1117 results found for 'Dogger Bank'

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  • IWS Second Skywalker Class CSOV Hits the Water

    29 May 2023
    Vessels

    The second Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, ordered by IWS Fleet, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has hit the water. The first steel for the IWS Windwalker vessel was cut in March 2022 at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CHMI) facility in Jiangsu, China. […]

  • Statoil Boosts UK Offshore Wind Presence

    9 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that Statoil takes over as operator of the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm from January 2017. Statoil will also through this deal increase its share in the Dogger Bank projects. Statoil intends to bring its total ownership in the Dogger Bank projects from 25 per cent […]

  • Vårgrønn Acquires Eni’s Stake in World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    17 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s energy transition business Plenitude and the Norwegian energy investor HitecVision, has completed the acquisition of Plenitude’s stake in the three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. As reported in June, Vårgrønn signed an agreement with Plenitude to acquire 20 per cent interest in […]

  • Construction to Start on ‘Net-Zero Carbon’ O&M Base for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction works on the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, are expected to start this month. Announcing that the O&M base will be constructed and operated in line with the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Framework on […]

  • World-First Hybrid Daughter Craft Coming to Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    30 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Great Yarmouth-based marine and engineering specialist Alicat has won a multi-million-pound contract with North Star Renewables to build a hybrid-powered daughter craft fleet to be used on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Following a competitive tender involving multiple UK shipyards, Alicat has been awarded North Star’s initial contract to bring its first two daughter […]

  • UK: Brave Tern to Install Met Masts on Dogger Bank

    8 October 2012

    The new 132m jack-up vessel Brave Tern, commissioned to install both of Forewind’s meteorological masts on Dogger Bank, has been completed and is now on her way to the Harland & Wolff fabrication plant in Belfast. Built by Fred Olsen Windcarrier at the Lamprell shipyard in Dubai, Brave Tern will arrive in Belfast in about […]

  • RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Preps for First Turbine Installation

    17 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK has reached several major milestones in the construction of foundations and onshore and offshore electrical systems and is now preparing for the first turbine installation expected in the coming weeks. Last week, Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak arrived, ready to transport the first set […]

  • Date Set for Dogger Bank A Export Cable Pre-Lay Survey

    1 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Survey vessel Geo Ranger is set to begin a geophysical pre-lay survey along the export cable corridor at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in mid-March. The activities are planned to begin on 13 March and end on approximately 18 March. They will be carried out on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day. […]

  • Safeway, Tyne Gangway Join Forces in UK

    26 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Dutch company Safeway and the UK-based Tyne Gangway have signed a cooperation agreement, which will see Tyne Gangway supporting Safeway in the Port of Tyne and the UK. The UK company, specialising in design and manufacturing of marine access systems, will provide the aluminium inner and outer boom and location for fast servicing for Safeway […]

  • World’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Woos Tier 2 Contractors

    8 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm and its tier 1 contractors are holding a series of supply chain webinars for the 3.6 GW offshore wind project. The webinars will focus on introducing the Dogger Bank wind farm development and the tier 1 contractors, and will showcase the opportunities the project offers with a particular focus on tier […]

  • Royal Haskoning to Lead EIAs for Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Zone (UK)

    25 October 2011

    Royal Haskoning has agreed a framework with Forewind to provide Co-ordination and Lead Consultancy roles for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) relating to projects within the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Zone. Potentially the largest offshore wind farm development in the world, the Dogger Bank zone could supply up to ten per cent of the UK’s […]

  • Port of Tyne, Dogger Bank Wind Farm Ink O&M Base Deal

    17 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Port of Tyne and Dogger Bank Wind Farm have signed an agreement for an operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the world’s largest offshore wind farm to be built at the port. The two parties have signed an option agreement which marked the completion of the preliminary phase that will lead to building and operation […]

  • North Star Secures New Work at Dogger Bank Wind Farm, Newly-Delivered SOV to Mobilise 3 Months Earlier

    7 July 2023
    Vessels

    North Star’s second hybrid-propulsion service operation vessel (SOV), which the shipbuilder and designer Vard just delivered to the company, will be mobilised for work on Dogger Bank Wind Farm three months earlier than planned as North Star was awarded new scope on Dogger Bank A. The new SOV, named Grampian Derwent, will soon be deployed […]

