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  • Granada Delivers 1000th Offshore Wind Farm Crane

    28 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Granada Material Handling recently delivered its 1000th wind farm davit crane as part of its contract to supply cranes to Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Hornsea Two Monopiles Order Lands on EEW SPC Desk

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has placed an order with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) for 165 monopiles for the 1.4GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Start Producing by Year-End

    16 December 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    First power from the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two, soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, is expected before the end of the year, a spokesperson for Ørsted told offshore WIND. 139 of the wind farm’s 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have now been installed, and all of the wind farms inter-array […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Trio Shines in 2019

    8 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported an 18% increase in earnings from its offshore wind farms in operation in the first half of 2019, to DKK 5.9 billion (circa EUR 790.6 million), due to the ramp-up at the Hornsea Project One, Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. Offshore and onshore wind power generation increased by 45% […]

  • SMart Wind Secures Grid Capacity for Second GW from Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    4 November 2011

    The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and the Project and Structured Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services, has secured grid capacity for the second gigawatt (GW) of its 4GW Hornsea offshore wind development off the Yorkshire coast. This second grid connection for the offshore wind farm will connect to Killingholme substation, an […]

  • JDR Strikes Gold with Hornsea Project One Contract

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has awarded JDR with a contract to supply subsea power cables for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, the largest array cable award in the company’s history. The contract will see JDR design and manufacture 242km of array cables, covering two thirds of the total wind farm capacity. JDR will also provide terminations, […]

  • Hornsea One Farm-Down Deal Smashes Financing Records

    19 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EKF, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency, has provided a GBP 800 million guarantee for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, making this the largest financing in EKF’s history and the largest wind financing that any public export credit agency has ever provided.

  • DEME Picks Hornsea Two Foundations Base Port

    11 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Buss Terminal Eemshaven, in the Netherlands, has secured a contract to serve as a base port for installing the foundations of the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. Under the deal secured with DEME Offshore, the Buss Terminal is responsible for the handling, storage and terminal logistics of the 165 monopiles and transition pieces at […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tideway Lays First Hornsea One Export Cable Section

    18 April 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has laid the first offshore export cable section at Hornsea Project One, Ørsted’s 1.2GW wind farm offshore Yorkshire, UK.

  • Wilton Opens Offshore Wind Facility at Port Clarence

    22 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Wilton Group has opened a GBP 3 million coatings facility for offshore wind turbine components at its Port Clarence Base in Teesside, UK.

  • Contracts Signed for Hornsea Two’s Hybrid CTVs

    15 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Danish company MHO-Co has signed a contract with Afai Southern Shipyard in China for the construction of two crew transfer vessels with hybrid propulsion for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The two vessels are scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2021, after which they will start working under a contract with Ørsted, […]

  • Tideway Nets Hornsea One Cable-Laying Contract

    14 June 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV has been awarded a Design and Build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.  For the project, Tideway, a subsidiary of DEME, will deploy the new DP3 cable-laying vessel Living Stone, which is currently being built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval and is scheduled to be delivered in April […]

  • DEME Wins Hornsea Two Jackpot

    17 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has won contracts to transport and install foundations and wind turbines on Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm is located approximately 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast and will comprise 165  Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations. DEME Offshore will transport […]

  • DONG to Pump GBP 6 Billion into Humber Area by 2019

    18 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Denmark-based offshore wind power developer DONG Energy plans to invest GBP 6 billion in the Humber region over the period of 2013 – 2019, according to a new report released during the UK’s first Offshore Wind Week. The report titled Impact of DONG Energy Investments in the Humber Area  shows that over the period 2015 – 2020, DONG […]

  • RenewableUK: Hornsea 1 Approval Proof that Offshore Wind Sector Is Developing Robustly

    10 December 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK says the Government’s announcement on the go-ahead for a major new offshore wind project shows that the sector is developing robustly. Hornsea 1, which will be located 64 miles (103 km) off the East Yorkshire coast, will have an installed capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW) – enough to power more than 841,000 British homes. […]

  • Ørsted Issues Green Bonds, Secures Nearly EUR 2 Billion

    7 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has issued green bonds of nearly EUR 2 billion after securing investor commitment for nominal EUR 900 million and GBP 950 million (about EUR 1.1 billion) to finance its global build-out of renewable energy and its green growth ambition of reaching approximately 50 GW of installed capacity by 2030. Ørsted has issued three tranches […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Create Hundreds of New Jobs at Hull Blade Plant

    17 May 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Siemens Gamesa’s plan to double the size of its blade manufacturing plant in Hull, the UK, will create 250 new jobs. The jobs number was revealed during the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s visit to Siemens Gamesa’s facilities at the Green Port Hull complex. During a tour of the factory, Chancellor Sunak met […]

  • DeepOcean Bags Hornsea Project One Contract

    30 November 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has won a multi-million pound contract to transport and install cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One wind farm, located 120km off the Yorkshire Coast.  DeepOcean’s scope of work covers the installation and trenching of 93 inter-array cables with a combined length of 203km. The Hornsea Project One contract also includes the associated route engineering, […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Wind and BP’s CCUS Plans Clash in UK Waters

    17 March 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and BP have submitted position statements to the UK Planning Inspectorate with regard to their offshore wind and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects in the UK, with Ørsted saying BP is trying to force exclusion so that the offshore wind developer cannot locate its Hornsea Four turbines in an overlapping seabed area. Namely, […]

  • Ørsted a Couple of Gigawatts Away from Its 2025 Offshore Wind Ambition

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted’s current installed and decided offshore wind capacity accounts for almost 9GW out of its ambition of 11-12GW by the end of 2025, announced at the beginning of this year.

  • UK: SMart Wind Wins Crown Estate Marine Business Award

    22 June 2012

    SMart Wind was today named winner of the prestigious Marine Business Award at The Crown Estate’s 2012 Business Awards held at the Institute of Directors in London. This is the first time this award has been given to an offshore wind developer. It recognises “excellence in sustainability, innovation and business performance” as well as the […]

  • Ørsted Opens Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Base

    3 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has officially opened the Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Base (HTOCB) at Humberside Airport in Lincolnshire. The building, formerly a police station at the airport, will now house around 30 Ørsted employees who will be working around the clock to construct the 1.4GW wind farm. Hornsea Two, located 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, will […]

  • CMS Advises Mainstream and Siemens on SMart Wind Stake Sale (UK)

    21 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    CMS has advised the 50/50 joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens’ Financial Services unit, represented by Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, on the sale to DONG Energy of a 33.3% stake in the first two offshore wind projects in SMart Wind’s Hornsea zone with a potential total capacity of up to 1GW. The sale […]

  • Siemens Installed its 1,000th Wind Turbine in the UK

    22 February 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens has installed its 1,000th wind turbine in the UK at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm off the coast of Essex. The turbine, number EO6, forms part of a total of 48 3.6MW turbines which comprise the Gunfleet 1 and Gunfleet 2 fields owned by Dong Energy, the world’s leading operator of offshore wind farms. […]

  • Ørsted Takes a Hit Offshore, Still Expects Highest Yearly Operating Profit

    20 January 2023
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted expects operating profit (EBITDA) for 2022 to total DKK 32.1 billion (EUR 4.3 billion), the company’s highest EBITDA to date, based on preliminary and unaudited reporting. The results are within the latest guidance and above the company’s initial expectations for the year, achieved during a year with unusual market […]