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  • All Dudgeon Foundations In Place

    3 August 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Oleg Strashnov has installed the last of the 67 foundations for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil, the owner, developer and future operator of the wind farm, reports. Oleg Strashnov carried out the inshore loading, transportation and installation of the monopile foundations from a storage site to the installation site. The foundations were manufactured by […]

  • UK: Visser & Smit Completes Cable Laying at Sheringham Shoal

    23 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Cable laying at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore wind farm in the Greater Wash has been completed, reports renews Europe. Visser & Smit has installed a total of 56km of infield cables by utilizing the 86m vessel Team Oman, which has been deployed at the site for 18 months. The cable will now be trenched into […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News of 2015

    31 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Offshore WIND staff thought that the New Year’s Day would be the perfect time to let you – our readers – be editors and compile a list of news you found the most interesting and worth a read in 2015. DONG Energy Seeks Technical and Consultancy Staff for Danish Projects DONG Energy has invited tenders for temporary […]

  • Sea Challenger Assumes Position at Dudgeon

    1 September 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jack-up vessel Sea Challenger arrived and positioned herself at the offshore substation at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK, on 31 August, A2SEA reports. Statoil hired Sea Challenger to serve as an accommodation platform from September until the end of 2016, with the start of turbine installation phase scheduled for January 2017. Hull […]

  • Norway: Statkraft Reports Q2 Operating Loss in Wind Sector

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The second quarter of 2012 was characterised by low electricity prices in the Nordic region, but a significant portfolio of long-term power contracts and high production still ensured that the Group achieved satisfactory results. Underlying EBITDA and the pre-tax result were higher than in the same period last year. In the second quarter of 2012, […]

  • Sea Challenger Loads First Dudgeon Kit

    5 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger is preparing to sail out of the port of Hull with the first load of turbine components to be installed at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Sea Challenger was loaded with components of four Siemens 6MW turbines on Wednesday, 4 January. The vessel will make 17 runs […]

  • Esvagt to Launch Dudgeon SOV Ahead of Schedule

    28 June 2016
    Vessels

    Esvagt plans to deliver its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm ahead of schedule, the company reported in its newsletter.  The company has made an agreement with Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik to speed up the process and have the vessel ready a week earlier than initially planned. Given that the shipyard has already been […]

  • Research: Can UV Light Help Birds to Avoid Wind Turbines?

    27 February 2014
    R&D, Technology

    A pilot project in Smøla will examine whether ultraviolet (UV) light can reduce the risk of birds colliding with wind turbines. Researchers are currently conducting a pilot project to test brand new solutions for reducing the negative impact on birdlife in the area. With its 68 wind turbines, Smøla wind farm is the largest wind […]

  • Triton Knoll Keeps Innogy On Track

    13 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    German utility innogy has maintained the yearly outlook for the Renewables division’s business performance despite a 20% drop in division’s Adjusted EBIT in the first three quarters of 2017.

  • Offshore Wind Giants to Invest EUR 7.5 Million in OWA’s Cost-Cutting R&D

    11 July 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D

    DONG Energy, RWE, E.ON, Iberdrola, Vattenfall, Statoil, SSE, EnBW and Statkraft have joined Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, bringing in GBP 6.4 million (approx. EUR 7.5 million) to help reduce the cost of offshore wind power below GBP 100/MWh by 2020. The fund of EUR 7.5 million that the companies will jointly invest in […]

  • MeteoGroup Signs Lightning Deal with Sheringham Shoal

    7 October 2014

    Scira Offshore Energy Limited has chosen MeteoGroup to provide comprehensive lightning forecasting, consultancy and monitoring services for its Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Lightning poses a serious risk to the maintenance personnel who travel daily to and from an onshore base to work on the inherently exposed 80 metre high wind turbine towers. Therefore, accurate […]

  • Dudgeon Halfway Done

    3 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Installation works on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm are progressing according to plan and the project is halfway to being completed, according to Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm Limited (DOWL). The wind farm’s export cables were laid and the jacket for the offshore substation was installed in May. The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed half of […]

  • Dudgeon Substation Jacket On The Move (VIDEO)

    21 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has shared a timelapse of the 1,500-tonne jacket for the Dudgeon substation being loaded onto a barge in Lowestoft yesterday. The jacket, built by Sembmarine SLP, will be towed around 100 kilometres to the offshore construction site located some 32 kilometres off the coast of North Norfolk, where nine of sixty-seven turbine foundations have already been installed. […]

