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  • Jones Bros Nets Walney Extension Heliport Contract

    28 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has won a contract by Ørsted to provide a heliport base to support the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. Under the GBP 1.8 million contract, Jones Bros is in charge of the design and construction of the base in Barrow-in-Furness, which will support helicopters traveling to and from the 659MW project. […]

  • Linklaters Advises on 270MW Wind Farm Connection Funding

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Linklaters advised a consortium of Transmission Investment LLP, Amber Infrastructure and International Public Partnerships (together, Transmission Capital Partners) in relation to the acquisition and financing by the European Investment Bank of the offshore transmission assets connecting the 270MW Lincs wind farm to the onshore distribution network. The £307 million transmission link is the fifth offshore […]

  • Nordsee One and Gemini Lift Northland

    7 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Canada’s energy company Northland Power has reported CAD 93.3 million (EUR 62 million) net income for the third quarter of 2018, a 194% increase compared to CAD 31.7 million net income in the same period last year, attributed mostly to higher production at the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Germany and higher production and wholesale market prices at the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.

  • UK: Ofgem Appoints TCP as Preferred Bidder for HV Link to Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    9 May 2012
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem have appointed the preferred bidder for the first project in the second round of tenders (known as Transitional Round 2) to own and operate offshore links for the Lincs project. This is the second largest offshore transmission project to have reached this stage; the estimated value of the assets is £282 million. Transmission Capital […]

  • Wood Thilsted Wins Work on Maryland Offshore Wind Farms

    9 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    US Wind has contracted Wood Thilsted for detailed foundation design for the 270 MW MarWin offshore wind farm in Maryland, with the UK-based engineering consultancy also tasked with supporting the development of US Wind’s 808 MW Momentum Wind project in the state. In addition to delivering the detailed foundation design for MarWin and supporting Momentum […]

  • Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Full Operation (UK)

    21 June 2011

    All turbines in Walney 1 are now in operation. On 30 May 2011, the last of the 51 turbines in the Walney Offshore Windfarm 1 exported its first power to the grid, and a big milestone in the project was reached. Jens Hansen, Senior Project Manager: “This is a major achievement for the project, and […]

  • Ireland: Arklow Marine Services Successfully Launches Wind Farm Service Vessel

    26 June 2012

    On the longest day of the year Arklow Marine Services successfully launched its second 20 metre wind farm service vessel into the River Avoca at Arklow.  The vessel looking splendid in her Alicat colours has again been delivered ahead of the scheduled delivery date. Local people crammed the quaysides, both north and south to witness […]

  • Baltimore County Seeks Federal Grant for Wind Start Project

    17 May 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Baltimore County, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, has applied for a USD 26 million federal grant to support infrastructure upgrades at the former Sparrows Point shipyard to accommodate assembly, fabrication and shipping for the offshore wind industry. The grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation makes the case […]

  • First Subsea Carries Out Open Water CPS Installation & Removal

    28 July 2017
    Technology

    First Subsea has completed its first customer-witnessed open water demonstration of a new Cable Protection System (CPS) for offshore wind farms, the company informed.

  • Jee Analyses Offshore Wind Subsea Cables at Centrica’s Site

    3 November 2014
    R&D

    Jee Ltd has completed a Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd contract, which saw the subsea engineering and training firm successfully perform a subsea power cable analysis that will potentially reduce future operation and maintenance costs on an offshore wind project. Centrica Renewable Energy commissioned Jee to identify scenarios that could lead to premature failure of the […]

  • Seajacks Scylla En Route to Great Yarmouth

    17 February 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks has confirmed that Seajacks Scylla’s voyage recommenced. The vessel is scheduled to arrive in Great Yarmouth Port in time for her naming ceremony on Thursday, 3 March. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to the Port of Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel […]

  • Ørsted to Back RNLI with GBP 200,000

    26 June 2018

    Ørsted has entered a three-year partnership with Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and will make a contribution of more than GBP 200,000 to fund running costs of lifeboats at seven RNLI lifeboat stations across the UK.

  • REpower UK Achieve Historic 500 Megawatt Milestone (Germany)

    26 October 2010
    Operations & Maintenance

    This week REpower UK, a subsidiary of REpower Systems AG, a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, reached an historic milestone of 500 megawatts of power installed across UK wind farms. REpower UK is currently the fourth wind turbine manufacturer in the UK to achieve the 500 megawatt watershed. REpower UK is one […]

  • Ørsted Sells 50% of Walney Extension

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted, the former DONG Energy, has signed an agreement to sell 50% of Walney Extension, a 659 MW UK offshore wind farm project to a consortium consisting of PKA and PFA, two Danish pension funds.

