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  • Aibel and Keppel FELS Strike DolWin5 Steel

    2 December 2020
    Grid Connection

    Aibel and Keppel FELS have held a strike steel ceremony at Keppel FELS’ shipyard in Singapore to mark the start of construction of the DolWin5 high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform. Transmission system operator TenneT selected the Aibel/Keppel FELS consortium to supply the offshore HVDC platform and an onshore converter station for the […]

  • Foundation Installation About to Start on RWE’s 1.4 GW Offshore Wind Farm in UK

    10 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of foundations is scheduled to kick off this month at the Sofia offshore wind farm site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the nearest point on the UK’s northeast coast. Van Oord’s offshore wind installation vessel Aeolus and special service support vessel (SSSV) Baltic Explorer are expected […]

  • AIS Training to Use ORE Catapult’s 27m Turbine Tower

    6 October 2015
    Training & Education

    AIS Training has secured use of Catapult’s 27-metre high wind turbine training tower, which is located at the world-renowned National Renewable Energy Centre test and research facility in Blyth (formerly known as Narec). At 27 metres of height, the Catapult’s onshore wind training tower is almost double the current height required for working at height […]

  • Vard Orders One More Red Rock Crane Package for North Star’s SOV Fleet

    16 December 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vard has placed a new order for a crane package with Red Rock, after securing a new shipbuilding contract with North Star Renewables for its fourth service operations vessel (SOV) that will serve the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. The fourth SOV, and the third of a VARD 4 12 SOV […]

  • TenneT Charters IWS Newbuild CSOV

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has, through its subsidiary IWS Fleet AS, entered into a time charter contract for a commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) at market terms with the Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The charter contract has a minimum duration of four months and will commence after the vessel IWS […]

  • Van Oord Adds Asso.subsea to Sofia Team

    19 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Asso.subsea has signed a contract with the balance of plant contractor Van Oord to provide boulder clearance and pre-trenching services along the inter-array cable routes of the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The Sofia offshore wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, approximately 195 kilometres off the UK’s […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Turbine to Make European Debut Offshore UK

    22 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a preferred supplier agreement with innogy to deliver 100 of its new SG 14-222 DD turbines for the Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. The Sofia project will, therefore, be the first European project to install the 14 MW model that will be market-ready by 2024, on time for installation at the […]

  • UK: Fakenham Training Centre Sees Future in Offshore Energy Industry

    9 April 2012

    According to the claims of the newly-appointed minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs and North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb efforts are being undertaken so as to save Fakenham training centre, completed in January last year, EDP 24 writes. The said rescue could be found in the budding offshore power industry, since the proposal […]

  • Swire Energy Services, ELA Team Up for UK Offshore Market

    17 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Swire Energy Services (SES) and ELA Container Offshore have entered a strategic collaboration that will see the two companies jointly delivering offshore accommodation solutions to the UK offshore energy sector. According to the companies, the new partnership will allow SES to increase its offshore container accommodation offering supported by ELA, while SES assists in the […]

  • SSE Goes Solo at Seagreen

    25 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish utility SSE plc is taking full ownership of the 1.5GW Seagreen offshore wind projects under development by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited, in which it currently has a 50% share.

  • SMC Lands Seagreen Balance of Plant Contract

    30 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) have been awarded a contract to provide Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with holistic Balance of Plant (BoP) services to support multiple activities during the construction phase of the 1.1 GW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The scope of services encompasses a comprehensive multi-scope package of resources, including a range of inspection, […]

  • Van Oord to Install Monopiles, Inter-Array Cables at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

    10 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Van Oord as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of monopile foundations and array cables for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. Van Oord will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus to install the 100 TP-less monopile foundations and the cable-laying vessel Nexus […]

  • Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm to Reach Financial Close by End of May

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Scottish energy company SSE plc expects to reach the financial close for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm by the end of May. Beatrice, planned for the outer Moray Firth, will be project financed with non-recourse debt, SSE said. Subject to financial close, onshore construction activities will begin in 2016 with offshore construction planned for 2017. The […]

  • RCG Strengthens Its Executive Team

    9 June 2015

    Two high-profile executives from the renewables industry have been appointed by The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) to oversee the firm’s day-to-day business, develop its global growth strategy, and direct short- and long-term planning for the company. Sebastian Chivers has taken up the role of Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Lee Clarke as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to RCG, […]

