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  • Date Set for Dogger Bank A Export Cable Pre-Lay Survey

    1 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Survey vessel Geo Ranger is set to begin a geophysical pre-lay survey along the export cable corridor at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in mid-March. The activities are planned to begin on 13 March and end on approximately 18 March. They will be carried out on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day. […]

  • KCI Designs Self-Installing Gravity Based Foundation for MonoBaseWind

    25 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    MonoBaseWind has contracted Dutch engineering company KCI the Engineers for the basic engineering of the structural steel design of their self-installing Gravity Based Foundation (GBF) concept. This self-installing GBF is specifically developed for wind turbines with a capacity of over 6MW which need to be installed in waters deeper than 40m. The principle has been […]

  • Geotechnical Survey to Begin at Burbo Bank Extension (UK)

    23 December 2013
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    In the early part of the new year, a geotechnical ground investigation will commence at the site of a proposed extension of Burbo Bank offshore wind farm. This survey consists of a combination of Deep Boreholes with Cone Penetration Testing (CPT’s) at selected positions, as well as shallow Vibracore and adjacent CPT’s. Burbo Bank Extension […]

  • Orkney Marine Energy Firms Establish Singapore Partnership

    5 June 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Orkney marine energy consultancies, Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd (OMMC), and Aquatera have formed Singapore based partnership with local company OceanPixel to provide marine operations planning, management and verification services.

  • 24 Turbines Up at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

    27 September 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca has installed the twenty-fourth out of fifty-six turbines at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk.

  • GeoSea Finalises Borkum Riffgrund 1 Foundation Installation

    29 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has just finalized the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbor, have proceeded in record times and finished ahead of schedule. The 77 units consisted of monopiles, weighing between 495 tonnes and 684 tonnes and measuring a diameter […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean Names New CEO

    13 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Swire Blue Ocean has appointed Mikkel Gleerup as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

  • Photo of the Day: Pacific Orca Ready to Pick Up EOWDC Turbine Components

    13 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca has arrived at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, to load the wind turbine components for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).

  • Robin Rigg OWF: Bathymetric Survey Complete, Maintenance Underway

    20 October 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Bathymetric Survey at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm is now complete and the 12 meter Catamaran ‘Norfolk Swift’ has demobilised from this site. A general maintenance programme will continue with the transfer of technicians out to selected turbines by Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) on a daily basis as and when required. There are now […]

  • ‘Rem Forza’ Working on Sheringham Shoal

    1 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The vessel Rem Forza will be undertaking essential retrofit operations throughout the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site form 24th November. She will navigate onto the wind farm site through the North-East entry/exit gate between wind turbine generator Sheringham Shoal (WTG ShS) F1 in position 53°09.662’N 01°07.852’E and WTG ShS K5 in position 53°07.196’N 01°12.011’E. The vessel is […]

  • Jee Assesses OWF Array Cables Risks

    2 June 2016
    R&D

    Jee, a subsea cable engineering company, has completed a project for an unnamed wind farm operator to assess the risks to the array cables within a UK offshore wind farm. With concerns about the integrity of cables on the wind farm, the operator awarded Jee a contract in March 2016 to compile a risk framework […]

  • Pacific Orca Assumes Position on Galloper

    15 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca arrived some 27 kilometres off Suffolk in the afternoon hours of Sunday, 14 May to kick off the installation of the 56 Siemens 6MW turbines on the 336MW Galloper offshore wind.

  • Fugro on Survey Duty at Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Pair

    27 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to soon commence a geophysical and geotechnical site survey at Vattenfall’s Norfolk offshore wind projects in the North Sea. Fugro Discovery will be deployed over the survey area starting on or around 1 August, with the activities set to be completed by the end of November. The 70-metre long vessel will be […]

  • Beatrice Turbines One Third Done

    18 October 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    A third of wind turbines has now been installed on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) said.

