2228 results found for 'Ørsted'

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  • First Monopile Foundation Stands in US Federal Waters

    28 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first monopile foundation has been installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the first in U.S. federal waters. CVOW will comprise two Siemens Gamesa 6 MW turbines installed some 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Ørsted’s spokesperson told that the second monopile foundation is also due to be installed in […]

  • Connector Stays on Hornsea Project One

    23 August 2018
    Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner Ocean Yield has entered a contract for extension of the charter for its cable lay vessel Connector, working at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm site in the UK.

  • Siemens Gamesa and Formosa Plastics Ink MoU in Taiwan

    5 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Formosa Plastics Corporation for offshore wind in Taiwan. According to the company, the agreement adds up to a series of earlier agreements with local and international parties to promote a competitive supply chain. To remind, Siemens Gamesa inked the first local supply agreements in Taiwan last year by […]

  • Construction Starts on First-Ever Jones Act SOV

    4 March 2022
    Vessels

    Ørsted and Eversource, together with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), have announced that construction of the first-ever US-flagged Jones Act-compliant Service Operations Vessel (SOV) has commenced. The vessel, which is being built at ECO in-house shipyards located in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, is expected to be delivered in 2024. The SOV, to be named “ECO EDISON”, […]

  • Ørsted Selects UL to Certify Its German ‘Threes’

    20 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has selected the testing, inspection and certification provider UL to deliver project certifications for the turbines and foundations at its 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 and 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Project certification, part of the licensing process of offshore wind farms located in German waters, will help ensure the […]

  • Legal & General Backs PKA, PFA’s Walney Deal with GBP 300 Million

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Legal & General has provided approximately GBP 300 million of long-term acquisition debt in support of Danish pension funds, PKA and PFA consortium’s GBP 2 billion purchase of 50% of Walney Extension from Ørsted (former Dong Energy).

  • Ørsted Awards Fifth Round Walney Extension Fund Grants

    4 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded eighteen organizations with grants from the fifth round of its Walney Extension Community Fund.

  • Ørsted and Eversource Set Aside USD 5 Million for Offshore Wind Research

    27 April 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource are committing USD 5 million from their Sunrise Wind project in New York to Stony Brook University to support offshore wind research initiatives. The commitment funded by the project will underwrite research initiatives specific to the advancement of offshore wind through Stony Brook’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) in connection […]

  • Norwegian Oil Fund Partners with Ørsted on Borssele 1&2

    7 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed an agreement with Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to divest a 50% ownership share in its Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. As part of the deal, Ørsted will continue to provide long-term operations and maintenance services from its O&M base at the Port of Vlissingen, as well as provide […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Lands Hornsea Project One Contract

    12 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract for the offshore construction support survey on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located some 120km off the Yorkshire coast, UK. According to Spectrum Offshore, the works are being carried out onboard the crew transfer vessel Rix Leopard. The company said it has mobilized its in-house, custom […]

  • GWS, Swire Secure O&M Contract for Horns Rev 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall has awarded contracts to Swire Energy Services and Global Wind Service (GWS) for operations and maintenance (O&M) work on Horns Rev 1, the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, which is operating offshore Denmark. The contracts, worth approximately EUR 15 million in total, cover preventative services and additional O&M campaigns. The work is set […]

  • PGE Measures Good Winds at Baltica 2 and 3

    12 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Floating LiDAR campaign resulted in ”high quality data confirming the appropriate wind conditions for the investment,” PGE Baltica, part of PGE Group, said.

  • Belfast Harbour Offshore Wind Terminal Sets Record in 2017

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    The offshore wind terminal at the Belfast Harbour, Ireland, handled 305,000 tonnes of wind farm components in 2017, representing a record since it opened in 2013.

  • Ørsted Funds Offshore Wind Supply Chain Development in Taiwan

    23 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Industry, Training & Education

    Ørsted has launched the Offshore Wind Industrial Development Fund in Taiwan. The program, fully funded by Ørsted with a total amount of NTD 60 million (EUR 1.76), will be managed and executed by the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) over the next 18 months. The aim of the fund is to ensure resources […]

  • Ørsted Hires NHV for Borssele I & II Helicopter Ops

    20 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has signed a contract with the NHV Group for the provision of helicopter services on the Borssele I & II project, starting from May 2020. 

  • Wind of Change Begins Sea Trials

    7 March 2019
    Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change has commenced sea trials, according to the Turkish Cemre Shipyard. Once commissioned in May, Wind of Change will work in the German North Sea to service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. The SOV features diesel-electric propulsion and dynamic positioning […]

  • Wind of Change Completes Sea Trials

    10 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV), Wind of Change, has completed her sea trials in Turkey and is now gearing for her maiden voyage to Germany. Following the commissioning, expected in May 2019, the SOV will service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The […]

  • All Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbines Up

    3 September 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Bold Tern installed the final MHI Vestas 8MW turbine on Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm on Friday, 31 August, completing the project ahead of schedule.

  • Formosa 1 Phase 2 Produces First Power

    9 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan has generated its first power. According to Ørsted, 10 out of 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW turbines have been installed at the project site, while six units began generating power. Prior to commercial operation, each turbine goes through a power generation test which takes 10 to 14 days […]

  • EEW OSB Produces First Borssele 1&2 Transition Piece

    28 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Offshore Structures Britain has produced the first transition piece for the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Teesside-based company rolled out the first of 35 transition pieces destined for Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 project at the beginning of April. EEW SPC, the parent company of EEW OSB, is in charge of manufacturing 47 monopiles […]

  • Alliander Books Borssele 1+2 Green Certificates

    27 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch energy network company Alliander and Ørsted have signed an agreement through which Alliander will purchase green certificates from the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm. The agreement takes effect in 2021 and has a duration of fifteen years. Alliander aims to have a climate-neutral business operation by 2023. The annual CO2-emissions of the company are mainly […]

  • Semco Wins Hornsea One Deal

    1 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Semco Maritime has signed a service contract for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the two-year agreement, Semco will service and maintain the project’s reactive compensation station (RCS) and the three offshore substations (OSS). The contract runs until the beginning of 2020 and will be carried out from Semco’s office in Grimsby, […]

  • Baltica 2 Final Investment Decision Expected in Second Half of 2024

    5 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted are expected to reach the final investment decision (FID) on the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in the second half of this year, Dariusz Marzec, Chairman of the Board at PGE, said at the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) Conference on 4 June. The 1.5 GW Baltica […]

  • Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Project Secures GBP 7.5 Million Funding

    18 February 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The next phase of Gigastack, a renewable hydrogen project, has secured GBP 7.5 million funding as part of the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. The Gigastack project, led by ITM Power, Ørsted, Phillips 66 Limited, and Element Energy, will show how renewable hydrogen derived from offshore wind can […]

  • Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Trio Shines in 2019

    8 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has reported an 18% increase in earnings from its offshore wind farms in operation in the first half of 2019, to DKK 5.9 billion (circa EUR 790.6 million), due to the ramp-up at the Hornsea Project One, Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. Offshore and onshore wind power generation increased by 45% […]

  • World’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Turns 20

    29 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Wind Farm Update

    The 160 MW Horns Rev 1, the world’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, has marked a 20-year anniversary of all of the 80 turbines being installed at the site offshore Denmark. Horns Rev 1, built off the western coast of Jutland between 2002 and 2003, was also the first wind farm to be installed in […]