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Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics
Associated British Ports (ABP) has signed a contract with IMES International to ensure the operational integrity of crane and bulk handling rigging equipment across its four ports in Humber, which will directly service UK’s Round 3 offshore wind farms, including the Dogger Bank, Hornsea and East Anglia projects.
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
DONG Energy has hired Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham and Teesside-based Wilton Engineering Services Limited to supply the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm with 20 transition pieces. The multi-million pound contract was signed in Port Clarence in Middlesbrough on Monday, 6 February. Wilton Engineering Services Limited will provide a significant part of the work scope including outfitting, […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
DONG Energy has started the first phase of the public consultation process on the 2.4GW Hornsea Project Three wind farm proposed to be built off the North Norfolk coast, UK. The first phase of the consultation includes the first round of community consultation events, scheduled to occur in late autumn 2016, as shown in the table […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
The 2017 Contracts for Difference (CfD) will cost UK consumers significantly more relative to the additional capacity secured due to the changes in the auction design which allowed small fuelled-technology projects to raise the strike price of larger projects, National Audit Office (NAO) has found.
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A number of consented offshore wind projects present a big opportunity to get BiFab back on its feet, according to the Scottish Government. BiFab was acquired by Canadian JV Driver in April as part of the government’s intervention to save the Fife-based company, however, it still needs new contracts to secure its future operation.
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To ensure delivery of the target capacity of the Hornsea Zone by 2020 remains firmly on track, SMart Wind will shortly begin the scoping process for Project Two in April/May 2012. Whilst recognising that Project Two will constitute a separate application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), SMart Wind note that there are benefits to […]
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) reported an offshore wind turbine order intake totalling 2,272MW in its fiscal year 2018 – 31% more than in FY 2017 – with a total value of approx. EUR 2.78 billion.
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SMart Wind was today named winner of the prestigious Marine Business Award at The Crown Estate’s 2012 Business Awards held at the Institute of Directors in London. This is the first time this award has been given to an offshore wind developer. It recognises “excellence in sustainability, innovation and business performance” as well as the […]
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We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of August 2020. Ørsted Recruiting 23 Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians Ørsted has launched a recruitment campaign for 23 wind turbine technicians, who will work out of the East Coast Hub in Grimsby on the company’s offshore wind farms, including Hornsea Project Two. Largest […]
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World’s First Floating Wind Farm Outdelivers The 30MW Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, performed better than expected in its first three full months in production, Statoil, the operator of the wind farm said. Ørsted Streamlines Hornsea Project Three Ørsted has published updated plans for the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind […]
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The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has announced the launch of the next phase of community consultation events set to take place from the 19th to 27th February 2013 for Project One and Project Two within the Hornsea Zone. The events will take place along the proposed route […]
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Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) has welcomed DONG Energy taking full control of the Hornsea Round 3 wind zone, one of the world’s biggest offshore wind development schemes. Mark O’Reilly, CEO and chairman of THMA, one of the UK’s offshore and marine business development organisations, said: “THMA is delighted that DONG Energy has progressed its […]
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South Axholme Academy students were visited by the SMart Futures team last week to learn about offshore wind power and the company’s proposed Project Two at the Hornsea Zone. SMart Wind held the event with two classes, helping students understand more about interconnecting offshore wind farms and how they can help contribute to the UK’s renewable energy […]
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After the UK government awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs), RenewableUK and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult commented on the news, highlighting the major decline in the cost of offshore wind.
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At the National STEM Centre in York, SMart Wind and HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association) launched the next evolution of their awardwinning SMart Futures community schools engagement programme to name the separate wind farms within the Hornsea Zone. Building on two successful years of collaboration, “SMart Futures Supergrid” will not only include technical classroom workshops […]
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Atlas Professionals’ Offshore Wind office, based in Bristol, will be looking for experienced onshore and offshore professionals for the entire lifecycle of the Hornsea Project One wind farm, from the planning stage through to the construction and O&M phase. In 2014, Atlas signed a five-year framework agreement with DONG to supply temporary personnel for […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has completed the installation of the export cable at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.
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GeoSea’s installation vessel Innovation has installed the first of 174 monopiles at the Hornsea Project One site in the UK and thus marked the beginning of offshore construction of what will become the world’s biggest wind farm.
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Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology
Focus Consultants has won a contract to deliver sustainability services for Ørsted’s East Coast Hub which is currently under construction on the Royal Docks at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
DONG Energy yesterday revealed its ambition to increase the installed offshore wind capacity to 11-12GW at the end of 2025.
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Environment, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has published updated plans for the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm, highlighting the changes that have been made as a result of feedback received through consultation events, one-to-one meetings and wider briefings with statutory bodies and interested parties.
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SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid connection for the first two 500MW […]
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Below, we bring an article on the UK’s offshore wind energy status and potential, written by Simon Watson, Professor of Wind Energy at Loughborough University, and originally published by The Conversation. In 1993, nine 300kW turbines were installed on the eastern pier at Blyth Harbour, near Newcastle on England’s east coast. One can question whether this […]
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Johnathan Reynolds, business development lead for renewables and innovation hub OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and director of energy firm Nautilus Associates, said that East of England businesses can be confident of the development of many offshore wind farms off their coast. As the supply chain in the East of England prepares to compete for work with developers of […]
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SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid connection for the first two 500MW […]
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