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  • Turner Iceni Newbuilding to Debut on Gwynt Y Môr

    13 March 2020
    Vessels

    Turner Iceni’s new crew transfer vessel (CTV) Iceni Valour will service the Gwynt Y Môr offshore wind farm when the newbuilding enters service next year. The 24-metre CTV is currently under construction at Diverse Marine Ltd’s yard on the Isle of Wight. Iceni Valour has been designed keel up by Walker Marine Design of Southampton […]

  • RWE Unveils Plans for Gwynt y Môr Windfarm (UK)

    1 December 2011

    A 40-tonne underwater plough will be used to lay electricity cables from the coast to an offshore windfarm. The cables will stretch from the shore at Pensarn near Abergele 13kms to the 160 planned turbines at Gwynt y Môr windfarm. At Towyn Road between Pensarn and Belgrano, four cables will be extended 11kms underground to […]

  • Floating LiDAR Waves Goodbye to Gwynt y Mor

    3 December 2014

    FORECAST, floating LiDAR system located in the vicinity of the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, is due to be removed today by Babcock International. The buoy, owned by Babcock, will be removed by the crane barge Lara 1 and the tug C-Salvor. The whole operation is expected to be completed by the end of the […]

  • Gwynt y Môr to Be Featured in Primetime TV Series

    24 April 2014

    Adrian “Ade” Edmondson, a British comedian and TV presenter, has visited RWE Innogy UK’s flagship offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, which will be featured in a primetime ITV series called Ade at Sea. In the sixth and final episode of Ade at Sea, to be shown on Thursday 24th April at 8.30pm, Mr. Edmondson […]

  • UK: New Generation Jack-Up Vessel Arrives for Gwynt y Môr

    4 September 2012

    A new offshore wind farm installation vessel, the first of its kind in the UK, arrives into Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead today (Sat, 1 September) in preparation for its first operational activity at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The new generation jack-up vessel, named Friedrich Ernestine, has been built and designed by RWE […]

  • Scheduled Ship Inspection Halts Gwynt y Môr Work

    18 July 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Cable installation has been halted at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm this month. The Reef Subsea-owned vessel, Polar Prince, is undergoing DNV class inspection in dry dock. According to RWE Innogy, the project developer, this will not affect their schedule as the ship maintenance was planned. The vessel is due to resume its […]

  • Diverse Marine Hands Over New Turner Iceni CTV

    5 March 2021
    Vessels

    Diverse Marine has handed over the new crew transfer vessel (CTV) Iceni Valour to Turner Iceni. According to designer Walker Marine Design, the vessel is on its way to begin a 10-year charter on the North Welsh coast. Back in March 2020, Diverse Marine signed a contract with Turner Iceni to construct Iceni Valour at […]

  • Fugro Secures Second Offshore Wind Farm Trenching Contract

    3 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    In the last few days, Fugro secured two contracts to perform cable burial and survey operations at two wind farm sites in the UK. Beside the recently announced contract for CT Offshore at RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast, the company announced that it had won a second […]

  • RWE Acquires Licenses to Remove UXO from Gwynt y Môr Site

    18 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE Innogy UK has been granted the licenses to safely dispose of three objects, identified as unexploded ordnance (UXO), found on the seabed within the construction area of the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm.  At the end of February, the company announced that it had submitted application to the relevant bodies for licenses to […]

  • CT Offshore Installs Borkum Riffgrund 1 Cables

    11 December 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Last week, CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of 44 inter-array cables at the DONG Energy wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. “The valuable experience gained from the West of Duddon Sands and Gwynt y Môr projects earlier this year has played an important role to secure a smooth running project,” Hans Peter Johannsen, Director of […]

  • CT Offshore Awards Cable Pull-In Job to CWind

    20 May 2015

    CWind has won a contract to supply rigging and cable pull-in services to CT Offshore to support their cable laying project at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, CWind will support the pull-in of the cables at all 97 turbines as well as those connecting the array to […]

  • APEM Keeping an Eye on Gwynt y Môr’s Wildlife

    15 July 2016
    Environment

    APEM is carrying out an initial first year of post-construction aerial surveys at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, located off the coast of North Wales. The works commenced this month with the initial contract running for 12 months, with a potential extension for a further two years. Ultra-high resolution aerial surveys will monitor birds and marine […]

  • Sea Worker, Sea Jack Soon to Work at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    13 November 2012

