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  • GeoSea Finalizes A2SEA Buy

    4 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    GeoSea, part of DEME Group, has completed the acquisition of A2SEA from DONG Energy and Siemens. 

  • Belfast Harbour Offshore Wind Terminal Sets Record in 2017

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The offshore wind terminal at the Belfast Harbour, Ireland, handled 305,000 tonnes of wind farm components in 2017, representing a record since it opened in 2013.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Three Dong Energy OWF Jobs

    27 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with offshore substation transportation and installation contracts for Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. The contracts cover the transportation and installation of up to 5 platforms that will support the power transmission of the three offshore wind farms. For the execution of […]

  • Dong Energy Signs Another Suction Bucket Deal with SPT Offshore

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Dong Energy has contracted SPT Offshore for the structural and geotechnical design of suction bucket foundations for potentially five transformer substations, namely Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension. The 4 suction buckets will potentially form the foundation of 4-leg jackets supporting high-voltage transmission substations weighing approx. 2500 ton each. The water depths vary […]

  • WIND FARM UPDATE

    29 June 2015

    Block Island Block Island wind farm has successfully reached financial close, marking it the first offshore wind project in the USA to get realised. The mile stone was reached after over $290m investment was secured in project financing by Mandated Lead Arrangers Societe Generale of Paris, France, and KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, Ohio following […]

  • HiDef to Carry Out Aerial Surveys at Isle of Man OWF

    26 October 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) has been selected by DONG Energy to undertake ultra high resolution digital video aerial surveys at a new offshore wind farm site in the Irish Sea, known as the Isle of Man project. The Isle of Man project, as a proposed development in the Isle of Man’s territorial seas, requires […]

  • DONG Building Burbo Bank O&M Base in Merseyside

    20 June 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will build a new operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in Kings Wharf, Seacombe, Merseyside, to serve the existing 90MW Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and the new 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, currently under construction. The facility will consist of a new office and warehouse building on a disused site. The whole […]

  • MHI Vestas Helping UK Companies Gain Better Insight into Overseas OW Markets

    8 March 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    UK offshore wind companies that are eyeing foreign markets will get a chance to hear more about the growing offshore wind opportunities in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and China from market experts and MHI Vestas on 9 March.

  • Ofgem Names Walney Extension OFTO

    15 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has appointed Diamond Transmission Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the UK. The consortium of HICL Infrastructure Company, Diamond Transmission Corporation and Chubu Electric Power will be operating the wind farm’s transmission link for a period of 20 years. HICL said that […]

  • MHI Vestas 8MW Turbines House SPM’s Condition Monitoring System

    15 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    MHI Vestas had installed SPM Instrument’s Intellinova Parallel MB condition monitoring system on the 8MW wind turbines, 32 of which were erected at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, according to SPM’s article from 11 September.

  • Swire Energy Services Scores UK Offshore Wind Farm Work for Ørsted

    6 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded integrated service provider Swire Energy Services (SES) a routine maintenance campaign contract covering Irish Sea offshore wind farms for summer 2022. Under the new contract, SES will provide services including blade maintenance and the provision of service operation vessel (SOV) and crew transfer vessel (CTV) logistics for two of Ørsted’s wind farms […]

  • Offshore Structures Britain Ships Out Final Walney Extension Transition Pieces

    4 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Structures Britain (OSB) has shipped out the last six transition pieces built for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • UK Signs FID Contracts for Five Offshore Wind Projects

    9 June 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Investment Decision (FID) Enabling for Renewables process, including five contracts for offshore wind projects. In April, the Government revealed eight awarded projects, which include offshore wind farms, coal to biomass conversion plants and dedicated biomass plants with combined heat and power. Together, they represent […]

