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  • Tekmar Completes Dogger Bank Trifecta

    26 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    DEME Offshore has picked Tekmar Group to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the third phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under the contract signed with DEME Offshore, Tekmar will design, manufacture, and supply 172 CPS for Dogger Bank C. The first systems for the project’s third phase are expected to be […]

  • Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Recommended to Secretary of State

    20 November 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate issued a report of recommendation for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck to the Secretary of State on November 17, 2014. The Secretary of State has 3 months in which to issue a decision. The decision letter and report of recommendation will be published on the Planning Inspectorate’s website once a decision has been made. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Community Consultations for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck (UK)

    17 November 2011

    Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank Zone, potentially the world’s largest wind energy project, announces its first community consultation events to present proposals for its first development: Dogger Bank Creyke Beck. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck is planned to connect into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham in the […]

  • Dogger Bank O&M Base Opens

    15 March 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, has officially been opened at the Port of Tyne, the UK. The O&M base also houses the control room that will monitor and manage five per cent of the UK’s electricity generating capacity, […]

  • Dogger Bank Vessel Fleet Starts Taking Shape

    11 November 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    North Star Renewables, VARD, and Alicat have held steel cutting ceremonies to mark the start of construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) and the associated daughter craft bound for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The hybrid-powered vessel fleet is specifically designed to support the UK’s growing offshore wind market and will […]

  • Dogger Bank SOVs to Sport MO4 AI Decision Support Software

    9 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    North Star has awarded the Netherlands-based MO4 with a 10-year contract to supply the company’s four service operations vessels (SOVs) with a digital twin and artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software package. According to MO4, the technology will provide operational data analytics and forecasting support to help drive efficiencies across the fleet including low carbon […]

  • Export Cable Installation Marks Official Start of Offshore Construction on World’s Largest Wind Farm

    29 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction work has now officially started on what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm with the installation of the first length of the HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast. NKT has commenced work on the laying of the nearshore cable for Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW […]

  • Alfa Lift Delivery Delayed to Next Year, Seaway Strashnov Staying on Dogger Bank

    13 June 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Strashnov will be deployed on Dogger Bank Wind Farm for a full 2023 campaign as the company’s new vessel Seaway Alfa Lift, which suffered a crane incident in 2021, is now scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2023. As reported last year, the vessel had an incident with the A-frame on […]

  • IWS Launches First Skywalker Vessel, Cuts First Steel for Third and Fourth from Same Class

    10 November 2022
    Vessels

    The Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has launched IWS Skywalker, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel will now continue outfitting alongside the yard’s quay to be ready for operations next year, IWS said on social media. The […]

  • Novel Welding Technique to Debut at Dogger Bank

    28 May 2021
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, will carry out the first large-scale pilot of a new process that is expected to reduce welding times by as much as 80 per cent. Ebflow Reduced Pressure Electron Beam (RPEB) welding is expected to be used at the 1.2 GW […]

  • K2 Management Reveals Dogger Bank Role

    10 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    K2 Management is working as Lender’s Technical Advisor (LTA) on the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B Wind Farms, two of the three projects which make up the Dogger Bank development. In September, all three wind farms, which make up the Dogger Bank development, were selected in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round […]

  • Dutch Magnetic Assemblies for Dogger Bank Haliade-X Turbines

    13 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Bakker Magnetics is about to start the production of magnetic assemblies for the GE Haliade-X turbines that will be installed at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Bakker Magnetics will fabricate and assemble magnetic assemblies for the turbines across all three phases of what is the world’s largest offshore wind […]

  • Forewind to Use Innovative Foundation Design for Dogger Bank Masts (UK)

    19 October 2011
    R&D, Technology

      The Forewind consortium will employ an innovative new foundation design concept next year when it installs two meteorological masts on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, located between 125 and 290 kilometres off the North Yorkshire coast. Forewind Limited, developers of the Dogger Bank zone, signed a contract with Fred Olsen United AS […]

