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  • Van Oord Takes Delivery of Calypso

    29 August 2023
    Supply Chain, Vessels

    Van Oord has taken delivery of the company’s new cable-laying vessel, the Calypso, following the vessel’s arrival in the Netherlands. The Calypso will be officially christened in Rotterdam in September, Van Oord said. The final construction phase took place at the Vard Brattvaag shipyard in Norway, where the cable-related equipment was installed on the vessel. […]

  • Final Inter-Array Cables Loaded and Ready for Hywind Tampen Site

    19 May 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The final inter-array cable loadout has been completed for Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation. The remaining eleven kilometres of 630mm2 dynamic cabling including accessories were loaded onto the Normand Vision, a construction support vessel (CSV) from Ocean Installer, the company in charge of installing inter-array cables on the […]

  • Malta Months Away from First Offshore Wind Tender, Identifies Six Floating Wind Areas

    4 September 2023
    Authorities

    Malta’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise has issued a draft National Policy for the Deployment of Offshore Renewable Energy for public consultation and has demarcated six floating offshore wind development areas located beyond the country’s 12-nautical-mile territorial waters and into its potential Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). According to the Ministry, an international call […]

  • ESA Nods to Hywind Tampen State Aid

    11 March 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has approved Norway’s state aid to the 88MW Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in the Norwegian North Sea. Norway, through the state enterprise Enova, has decided to grant NOK 2.3 billion (around EUR 212 million) to Equinor and its partners OMV, Petoro, Idemitsu, DEA, and Vår Energi to realize […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to Work on Human-Machine Interface for Hywind Tampen’s Control Room

    24 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Lloyd’s Register has been contracted for Human-Machine Interface (HMI) engineering services for the control room from which the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm will be remotely operated. The company will provide consultancy design services for integration into the onshore control room (OCR) for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway, as well as human […]

  • Hywind Tampen Control Room Officially Opened in Bergen

    18 November 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore control room for the world’s largest floating wind farm, and the first to power oil & gas platforms, has been officially opened in Bergen, Norway. This is the first offshore wind control room in Norway, according to Ole Arild Larsen, Manager Operations Hywind Tampen at Equinor. The 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen, which produced first […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Shimizu to Take Over Yunlin Foundation Installation in 2024

    1 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC), in cooperation with Shimizu, has been awarded a contract for the transportation and installation of monopile foundations for the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm, with the work under the contract set to start in February 2024. For the foundation installation, the two companies will mobilise Shimizu’s vessel Blue Wind, which […]

  • Hywind Tampen Reaches Final Investment Decision

    11 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. According to Equinor, two updated plans for the project development and operation will be submitted to Norwegian authorities today, 11 October. The Snorre and Gullfaks oil & gas platforms will be the […]

  • Hywind Tampen Secures Enova Funding

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has secured funding of up to NOK 2.3 billion (circa EUR 231.5 million) from Enova for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project in Norway. “The support that the licences have received for the Hywind Tampen project demonstrates the will of Norwegian authorities to invest in and develop floating offshore wind farms and renewable energy […]

  • New Pilot Project Looking to Decarbonise Floating Wind by Using Green Ammonia-Fuelled Vessels

    28 June 2023
    Business development, Research & Development, Vessels

    Blåvinge, a consortium comprising Fred. Olsen Seawind, Hafslund and Ørsted, has launched a pilot project that aims to explore whether installation vessels for floating offshore wind, and in particular anchor handling vessels, can use green ammonia as an energy carrier for maritime operations. The goal of the project, initiated under the Green Shipping Programme (GSP), […]

  • DOF Subsea Installs Suction Anchors on World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    20 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    DOF Subsea has completed the installation of 19 suction anchors on the 88 MW Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm. The transportation and installation of the suction anchors were carried out by the subsea AHTS vessel Skandi Skansen at the site located about 140 kilometres off the Norwegian coast, according to Semar AS, which provided […]

  • Equinor Charters Stril Server for Hywind Tampen

    2 July 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has awarded Simon Møkster Shipping with a contract for service operations vessel (SOV) services for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm project in Norway. Under the contract, Simon Møkster Shipping will provide its vessel Stril Server for Hywind Tampen, starting in the second quarter of 2022. The vessel will be deployed on the project […]