  • HvS Dredging Support’s New Vessel Hired for Burbo Bank 2

    6 June 2016
    Vessels

    HvS Dredging Support’s new multi-purpose DP 2 vessel ZWERVER II was mobilised for its first project last month. The vessel will work on the mattress installation and trenching on Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The vessel was built by Gebroeders Kooiman shipyard in Zwijndrecht, according to HvS Dredging Support’s design. ZWERVER II features Uptime “Walk-to-Work” passive heave compensated gangway, which enables transfer […]

  • Van Oord Equips Svanen with Osbit’s Gangway System

    11 July 2016
    Vessels

    Van Oord installed Osbit’s P-12R gangway system on the heavy-lift vessel Svanen, which has been initially deployed on the construction of the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm and will support offshore wind projects in the Baltic, as well as in the UK.  The gangway uses a roller system to allow vertical movement without operator intervention, thus enabling automatic adjustment to tidal conditions. The P-12R access […]

  • Offshore Wind Powers Ørsted’s Green Switch

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted reported a 74% jump in wind power division’s operating profit (EBITDA) in 2017, largely due to farm-downs of 50% of the Walney Extension and the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farms.

  • DONG: Hornsea Project One Final Investment Decision Within Few Weeks

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will make the final investment decision on the 1.2 GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm within the next few weeks, the utility’s UK Country Chairman Brent Cheshire told Bloomberg.  Hornsea Project One, comprising 240 turbines, is located 120 kilometers off the Yorkshire coast and covers approximately 407 square kilometers. It is expected to enter into […]

  • Top News of the Week, September 5 – 11 2016

    11 September 2016

    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Up at Burbo Bank 2 The first of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines has been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The turbines are the largest in the world and this is the first time they have ever been used in an offshore wind farm, DONG […]

  • WINDFARM UPDATES: Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension, Hornsea Project One, Humber Gateway & Kentish Flats Extension

    2 March 2015

    Barrow & Burbo Bank Extension DONG Energy has become sole owner of the 90MW Barrow Offshore Wind Farm. In December the company announced that it acquired the remaining 50% ownership interest from its joint venture partner Centrica plc. The Barrow wind farm has been in full operation since 2006. Another announcement by the Danish company in December concerned the final investment decision for […]

  • MHI Vestas Extends Pre-Assembly Co-Op with Boston Energy

    10 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Boston Energy has secured work with MHI Vestas for the pre-assembly contracts to be delivered at the Port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

  • DONG’s Wirral Base Ready For Burbo Bank O&M Team

    4 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction has finished on DONG Energy’s new offshore wind farm operations base on the bank of the Mersey.

  • Wind Lifts DONG Energy, IPO Within a Year

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has ended the first quarter of 2016 with DKK 5.2 billion (EUR 699 million) net profit, a 49% increase compared to DKK 3.5bn net profit recorded in the first quarter of 2015, mainly attributed to a strong performance in the Danish energy company’s Wind Power sector. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization […]

  • Largest Ever 8MW Order Lands on MHI Vestas Desk

    13 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Following the approval from the German consenting authority ‘Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie’ (BSH), DONG Energy placed an order with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project, marking the largest ever order for the wind turbine manufacturer.

  • NIRAS Acquires Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

    30 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    NIRAS, a provider of marine engineering and environmental consultancy services, has acquired Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CMACS), a marine ecology consultancy involved in projects such as Burbo Bank Extension, London Array, and Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farms. Tim Norman, Managing Director of NIRAS Consulting, said: “I am delighted that we have joined forces with CMACS, who have […]

  • MHI Vestas V164 Turbine Marks Milestone at Norther

    19 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas has reached a milestone for its V164 turbine model with the installation of the 200th unit. According to MHI Vestas, the milestone turbine has been installed at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. It is the fifth out of 44 8.4MW turbines to be installed at the 370MW project. Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus started […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 17 – 23, 2014

    23 February 2014

    Marubeni and Technip to Build Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Mainstream Renewable Power has appointed Marubeni and Technip Offshore Wind Limited (working in consortium) as the preferred supplier of balance of plant EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) services for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. First OW Jack-Up Vessel Built in Germany […]