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  • Forewind Kicks of Community Consultations on Proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck (UK)

    5 December 2011

    Forewind, development partner for the world’s largest offshore wind farm, will today kick off five days community consultations for proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck. Developers plan to connect Dogger Bank Creyke Beck into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Community consultations will be […]

  • DECC OKs Dudgeon Offshore Wind Planning Variations

    27 December 2013
    Authorities

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved Dudgeon Offshore Wind’s application to vary the offshore planning consent. Namely, after the acquisition of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm by Statoil and Statkraft the variations were requested due to the structure of the seabed. The review also indicates that in order to avoid […]

  • Offshore Wind Supply Chain Seminar Organized in Copenhagen

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    INTPOW has announced that its 6th Offshore Wind Supply Chain Seminar will be held in Copenhagen on the 9th of March 2015, one day ahead of EWEA Offshore Wind 2015. In addition to the Norwegian offshore wind industry, this year, given the international setting, INTPOW is going to host Danish and other international delegates and has […]

  • Highlights of the Month: January 2017

    1 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for offshore wind foundation installation. According to Bolsø, the concept would reduce installation time by 30-50%, compared to current methods. Public Consultation for Borssele V Tender Opens […]

  • Working Day of a Marine Coordinator at Sheringham Shoal OWF

    5 June 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    High and low water, the weather and the wind governs the working day for Mark Williamson, marine coordinator at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. “Each day is different, and that is part of what makes the job exciting,” says Mark Williamson. Statkraft took over as the operator of the wind farm with massive turbines […]

  • DBB Jack-Up Gets Accreditation from Connexio

    19 March 2014

    On 19 March, DBB Jack-Up Services A/S received accreditation from Connexio. “By joining the Connexio supplier management communities we will be able to connect to a network of potential buyers across an entire industry sector in different regions. These supplier services are designed to support best practices and time, money and effort are saved in […]

  • VBMS Completes Dudgeon HDD Work

    15 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    VBMS has completed two 1,170-metre long horizontal directional drillings (HDDs) at the landfall for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The drillings were done in preparation for the installation of two 42-kilometre long export cables next year. To avoid worsening weather conditions later in the season, the work was carried out three months earlier. Dudgeon Offshore Wind […]

  • Partrac Nets Dudgeon Metocean Contract

    19 April 2016
    Environment, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has selected Partrac to provide real-time wave and current measurement services for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the deployment and maintenance of the equipment and the delivery of real-time waves and current data over the duration of the construction phase of the development. Partrac selected a Triaxys […]

  • Dudgeon OWF’s SOV to Use Uptime’s Walk-to-Work System

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Uptime International has entered into contract with ESVAGT AS for the delivery of an active motion compensated gangway including an adjustable pedestal. The walk-to-work system will be mounted during early 2016 on their wind turbine service operation vessel (SOV). This is the first dedicated wind farm vessel with an adjustable pedestal, which enables the walk-to-work […]

  • Timelapse: Dudgeon OSS Topside Lowered into Place

    15 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has shared a timelapse video of a heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov installing a 1,700-tonne topside onto a jacket on Dudgeon bank off Norfolk, UK. The topside and the jacket were built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft and now form an offshore substation which once commissioned will collect and transform power generated at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The topside was […]

  • Energi Coast: Government’s Support Major Step in the Right Direction

    23 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Energi Coast, North East England’s Renewables Supply Chain Group, has declared the Government’s financial support for five new UK offshore wind projects a major step forward for the industry.  The group, which represents the region’s experienced offshore renewables supply chain, also believes that these new projects are the perfect opportunity for wind farm developers to […]

  • VOS Sympathy En Route for Dogger Bank Met Masts

    10 September 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    The 78m offshore supply vessel VOS Sympathy will set sail from Newcastle tomorrow for an operations and maintenance trip to the two Forewind meteorological masts on Dogger Bank. The on-board team, including Forewind personnel and contractors, will carry out inspections and scheduled maintenance work on both Dogger Bank Met Mast East, located approximately 100 kilometres […]

  • USA: Forum Subsea Technologies Deploys Perry T-1200 Trencher

    9 August 2012
    Technology

    Forum Subsea Technologies, a business line of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has announced the completed deployment and successful operation of the new Perry T-1200 Trencher for Canyon Offshore, a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group. The T-1200 is mobilized to bury power cables at Sheringham Shoals, an offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom that […]

  • Triton Knoll Team Picks Sif-Smulders JV to Build Foundations

    20 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The Sif-Smulders joint venture has been selected to manufacture 90 monopiles and transition pieces, as well as two foundations for offshore substations, for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. 

