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  • Norway: Noreq Bags Crane Order for Borkum Riffgrund 1

    7 February 2013

    Noreq was recently awarded the contract for the delivery of WTPCs (Wind Turbine Platform Cranes) for use on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The customer for this project is DONG Energy, a company Noreq has worked with before on other offshore wind farm installations. Two private investors, KIRKBI – the parent company of […]

  • Technip Starts Work on Borkum OWF in Germany

    1 May 2013
    Grid Connection

    Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for phase 1 of the Borkum Wind Farm development, located 45 kilometers to the North of the German island of Borkum, in the North Sea. This project, awarded by Trianel, is Technip’s first offshore wind, array cable installation project offshore Germany. The […]

  • Germany: First Wind Turbine Installed at Borkum West 2

    30 July 2013

    “The first wind turbines are standing,” said Klaus Horstick, Managing Director of Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG, thus marking a major milestone in 200MW Borkum West 2 offshore wind farm development. The installation of the first wind turbine, out of a total of 40, was completed over the weekend by the jack-up MPI […]

  • VIDEO: Uptime’s Gangway Used at Borkum West OWF

    10 December 2013
    Technology

    Uptime 23,4m AMC gangway has been used during operation at the Borkum West offshore wind farm. To access Borkum West’s wind turbines and substation, the 3-axis compensated UPTIME gangway was attached on the Island Crown vessel from Island Offshore. The gangway is 23,4m long and has a height adjustable pedestal. This access system allows the […]

  • CT Offshore to Install Cables at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    7 February 2014
    Grid Connection

    CT Offshore A/S has entered German market by inking a deal with DONG Energy for the cable installation and burial of inter-array cables at Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF. Located 37 km from the north-west coast of Germany, the 277MW wind farm consists of 77 wind turbines. The cable installation vessel SIA, together with  MV NICO […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation Half Done at Trianel Wind Farm Borkum

    21 February 2014
    Technology

    Wind turbine installation at the Trianel’s wind farm off Borkum is halfway done, as 20 of the total 40 Areva’s turbines have been installed. The installation of AREVA’s M5000 turbines began in September 2013. Located 45 kilometers off the German coast, the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum covers an area of 56 km². This wind farm […]

  • Trianel Installs 25 Turbines at Borkum West

    20 March 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Just nine months after the start of construction, Trianel, a German utility company, has installed 25 of 40 turbines at the Borkum West offshore wind farm. In spite of the strong winds from hurricanes “Christian” and “Xavier”, considerable progress has been made on this 200MW wind farm with 75 percent of array cables also completed. […]

  • GeoSea Finalises Borkum Riffgrund 1 Foundation Installation

    29 July 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has just finalized the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbor, have proceeded in record times and finished ahead of schedule. The 77 units consisted of monopiles, weighing between 495 tonnes and 684 tonnes and measuring a diameter […]

  • SgurrEnergy Backs Borkum West II Development

    6 August 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Phase one of the Borkum West II offshore wind farm, a 200MW development in the German North Sea, completed construction, with lender’s technical advisor support from SgurrEnergy. The last of the 40 wind turbines, located approximately 45km north of the island of Borkum, was successfully installed during June 2014 and the project will now move […]

  • Suction Bucket Jacket Foundation Installed at Borkum Riffgrund 1 (Gallery)

    28 August 2014
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has installed a suction bucket jacket foundation at its German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1.  An innovative new foundation could help cut the costs of electricity from offshore wind farms. Now,  it has been successfully deployed by DONG Energy as part of its collaboration with the UK’s Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA). The […]

  • CWind to Temporarily Power Borkum Riffgrund

    10 February 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has secured its third temporary power supply project in German waters. At Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm, which is in the final stages of construction, CWind is providing an integrated solution that includes the project management, rental of generators, the servicing, maintenance and refuelling as […]