  • Edda Wind Orders Four New CSOVs for EUR 250 Million

    3 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Norwegian owner and operator of vessels serving the offshore wind industry, Edda Wind, has placed a EUR 250 million order with Vard for four new commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), with options for ordering up to four additional CSOVs. The first two vessels will be built at Vard’s Romanian and Norwegian yards and are expected […]

  • Ofgem Opens Tender for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Transmission Links

    27 February 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate electricity transmission links worth GBP 4 billion (about EUR 4.8 billion), connecting the Sofia offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s mainland energy network. Ofgem has opened the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) regime Tender Round 12, which invites investors to bid to own and operate infrastructure connecting RWE’s […]

  • IWS Adds Third Skywalker-Class CSOV to Its Fleet

    23 August 2024
    Vessels

    Norway’s Integrated Wind Solutions has taken delivery of its third Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker class series, named IWS Seawalker. IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of IWS, signed newbuild contracts with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for two purpose-built, walk-to-work CSOVs in March 2021 through IWS’s then subsidiary Awind. In March 2022, IWS […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Sets Up Offshore Ops in UK

    24 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Deutsche Windtechnik has established an offshore wind maintenance business unit in the UK, following the same move the company did in the onshore segment in 2016. The German company’s new unit in the UK, Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore Ltd., began operations on 1 August and is managed as an independent company which cooperates closely with the […]

  • RWE’s 3 GW Offshore Wind Bid Advances in UK Round 4 Leasing

    8 February 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    RWE has been selected as the preferred bidder for two adjacent offshore wind sites with a total potential capacity of 3 GW in the UK Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. The awarded sites are in the shallow central area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank, 110 km from the North East coast of […]

  • Innogy Taps Teesside Uni for Offshore Wind Workforce Development

    12 February 2020
    Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education

    Teesside University and innogy’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to build local skills and capabilities to equip students for careers in the offshore wind sector. The 1.4 GW Sofia project will be constructed on a 593km2 site 195 kilometres from shore on Dogger Bank in […]

  • UK: Forewind Launches Next Stage of Its Innovative Education Initiative

    16 September 2013
    Training & Education

    Teachers from Hull, East Riding and Teesside schools are being sought to become wind energy champions as Forewind launches the next stage of its innovative education initiative, Champions for Wind. Ten teachers will be awarded bursaries to develop and implement wind energy careers related activities for their students as part of the initiative being run […]

  • Equinor, Aibel Enter Strategic Offshore Energy Partnership

    13 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Equinor and Aibel have entered into a ten-year strategic collaboration agreement with an aim to ensure a close and long-term collaboration and predictability, for which the new partners say “will be important to both parties in times of many great and important opportunities”. Aibel has been one of Equinor’s key collaboration partners for several years, […]

  • Forewind Runner-Up in Annual Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award

    5 February 2015

    Forewind has been awarded runner-up in the annual Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award for the third year in a row, for its case study on the use of remotely operated aerial vehicles to inspect meteorological masts on Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. The Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award was introduced three years ago […]

  • UK: Mainprize Offshore to add GBP 1.2 Milion Catamaran to Its Fleet

    10 April 2012

    A new fleet member, i.e. £1.2 million custom-made catamaran, will be added to the Scarborough based family business, the Mainprize Offshore Ltd, Evening News informs. The vessel named Dalby Derwent encompasses 17.5 metres long aluminium construction and its arrival to Scarborough Harbour is scheduled for next Tuesday. The main mission of the vessel will be […]

  • IWS Buys 30 Pct Stake in PEAK Wind

    3 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norway-headquartered Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has acquired 30 per cent ownership in the Danish provider of operations and asset management advisory and services for offshore wind, PEAK Wind Group ApS (PEAK Wind). The three PEAK Wind co-founders will retain 70 per cent ownership after the transaction valued at DKK 90 million (approx. EUR 12 million) […]

  • GE Haliade-X 12 MW Turbine Obtains Full Type Certificate

    12 November 2020
    Technology

    GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW prototype has received a full type certificate from DNV GL. This full type certification, which follows a provisional type certification announced in June, provides independent verification that the new turbines will operate safely, reliably, and according to design specifications, the turbine maker said. The process of certifying the Haliade-X […]