  • Seasoned Offshore Wind Player Joins ORE Catapult

    22 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has appointed Thomas Arensbach, former Head of Offshore Projects UK at Siemens, as Senior Business Development Manager. Arensbach has previously worked at Gamesa, A2Sea, Statkraft UK, UPC Energy Management and Vestas Offshore Wind. Commenting on the new appointment, Andrew Jamieson, ORE Catapult Chief Executive, said: “Thomas’ extensive, international experience of developing offshore […]

  • UK Offshore Wind on Way to Become Subsidy Free

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Statkraft has welcomed the latest report by BVG Associates, which outlines how advances in technology, the supply chain and policy have combined to put the industry on track to become sustainable without financial support from consumers. BVG’s report highlights the costs of offshore wind are starting to fall sharply as a result of the introduction […]

  • Forewind Names New General Manager

    11 January 2017

    Forewind, an offshore wind consortium comprising innogy, SSE, Statoil and Statkraft, has appointed Trevor Baker as its new General Manager. Forewind has development consent orders for 4.8GW of offshore wind at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, comprising four individual 1.2GW projects. The general manager is responsible for the management and administration of activity related […]

  • Boston Energy to Back Siemens’ Dudgeon Pre-Assembly Ops

    16 September 2016

    Boston Energy will support Siemens’ pre-assembly works for the 6MW Dudgeon offshore wind project at Alexandra Dock in Hull. Technicians from Boston Energy will commence operations on site from October 2016, backing the Siemens team on the dockside at Hull Pre-Assembly site. Adrian Yeaman, Operations Manager of Boston Energy, said: “It’s great news to be involved in the Pre-Assembly project […]

  • First Dudgeon Turbine In Place

    9 January 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm situated some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk, UK. The first out of the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines was installed on Saturday, 7 January. For the next months, the vessel will install the turbines being shipped from […]

  • Umoe Mandal Buys DuroWipers’ Equipment

    25 September 2015
    Vessels

    Norwegian vessel operator Umoe Mandal has purchased six External Panorama Pantograph heavy duty windscreen wipers from UK based DuroWipers to equip a newbuild Surface Effect Ship (SES). Recently, Statkraft signed an initial six-month charter agreement for the new WaveCraft vessel, the Umoe Firmus, to transport its O&M turbine technicians to and from the Sheringham Shoal offshore […]

  • Norwegians to Develop Next-Gen Turbine Installation Vessel

    31 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Ocean Installer and Vard are entering into a partnership to develop a vessel for the installation of future offshore wind turbines. The vessel will be able to install giant offshore wind turbines weighing more than 1,000 tones at a height of over 150 meters above sea level, the parties said. “We will jointly be developing […]

  • Cobra Orders Granada Quayside Crane for Kincardine Floating Wind Farm

    11 October 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Cobra Wind has contracted Granada Material Handling to design, manufacture, and commission a quayside crane that will be used for loading crew transfer vessels (CTVs) supporting the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Granada said the crane unit had been specifically designed for quayside application and the challenging marine environment in which it would […]

  • Atkins to Design Foundations for Dudgeon OWF

    25 March 2014
    Technology

    Atkins has been awarded an engineering contract for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The contract will cover all design and engineering services for the monopile foundations for the 6.0 MW turbines as well as management assistance during fabrication and installation. David Parkin, managing director for Atkins’ Renewables business, said: “This contract win further builds on […]

  • Galion Lidar Eyes Dudgeon Offshore Wind Site

    12 March 2014

    SgurrEnergy’s innovative remote sensing device, Galion Lidar, has been deployed by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd, owned by leading international energy companies, Statoil and Statkraft, to undertake a wind measurement and analysis campaign to support the development of Dudgeon offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Norfolk in the UK. Two Galion G4000 Offshore wind […]

  • Fred. Olsen to Showcase Its Expertise at WindEnergy Hamburg

    2 September 2014

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will be exhibiting at WindEnergy 2014 in Hamburg, Germany between 23rd and 26th September. Fred. Olsen related companies Global Wind Service and Universal Foundation will be also be exhibiting on the stand. They will celebrate the completion of installation on Global Tech I where the Brave and the Bold Tern, together with […]

  • Triton Knoll Applies for Electrical System DCO

    1 May 2015
    Environment, Grid Connection

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has submitted an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Triton Knoll Electrical System on 24 April 2015. “The application and associated documents will be reviewed by the Planning Inspectorate and we await confirmation that our application has been accepted,” said the company in a statement for Offshore […]