    At the beginning of December, the jack-up installation vessel Sea Worker will arrive at Grenaa Harbour to assist with the installation and will work in parallel to Sea Power. At this time, the vessel is located at the Port of Esbjerg. The jack-up installation vessel Sea Jack, which is currently at the Harwich port, is […]

  • Construction of Gwynt y Môr Gathering Pace (UK)

    8 December 2011

    CONSTRUCTION of a wind farm off the coast of Mostyn at a cost of two billion euros is gathering pace.   (leaderlive) [mappress] Source: leaderlive, December 08, 2011

  • Community First for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2015

    As part of its ongoing partnership with the local community, RWE Innogy UK’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has donated five DVD/Blu Ray players to be shared amongst local charitable organisations. The organisations were asked to nominate themselves along with a brief description of how the players would be used. After being inundated with […]

  • Innogy Expands Wales Wind Farm Apprenticeship Programme

    6 June 2014
    Training & Education

    RWE Innogy UK (Innogy) is expanding its highly popular Wales wind farm apprenticeship programme for a third year running and is now recruiting for new candidates. Five more bespoke, highly skilled engineering posts have been created to support the business’s onshore and offshore activities, taking the total number of wind turbine generated apprenticeships in Wales […]

  • UK: Delyn MP Supports Offshore Wind Development

    1 November 2012
    Authorities

    Speaking in Parliament, Delyn MP David Hanson called on the Secretary of State for Wales for more Government’s action on supporting development of offshore wind energy, in order to boost the economy and increase employment rate. Mr. Hanson gave an example of Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Mostyn, Flintshire, which will open 120 […]

  • S3 Celebrates Successful Year Since Winning Subsea UK’s New Enterprise Award

    8 February 2013

    Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S3), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, is celebrating a successful year since winning Subsea UK’s New Enterprise award last year. Following this prestigious accolade, awarded in recognition of S3’s vision in business development and overall contribution to the subsea sector, UK and internationally, […]

  • UK: RWE, Carbon Trust’s OWA to Test Innovative Wind Measuring Buoys

    20 September 2012

    RWE Innogy, together with the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, is to trial new methods of collecting wind speed data at the site of Gwynt y Môr, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. Two Light Detection and Ranging units (LIDAR) will be mounted on buoys and be temporarily installed ten miles off […]

  • RWE Signs Lease Agreements for Four UK Offshore Wind Extensions

    28 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and its project partners have signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate to develop extensions of the Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms in the UK. Each proposal has already progressed through the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment stage (HRA), The Crown Estate said. Developers will now be focused on environmental assessments […]

  • DNV GL Advises on Westermost Rough Wind Farm Transaction

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    DNV GL has advised the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation on their joint purchase of a 50% stake in the Westermost Rough wind farm, five miles offshore from Hull. The investment in the UK site, still 50% owned by DONG Energy, will see the first large scale commercial project in the […]

  • Gwynt y Môr Monopile Installation Almost Done (UK)

    9 August 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    AWJ Marine issued a notice on construction progress at Gwynt y Môr on August 5, according to which there are only 8 monopiles left to install at the offshore wind project. The following is a summary on construction progress issued by AWJ: Wind Farm Construction Status Progress with construction is illustrated in a map here, and […]

  • DRB Group Bags Gwynt y Môr Contract (UK)

    8 December 2011

    WALES’S Business Minister Edwina Hart was able to see first-hand how Flintshire businesses are benefiting from…   (flintshirechronicle) [mappress] Source: flintshirechronicle, December 08, 2011; Image: signworldgroup

  • OFGEM Announces Eight Bidders for Three More Offshore Transmission Projects

    26 January 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Ofgem has announced the eight bidders which have successfully qualified to compete for three more high-voltage transmission links with offshore wind farms as part of Ofgem E-Serve’s latest competitive tender process. Ultimately the winning bidders will then own and operate the links for the next 20 years. Today’s announcement is the list of bidders which […]

  • CLV Sia Wiring Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm

    27 May 2014
    Grid Connection

    Cable installation at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm site is well underway. A total of 92 array cables have been laid so far at the wind farm, located 13 km off the coast of North Wales. Cable laying vessel Sia, owned by CT Offshore, is conducting the cable laying operation and it has […]

  • RWE Inaugurates Nordsee Ost, Gwynt y Môr Next

    11 May 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The Nordsee Ost wind farm was officially inaugurated on the occasion of the meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers in Hamburg, on May 8. The inauguration was attended by the German Minister of Economics, Sigmar Gabriel, and his fellow ministers from the G7 states, as well as Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG, Hans Bünting, CEO of […]