  • RenewableUK Dismisses AF Consulting Report ‘Powerful Targets’

    6 March 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind, wave and tidal industry, has dismissed the AF Consulting report ‘Powerful Targets’ released today as too simplistic to contribute meaningfully to the current energy debate. The report was originally commissioned by the accounting firm KPMG, which has since refused to publish it – in part because of the […]

  • DNV GL on Walney Extension Due Dilligence Duty

    12 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has acted as technical advisor to a group of institutional lenders with their investment of the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • North Sea Union Potential for Offshore Wind Cost-Reduction

    31 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    First calculations show that cost-reduction of up to 30% could be achieved by the North Sea countries cooperating on offshore wind roll-out in comparison to each country connecting its own wind farms, according to Lars Barfoed, Board Chairman at Energinet.

  • Walney Offshore Wind Turbines to Undergo Standard Testing (UK)

    22 November 2011

    The first power from the Walney 2 Offshore Windfarm was generated on Thursday 1 November 2011 as turbine F14 was put into operation, and its first power was supplied to the national grid via the Stanah 132kV onshore substation near Blackpool. Since then, a total of ten turbines have been put into operation, and the […]

  • DONG Seeking Local Content for Walney Extension OWF

    24 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy held a special supply chain event held in Barrow-in-Furness today to help local businesses get involved in the delivery of the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, to be built off the Cumbrian Coast. DONG Energy’s Walney Extension project team and key suppliers to the project presented to a full house at the town’s […]

  • Marine Designs Limited to Install Dockmaster Pontoon System Within Grimsby Fish Docks (UK)

    24 June 2011

      Marine Designs Limited, a subsidiary of A&P Group, announced at this month’s Seawork International 2011 exhibition that it has been awarded a contract to build and install their award winning Dockmaster pontoon system within the Grimsby Fish Docks. As part of an ongoing agreement between the Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprise and Centrica the companies […]

  • Sparrows Handles Hornsea One Cables

    4 March 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Sparrows Group Cable and Pipe Lay Solutions (CPLS) division has delivered its largest renewables project through three contracts related to the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The three contracts were awarded through Boskalis (formerly VBMS), DEME Offshore (formerly known as Tideway), and DeepOcean. The work scope saw Sparrows provide equipment and personnel to […]

  • Iberdrola Connects First Turbine at WoDS

    25 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola is making progress on its first major offshore wind power project, the West of Duddon Sands wind farm (WoDS), in the United Kingdom. The company is carrying out this initiative in a joint venture with Danish firm Dong Energy. The first turbines at this offshore wind farm have […]

  • Ireland Needs Port Upgrades to Cash In On Offshore Wind (Report)

    28 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Ireland stands to lose billions due to offshore wind projects being built from bases outside the country unless strategic investments are made in improving port infrastructure, according to a report by the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA). The Harnessing our Potential report states that offshore wind could create 2,500 jobs over the next ten years […]

  • Tidal Lagoons Better Solution for Severn than Barrage

    21 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Peter Kydd, chairman of the South West Marine Energy Park, claims that tidal lagoons would be a more feasible solution for harnessing tidal power from the Severn Estuary than a barrage, WalesOnline informs. “Having a structured plan to develop the Severn’s tidal power resource in this way could produce as much or more power than […]

  • Balfour Beatty appointed preferred bidder for £163 million Offshore Transmission Network Owners (“OFTO”) asset (UK)

    6 August 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been appointed preferred bidder for the transmission assets of the Thanet offshore wind farm project, located off the most eastern part of Kent, as part of the Offshore Transmission Owners (“OFTO”) regulatory regime.

  • Sparrows Gives Wings to Alpha Offshore. Asia Pacific, US and More Work in Europe on the Horizon

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following Alpha Offshore’s recent announcement on achieving a 56% increase in blade inspection operations this year, the company said the rise was mostly due to it now doing business under the umbrella of Sparrows Group, along with offshore wind sector’s progress and Alpha Offshore’s experience and know-how that are increasingly in demand. This is according […]