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  • 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 […]

  • UK: E.ON Installs Rampion Met Mast

    23 April 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    E.ON completes the Rampion meteorological mast after placing an elevation barge on the location, according to Shoreham Herald. The mast is set to monitor the wind speed, currents and other factors before building of the Rampion wind farm starts. It is placed 13 kilometers off coast between Shoreham and Worthing. E.ON starts its groundwork right […]

  • 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 […]

  • VBMS to Lift Stranded Rampion Excavator

    27 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    An excavator stranded while working on the Rampion offshore wind project is expected to be lifted on Tuesday, 27 June, according to a Notice to Mariners.

  • VBMS to Install Rampion Wires

    24 August 2015
    Grid Connection

    VBMS has been awarded a contract by E.ON for the installation of two 16 kilometre-long export cables for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The 150kV HVAC cables will transport the power ashore from the 400 MW wind farm to the onshore cable in Brooklands Pleasure Park in Worthing, South East England. VBMS will deploy the […]

  • Fugro Returning to Rampion Next Week

    28 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s multi-purpose offshore vessel Fugro Symphony will return to the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm next week to install the remaining inter-array cables at the site located some 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast.

  • Rampion OWF – A Noisy Neighbour

    22 July 2016

    On Tuesday, the installation of foundations at the Rampion offshore wind farm kept awake some of the people living in the area, resulting in several complaints received by E.ON, the project developer. According to BBC, loud thumping noise coming from the offshore construction site had awoken some of the residents after midnight and disturbed their sleep for […]

  • E.ON Unveils Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Plans (UK)

    7 February 2012

    Energy company E.ON is presenting its plans for a 700MW offshore wind farm in Albourne. The Rampion offshore wind farm will be located 13-23km off the Sussex coast upon being installed in water depths of 19 to 50 meters, covering area of 167 square kilometers. Construction and operation of this wind farm is 100% owned […]

  • RWE Taking Majority Ownership of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    12 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed […]

  • Final Rampion Foundation Piled into Seabed

    10 November 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessels MPI Discovery and Pacific Orca have completed the installation of 116 turbine foundations at the 400MW Rampion wind farm off Sussex, E.ON reports. The installation has been completed on schedule, E.ON said. Work to install the first foundations began in early February and was put on hold, as planned, during the Black Bream spawning […]

  • GoBe Appoints Project Manager for Rampion

    26 October 2015

    GoBe Consultants has appointed Angie de Burgh to take the lead role working on GoBe’s recently awarded Rampion contract with E.On. De Burgh has project management and technical environmental experience gained working across the marine aggregates and renewables industries. Tim Golding, Director at GoBe said: “We are delighted that such a capable and technically strong consultant as Angie has joined […]

  • Houlder to Arm Pacific Orca for Foundation Installation at Rampion

    13 June 2016

    Houlder today reported that it is completing assembly of a second set of 256t hydraulic Pile Restraint Arms, which will ensure foundation piles at the Rampion offshore wind site are kept vertical as they are hammered into the seabed. The pile-handling arms will be installed on Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel Pacific Orca, where they will provide the horizontal restraint required to […]

  • RWE Signs Lease Agreements for Four UK Offshore Wind Extensions

    28 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and its project partners have signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate to develop extensions of the Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms in the UK. Each proposal has already progressed through the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment stage (HRA), The Crown Estate said. Developers will now be focused on environmental assessments […]

  • E.ON Goes with 116 Turbines for Rampion

    24 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has announced the final design for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm project, after receiving consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in July this year. Situated 13km off the Sussex coast at its nearest point, the 72km2 final wind farm would feature 116 turbines, each measuring around 140m high to […]

  • E.ON Picks James Fisher’s Offshore Wind Management System

    13 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, is to supply E.ON with its offshore wind management system (OWMS).

  • Babcock Bags Rampion Substation Contract

    10 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Babcock has won a contract to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 2500 tonne offshore sub-station platform (OSP) topside and jacket for the Rampion offshore wind farm. From its base in Rosyth, the company will fabricate and load-out the components for the UK’s Round 3 project, which will ultimately be located within the English Channel. Babcock […]

  • Piling Continues at Rampion

    6 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Piling work to install wind turbine foundations at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm has recommenced this week, following the black bream spawning season coming to a close, E.ON said. 20 monopile foundations, each weighing between 500 and 800 tonnes depending on water depth, have already been installed and over the next four to five months […]

  • UK: E.ON Completes Sussex Public Consultation Events

    5 April 2012

    Thousands of local people from across Sussex have turned out to give E.ON their views on its proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The company has hosted 12 public exhibitions across the county in the largest consultation it has ever undertaken in the UK, resulting in 4,511 members of the community coming along to find out […]

  • Fugro Goes Meticulous with Rampion Cables

    20 September 2016

    Fugro has utilised its new track base unit in cable lay touchdown monitoring operations at the Rampion offshore wind farm. The unit, fitted to Fugro’s work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), has been introduced to ensure highly accurate cable positioning during cable lay operations in strong currents. The unit ensures the continuation of operations in strong currents by enabling the […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 24 – 30, 2014

    30 November 2014

    Size Matters for Dong In an effort to cut down the cost of offshore wind energy as much as possible, Dong Energy is investing in bigger offshore wind turbines and plans to take it to the next level. E.ON Goes with 116 Turbines for Rampion E.ON has announced the final design for the Rampion Offshore […]

  • VIDEO: VBMS and Boskalis Getting Busy at Rampion

    20 December 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    In December 2016, VBMS completed the installation of two 16 kilometre-long 150kV HVAC export cables for the Rampion offshore wind farm situated off the coast of Worthing, UK. To overcome some environmental challenges in this very shallow water, VBMS had to extend the pre-installed landfall HDD’s with duct extensions of approximately 480 metres each. VBMS […]

  • Top News of the Week, 26 June – 1 July 2017

    2 July 2017

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 26 June to 1 July 2017.

  • UK: SAS, E.ON Solve Rampion’s Impact on Local Surfing Waves

    10 December 2012

    Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has announced that after its crucial intervention with E.ON, the Rampion offshore wind farm developers, potentially catastrophic damage to local surfing waves has now been averted. E.ON initially identified a potential reduction in wave height of up to 22% for surfing beaches in and around Brighton as a result of the […]

  • Ofgem Shortlists Dudgeon, Rampion and Race Bank OFTO Bidders

    1 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Ofgem today announced shortlists of bidders competing to own and operate transmission links to the Dudgeon, Rampion and Race Bank wind farms, situated off the coasts of Norfolk and Sussex.

  • Ofgem to Reveal Burbo Bank 2 OFTO Shortlist, Sets Out Round 5 Dates

    18 August 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem, which has been evaluating Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) submissions for Burbo Bank Extension, part of Tender Round 4, is scheduled to notify the bidders of the outcomes and publish the Qualifying Bidder shortlist this month. In addition, the UK’s energy market regulator has disclosed a more specified timetable for the Tender Round 5, for which it recently announced […]