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  • James Fisher Supports Balfour Beatty’s UK OFTO Assets

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher provide a fully managed service for the […]

  • Balfour Beatty Sells Third of Its Greater Gabbard OFTO Stake

    4 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Balfour Beatty has sold 33.3% of its interest in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Transmission (OFTO) project for a consideration of £25.5 million. The investment is being acquired by funds managed by Equitix, an investor and fund manager of core infrastructure assets. The consideration is to be paid in cash in full on completion of the […]

  • Mott MacDonald Helps Balfour Beatty to Win Greater Gabbard Power Link

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Mott MacDonald provided key technical, regulatory and environmental advisory services to Balfour Beatty Investments, facilitating their successful acquisition of the high voltage transmission link for the 504MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm located off the coast of Suffolk. Balfour Beatty Investments is a partner in the Green Energy Transmission Consortium, which is now the Offshore […]

  • Hornsea Two Onshore Substation Works Underway

    11 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Balfour Beatty have broken ground on the onshore substation for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. Balfour Beatty is in charge of enabling works for the wind farm’s onshore substation to ensure the site preparation is underway in good time, avoiding future schedule pressures, a spokesperson from Ørsted told OffshoreWIND. The main contract for […]

  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY: The next generation

    6 October 2015

    The offshore wind industry is not really doing anything exceptional when it comes down to the basics. Wind turbine generators, WTGs, have been around onshore since one of the first electricity-generating wind turbines was built to power a holiday home in 1887 in Marykirk, Scotland. Offshore platforms were built in the early 20th century for […]

  • Gwynt y Môr Export Cable Undergoes Repair

    15 May 2015
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Balfour Beatty has contracted VBMS to undertake a repair of Gwynt y Môr export cable. For the job in the Mostyn area, VBMS has utilised cable laying vessel NDurance, which will be working on the site by the end of May / early June dependent upon weather delays. David Brown, the project manager at Balfour […]

  • Balfour Beatty Disposes Majority Stake in Thanet OFTO

    16 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    After buying the Thanet offshore transmission infrastructure in December last year, Balfour Beatty has announced the disposal of an 80% interest in the project for £40 million. Thanet OFTO is the high-voltage electricity transmission system connecting the 300MW Thanet Wind Farm, off the coast of Kent, to the onshore transmission grid. Assets include one offshore […]

  • Balfour Beatty to Build Onshore Substation for Dong

    3 March 2015
    Grid Connection

    Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £12 million scheme to develop an onshore substation to facilitate the transfer of electricity from the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in North Wales to the National Grid for Dong Energy. The substation will be located at Bodelwyddan, south of the St Asaph Business Park in Denbighshire, where it […]

  • Balfour Beatty Nets GBP 5.5M Hywind Scotland Contract

    21 March 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has awarded Balfour Beatty with a GBP 5.5 million EPCI contract for a substation and onshore cable for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, world’s first floating offshore wind farm. Jonathan Chapman, Director of Offshore for Balfour Beatty said: “This is an exciting market for us and we look forward to playing our part in delivering […]

  • UK: Ofgem Selects Preferred Bidder for Gwynt y Môr Connection

    26 July 2013
    Grid Connection

    Ofgem has appointed the Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission links to the Gwynt y Môr wind farm. At 576MW it is currently the second largest project to have reached this tender stage. The estimated value of the transmission assets is £346m. Balfour Beatty Equitix […]

  • Balfour Beatty Secures Viking Link Onshore Contract

    18 December 2019
    Grid Connection

    Balfour Beatty has won a contract to deliver the British onshore civil works for the Viking Link interconnector, the first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link between Great Britain and Denmark. Under the GBP 90 million four-year contract, Balfour Beatty is responsible for the civil engineering and installation of 68km of high-voltage cabling across Lincolnshire, connecting Denmark […]

  • Balfour Beatty Pleads Guilty to 2010 Fatal Accident, Fined GBP 2.6 Million

    16 May 2016
    Authorities

    Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited has been fined GBP 2.6 million after a 32-year-old subcontractor, working on behalf of the company, was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported.  On 14 April 2010, the worker was laying ducting for a new cable for an offshore wind farm […]

  • Balfour Beatty to Operate Thanet OWF’s Offshore Transmission Link

    26 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Balfour Beatty Investments Limited has been chosen to operate the offshore transmission system of the Thanet wind farm.  Ofgem has determined to grant an offshore transmission licence to Thanet OFTO Limited, which is the proposed licensee entity incorporated by Balfour Beatty Investments Limited, the successful bidder in respect of the Thanet project. With 100 Vestas V90 3MW wind turbines, the Thanet Offshore Wind […]