  • UK: VisSim Supplies VTMS Solution for Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm

    27 September 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    VisSim has supplied a comprehensive VTMS solution to manage Vessel Traffic Management, Personnel Tracking and Communications at Sheringham Shoal wind farm. To control the operation of the Sheringham Shoal wind farm, VisSim has supplied a comprehensive solution for surveillance, control and management of vessel traffic and personnel in the wind farm. Haakon Magnus, the Crown […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sea Challenger Installs First Four Siemens Turbines at Dudgeon

    26 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first four Siemens 6MW turbines at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm located some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk,UK.  Sea Challenger has already picked up the second four-turbine batch from the load out port in Hull and is en route to the installation site, A2SEA told […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Extends Tidal Transit Contract

    24 March 2015
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit has recently received an extension of the contract for its vessel Ginny Louise from Statkraft, the Norwegian company that running the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. This follows the current extension for its sister vessel, Tia Elizabeth. For almost three years one or more of Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) have been […]

  • Eversheds Sutherland Assists in Dogger Bank Ownership Swap

    15 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Eversheds Sutherland has advised the Forewind consortium on the arrangements to swap ownership interests in the four consented 4.8GW Dogger Bank offshore wind projects.

  • Dudgeon Substation Topside Sails Away

    5 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 1,700-ton topside built by Sembmarine SLP for the offshore substation of the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm has sailed out of the port of Lowestoft, UK. The four-deck topside will be installed on a 1,500-tonne steel jacket which was put in place some 32 kilometres off Cromer, Norfolk, at the beginning of June. The jacket structure […]

  • RWE to Submit Triton Knoll Cabling Application

    2 March 2015
    Grid Connection

    German renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy , is expected to submit a planning application for the electrical system components of its wind farm offshore Lincolnshire this month. After receipt of the application, Planning Inspectorate will have 28 days to review the application and decide whether or not to accept it. RWE Innogy, together with Statkraft, […]

  • Alstom Extends Sheringham Shoal Service Contract

    20 April 2015
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Alstom has been awarded a three-year service contract by Statkraft for the substations of the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, located off the coast of North Norfolk, England. The contract, an extension of an existing one, covers emergency support as well as preventive maintenance for one onshore and two offshore substations serving the […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Installs Dudgeon OSS Topside

    8 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has completed its work on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm by installing the topside for the wind farm’s offshore substation on Sunday, 7 August. SHL utilised its crane vessel Oleg Strashnov to install the topside. Prior to that, Oleg Strashnov installed the wind farm’s 67 turbine foundations, while Stanislav Yudin […]

  • East of England to Showcase Its Wind Energy Experience in Hamburg

    7 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    The East of England is the powerhouse of the global wind power sector – that’s the message it is taking straight to the heart of Europe. More than 1000 exhibitors are expected at the new international trade fair, WindEnergy Hamburg, on September 23-26 and the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) is determined to wave […]

  • RenewableUK: Dudgeon Proves UK Offshore Wind Is Attractive to Investors

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RenewableUK says the announcement by Statkraft, Statoil and Masdar that a GBP 1.3 billion agreement has been reached to achieve financial close on the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project shows that investor confidence in the UK’s offshore wind market remains high. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “This announcement proves that the UK is the go-to destination […]

  • Omnisens Monitors Sheringham Shoal OWF’s Export Cables

    15 January 2014
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Long distance power cable monitoring specialist, Omnisens was selected to monitor the export cables at Sheringham Shoal windfarm. The two 132 kV cables monitored join the offshore substations to the Sheringham Shoal Salle substation, some 20 km inland, where the Omnisens DITEST interrogator is housed. Fiber optic cables integrated into the power cables are used […]

  • UK: Ofgem Awards Sheringham Shoal Offshore Transmission Licence

    28 June 2013
    Grid Connection

    The Blue Transmission consortium, comprising Macquarie Capital Group Limited and Barclays Infrastructure Funds, has completed the transaction to own and operate the transmission link to Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Ofgem appointed Blue Transmission to take over ownership of the link from Scira Offshore Energy Limited following a competitive tender under the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) […]

  • Mech-Tool Engineering Delivers for Dudgeon

    25 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Mech-Tool Engineering, a Teesside based product manufacturer and supplier of fire, blast and radiant heat protection systems has delivered a contract for Statoil’s GBP 1.5 billion Dudgeon offshore wind farm project.