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  • Esvagt Njord Joins Dudgeon OWF Team in Great Yarmouth (Video)

    9 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Today’s opening event for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre will also incorporate the naming of the wind farm’s purpose built 84-metre service operations vessel (SOV), Esvagt Njord. The vessel marks a new approach to operations and maintenance with accommodation for up to 40 wind turbine technicians who will live on the ship and […]

  • Sif Joins BorWin Gamma Team

    10 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch Sif Holding N.V. has been awarded a contract for the production of all tubular components for the jacket of the BorWin gamma platform.  The contract includes the production of legs, bracings, pile sleeves and pin piles for the jacket. The project is being undertaken by Petrofac in consortium with Siemens for the German-Dutch transmission grid operator […]

  • SeaRoc Nets East Anglia ONE HSEQ Management Support Contract

    4 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded SeaRoc Group with a 5-year framework contract to provide Health, Safety and Quality management support to their 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Scope of work includes provision of specialist personnel to provide advice and support to the project during construction, development of management systems, and to deliver training to […]

  • Living Stone Arrives in Vlissingen for Final Outfitting

    17 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    DEME Group’s advanced cable lay vessel Living Stone has arrived from Santurtzi in Spain to Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where the vessel will undergo final outfittings before completion, DEME’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND.

  • Cuxhaven Ready For Heavy Offshore Wind Loads

    23 August 2017

    Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport Olaf Lies has inaugurated a new berthing space and a new ramp at the port of Cuxhaven’s offshore terminal.

  • VBMS to Install Hornsea One Nearshore Export Cables

    6 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    VBMS, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, has been awarded a contract to assist DEME’s subsidiary Tideway with the installation of three nearshore and shallow water sections of export cables for DONG Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • CWind Halfway There on Wikinger

    3 May 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Colchester-based offshore services provider CWind has reached the halfway point on a 15-month project to provide a wide range of secondary works at Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

  • Rampion Export Cable Works Heating Up

    10 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Works on the export cables which will bring ashore the energy generated by the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm are scheduled to gather pace in the next couple of weeks, according to a notice to mariners.

  • Nordsee One Turbines Halfway There

    28 June 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The rotor for the 27th wind turbine was successfully installed last week at the Nordsee One construction site, marking the halfway point for turbine installation at the 332 MW wind farm.

  • LM Wind Power Starts Building Cherbourg Factory

    22 March 2017

    LM Wind Power has started the construction works on its new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France, the company’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND.

  • Van Oord Picks WIND for Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cable Works

    5 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has contracted Dutch subsea cable logistics specialist WIND to support the cable transfer operations on the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind project.

  • Imenco to Keep Hornsea One Corrosion Free

    22 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Norway’s Imenco Corrosion Technology AS with a contract to deliver equipment for cathodic corrosion protection of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire coast in the UK.

  • TenneT Seeks Rescue and Guard Vessels

    14 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    TenneT Offshore has issued a tender looking for providers of emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) and guard vessels with the associated crews. The tender is separated into two lots, with Lot 1 covering the provision of ERRVs and respective crews to support platform operations and ensure personnel safety offshore over the side or underneath the platforms. ERRVs […]

  • SSE Urges New UK Prime Minister to Increase Offshore Wind Targets

    26 July 2019
    Authorities

    SSE has called on UK’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to increase the offshore wind capacity targets in order to reach the 2050 net zero emissions goal. In his letter to the new Prime Minister, SSE Chief Executive Alistair Philips-Davies stated that the Government needs to raise its ambition for Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions to deliver […]

  • Ørsted Awards 100th Burbo Bank Extension Fund Grant

    2 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has awarded thirteen local organizations around Liverpool Bay, the UK, with grants from the latest round of its Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund. This latest round of the fund saw the 100th project being awarded a grant and taking the total number of groups to have benefitted to 105. “Having almost granted £1 million worth of […]

  • RTE Seeks Cable Storage for French Offshore Wind Triplets

    15 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has opened a tender seeking cable storage services for the Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp offshore wind projects in France. RTE is looking for a provider of storage services for the 225kV submarine power cables, and optionally junctions and accessories for the three projects. The contractor will be in charge of […]

  • European Commission Nods to Galloper OFTO Ownership Change

    28 August 2019
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control over Diamond Transmission Partners Galloper (Holding) Limited by Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (DTC) and InfraRed Capital Partners Limited (IRCP), all of the UK. Diamond Transmission Partners Galloper is the holding company of the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) for the Galloper […]

  • NYSERDA to Talk Offshore Wind with Public

    26 September 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is holding two public information meetings regarding the state’s goal to develop 2.4GW of offshore wind by 2030.

  • Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project

    2 November 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construction of Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating offshore wind development. The pilot park will comprise five floating 6MW turbines installed approximately 25km off the coast of Peterhead, with a generating capacity of 135GWh of electricity each year. It is expected that the Hywind Scotland […]

  • ABS Flags Safety Issues in Deepwater Wind’s Construction

    14 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The developer of US first offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind, is making some safety changes after an independent consultant has identified several health and safety issues. ABS Group, a Houston-based firm listed several concerns during the construction of five foundations at the 30MW Block Island offshore wind farm. In the report for Rhode Island Coastal […]

  • WindMW Refinances Meerwind

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    WindMW, the company behind the Meerwind offshore wind farm, has issued a EUR 978 million in bonds to refinance an existing bank debt for the construction of the 288MW offshore wind project. The bonds were issued on 17 December 2015 to a group of around 20 international institutional investors and benefit from investment grade ratings from the […]

  • New Round of Dialogue on Kriegers Flak OWF Project

    28 October 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    In order to ensure that potential tenderers can offer their views on framework conditions and contribute to making the content of the conditions attractive and flexible for the market, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) decided to conduct a technical dialogue in May 2013 covering two offshore wind projects, the Horns Rev 3 and Kriegers Flak. […]

  • Coastline Surveys to Exhibit at Renewable UK Event

    11 June 2013

    This will be the first time that Coastline has attended this event as part of it’s commitment to further develop their activities within the offshore renewable sector. Having been established for over 20 years, Coastline Surveys is one of the few remaining independent marine survey companies operating in the UK and is successfully establishing itself […]

  • Charles Hendry MP Programme Ambassador for RenewableUK’s Conference

    6 February 2014

    Forewind chairman Charles Hendry MP has been announced as the Programme Ambassador for RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2014 conference and exhibition. In this role, Mr Hendry will work to increase the profile of the event with both UK and global audiences to encourage attendees and high-profile speakers. The event will be held from Wednesday 11 […]

  • ABS Establishes Offshore Energy Center in Huston, USA

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, is establishing an office in Houston’s Energy Corridor near the intersection of Interstate 10 and Highway 6. The new facility will co-locate members from ABS engineering, project management, technology and business management, allowing ABS to better serve its client base in this significant […]

  • RES Granted Planning Consent on Behalf of Argyll Tidal

    25 June 2014
    Authorities

    RES Offshore announced that applications made on behalf of Argyll Tidal Ltd to Marine Scotland and Argyll & Bute Council have recently been approved. The marine license and planning consent allows for the installation of a single, up to 500kW, demonstration tidal device off the Mull of Kintyre, a project which would have the ability […]