  • TDI-Brooks Bags US Offshore Wind Survey Deal

    22 February 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    TDI-Brooks has been awarded a geophysical, geotechnical, and benthic sampling survey campaigns to study seabed conditions within the project lease area and potential export cable routes off the US East Coast. The data collected will help determine safe and responsible project design and engineering along with identifying potential geohazards and benthic habitats, said TDI-Brooks. The […]

  • UK: Thomson Ecology to Exhibit at Global Offshore Wind

    23 May 2012
    Environment

    Thomson Ecology will be showcasing their expertise in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecology and advising clients on how to achieve planning consents for the biodiversity aspects of their projects. The company is now the UK’s leading ecology specialist and has global ambitions. Last year it acquired Unicomarine (now known as Thomson Unicomarine). Thomson Unicomarine has the […]

  • EMS Opens Berthing Jetty for Offshore Vessels

    6 October 2015
    Vessels

    EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) opened its Offshore Wind Terminal on 26 September in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. As the first step, a non-tidal floating jetty has been inaugurated in the Beatrix Harbour, where soon up to ten Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) may berth and can be supplied at the same time. Marijke van Beek, Mayor […]

  • The Netherlands: Mobile Offshore Crane Successfully Performs 1.500 Tonnes Lift

    16 November 2012
    Technology

    The Spacelift MC 35000 DLS is an unique mobile marine crane with 1.500 tonnes lifting capacity, and stands for a new era in the offshore industry. The system’s architecture, combined with all other technical innovative features of this crane, marks the beginning of a new generation mobile offshore cranes. With this new product Zwagerman meets […]

  • UK: E.ON Awards BBUS with Offshore Cabling Contract

    26 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    E.ON has today announced that Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) has been awarded the contract to install the cable on its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. The contract, worth circa £19 million, will involve the design and installation of a 30km section of underground 132kV cable which will be used to connect the Humber Gateway […]

  • Fugro to Undertake Surveys at Dudgeon Wind Farm

    5 August 2014
    Environment

    Fugro EMU Ltd is to undertake a benthic ecology survey at the Dudgeon wind farm location. The company will utilize the survey vessel MV Ocean Dawn for the job. The vessel will deploy a benthic grab sampler and drop down video directly to the seabed from the stern of the vessel. In addition, a 2m […]

  • Huisman Kicks Off Ringer Crane Production

    20 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Huisman and Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes have started the production of a 3,000 metric ton Ringer Crane during a ceremony at Huisman’s production facility in the Czech Republic. The production of the crane ceremonially commenced with the welding of the first parts of S690 steel using Huisman’s robotic welding technology called Wire & Arc Additive […]

  • MMT to Survey UK-Norway HVDC Cable Route

    30 March 2012
    Grid Connection

    Statnett and National Grid are jointly developing a project to construct a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical interconnector between Norway and Great Britain. MMT will be performing the route survey for this project between Hylen, Norway and Blyth, UK. The survey will be performed April – August 2012. The length of the cable route […]

  • National Grid and Mitsubishi Competing to Own and Operate £1.9bn in Transmission Links (UK)

    1 February 2011
    Grid Connection

    National Grid Offshore, Misubishi and Balfour Beatty Capital are among eight bidders that have qualified to compete for three offshore wind… (newenergyworldnetwork) [mappress] Source: newenergyworldnetwork, February 01, 2011

  • Ofgem Chooses Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty as Preferred Bidders for High-Voltage Link (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Grid Connection

      Equitix, Amp Capital and Balfour Beatty Consortium Appointed as Preferred Bidder for High-Voltage Link to Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Green Energy Transmission (GET), a consortium comprising Equitix Ltd and AMP Capital Investors, together with Balfour Beatty Capital Limited has been selected by Ofgem E-Serve as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high […]

  • Donjon Derrick Barge Unloads Wind Turbine Nacelles from M/V BBC Orinoco (USA)

    25 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

    Donjon Marine Co., Inc.’s Chesapeake 1000 derrick barge was recently used to unload 22 wind turbine nacelles, each weighing 87 metric…   (marinelog) [mappress] Source: marinelog, August 25, 2011;

  • Benthic Survey Underway at SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank Wind Farm Site

    4 April 2025
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    SSE Renewables is undertaking a benthic survey within a prospective offshore export cable route at the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The survey work is being carried out by Natural Power, utilising the Windcat 20 as the survey vessel. According to a Notice from Mariners from the project, the survey commenced on […]

  • US Navy to Deploy WindSentinel Floating LiDAR

    21 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The teams of Sound & Sea Technology Inc, AXYS Technologies Inc, and DNV GL Inc have announced the award of a contract from the U.S. Navy for the validation of an offshore floating LiDAR wind resource assessment system. Sound & Sea Technology (SST) will provide overall management of the program, coordination with the Navy, ocean […]