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  • Top News of the Week Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013

    4 March 2013

    Germany: Siemens Reports Delay on Sylwin 1 Transformer Platform Siemens has announced that the connection of a German offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be delayed.   UK: Dogger Bank Receives First Bucket Foundation The installation of the first of two innovative suction-installed foundations on Dogger Bank on the weekend represents the first […]

  • Equinor, Wood Thilsted Sign Long-Term Foundations Agreement

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Wood Thilsted has signed a five-year framework agreement with Equinor for turbine foundations engineering. The framework agreement covers engineering studies (feasibility, concept, pre-FEED, and FEED), general engineering support, and specialist studies. It also includes detailed engineering and management of project contractors. “We are delighted to be appointed onto this framework agreement with one of our […]

  • Vard to Build North Star SOVs for Dogger Bank OWF

    6 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vard and North Star Renewables have signed contracts for the design and construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) which will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The signing of the contracts follows the recent news on the Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables winning the tender for the delivery of three SOVs […]

  • Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Project

    17 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Preliminary construction on the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farms project has taken place this week near the coastal village of Ulrome, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Dogger Bank Wind Farms, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, is made up of three offshore wind farm sites in the North Sea, Creyke Beck A , […]

  • IWS Orders More CSOVs Despite Supply Chain Issues

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two additional Walk-to-Work Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs). The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary IWS Fleet exercised options and entered into construction contracts with Hong Kong-based China Merchants Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. (CMI) for the acquisition of two additional CSOVs. The firm yard price […]

  • Fugro Carrying Out Geophysical Surveys at RWE’s New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Sites

    5 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West. The survey campaign, which started in May this year, will be underway until 31 October, subject to weather conditions, and is now being performed from the Fugro Frontier vessel after Fugro […]

  • Italian Oil & Gas Major Buys Into World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    4 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Eni has entered into agreements with Equinor and SSE Renewables to acquire 10 per cent stake in Dogger Bank A and B from each, which will lead to a shareholding setup of SSE and Equinor each owning 40 per cent and Eni holding 20 per cent in the first two phases of what will become […]

  • UK: Forewind Holds Series of Meetings with Dogger Bank Teesside Stakeholders

    5 June 2013

    Teesside residents, business owners and community leaders were given the opportunity to find out the latest on Dogger Bank Teesside at a series of one-to-one consultation meetings, and at briefing sessions held in late May. Members of the Forewind team were on-hand for MP-surgery-style consultation sessions, held at venues along the Coast Road and in […]

  • North Star Renewables to Contract UK Shipyard for Hybrid Daughter Craft

    20 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    North Star Renewables, which won the Dogger Bank Wind Farm tender for the delivery of three service operations vessels (SOVs) earlier this year, is set to sign shipbuilding contracts for the first two SOV daughter craft this September, and the company decided to build them in the UK. According to the Aberdeen-based vessel owner, these […]

  • Dogger Bank Creyke Beck’s Examination Complete

    18 August 2014
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The six-month examination of the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck development consent order application by the Planning Inspectorate concludes today (August 18). The examination started in February this year and included one open floor public hearing and an additional nine days of issue-specific hearings plus two site visits to the proposed landfall and onshore cable route. The […]

  • Dogger Bank Teesside A&B Examination Concludes

    6 February 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The six-month examination of the Dogger Bank Teesside A&B development consent order application by the Planning Inspectorate concluded yesterday. Dogger Bank Teesside A&B comprises two 1.2 gigawatt wind farms located 165 kilometres from the UK coast at their closest point and is planned to connect to the national grid at the existing Lackenby substation near […]

  • Dogger Bank 3D Simulation Ready to Go

    3 November 2014
    Technology

    Forewind’s 3D computer generated simulation of the proposed Dogger Bank offshore development can now be downloaded by anyone with a keen interest in visualising, or navigating through the wind farms. The model, which was developed to enable fishermen and offshore authorities to better understand and see how the development will look once constructed, can be […]

  • UK: Forewind Signs Agreement for Three 1GW Grid Connections

    2 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, has signed connection agreements with National Grid for three further 1GW grid connections, adding to the 3GW signed since the zone was awarded in early-2010. These latest agreements for connections located in Teesside and Yorkshire mean Forewind can proceed with the development of a […]

  • Teachers from Hull to Educate about Offshore Renewables (UK)