  • First Nacelles for Hywind Tampen Floating Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in Norway

    2 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The first turbine nacelles for the 88 MW Hywind Tampen wind farm arrived at the Wergeland Base in Gulen in western Norway, Equinor, the developer of what will be the largest floating wind farm in operation, said. The wind farm’s 11 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines will be assembled here and towed to the installation […]

  • Goodtech Joins Hywind Tampen Team

    16 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian engineering company Goodtech has won a contract with Wood for the delivery of a complete SCADA system for Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm. Goodtech will deliver a complete SCADA system to the offshore wind field, including the implementation of Equinor’s “Motion Control” system that ensures optimal production from the field through continuous […]

  • First Turbines Assembled for Hywind Tampen Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    23 May 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbines have been assembled for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway, Siemens Gamesa said. The 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen will feature a total of 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines installed on concrete SPAR-type floating foundations some 140 kilometres off the Norwegian coast, in water depths of between 260 […]

  • Norwegian Authorities Give Go-Ahead to Hywind Tampen

    8 April 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen project in Norwegian part of the North Sea.

  • Equinor Books Island Clipper for Hywind Tampen Floating Wind Farm

    14 October 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has extended a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for Island Clipper, a combined platform supply vessel (PSV) and walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, which has supported the company’s Oseberg oil and gas field in Norway and is scheduled to also work on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm. The developer has extended the contract […]

  • Construction Starts on World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    1 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction has started on the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, at Kværner Stord in Norway, Equinor said. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga started the cutting robot on the project’s first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kværner’s assignment will include building eleven floating concrete hulls […]

  • Kværner Orders Slipform Systems for Hywind Tampen

    16 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Kværner has selected German engineering company Dominion for the design, supply, and supervision services for the slipform systems that will erect the concrete wind towers for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Dominion said its cylindrical and conical sets of slipform systems can be used multiple times and include hydraulic jacking system, formwork material, yokes […]

  • VSL Wins Hywind Tampen Contract

    8 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    VSL, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, will carry out post-tensioning works on the eleven floating concrete hulls for the Hywind Tampen floating wind turbines under a contract with Kværner, the EPCI contractor for the project. The company will perform the post-tensioning works of the semi-submersible concrete structures, which will require installation of vertical post-tensioning tendons […]

  • First Power Flows from World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    First power has been produced from the first turbine at Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The power from the first turbine, which was installed in June, was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea on 13 November. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore […]

  • Equinor Taps DEME for Hywind Tampen Foundations Study

    26 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has signed an agreement with Equinor to carry out a study examining potential floating concrete substructures for the planned Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement was signed early December 2018 with a five-month duration, and the study is a part of the engineering works before the final investment […]

  • Equinor and Partners Hand In Hywind Tampen Development Plans

    16 October 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have submitted updated development plans to the Norwegian government for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm will consist of 11 8MW wind turbines located some 140 kilometres from shore in 260-300 metres of water between the Snorre and Gullfaks oil and gas platforms. Equinor and […]

  • Wood to Prep Equinor’s O&G Platforms for Offshore Wind

    11 December 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Wood has been awarded a new contract by Equinor to deliver modifications to two offshore installations in the Norwegian North Sea to connect electric power from the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm. Equinor’s project replaces energy generated by gas turbines with electricity from the 88MW  floating wind farm located between the Snorre and Gullfaks fields. […]

  • Hywind Tampen Concrete Foundations Move Forward (Video)

    22 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Aker Solutions has completed the first part of the construction of concrete foundations for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project at its yard in Stord, Norway. The 11 substructures are currently being towed to Vindafjord where the rest of the slip-forming and mechanical outfitting will be completed. Aker built the first 20 meters of the […]

  • Ampelmann’s Gangways for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

    21 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch offshore access provider, Ampelmann, has revealed that the company will deploy a second E1000 gangway to assist with the construction of Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the first commercial floating wind farm in Norway. An E1000 gangway was fitted to the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Barracuda in early December and within the next […]