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  • RenewableUK Hails Historic Wind Energy Agreement

    24 January 2013
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    RenewableUK has welcomed today’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on wind energy by the Energy Secretary Edward Davey and his Irish counterpart Pat Rabbitte. The MoU is the first step towards reaching a full inter-Governmental agreement on exporting clean electricity from onshore wind farms in Ireland to the UK via undersea cables by 2020. […]

  • 100 MW Floating Wind Project Offshore Scotland Moves Forward

    7 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Highland Wind Limited is pressing ahead with plans to build the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF), a 100 MW floating wind project offshore Scotland. Highland Wind is majority-owned by Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through one of its Copenhagen Infrastructure (CI) funds. Once completed, the wind farm, located 6.5 kilometres off […]

  • Siemens and Rentel Seal the Turbine Deal

    21 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The Belgian consortium behind Rentel NV has officially signed a contract with Siemens for the supply and the 17-year servicing and maintenance of 42 7MW offshore wind turbines. The signing of the contract follows the announcement made in October 2015 that Rentel chose Siemens as the preferred turbine supplier for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm in the Belgian North […]

  • GeoSea to Install 90 MHI Vestas 9.5MW Turbines at Triton Knoll

    3 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has been awarded a preferred supplier contract for the transportation and installation of 90 MHI Vestas 9.5MW wind turbines for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The works are expected to start in the first quarter of 2021.

  • Moray East Pin-Piles In Position

    28 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore piling works have been completed on the Moray East wind farm in the Moray Firth off the North East coast of Scotland, the developers of the 950MW project said. Work to install the pin-piles in the seabed commenced in May of last year, using DEME Offshore’s jack-up installation vessel Apollo which worked out of […]

  • Lidl and Kaufland to Buy Electricity from Kaskasi, First Offshore Wind Farm to Use Recyclable Turbine Blades

    5 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Lidl and Kaufland, the retail divisions of the German Schwarz Group, have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with RWE Supply & Trading for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm, located in the German North Sea. Under the ten-year agreement, Lidl and Kaufland will be offtaking approximately 250 GWh of renewable electricity produced by Kaskasi […]

  • Four ScotWind Developers to Fund STEM Initiative for Primary Schools with EUR 1 Million

    27 January 2023
    Training & Education

    Developers behind four projects that were awarded offshore wind leases in Scotland will provide GBP 900,000 (approximately EUR 1 million) in funding to enable the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) to extend its STEM outreach programme to primary schools beyond the Highland Council area. The funding is led by the West of Orkney Windfarm, […]

  • Island Crown Heads to East Anglia ONE

    20 June 2019
    Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa has on behalf of ScottishPower Renewables contracted the service offshore vessel Island Crown to provide support during commissioning works on the 714MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm. Island Crown will provide living conditions adjacent to the site located 43km off the Suffolk coast by enabling some 40 personnel involved in the commissioning of […]

  • Vattenfall Adds COWI to Norfolk Boreas Roster

    10 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    COWI has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall for the oversight of the detailed design phase of the onshore cable installation for the 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, COWI will review the plans – devised by J. Murphy & Sons – to install 60 kilometres of cables […]

  • Van Oord’s Aeolus Ready for 15 MW Wind Turbines with Crane Upgrade No. 2

    20 January 2023
    Vessels

    The offshore wind turbine installation vessel Aeolus has been fitted with a new, 133-metre-long crane boom at the Damen shipyard in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after Van Oord last year sent the vessel for its second crane upgrade to enable Aeolus to handle wind turbines of up to 15 MW. Back in 2018, the 2014-built Aeolus […]

  • EEW SPC Secures 176-Monopile Order for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind

    5 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has won a contract to manufacture 176 monopiles for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. EEW SPC had already delivered two monopiles for the 12 MW CVOW pilot project in April 2020, which were the first monopiles to be installed in US federal waters. Now […]

  • K2 Management Secures Hai Long Advisory Role

    2 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    A consortium of Northland Power, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., and Yushan Energy has appointed K2 Management as Lender’s Technical, Environmental, and Social Advisor on Taiwan’s Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract’s scope will see K2 Management advise lenders on permitting and environmental, technical design, project participants, construction management and associated contracts, schedule and weather […]

