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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Hornsea Two Jackets Start Indonesia to UK Trip

    14 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have set sail from Indonesia towards the project site in the UK. The structures weighing over 10,000 tons departed Batam on 13 August onboard heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz. The journey will take approximately 50 days via the Indian […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Sends Off Hornsea Two Topsides

    16 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Hornsea Two offshore substation (OSS) and the reactive compensation station (RCS) topsides have left the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard in Singapore and are en route to the UK, Sembcorp Marine said. The two topsides departed on 15 August and are expected to reach their destination at the end of September for the integration with […]

  • Ørsted Taps Green Bonds for Hornsea Two Investments

    7 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted A/S plans to issue green senior bonds in the UK-market to finance its green growth ambition towards 2025 including the investments in 1,386MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. With the bond issuance, Ørsted targets a multi-tranche senior unsecured GBP-Sterling green bond, subject to market conditions. Tranches may include benchmark 8-year and 14-year nominal fixed […]

  • Pacific Orca Officially Ready for Hornsea Two OWF

    21 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean, is ready to send its Pacific Orca vessel in early 2021 to support foundation installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company has been subcontracted by DEME to deliver a vessel which will support the installation of the wind farm’s 165 monopile foundations, and Pacific […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 Completes 50 Pct Divestment of World’s Largest Operational Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has completed the divestment of 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two project, the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. The developer sold half of the project to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts, acting on behalf of clients, and Crédit Agricole Assurances. Ørsted announced the Hornsea Two offshore farm-down in […]

  • Semco Maritime Nets Hornsea Two Contract with Ørsted

    4 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has hired Semco Maritime as Electrical Engineering Consultant (EEC) to develop electrical and mechanical basic engineering design of the 1.4GW offshore substation and the reactive compensation station for Hornsea Project Two.

  • 100 Turbines Up at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    8 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has installed 100 turbines on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, with 65 more of Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW units left to be put into place. The jack-up vessel Sea Challenger installed the first wind turbine at the end of May and in less than three months later the project had 50 wind turbines installed […]

  • Construction of World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Stays On Track

    11 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Around 20 per cent of foundations has been installed at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two, which is soon to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted said. The export cable installation works are on schedule and turbine installation is set to commence in the second half of this year, the project’s owner and developer […]

  • Per Aarsleff Crosses Halfway Mark on Hornsea Two Project

    5 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Per Aarsleff A/S has produced 89 out of the 165 concrete working platforms (CWPs) for Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The CWPs are being built at Per Aarsleff’s concrete precast factory in Poland, Aarsleff BIZ, for Bladt Industries and EEW OSB, which are producing 135 and 30 transition pieces for the […]

  • Ørsted Sets Date for Hornsea Two Supply Chain Event

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted is holding a supply chain event for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind project in the UK North Sea.

  • Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Hits Major Construction Milestones

    21 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, soon to be the world’s largest, has reached several significant construction milestones, with more to come in the coming days. All of the wind farm’s turbine foundations have now been installed, as well as the project’s offshore substation at the North Sea site 89 kilometres off the […]

  • AMS Trenchless Specialists Scores Hornsea Two Onshore Gig

    2 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has contracted AMS Trenchless Specialists to conduct part of the onshore cable works for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. AMS Trenchless Specialists will conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) at the landfall site in Horseshoe Point where the offshore cables meet the onshore cables under the more than GBP 1 million worth contract. Using […]

  • EEW OSB Upends First Hornsea Two Transition Piece

    28 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has upended the first transition piece for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. In June 2019, Ørsted placed an order with EEW Special Pipe Constructions for 30 transition pieces for the 1.4GW project. The remaining 135 transition pieces will be manufactured and delivered by Denmark’s Bladt Industries. EEW […]

  • Norwind’s Newly Delivered SOV Chartered for Hornsea Two

    31 May 2022
    Vessels

    Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of Norwind Breeze, a former Platform Suply Vessel (PSV) that was converted into a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) by Vard. The vessel will soon be deployed on the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm under a contract with Ørsted, according to the vessel’s owner and operator. Hornsea Two, which is […]

  • BEIS Nods to Hornsea Two Onshore Works Site Tweaks

    15 March 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has approved an increase in the total works area for the Hornsea Project Two onshore substation site.

  • Balfour Beatty Wins Hornsea Two Onshore Substation Contract

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

    The UK founded infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has secured a contract to build the onshore substation for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind project on the East coast of England.

  • Ørsted, Pict Offshore Make Boat Landings and Ladders Redundant at Hornsea Two

    15 October 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The wind turbines at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK do not feature the usual setup including boat landing structures and ladders, as its developer Ørsted purchased a novel lifting system. The 1.4 GW project is the first-ever offshore wind farm to deploy the Get Up Safe (GUS) motion-compensated lifting system from […]

  • Fugro Kicks Off Geotechnical Investigation Works at Hornsea Two

    6 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has commenced marine site characterisation work at the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm site under a contract with Ørsted for geotechnical site investigation, which follows earlier contracts for geophysical investigation services at the site.

  • EEW OSB Loads Out First Hornsea Two TPs

    17 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has loaded out its first batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company will deliver 30 transition pieces for the project. Hornsea Two will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines on monopile foundations, and an offshore substation and a reactive […]

  • Caribbean Island Starts Offshore Surveys with Plan for Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Production

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Power-to-X, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

  • Hornsea Two Onshore Substation Gets ABB Shunt Reactors

    30 April 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has delivered and installed three shunt reactors in the onshore substation of the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. In April 2018, Ørsted and Balfour Beatty started the construction of the onshore substation in North Killingholme. The project’s 39km onshore cable route runs from Horseshoe Point, east of Tetney, to the […]