  • Swire Blue Ocean Eyes Next-Gen Wind Farm Installation Newbuilds

    16 September 2020
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) intends to order a new wind farm installation vessel (WFIV), with an option for a second newbuild, and plans to invest in new cranes for both Pacific Osprey and Pacific Orca. SBO said that it has shortlisted several international shipyards for the order of the WFIV which will have ”capacities unseen […]

  • Rampion OWF – A Noisy Neighbour

    22 July 2016

    On Tuesday, the installation of foundations at the Rampion offshore wind farm kept awake some of the people living in the area, resulting in several complaints received by E.ON, the project developer. According to BBC, loud thumping noise coming from the offshore construction site had awoken some of the residents after midnight and disturbed their sleep for […]

  • Dong Contracts SPT for Suction Buckets Installation

    15 May 2014

    DongEnergy Wind Power A/S has contracted SPT Offshore for the installation and installation engineering of the suction buckets for Dong’sdemonstration tripod suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundation as per of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm. The suction bucket jacket foundation will support a 3.6 MW Siemens wind turbine generator. The local water depth is 25m. […]

  • Irish Wind Farm Catamaran Touches Water

    28 April 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Farra Orla, the first catamaran wind farm service vessel to operate under the Irish flag, has been launched at Penguin Shipyard’s yard in Singapore. The vessel was ordered by the Dublin-based Farra Marine. Penguin Shipyard started building the 27-metre catamaran, the third in its Windflex 27 series, in September 2020. The delivery is scheduled for […]

  • Offshore Construction Associates Wins Vineyard Wind Deal

    21 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore Construction Associates (OCA) has won a contract to provide installation management services for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, U.S. The contract follows 12 months of support by OCA’s UK business and is expected to create jobs and further employment opportunities in Boston and other locations in the U.S. until at least […]

  • ERCA begins research on offshore wind (Canada)

    9 September 2010
    Authorities, R&D

    Five kilometres may not be far enough away from the shore for wind turbines in the lakes, says the local conservation authority’s submission…   By Sharon Hill (windsorstar) [mappress] Source: windsorstar,September 09 , 2010;

  • Moray Offshore Renewables Met Mast to Undergo Repairs

    29 July 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd is getting ready to deploy a jack-up vessel to carry out repair works on the company’s meteorological mast structure in Moray Firth, Scotland, Kis-Orca reports. The works will use the jack up vessel to install a ‘collar’ around the existing monopile structure directly above the gravity base caisson. The majority of the […]

  • Hornsea Two Monopile Installation Soon to Begin

    28 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is set to begin the monopile installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project next month. In total, 165 monopiles and transition pieces will be installed at the offshore site in the UK in preparation for the Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. With a height from sea level to blade […]

  • Hydrographic Survey to Start at Welsh Offshore Wind Farm

    21 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    An uncrewed surface vessel (USV) is set to begin a hydrographic survey at the operational Gwynt y Môr offshore wind project located off the North Wales Coast. The USV will be performing the hydrographic survey of the export routes from 26 July for up to 7 days until 2 August, subject to weather conditions. The […]

  • Beatrice Puts Pedal to the Metal

    31 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Beatrice offshore wind farm has produced 587.9MW of capacity, which represents the highest output from renewable sources in Scotland to date. According to Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the 588MW project reached the double milestone this week. To remind, the last of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines at the Beatrice wind farm was commissioned in the […]

  • Oleg Strashnov Installs Galloper Offshore Substation

    16 May 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the offshore substation on the 336MW Galloper wind farm situated in the outer Thames Estuary, some 27 kilometres off the Suffolk coast.

  • Scotland’s 4.1 GW Offshore Wind Project Ready for Geotechnical Surveys

    26 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is about to kick off further geotechnical survey work at the Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland. The first phase which will include a borehole survey is planned to mobilize between 29 January and 1 February, with the completion expected by 22 February. The second phase will begin […]