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  • 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 […]

  • COSCO Lays Keel for Cadeler’s First X-Class Mega Jack-Up

    5 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    A keel laying ceremony was held for Cadeler’s first X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Qidong, China. The vessel is the first of two that Cadeler has ordered from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry under a contract signed with the company in June 2021. The vessels will be equipped with […]

  • Offshore Construction Progresses at 1.4 GW Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    21 April 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Well over a third out of the 165 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm located some 89 kilometres north-east of Grimsby, the U.K. The monopile foundations are being loaded at and transported from the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands and installed at the site by DEME […]

  • 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.

  • MHO-Co Takes Delivery of Hornsea Two Hybrid CTVs

    27 August 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    AFAI Southern Shipyard has delivered two 35m hybrid Incat Crowther crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to MHO-Co for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.  The two CTVs, MHO Asgard and MHO Apollo, that were developed in collaboration with Danfoss and Volvo Penta, will be powered by an advanced propulsion system that comprises a pair of diesel drivetrains and a pair of diesel-electric drivetrains, each driving Volvo Penta […]

  • Louis Dreyfus Orders TTS Equipment for Hornsea Two SOV

    19 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has contracted TTS Group to provide an equipment package for its second service operations vessel (SOV) destined to operate for Ørsted.

  • All Substations, Foundations Installed at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    27 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors, using the installation vessel Sleipnir, has installed both of the substations at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. After recently installing the topside of the project’s offshore substation (OSS), the vessel has now also put the Reactive Compensation Station (RCS) in place. With the 165th and final monopile foundation […]

  • Hornsea Two, Formosa I Firm Up Siemens Gamesa Order Book

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind order intake reached a peak in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2018 with 1,368MW in firm orders, due to agreements to supply 165 turbines for Hornsea Project Two and 120MW for the Formosa I Phase II offshore wind project.

  • Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Secures Work on Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    5 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foundation, transition piece and wind turbine generator tower. The instrumentation systems […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes into Operation

    31 August 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has fully commissioned its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two project in the UK, which has now become the world’s largest wind farm in operation, taking over that title from its sibling project, the 1.2 GW Hornsea One. The 1.3 GW offshore wind farm, located 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, alongside Hornsea One, comprises 165 […]

  • Ørsted Launches Safety Training Program

    27 August 2020
    Training & Education

    Ørsted has launched an immersive safety training program called Thrive in the Humber region, UK. Located at the MODAL Training Centre in Immingham, the purpose-built facility was created in partnership with training specialists Active Training Team (ATT). Ørsted will initially induct all personnel working on the new Hornsea Two offshore wind project starting from this […]

  • SMC Wins New Offshore Wind Contracts with Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa

    3 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has won contracts with Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa to provide support on wind farms offshore the UK. Ørsted awarded SMC with a framework agreement to provide statutory inspection and auxiliary services to its sites across the UK. This is the second multi-year framework agreement following the one in 2019. Ørsted’s […]

  • Hornsea Two to Power Industrial Scale Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Plant from 2025

    15 November 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The consortium behind the Gigastack offshore wind-to-hydrogen project plans to have a 100 MW electrolyser system up and running in the Humber, UK, in 2025. ITM Power, Ørsted, Phillips 66, and Element Energy have now published a report, highlighting the progress made on the project to date and describing the pathway to a final investment […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ørsted Issues Green Bonds, Secures GBP 900 Million

    10 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has secured nominal GBP 900 million through the issuance of green senior bonds, to finance its green growth ambition towards 2025 including the investment in the 1,386MW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom. Ørsted has completed the pricing of new unsecured green senior bonds comprising a GBP 350 million fixed-rate […]

  • SOV Edda Mistral Booked Until September 2024 as Ørsted Extends Its Hornsea One Contract

    2 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind and Ørsted have extended their five-year agreement for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral, which is now set to stay on Hornsea One offshore wind farm until the end of August 2024. The SOV has been operating at Hornsea One in the UK since 2018, having started its charter contract with Ørsted […]

  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension, Dudgeon OWF, Hornsea Two & Three, Humber Gateway, KFE

    3 November 2015

    Burbo Bank Extension Works for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project are already underway, with Offshore Structures (Britain), a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, completing the first can for one of the wind farm’s transition pieces in late August. OSB will fabricate 144 cans for 16 transition pieces. […]

  • Ørsted Gives Construction Update on Major Offshore Wind Farms

    3 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    116 out of 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed at Hornsea Two, soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, Ørsted said. 142 inter-array cables have also been installed at the site some 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, the UK. As reported earlier, both offshore substation topsides […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 24-30, 2015

    30 August 2015

    First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos) The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation. World’s Largest Floating Turbine Sails Out “Fukushima Shimpuu”, the largest floating offshore wind turbine in the world, left Onahama port on July 28th and arrived at the testing […]

  • Ørsted Recruiting 23 Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians

    13 August 2020
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Ørsted has launched a recruitment campaign that will see the offshore wind developer employing 23 wind turbine technicians. The new employees will work out of the East Coast Hub in Grimsby on Ørsted’s offshore wind farms, including Hornsea Project Two. “Over half of Ørsted’s Grimsby based employees work as wind turbine technicians and are located […]

  • Highlights of the Month – May 2019

    4 June 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of May. Vietnamese Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground Vietnam’s Tra Vinh Wind Power has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 48MW Korea- Tra Vinh wind farm (Phase 1). Offshore Construction Starts on Moray East The […]

  • Ørsted Sees Increased Risk of Delays on Two Offshore Wind Projects

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted could face delays on two offshore wind projects due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of offshore substation topsides for the two projects, the 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two in the UK and the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a in Taiwan, was paused after the Singaporean shipyards where they […]

  • Pronomar Kit for Ørsted SOVs

    10 September 2019

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has contracted Pronomar to equip two service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs for Ørsted with drying systems for the workwear of the technicians. The first of the two vessels, Wind of Change, has been using Pronomar’s equipment since June 2019 when it started servicing Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – October 2020

    2 November 2020

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the month of October 2020. Crane for Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbines Coming to Market The Netherlands-based Tetrahedron has developed a new crane for next-generation offshore wind turbines, said to be designed to fit on both existing and new jack-up vessels. Construction Starts on World’s […]

  • Cadeler to Install All Hornsea Three Monopiles and Half of Wind Turbine Array

    25 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler and Ørsted signed two contracts for the 2.9 GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK today, 25 April, at the WindEurope Exhibition in Bella Centre, Copenhagen: one for the installation of monopile foundations and one for the installation of around half of the project’s wind turbines. In a press release issued today, […]

  • LS Cable & System and Ørsted Sign Cable Supply Framework Agreement

    24 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has entered into a five-year framework agreement with Ørsted for the opportunity to supply high voltage export cables for offshore wind farms. Roe-hyun Myung, President & CEO of LS C&S, said: “The trend of investing in renewable energy will continue, even under the current COVID_19-situation. We are […]