  • North Star Launches World-First Hybrid Daughter Craft

    24 August 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    North Star has launched the first of four hybrid-powered daughter crafts that will be used on the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore the UK from next year. The vessel was launched at a naming ceremony held at the RoyalNorfolk and Suffolk Yacht club in Lowestoft, England, adjacent to the firm’s regional operations hub. It was […]

  • UK: Forewind Submits Application for DCO for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck

    2 September 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    After more than three years of surveys, research, consultation and reporting, Forewind has submitted its application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck to the Planning Inspectorate. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck comprises two offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW). They will will connect into the existing Creyke […]

  • 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 […]

  • Forewind Hires DP GALYNA

    4 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Walk-to-Work Offshore Support Accommodation vessel DP GALYNA was contracted by Forewind for operation and maintenance work to its two meteorological masts on North Sea’s Dogger Bank, located approximately 150 km off the east coast of Yorkshire. DP GALYNA sailed to Great Yarmouth to take on board the technicians of SeaRoc Group for scheduled operation and […]

  • CHC Helicopter to Transport Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Crew During Construction

    9 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    RWE has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopter for crew change support at the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. According to CHC Helicopter, this is the first time RWE has contracted a helicopter service during the construction phase of an […]

  • RWE Partners with Masdar for 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Projects

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed an agreement with UAE’s Masdar as a partner for its 3 GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects in the UK. The partners acknowledged the signing of the new partnership during a ceremony at COP28 in Dubai. Masdar will acquire a 49 per cent stake in the landmark renewables projects while […]

  • Six UK Offshore Wind Projects Pass First CfD Milestone

    6 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Six offshore wind projects under development in the UK, with a total installed capacity 5.5 GW, have passed their Milestone Requirement (MR), Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) reported. The MR is the first significant milestone for projects awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs), as it requires developers to demonstrate their commitment to delivering the project. The […]

  • Forewind Cuts Dogger Bank Zone Offshore Wind Plans

    19 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Forewind has reduced the total capacity of wind energy projects in the Dogger Bank Zone from 9 GW to 7.2 GW. The revision of the current development potential has been made in agreement with The Crown Estate, following more than four years of offshore and onshore surveys and assessments, which have concluded that the organisation’s […]

  • IWS to Add Two More CSOVs to Its Fleet

    22 March 2022
    Vessels

    A subsidiary of Norwegian offshore service provider Integrated Wind Solutions AS (IWS), IWS Fleet, has ordered two more walk-to-work commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) from Hong Kong-based China Merchants Heavy Industry (CHMI). Scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2024, the firm yard price for the two new CSOVs is about EUR 48 million […]

  • GE Haliade-X Wind Turbines to Stay Dry with Cotes Kit

    17 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has selected Cotes to provide dehumidifiers for the GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines. The dry-air solution that Cotes provides to GE Renewable Energy, a combined desalter and dehumidifier, is now approved for global Haliade-X wind farm projects starting with the Dogger Bank wind farm in the North Sea, Cotes said. ”It is […]

  • UK: Forewind Spends Nearly GBP 45 Million on Offshore Surveys

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    The latest seabed survey contract award by Forewind means the consortium’s spend on offshore surveys, primarily carried out by UK contractors, is almost £45 million. Since being awarded the rights to develop Dogger Bank in January 2010, Forewind has undertaken a huge range of geotechnical, geophysical and fish ecology surveys to understand and characterise the […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Adjusts North Sea Offshore Wind Plans to Preserve Fisheries

    30 April 2025
    Authorities, Environment, Planning & Permitting

    The Dutch government has revised its offshore wind plans, scaling back its targets and eliminating one proposed development zone to allow greater access for the fishing industry, according to a new draft amendment to the North Sea Programme. The target for offshore wind energy has been adjusted from 50 GW to 21 GW. However, there […]

  • Statoil and SSE Boost Dogger Bank Shares as Statkraft Pulls Out

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish energy company SSE and Norway’s Statoil have increased their share in the Dogger Bank offshore wind development after the companies acquired and equally divided a 25% stake from former consortium partner Statkraft.