  • MacGregor to Equip Awind’s CSOVs

    13 September 2021
    Vessels

    Awind, a subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions, has ordered equipment packages for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from MacGregor, part of Cargotec. MacGregor will deliver two equipment packages each consisting of a 3D motion compensated electrical gangway system, Colibri crane, and a remote control station located on the vessel bridge. The two vessels, scheduled […]

  • Shell, Ørsted Ink Power Offtake Agreements for 60% of Dogger Bank A & B

    24 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm developers, SSE Renewables and Equinor, have signed four agreements for power offtake for the entire output of the first two phases of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank A and B. Ørsted and Shell Energy Europe have inked 15-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for 40 per cent and 20 […]

  • IWS Fleet to Sign New Dogger Bank Contract

    21 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has been notified by Dogger Bank Wind Farm that they intend to sign a charter contract for one of its Skywalker class walk-to-work commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the third phase of the offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank C. The […]

  • ABB HVDC Gear for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    30 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has secured a contract to supply its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Light® converter systems to connect the Dogger Bank offshore wind project to the UK transmission network. In the first-ever use of the HVDC technology in the UK’s offshore wind market, ABB will supply technology with one of the smallest environmental footprints, due to the […]

  • Dogger Bank Consent Confirms Royal HaskoningDHV’s Success

    18 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change’s decision to grant consent to Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, Royal HaskoningDHV announced that it has now provided key input to the environmental impact assessment process for over 5.5GW of successful offshore wind farm applications in the UK, with more to come. Royal HaskoningDHV has worked […]

  • Forewind Releases First Annual Review (UK)

    6 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      Forewind, developer of the Dogger Bank Zone, has published its first annual review, covering the consortium’s initial 18 months of activity since being awarded the offshore wind development rights for largest of the Round 3 zones by The Crown Estate. The publication aims to summarise Forewind’s progress towards achieving its development objectives and marks […]

  • Euskalforging to Produce Flanges for Dogger Bank C

    21 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spain-based manufacturer of rolled rings euskalforging has won a contract to produce flanges for the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm. Under the contract, the company will ring roll 87 rings for transition pieces and 87 rings for monopiles with an outside diameter larger than 8 metres. Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being built […]

  • Forewind Announces First Four Dogger Bank Project Boundaries (UK)

    15 November 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Forewind has announced the project boundaries of the first four offshore wind farm projects to be developed in the Round 3 Dogger Bank Zone. The identification of the boundaries for these four offshore wind farms, two that will connect into the national grid in Yorkshire and two into Teesside, is a significant step towards finalising […]

  • Keel Laid for Dogger Bank Commissioning Service Operation Vessel

    9 June 2022
    Vessels

    Integrated Wind Solutions AS (IWS) has held an official keel-laying ceremony for the IWS Skywalker commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) at a shipyard of China Merchants Industry Holdings Co. Ltd. The vessel, for which the first steel was cut in January 2022, will commence its first contract in Summer 2023 at the Dogger Bank Wind […]

  • UK: Forewind Holds Dogger Bank Teesside Consultation Events This Month

    9 May 2012

    Three consultation events have been arranged by the Forewind consortium to give the Teesside public a chance to see the early proposals for the latest phase of the Dogger Bank development, according to the NeBusiness. The events, scheduled for this month, will take place  near the onshore cable routes and landfall locations. Forewind arranged wider […]

  • Dogger Bank Teesside A & B Examination Date Set

    17 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The Planning Inspectorate set a preliminary meeting date to discuss the examination procedure of Forewind’s application to build two wind farms in the North Sea. Dogger Bank Teesside A & B (previously part of Dogger Bank Teesside) is the second stage of Forewind’s offshore wind energy development of the Dogger Bank Zone (Zone 3, Round […]

  • Endeavour Wharf in Whitby Harbour in Preparation to Serve Dogger Bank OWF

    13 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Whitby Harbour Board has issued an early information about a tender for early planning of Endeavour Wharf reconstruction works in Whitby Harbour, which would be used to support Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development. This may include the construction of a berthing pontoon to be used as an embarkation point for staff and equipment on […]