Co has signed a contract with Afai Southern Shipyard in China for the construction of two crew transfer vessels with hybrid propulsion for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The two vessels are scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2021, after which they will start working under a contract with Ørsted, […]

  • Ørsted Places Hornsea Two Order with Siemens Gamesa

    28 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa have signed a contract for the supply and service of 165 Siemens Gamesa 8MW wind turbines for Hornsea Project Two, world’s largest offshore wind project and the largest wind project in Siemens Gamesa’s history.

  • Ørsted Charts Hornsea Two Course for Latest SOV

    16 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ (LDA) new service operations vessel (SOV) will service Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm once delivered in 2021.

  • Prysmian Reels In Hornsea Two Cable Contract

    2 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Prysmian Group have signed a contract to supply submarine inter–array cables for the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, the 1,386MW Hornsea Project Two.

  • Hornsea Two Onshore Substation Works Underway

    11 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Balfour Beatty have broken ground on the onshore substation for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. Balfour Beatty is in charge of enabling works for the wind farm’s onshore substation to ensure the site preparation is underway in good time, avoiding future schedule pressures, a spokesperson from Ørsted told OffshoreWIND. The main contract for […]

  • Seiche on Marine Mammal Safety Mission at Hornsea Two

    5 November 2020
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Seiche Ltd. has mobilized onboard two vessels at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm to support marine mammal safety during project construction. The Seiche team is in charge of ensuring compliance with procedures that seek to minimize the effects of construction noise on the local marine population. Key species known to occur in the project […]

  • Nexans Joins Hornsea Two Cable Supply Roster

    19 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French cable maker Nexans has won a contract to provide a subsea export cable system for the nearshore section of Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract is worth over EUR 150 million and will see Nexans supplying 200 kilometres of the 245 kV high voltage alternating current (HVAC) subsea export […]

  • Hornsea Two Newbuild SOV Leaves Turkey

    17 June 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has bid farewell to the service operations vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope. Ordered by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), Wind of Hope’s first assignment will be on Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Hornsea Two off the UK, which will be the world’s largest wind farm once completed. The vessel will operate from Ørsted’s operations and […]

  • Registration Period for Hornsea Two Ends Tomorrow

    21 April 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Registration to become an interested party on the application for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, developed by SMart Wind, will close tomorrow, April 22.  During this pre-examination stage at the Planning Inspectorate, all those who registered can have their say on the proposal and comment on the views that other people have provided. Also, they […]

  • CIP, COP Propose to Build Multi-Billion-Dollar Wind Project Offshore Bangladesh

    14 July 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) have submitted an investment proposal to the Government of Bangladesh to develop a commercial, utility-scale offshore wind project valued at USD 1.3 billion off the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Once implemented, the project, with an initial capacity of 500 MW, will be the first […]

  • Ørsted Taps CHC for Hornsea Two Helicopter Services

    6 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded CHC Helicopter with a contract for aerial transportation during the construction and operations phases of the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. Leonardo AW139 and AW169 helicopters based at Humberside Airport in Lincolnshire will be used for crew transfers and cargo flights to the offshore accommodation jack-up barge and installation […]

  • 50 Turbines Stand at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    12 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    50 of the 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two, soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. DEME Offshore’s jack-ups Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are transporting the turbines from Siemens Gamesa’s facilities in the Port of Hull and installing them at […]

  • Bladt Loads Out First Hornsea Two TPs

    29 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has completed the load out of the first transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm at its facilities in Aalborg. In mid-September, the company carried out the load-out of the first six anode cages built for the 1.4 GW offshore wind project, saying the first six transition pieces would soon […]

  • Ørsted Installs 1,000th Wind Turbine Offshore UK, Surpasses 5 GW Mark

    23 June 2021

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has installed its 1,000th offshore wind turbine in UK waters. The company’s 1,000th turbine was a Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW unit installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, the 16th wind turbine to be erected at the wind farm. Ørsted currently has 12 operational offshore wind […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs Hornsea Two Bank Guarantee Line

    18 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a bank guarantee line for up to EUR 600 million to cover the construction of components for the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Located in the North Sea and owned by Danish utility company Ørsted, the farm will consist of 165 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines. BNP Paribas lead managed […]

  • BEIS Nods to Fewer Hornsea Two Offshore Substations

    4 May 2018
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has approved Ørsted’s application to reduce the number of offshore substations and increase the size of the topsides on the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind project.

  • MHO-Co Joins Spectrum on Hornsea Two

    3 July 2020
    Vessels

    Spectrum Offshore has selected MHO-Co’s vessel MHO Grimsby to assist the construction survey support at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. The vessel, which is equipped with special survey gear for the task, will be working on the project for the next two years, MHO-Co said. Last month, Spectrum secured a construction survey support contract […]

  • Hornsea Two Topsides Hit the Water in Singapore

    6 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The topsides for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and the reactive compensation station have been loaded onto Guangzhou Salvage’s vessel Hua Hai Long at Sembawang, Singapore. The topsides will soon be ready to start their journey to the UK, Guangzhou Salvage said. The topsides were manufactured by Sembcorp Marine. The jacket foundations for the offshore […]

  • Fussey Engineering Backs Hornsea Two Connection

    25 February 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Siemens Energy has selected Fussey Engineering to supply and install steel framework and cladding at the National Grid 400kV substation site adjacent to the Hornsea Two offshore wind project.

  • Hornsea Two Monopile Installation Soon to Begin

    28 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is set to begin the monopile installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project next month. In total, 165 monopiles and transition pieces will be installed at the offshore site in the UK in preparation for the Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. With a height from sea level to blade […]

  • UPDATED: Irish Government Designates 900 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway

    14 July 2023
    Authorities

    NOTE: The original article “Irish Government Designates 700 MW Area for Next Offshore Wind Auction, Work on Tender Design Underway”, published on the 14th of July, has been updated following information from the Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) that the grid capacity available for auction in ORESS 2.1 has been upgraded from […]

  • RTS and EEW OSB Team Up on Hornsea Two

    31 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has appointed the UK-based professional personnel leasing specialist RTS Wind Recruitment as the main supplier. RTS has partnered with EEW-OSB for a number of years throughout the Hornsea Project One and has recruited for various different positions all working towards the completion of the transition pieces. The next project […]

  • Ørsted Orders Hornsea Two TPs at EEW

    26 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has placed an order with the Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH for 30 transition pieces for the 1,386MW Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The transition pieces will be manufactured at EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) in Teesside, the UK. Production will start in September 2019. According to Sascha Hofmeister, Managing […]

  • RenewableUK Hails Hornsea Two Decision

    16 August 2016

    RenewableUK has welcomed the news that DONG Energy’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has gained planning consent from the UK Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark.  Wind power is currently delivering over 12% of the UK’s electricity, which is expected to increase to 20% by 2020 with offshore wind alone providing 10%. Offshore wind’s costs have […]