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  • Ørsted and Tekmar Tackle Array Cable Issue at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    4 May 2021
    Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and the cable protection systems (CPS) manufacturer Tekmar are jointly trying to identify the root cause of the inter-array cable issue identified at the Race Bank wind farm offshore UK earlier this year. As reported earlier, Ørsted flagged the issue in its Q1 2021 interim report, saying that apart from Race Bank, up to […]

  • Hornsea One and Race Bank Community Fund Starts Giving Back

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Twenty one local organisations in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk have secured a total of GBP 195,000 in grants in the first round of DONG Energy’s GBP 9.3 million East Coast Community Fund.

  • Race Bank Gets GBP 200 Million Loan

    18 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Japan-based Nippon Life Insurance has executed a GBP 200 million syndicated loan for the Race Bank offshore wind project in the UK.

  • Nestlé UK and Ørsted Sign Offshore Wind PPA

    27 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nestlé UK has signed a long-term corporate power purchase agreement to buy the output of 31 MW from Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. The UK subsidiary of the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé, signed a 15-year indexed fixed price agreement with Ørsted. This is Ørsted’s largest fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) […]

  • Atlas Finds Two Race Bank Site Technicians in Grimsby

    23 June 2016

    Two candidates have signed contracts with Atlas Professionals for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm, where they will be working as Site Technicians on rotation for two years. In April, Atlas hosted an offshore wind recruitment day on behalf of DONG Energy at the Grimsby Institute in the UK, where more than 200 people showed […]

  • Dong Energy Browsing Locations for Race Bank Construction Base

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    At a recent official launch of the Race Bank offshore wind farm project in Sutton Bridge, Dong Energy confirmed that it is looking for a suitable location for the project’s base, which could create 90 direct jobs. Robert Thornhill, Dong Energy’s project development manager said that the company could use more than just one facility […]

  • Østensjø Rederi Wins Race Bank SOV Contract

    12 October 2015
    Vessels

    Østensjø Rederi has been awarded a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) contract by DONG Energy. The contract will require a new build vessel for operations at Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. The contract has a five-year firm period with five optional years. Commencement date is set for 1 September 2017. The vessel will function […]

  • DONG Energy Preparing for Race Bank’s Cable Connection

    6 April 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Works on connecting Race Bank wind farm’s offshore cables to the ones on land at a landfall site north of Sutton Bridge should start this month, DONG Energy reported in its project newsletter. Landfall works will be done with a specific approach, since the area comprises a saltmarsh and a sea defence bank. DONG Energy has developed the site-specific […]

  • Photo of the Day: First Race Bank Turbine Up

    18 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s jack up Sea Installer, together with DONG Energy and Siemens Wind Power, installed the first Siemens 6MW turbine on the 573MW Race Bank wind farm off North Norfolk on 9 May.

  • 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.

  • JDR in Charge of Race Bank’s Inter-Array Cables

    24 June 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded a contract to supply subsea power cables for the Race Bank offshore wind farm to UK-based company JDR. Additionally, both companies have collaborated on a comprehensive frame agreement for offshore wind farm cable and accessory supply. For this contract, JDR will design and manufacture 110 kilometres of 36 kV inter-array cables […]

  • DeepOcean Buries Race Bank Inter-Array Cables

    9 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has completed the installation and burial of all 91 inter-array cables at DONG Energy’s 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm off North Norfolk.

  • Cathie Associates to Provide Geo-Consultancy for Race Bank

    21 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following last month’s contract signing between DONG Energy and Jan De Nul Group for the installation of the Race Bank OWF export cable, Cathie Associates has announced its engagement in the project. Cathie Associates will be providing geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy to Jan De Nul Group for the installation of the export cable. Robin Comrie, UK […]

  • Race Bank Farm-Down Lifts DONG’s 2016 Guidance

    21 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Denmark’s DONG Energy has increased its group operating profit (EBITDA) guidance for 2016 to DKK 24-25 billion from a previous range of DKK 20-23 billion. The company’s Wind Power division is now expected to report EBITDA towards the high end of the DKK 10-12 billion range. DONG has also specified its gross investments towards the lower end […]

  • Atkins to Design Five Substations for Dong Energy

    8 April 2014

    Atkins has been awarded an additional contract by Dong Energy. Atkins is now contracted to design five offshore substations for Dong Energy. The contract will see Atkins provide detailed substation designs for Race Bank, one of DONG Energy’s major offshore wind development projects in the UK. Atkins is also designing the substations for DONG Energy’s […]

  • Top News of the Week Nov 4 – 10, 2013

    10 November 2013

    VIDEO: Boskalis in West of Duddon Sands Project  In September, the first turbine was installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea, approximately 14 km from the nearest coast on Walney Island, Cumbria. Record-Breaking Year for UK Offshore Wind  The offshore wind industry has enjoyed a record breaking […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ørsted Expects Much Lower Hit from Cable Protection System Issues than Anticipated

    29 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted now expects costs to reinstate the integrity of inter-array cables affected by cable protection issues at some of the company’s offshore wind farms to amount to up to DKK 1.3 billion (around EUR 175 million) and not up to DKK 3 billion as initially anticipated. As reported, Ørsted discovered the issue with Cable Protection […]

  • Edda Passat Drops Anchor in Grimsby

    7 March 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Edda Passat has arrived in Grimsby ahead of deployment on Ørsted’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Race Bank, Hornsea 1 Community Fund Open for Consultation

    12 July 2016

    A GBP 10 million East Coast Community Fund announced in April by DONG Energy is now open to public consultation, with national grant-making charity GrantScape appointed to complete the consultation process and to administer the Fund. The Fund will ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of the DONG Energy offshore wind farms […]

  • ESS Wraps Up £5M Race Bank Seabed Clearance Work

    14 September 2016

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a seabed clearance project on DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm, clearing more than 3,000 boulders at the site. ESS teams mobilised several vessels in two campaigns, including the Siem Topaz and Siem Sapphire, on a multi-phased workscope which lasted approximately 175 shipping days, and deployed the latest version of […]

  • Gondan Shipyard Lays Keel for Race Bank SOV

    19 September 2016
    Vessels

    Gondan Shipyard has laid the keel for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) that will serve as a mother ship for wind turbine technicians at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The keel laying ceremony marked the start of the assembly of the hull in the slipway at Gondan’s facilities in Figueras, where the […]

  • NOS Launches Latest WFSV Straight to Race Bank

    2 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark’s Northern Offshore Services AS (NOS) has launched M/V Doer, the company’s sixth D-Class series wind farm service vessel (WFSVs).

  • DONG’s UK East Coast Community Fund Up for Grabs

    16 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK community fund administrator GrantScape has, on behalf of DONG Energy, opened the first round of applications for the East Coast Community Fund available to coastal communities on the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and North Norfolk coasts. The East Coast Community Fund has been set up to ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of DONG’s offshore […]

  • Three Dong’s OWF Substations to Get Smarter with Alstom’s Digital Control System

    15 July 2015
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Alstom has been awarded substation automation contracts for three of DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms. The systems will be fitted at the Race Bank project off the Norfolk Coast, the Walney Extension in the Irish Sea and at the Burbo Bank Extension in Liverpool Bay. All projects will feature Alstom Grid’s DS Agile, the company’s […]

  • Walney 3 Substation Heads to the Irish Sea

    20 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Engie Fabricom and Iemants consortium has shipped the first of two offshore substations built for DONG Energy’s 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea from the construction yard in Hoboken, Belgium.