  • Deep BV Gearing Up for Borssele OWF Zone Work

    15 January 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    On January 12, in the Port of IJmuiden, Deep BV started the mobilisation of the vessels to be used for the geophysical survey of Sites I and II of the Borssele Wind Farm Zone. Depending on the weather, the due date for the survey is mid-March and will be followed by a geotechnical investigation. The geophysical survey is […]

  • Port of Antwerp Files Appeal Against Borssele Cable Route

    1 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port Authority of Antwerp has filed an appeal to the Dutch Council of State against a proposed export cable route for Borssele offshore wind farms. The proposed cable route, identified as the 4B route, holds a security risk for maritime traffic to and from Antwerp since the cable is in the busiest area of the Westerschelde, and […]

  • TenneT Cleared to Start Building Borssele Offshore Grid

    27 March 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The governments of Flanders and the Netherlands have reached an agreement on the Borssele subsea cables that will run through the Western Scheldt (Westerscheld), the estuary of the Scheldt river and an important shipping route for the Belgian Port of Antwerp.

  • Bibby HydroMap Starts Dutch Offshore Wind Campaign

    14 May 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Bibby HydroMap has started site operations at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea on behalf of Ørsted.

  • UK: BOWL Submits Application to Develop Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) has submitted an application to the Scottish Government for consent to develop the Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth. BOWL is a joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%), SSE’s renewable energy development division, and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) (formerly SeaEnergy Renewables). The application is […]

  • UK: BOWL Submits Application for Planning Permission

    31 October 2012

    Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the joint venture partnership formed between SSE Renewables (75%) and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK (25%) has submitted an application to The Moray Council for planning permission in principle to develop the onshore transmission works associated with connecting the offshore wind farm to the electricity grid. The onshore transmission works associated […]

  • Stanislav Yudin Installs Second Set of Beatrice Piles

    10 April 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Stanislav Yudin has installed the second set of piles for jacket foundations at the 580MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) said.

  • JDR Completes Beatrice Inter-Array Cables

    25 August 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hartlepool-based subsea cable specialist JDR has manufactured the inter-array cables for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) said.

  • Stanislav Yudin Almost Done with Beatrice Piling

    9 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Stanislav Yudin has installed 80 out of 86 sets of foundation piles for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm off Scotland.

  • UK Moves Up CfD Timetable

    22 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Following an early completion of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) appeals from unsuccessful applicants, UK government has moved up the schedule for the first allocation of the subsidy scheme. Low Carbon Contracts Company, owned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), announced the sealed bid window for CfD will open on 29 January, […]

  • UK Ups CfD Budget by GBP 25 Mln

    28 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The auctions, which will start on 29 January, will see only the most competitive projects receive contracts – helping to drive down the cost of renewables support. Projects are set to compete for £325 million in support from new Contracts for Difference (CFD) – an increase of £25 million from the budget published in October. […]

  • Three Offshore Wind Projects Secure Contracts for Difference as Strike Prices Go Down

    11 September 2017
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK government has awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the second round of auctions with strike prices going as low as GBP 57.50/MWh for projects scheduled for commissioning in 2022/23.

  • Race Bank, Hornsea 1 Community Fund Open for Consultation

    12 July 2016

    A GBP 10 million East Coast Community Fund announced in April by DONG Energy is now open to public consultation, with national grant-making charity GrantScape appointed to complete the consultation process and to administer the Fund. The Fund will ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of the DONG Energy offshore wind farms […]

  • Windhoist Hits Offshore Wind Jackpot

    12 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has secured a contract from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to carry out onshore turbine pre-assembly work for the Hornsea One offshore wind project in Hull.

  • Scotland – World Leader in Offshore Renewables Development

    23 May 2012

    Scotland is leading the world in the development of offshore renewables – according to two senior figures from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). HIE Chief Executive, Alex Paterson and Director of Energy and Low Carbon, Calum Davidson are both presenting at the All-Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen tomorrow [Thursday 24 May]. Mr […]