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  • Rampion Team Replacing Faulty Export Cables

    11 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Although the Rampion offshore wind farm is at a stage of looking at full commissioning, the project site recently saw boulder clearance and UXO identification works starting along one of its export cable routes, since the Rampion team has been replacing the initially installed export cables after identifying issues that would have affected the wind farm’s performance and longevity. 

  • MPI Adventure Transports Last Rampion Turbine Components

    19 September 2017
    Vessels

    MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure has left the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, with a final set of turbine components to be installed on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm.

  • WIND Stows Rampion Export Cable Backup

    12 September 2018
    Grid Connection

    The Netherlands-based WIND has provided long-term storage to a spare export cable for the Rampion offshore wind farm.

  • Edda Fonn, Voe Vanguard to Clear Way for Rampion Export Cable

    7 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vessels Edda Fonn and Voe Vanguard are on their way to the Rampion site to carry out boulder clearance and UXO identification on the CR4 export cable route, according to the project’s Notice to Mariners and vessels’ latest AIS data. 

  • Top News of the Week July 14 – 20, 2014

    20 July 2014

    Seaway Installs Sylwin Alpha Converter Platform Under the direction of Seaway Heavy Lifting, one of the world’s largest converter platforms has been installed off Sylt, an East Frisian Island. MHI Vestas Planning 10 MW Turbine? Vestas revealed it is planning to test what could be the world’s largest offshore wind turbine. VIDEO: Installation of Westermost […]

  • Fugro Lays Final Rampion Inter-Array Cable

    4 July 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has laid the final inter-array cable at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off Sussex, UK.

  • UK: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Public Consultation in Albourne

    16 March 2012

    Developers of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm will hold a public consultation event in Albourne tomorrow, reports Mid Sussex Times. Residents will get the chance to learn more about the proposed offshore wind farm located 13km off the Sussex coast, and discuss the proposals with the wind farm developer, E.ON. The company is considering a […]

  • Rampion UXO to Be Removed Soon

    8 August 2016

    Two unexploded devices detected along the Rampion offshore cable route will be disposed of this week following E.ON’s consultation with the Marine Management Organisation, the developer informed today. The two devices, thought to date from WWII, were discovered during unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys in March. They were detected on the seabed 3km off Lancing Beach […]

  • Rampion OWF: GDG, LiC Energy Complete Geotechnical Interpretation

    22 January 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG), in close collaboration with LiC Energy, have recently completed the geotechnical interpretation for the Rampion offshore wind project. The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm site is located off the South coast of England and is being developed by E.ON Climate & Renewables. The wind farm will consist of 116 turbines […]

  • Two Sussex Ports Eying to Become Offshore Wind Farm Base (UK)

    17 February 2012

    Two ports from Sussex are hoping to bag the maintenance contract of the proposed wind farm, reports the Argus. Last week, E.ON revealed plans for the Rampion offshore wind farm which would be located 13-23km off the Sussex coast, and it would consist of 100 to 195 wind turbines. Rampion project manager Vaughan Weighill said: […]

  • E.ON Has a Blast at Rampion (VIDEO)

    16 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Two controlled explosions took place at the Rampion offshore wind site at the beginning of this month as two explosive devices detected within the area this March were removed. The two unexploded devices, thought to date from WWII, were detected on the seabed 3km off Lancing Beach at a water depth of 13m, have been safely disposed […]

  • E.ON Confirms Investment Decision for EUR 1.9 Bln Rampion OWF

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately EUR 1.9 billion. The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has acquired a EUR 327 million stake in the project. The project is located in the English Channel, 13 kilometers from the Sussex coast due south of […]

  • Rampion Go-Ahead Secures Largest Ever Order for MHI Vestas

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received the largest order in the companies’ history for the 400 MW Rampion offshore wind power plant in the UK. The order comprises 116 V112-3.45 MW wind turbines and a full scope service contract. Installation of the 116 wind turbines will commence in the first quarter of 2017, with commissioning […]

  • Rampion OWF Will Support Hundreds of Jobs

    17 July 2014
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Commenting on the Government’s decision to give the green light to the Rampion wind farm off the Sussex coast, Brenda Pollack, Friends of the Earth’s South East Campaigner said: “This is fantastic news. The Rampion offshore wind farm will support hundreds of jobs, boost the economy and reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels. “The […]

  • E.ON Tackling Faulty Export Cable Bit at Rampion

    13 February 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    A section of one of the export cables for the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm was cut out due to a fault in the fibre optic communications core, a spokesperson for E.ON, the developer of the wind farm, told Offshore WIND.

  • E.ON Moves to Next Stage on Proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    9 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      E.ON is moving to the next stage of its planned 665MW Rampion wind farm off the Sussex coast. The company, is also a partner in the London Array which will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete, has applied for permission to put a 100m mast on the proposed Rampion site and […]

  • Shoreham Port Loses with Bid for Offshore Wind Project (UK)

    10 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    As E.ON confirmed that the Newhaven Port will be the O&M site for the Rampion offshore wind project, the Shoreham Port fell out of the picture as well as its ambitions to create 85 engineering jobs. The Shoreham Herald news site says that Peter Davies from Shoreham Port thought that its bid presented a good […]

  • Rampion Base Open for Business

    22 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance team working on the Rampion offshore wind farm has moved into its base at the East Quay at Newhaven Port, East Sussex.

  • Crown Hails Round 3 Construction Phase Kick Off

    19 May 2015

    The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, has welcomed news that E.ON has confirmed it will invest in and build the £1.3 billion, Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, which will be situated 13 km off the Sussex coast, alongside its partner in the project, the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB). Huub den Rooijen, Head […]

  • Preparation for Rampion Construction Begins

    14 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Work will begin this week at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in readiness for the first foundation installation in January. This will include clearing boulders on the seabed along the cable route and around each of the 116 foundation positions to allow safe and effective installation. Chris Tomlinson, E.ON Development Manager for the Rampion Offshore […]

  • Rampion Officially Opens

    30 November 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has officially opened the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • HBC Offshore Solutions to Help Fugro Install Rampion’s Array Cables

    29 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    HBC Offshore Solutions Ltd, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Saltire and using one of […]

  • Rampion Set For Flurry of Offshore Works

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s multi-purpose offshore vessel Saltire is expected to start burying inter-array cables at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm on Sunday, 4 September. The Saltire will use a Q1400 trenching system to bury the 122 cables. Another Fugro vessel, the offshore support vessel Symphony, has been installing the inter-array cables at the site some 13km off the […]

  • Fugro to Install Rampion Array Cables

    8 September 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has been awarded a contract for the installation and burial of array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The development in the English Channel, 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast, is being built by E.ON alongside partners, the UK Green Investment Bank plc. The engineering and planning will start immediately with installation being […]

  • Top News of the Week, 15 – 21 August 2016

    21 August 2016

    BREAKING: USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media. Timelapse: Dudgeon OSS Topside Lowered into Place Statoil has shared a timelapse video of a heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov installing a 1,700-tonne topside onto a jacket on […]

  • SRC to Keep an Eye on Safety at Rampion

    26 February 2016

    Steel River Consultants (SRC) has been awarded a contract for the provision of safety management services to the Rampion offshore wind farm project. SRC, which already provided support to E.ON’s Humber Gateway project, will provide CDM advisors and safety managers during the construction of the wind farm. Managing director of Steel River Consultants, Graham Tyerman said: “We have developed a strong working relationship […]