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  • UK: Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Application Accepted for Examination

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Planning Inspectorate has announced that the application by DONG Energy Burbo Extension (UK) Ltd for the proposed extension to the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm has been accepted, by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for examination. The application for the proposed Burbo Bank Extension project, being an extension to the […]

  • Dong Energy to Organize Two ‘Meet the Buyer’ Events for Burbo Bank Extension

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Dong Energy’s team will host two “Meet the Buyer” exhibitions about the supply chain opportunities for Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm.  The events will provide an opportunity to meet senior members of Dong Energy’s procurement and project teams to discuss opportunities that may exist in the next stages of the Burbo Bank Extension project. […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension First FLiDAR-Calculated OWF to Be Built

    24 April 2015
    Technology

    DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension, located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay, is the world’s first offshore wind project to be built using energy yield calculations based on wind resource data collected from a floating lidar (FLiDAR), FLiDAR N.V. said in a press release issued today.  A FLiDAR buoy was the only […]

  • 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 […]

  • Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund Passes GBP 1 Million Milestone

    8 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded ten local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the milestone tenth round of the Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund. This latest round takes the total number of projects supported to 126, with total funds awarded now standing at over GBP 1.1 million since the fund launched in May 2015. The […]

  • Balfour Beatty to Build Onshore Substation for Dong

    3 March 2015
    Grid Connection

    Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £12 million scheme to develop an onshore substation to facilitate the transfer of electricity from the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in North Wales to the National Grid for Dong Energy. The substation will be located at Bodelwyddan, south of the St Asaph Business Park in Denbighshire, where it […]

  • Offshore Wind Holds Dong Financially Stable in 2014

    5 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Dong Energy issued its financial results for 2014 today, which show the company’s strong growth in EBITDA (+9%) and cash flows (+54%). However, decline in oil and gas prices resulted in post-tax impairments of DKK 6.6 billion.  CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said: EBITDA was up 9% at DKK 16.4 billion despite a significant negative […]

  • 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 Firmed Up 910MW Worth of Orders in 2016

    8 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind secured four firm and unconditional orders totalling 910MW in capacity in 2016. The firm orders were received for the 42MW Blyth project in the UK, the 406MW Horns Rev III project in Denmark, the 370MW Norther project in Belgium, and the 92MW Aberdeen Bay project in the Scotland. Furthermore, the joint venture between […]

  • OSB Officially Opened

    15 September 2015

    OSB has held its official opening ceremony at the facilities in Teesside, North East England. The ceremony was celebrated by several business partners and included speeches by prominent guests. Among them were the Mayor of Stockton Ian Dalgarno, Niall Mackenzie, Director Energy, Materials & Agritech Department for Business Innovation and Skills as well as Campbell […]

  • 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 […]

  • Jan De Nul Wins Burbo Bank Extension Wires

    21 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. Jan De Nul Group will install and bury a 25km long export cable between the wind farm’s offshore transformer platform and the beach, as well as 32 infield cables between […]

  • Boston Energy Nets Another Contract with MHI Vestas

    14 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has awarded Boston Energy with three Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Statutory Inspection contracts in the UK, commencing in early April 2018.

  • Top News of the Week Dec 22 – 28, 2014

    28 December 2014

    MHI Vestas Receives Order for 32 8MW Turbines for Burbo Bank Extension DONG Energy has placed the first commercial order for 32 of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s record breaking V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful wind turbine, for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project in the UK. Statkraft Plans Multibillion Investment in Renewables Over the […]

  • Three Dong’s OWF Substations to Get Smarter with Alstom’s Digital Control System

    15 July 2015
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Alstom has been awarded substation automation contracts for three of DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms. The systems will be fitted at the Race Bank project off the Norfolk Coast, the Walney Extension in the Irish Sea and at the Burbo Bank Extension in Liverpool Bay. All projects will feature Alstom Grid’s DS Agile, the company’s […]

  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension, Dudgeon OWF, Hornsea Two & Three, Humber Gateway, KFE

    3 November 2015

    Burbo Bank Extension Works for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project are already underway, with Offshore Structures (Britain), a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, completing the first can for one of the wind farm’s transition pieces in late August. OSB will fabricate 144 cans for 16 transition pieces. […]

  • Greencoat UK to Acquire Stake in Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm

    2 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Greencoat UK Wind has signed an agreement to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm from AIP, in partnership with a number of pension funds investing through Greencoat Renewable Income LP, a fund also managed by Greencoat Capital. Through the acquisition, to be completed on 30 November, Greencoat UK will take […]

  • OSB Rolls First Can for Burbo Bank 2 TP

    21 August 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Structures (Britain) (OSB) has completed the first can that is part of one of the transition pieces for the Burbo Bank Extension project ahead of schedule. In total, 144 cans will be rolled at OSB, a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, located by the Teesside River in the UK. The total […]

  • WSP to Design Substations for 3 Dong’s Wind Farms

    28 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    WSP has been awarded three contracts to provide civil design support to DONG Energy on the Walney Extension, Burbo Bank Extension and Race Bank Wind Farm projects. The contracts are for the provision of engineering services for all aspects of the civil design of the new onshore substations for the three projects. WSP has been […]

  • DONG to Invest GBP 5.4 Billion in East Irish Sea Wind Farms by 2019

    21 June 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will have invested GBP 5.4 billion in developing offshore wind farms off the coast of North West England by 2019, a new report has revealed. The overall GBP 5.4 billion investment includes GBP 2.7 billion investment across the four currently operational wind farms – Barrow, Walney, Burbo Bank and West of Duddon Sands – and a […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives Order for 32 8MW Turbines for Burbo Bank Extension

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    DONG Energy has placed the first commercial order for 32 of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s record breaking V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful wind turbine, for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project in the UK. Blades for the project will be manufactured at the recently announced production facility on the Isle of Wight, UK – […]

  • Burbo Bank 2 to Feature First “Made in UK” Blades

    22 July 2016

    The first six 80-metre long blades for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project that yesterday arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be the first locally built blades to be installed at a UK offshore wind farm. The blades for the V164-8.0 MW turbines were designed, tested and manufactured at the […]

  • MHI Vestas Ramping Up Blade Production in Nakskov

    9 June 2016

    Due to an accelerated order pipeline for V164-8.0 MW projects, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is ramping up blade manufacturing capacity in Nakskov, Denmark, to supplement its lead blade factory on the Isle of Wight, UK, where production has been ongoing since mid-2015.  Previously, the factory in Nakskov was used by Vestas to produce blades for both offshore […]

  • MHI Vestas Keeping Busy in Belfast (Video)

    3 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has shared a video showing an overview of activities at the Belfast Harbour which serves as the pre-assembly site and the load-out port for the Burbo Bank Extension project. The video shows the arrival of the main components of the 32 V164-8.0 MW wind turbines, the first of which was recently installed at the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Automates Blade Inspections with SkySpecs Drones

    26 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and SkySpecs have signed an agreement for autonomous drone inspections of Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blades both onshore and offshore.