    14 February 2012
    Training & Education

    Ten teachers from the Hull region are going to become educators in a renewable industry education program started by Forewind. Forewind is a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies which joined forces to bid for the Dogger Bank Zone Development Agreement as part of The Crown Estate’s third license round for UK offshore wind […]

  • Gardline Congratulates Forewind on Creyke Beck Consent

    25 February 2015
    R&D

    Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL) has congratulated Forewind in gaining consent from Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, the first phase offshore wind energy development in the Dogger Bank Zone. It is the largest offshore wind project to win consent to date anywhere in the world. GEL’s Marine Wildlife Department played […]

  • Jan De Nul’s Mega Jack-Up Sets Sail from UAE to Europe

    29 March 2023
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel, Voltaire, has left Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where it underwent further commissioning and project-specific adjustments ahead of its first assignment, and is now on its way to Europe. The vessel’s first deployment will be on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project offshore the UK, the world’s […]

  • Living Stone Trials Cleaner Fuel Setup

    11 May 2021
    Environment, Technology, Vessels

    DEME’s dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone has completed her liquefied natural gas (LNG) sea trials after being bunkered with LNG for the first time. The ship-to-ship bunkering was conducted in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, by Titan LNG’s FlexFueler, DEME said. Living Stone completed her sea trials back in 2018. The vessel’s first assignment was on […]

  • Quadcopter Inspects Dogger Bank Met Mast

    28 April 2014

    A remote-controlled drone with four helicopter-like rotors, weighing no more than two kilograms and equipped with a camera has been successfully used to inspect Forewind’s meteorological masts located more than 130 kilometres from the UK coast.  The innovative approach to inspection borrowed a technique from the oil and gas sector where remotely operated aerial vehicles […]

  • Forewind appoints new GM (UK)

    27 August 2010
    Training & Education

    Lee Clarke, former Senior Corporate Development and Strategy Manager with RWE npower, has been appointed as General Manager of the Forewind consortium, development partner for Dogger Bank. With more than 20 years in the electricity industry, Dr Clarke (46) has a broad range of general management, commercial, operational, and strategy experience, which will be invaluable […]

  • GE to Build New Factory for 107-Metre Offshore Wind Turbine Blades

    11 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new factory in Teesside in the North East of England, where it will manufacture 107-metre-long blades for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. The new manufacturing plant, which will be set up and operated by GE-owned LM Wind Power, is planned to be opened in 2023 and to deliver […]

  • Equinor, ORE Catapult Pledge to Tackle Offshore Wind Challenges

    9 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Contribution, R&D, Technology

    Equinor and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have announced a collaboration agreement that will tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the offshore renewables sector. According to the partners, ORE Catapult and Equinor have a joint aim to collectively invest in technology readiness for offshore wind and together they will focus on developing skills in […]

  • Forewind Narrows Down Location for Dogger Bank Project One Cable Connection (UK)

    10 June 2011

    The development of Forewind’s first offshore wind farm, known as Dogger Bank Project One, takes another step forward today with the announcement that the cable connecting the proposed wind farm to the national grid at Creyke Beck, in East Riding of Yorkshire, will come to shore between Fraisthorpe and Ulrome on the Holderness coast. Forewind, […]

  • RWE Starts Construction on Flagship Offshore Wind Farm

    11 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE has begun construction of its 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, the largest project currently in construction across the company’s entire renewables fleet. The official construction will start with onshore activities, which are also known as enabling works. UK firm Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been contracted to carry out the work. These […]

  • UK: Forewind to Host Meeting on Dogger Bank Onshore Electricity Infrastructure

    23 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Forewind will this week host the third meeting of the community working group that has been established to assist with the siting of the onshore electricity infrastructure for the proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind development. Following on from meetings held in March and May, this meeting will build on work carried out previously […]

  • SeaRoc Pays a Visit to Dogger Bank Met Mast

    2 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance

    SeaRoc Group, a specialist provider of marine and engineering services for offshore renewable energy projects, has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind’s meteorological (met) masts in the North Sea at the beginning of June. The East (DB-MME) and West (DB-MMW) masts have been installed for 15 and 8 months respectively and scheduled […]

  • Sofia Offshore Site Investigations Kick Off

    7 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Site investigations have kicked off at innogy’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK with export cable route surveys.