  • First Flight Lands at New Eemshaven Heliport

    16 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    WIKING Helikopter Service and DHSS have completed the first flight to the heliport in the Port of Eemshaven for the opening ceremony. On 13 September, the helicopter brought Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Cimate Policy Eric Derk Wiebes who officially opened the heliport. The heliport has a primary aim of facilitating flights for the offshore wind industry […]

  • GeoSea Secures EUR 200 Mln in New Offshore Wind Contracts

    19 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts. GeoSea secured a new EPCI contract for the design, supply and installation of the foundations and another contract for the installation of 15 wind turbines for the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm from Vattenfall, one of the largest operators of offshore […]

  • ESB and Ørsted Enter 5 GW Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Partnership in Ireland; Reveal Plan to Bid in Next Irish Auction

    2 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ESB and Ørsted have signed an agreement to jointly develop a portfolio of up to 5 GW of offshore wind and complementary green hydrogen projects in Ireland, with the first of these offshore wind projects expected to compete in the next Irish auction, ORESS 2.1. The agreement also marks Ørsted’s entry into the Irish offshore […]

  • Sif and Smulders to Produce Siemens’ Foundations for EnBW Hohe See

    22 February 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea, DEME Group’s subsidiary appointed by Siemens to supply and install foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, has awarded Sif the production of all 71 monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders, all the transition pieces for the project.

  • Local Manufacturer to Deliver Biggest Jacket Foundations to Be Built in Taiwan

    30 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has selected Century Iron & Steel Industrial (CIS) and Century Wind Power (CWP) as the preferred suppliers of jacket foundations, including transition pieces, for the 300 MW Hail Long 2A offshore wind farm in Taiwan. For the project, which is bound by localisation requirements, CIS and CWP will deliver 21 three-legged […]

  • New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Linked to Land

    29 March 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The subsea export cable for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York has now been installed, according to an update Eversource Energy posted on social media. The installation work, carried out by the Belgian company DEME using its dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone, started in February with seabed preparation which included relocating boulders from […]

  • 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 […]

  • Thistle Wind Partners Rename 2 GW ScotWind Offshore Wind Projects

    20 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners, a consortium founded by DEME Concession, Qair, and Aspiravi, has announced the final names for its two ScotWind offshore wind projects. TWP won the seabed leasing rights for two offshore wind projects in the ScotWind auction last year, in which 25 GW of capacity was awarded. The consortium plans to build the […]

  • Neart na Gaoithe Tier 1 Suppliers Revealed

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Following the start of construction on the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, EDF Renewables has revealed some of the tier one contractors for the 450MW project. Siemens Gamesa will provide 54 of its 8MW turbines, which will be transported to the site and installed by Fred Olsen Windcarrier with the installation expected […]

  • Tideway Lays First Hornsea One Export Cable Section

    18 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has laid the first offshore export cable section at Hornsea Project One, Ørsted’s 1.2GW wind farm offshore Yorkshire, UK.

  • World’s Longest Interconnector Takes Off

    27 March 2015
    Grid Connection

    National Grid and Statnett, the Norwegian Transmission System Operator, yesterday signed the ownership agreement which signals the start of the construction phase for the 730 kilometre interconnector between UK and Norway. The NSN Link would be the first electricity interconnector between the two countries and has a planned capacity of 1400 MW – enough to […]

  • Huhne prefers wind over nuclear power (UK)

    6 August 2010
    Authorities

    THEY say he’s a dangerous man because he favours wind power above nuclear energy.
    Eastleigh MP, Chris Huhne, has come under fire from the lobbying group, Supporters of Nuclear Energy, after speaking out in favour of extra onshore and offshore wind power.

  • NKT Secures Moray East Preferred Bidder Status

    13 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    NKT has signed a Preferred Bidder Agreement (PBA) with Moray East Offshore Windfarm Ltd for delivery and installation of export cable systems for the prospective 950MW Moray East wind farm off Scotland.

  • ScotWind Partners Award First Supplier Contracts

    11 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a partnership between DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has entered into a series of new supplier contracts for its two ScotWind projects in Scotland. The two projects are the 1 GW Clearan Ear-Thuath floating wind farm located 33 kilometres off the coast of Orkney and the 1 GW Cluaran Deas Ear fixed-foundation […]