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  • Fugro to Begin Seabed Surveys at Triton Knoll

    12 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to start seabed and sub-seafloor investigations at the Triton Knoll site in the UK. Under a GBP 3 million contract, Fugro will operate three vessels out of the Humber, supported by technical teams from the company’s Wallingford headquarters.

  • Esvagt Mercator Begins Its Belgian Offshore Wind Story

    11 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    The Esvagt Mercator Service Operation Vessel (SOV) has begun the 10-year contract under which it will support MHI Vestas at the 50-turbine Nobelwind and 55-turbine Belwind 1 wind farms off Belgium.

  • Vroon’s VOS Stone Christened and Ready for Arkona

    11 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon has christened its new subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel VOS Stone at a ceremony held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

  • EnBW Picks Emden as North Sea Wind Farm Base

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has decided to build an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) base on an airfield in Emden, Germany, for the company’s offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

  • Vattenfall Gives Reasons for Choosing Siemens Gamesa 8MW Turbine

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Vattenfall has chosen the new 8MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for its Danish offshore wind farms because it “was simply the cheapest choice in the market measured by cost per generated megawatt-hour electricity,” Michael Simmelsgaard, Head of Offshore Wind and Country Manager for Vattenfall in Denmark, said.

  • French Floating Wind Project Seeks State Permits

    5 December 2017
    Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The project company Ferme Eolienne Flottante de Groix & Belle-Île (FEFGBI) and Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) have jointly filed applications for the construction and operation of the pilot floating wind farm in the French part of the Atlantic ocean and its electrical connection.

  • Hull Uni Assesses Green Port, Siemens Gamesa Impact

    5 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    The University of Hull presented its findings on the impact of Green Port Hull One at an event yesterday, 4 December, a year after Siemens Gamesa opened the blade manufacturing facility at Alexandra Dock.

  • Jumbo’s Fairplayer Installing Arkona TPs, Equipped with SMST Gangway

    4 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jumbo’s Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) Fairplayer is now installing transition pieces (TPs) at the Arkona offshore wind farm. The vessel was outfitted with an SMST gangway shortly before the works started in early November, according to SMST.

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Installs All Beatrice Piles

    4 December 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has installed the 86th and final four-pile set at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. SHL carried out the piling work with the heavy-lift vessel Stanislav Yudin, which will now re-mobilise for jacket foundation installation.

  • Naval Energies Decides to Focus on High-Priority Projects

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Following reports on Naval Energies (former DCNS Energies) cutting 100 jobs, the company issued a statement saying it is now at a decisive crossroad, with challenges in the marine renewables market leading it to focus its financial and human resources on the highest-priority projects in tidal, floating wind and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC).

  • Semco Maritime Nets Hornsea Two Contract with Ørsted

    4 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has hired Semco Maritime as Electrical Engineering Consultant (EEC) to develop electrical and mechanical basic engineering design of the 1.4GW offshore substation and the reactive compensation station for Hornsea Project Two.

  • Seafox, Ardent Decommission Dogger Bank Met Masts

    1 December 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Seafox informed today, 1 December, that it decommissioned two Forewind’s Dogger Bank meteorological masts at the end of September, together with Ardent as the main subcontractor for the works.

  • MHI Vestas Books VOS Start for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has awarded Vroon’s VOS Start with a contract to support the commissioning phase of the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm from spring 2018.

  • Lewek Connector Secures Hornsea One Charter

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norway’s Ocean Yield ASA has entered into a time charter contract for the vessel Lewek Connector which will conduct cable lay operations for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm project in the UK.

  • MacArtney Winches Borkum Riffgrund 2 Contract

    30 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    MacArtney has won a contract for the supply of two 150 kN and 200 kN electrical cable pulling winches for operation on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.

  • Siemens Gamesa: 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Market-Ready in 2020

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa has launched a new offshore wind turbine – SG 8.0-167 DD – said to increase the annual energy production (AEP) compared to the 7MW model by 20%. The 8MW turbine is expected to be market-ready in 2020. 

  • DOC-Swan Hunter Opens Storage and Spooling Yard in Vlissingen

    28 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Following the equipment load-in and commissioning period, the DOC-Swan Hunter Storage and Spooling Yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is ready for operations. 

  • EEW OSB and Bladt Industries Add to Hornsea One Orderbook

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has contracted the Teesside-based EEW OSB (formerly OSB) and Denmark’s Bladt Industries to manufacture 30 and 28 transition pieces respectively for the 174-turbine Hornsea Project One.

  • Dutch Government Launches Wind & Water Works

    27 November 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The Dutch government has launched an international campaign entitled Wind & Water Works during an offshore wind energy masterclass organised by the Netherlands for ten guest nations.

  • ASM to Manufacture Offshore Wind Towers and Foundations in Port of Aveiro

    27 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Portuguese company ASM Industries has signed a concession agreement with the Port of Aveiro Administration (APA) and will start building a new industrial production unit dedicated to offshore wind in January 2018. 

  • Ofgem Selects Transmission Capital Partners as Dudgeon OFTO

    24 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high-voltage transmission link to the Dudgeon offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.

  • Former Heerema Marine Contractors CEO Joins Kenz Figee Group

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Dutch offshore lifting equipment provider Kenz Figee Group has appointed Jan Pieter Klaver as the company’s new CEO.

  • Sif Goes Full Steam Ahead with Norther Foundations

    23 November 2017
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Sif has started the production of monopile foundations and has produced half of the primary steel for the transition pieces (TPs) to be installed on the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm located in the Belgian North Sea.

  • EMO Sends Newbuild CTV to Nordsee One

    22 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a contract with Senvion to provide a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the operational phase of the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • TenneT Seeks Horizontal Directional Drilling Contractor for Hollandse Kust Zuid Connection

    21 November 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT is looking for a contractor who will carry out horizontal directional drilling (HDD) works for the connection of the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm area. 

  • Bladt-Led Taskforce Working on Jacket Foundations Cost-Model

    20 November 2017
    R&D

    A new cost-model which can be used to benchmark costs on jacket foundations will be presented in early 2018, as one of the working groups within a Bladt Industries-led jacket foundation taskforce is now working on the cost-model.