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  • Ocean Winds Selects Polish Companies for Onshore Cable Work on BC-Wind Project

    5 September 2025
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has selected P&Q as the main contractor for the onshore cable trench and Tele-Fonika Kable as the supplier of the onshore export cable system for the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. The scope of work includes the design, delivery, and installation of an approximately 8-kilometre onshore cable section, connecting the landfall point […]

  • SCHOTTEL, Lyon Shipyard Team Up to Support US Offshore Wind

    25 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    SCHOTTEL has reached an agreement with Virginia-based Lyon Shipyard to support the servicing of vessels in the emerging US offshore wind industry. SCHOTTEL, headquartered in Germany, is a manufacturing company that produces propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications, while Lyon Shipyard acts as a full-service ship repair facility. According to SCHOTTEL, operating […]

  • Jan De Nul and Huisman Elevate Offshore Lifting Game

    29 April 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    Huisman cranes onboard Jan De Nul’s next-generation installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés, will feature a specially designed type of clamp – the Universal Quick Connector (UQC). For these cranes, which will be the largest in their class, Huisman developed the UQC based on the expertise of Jan De Nul’s operational and engineering team. The […]

  • Jan De Nul Sells Taillevent

    6 August 2021
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul Group has sold the jack-up installation vessel Taillevent to an undisclosed buyer. The sale includes the vessel only, with the crew deployed to other Jan De Nul vessels. The decision to sell is a result of the rapid change in future offshore wind component sizes, requiring larger and custom-designed installation vessels during […]

  • NKT Installs Power Cables at TenneT’s BorWin5 Offshore Grid Connection

    28 August 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Denmark’s NKT has finalised the installation of a 320 kV high-voltage DC (HVDC) power cable system at the 900 MW BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany. The pull-in work to the offshore platform was carried out by the company’s NKT Victoria vessel. NKT was responsible for the delivery and installation of 230 kilometres of 320 […]

  • Huisman Crane for New Jan De Nul Mega Installation Vessel

    27 November 2019
    Vessels

    Huisman has received an order to provide a 5,000mt Tub Mounted Crane (TMC) for Jan De Nul’s new offshore installation vessel Les Alizés. Huisman will construct the crane at its production facility in Xiamen, China, after which it will be installed at the CMHI Haimen shipyard. It is set to be delivered in 2021. The […]

  • Giant Jack-Up Voltaire Soon to Install First Turbines at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 August 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The campaign to install the first turbines at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm is underway, with Jan De Nul’s Voltaire jack-up vessel leaving the Able Seaton Port with the first batch of wind turbines and heading to the offshore construction site about 130 kilometres off the east coast of Yorkshire, the UK. […]

  • More than Half of Dogger Bank A Wind Turbines Now In Place

    29 April 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    More than half of the wind turbines at Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed. So far, 52 of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines that Dogger Bank A will feature are in place, according to a Notice to Mariners from the […]

  • Jan De Nul to Install 14 MW Wind Turbines at Dogger Bank C

    12 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    After winning contracts to install GE Haliade-X 13 MW offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A & B last year, Jan De Nul has now signed an agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the transport and installation of 87 GE Haliade-X 14 MW units at the final phase of the project, Dogger Bank C. […]

  • OHT’s New Heavy Lifter to Install Dogger Bank Foundations

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been selected as the preferred supplier for the installation of foundations at the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. OHT’s new semi-submersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift will be used for the transport and installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces at Dogger Bank’s 1.2GW Creyke […]

  • Jan De Nul Launches Next-Generation Offshore Installation Vessel

    6 January 2022
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has launched its next-generation floating offshore installation vessel Les Alizés at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Les Alizés will be the largest heavy lift vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet, able to install XXL offshore wind components in floating conditions and with ultra-low emissions, the company said. The launch started on […]

  • Highlights of the Month – April 2019

    1 May 2019

    We bring you the ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of April. Jan De Nul Orders Mega Jack-Up Jan De Nul Group has ordered the Voltaire, its third jack-up installation vessel, at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in China, in preparation for the wind turbines of the future. First UK Offshore Wind Farm […]

  • DORIS Leads Design Work on Two Floating Wind Projects Offshore Scotland

    3 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind

    BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership have appointed DORIS as Principal Designer on its Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farms in Scotland. As Principal Designer, DORIS will use its knowledge of Construction, Design, and Management (CDM) 2015 regulations plan to plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate design risk management activities, support contractor selection and appointments, and […]

  • Vestas Adds 795 MW OranjeWind to Firm Orders

    30 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order for the OranjeWind offshore wind project, previously named Hollandse Kust West VII, situated off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea. Vestas will provide 53 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and is responsible for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the units. Wind turbine installation at the project […]

  • First Turbines Up at World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The first two wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction. According to a Notice of Operations from the project, the first wind turbine was installed on the 29th of August […]

  • Jan De Nul to Use Osbit’s Tower Lifting Tools for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

    9 August 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    UK-headquartered Osbit has delivered to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business its twin wind turbine tower lifting tools that will be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Osbit’s tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the turbine tower sections of GE’s […]

  • Philippines to Streamline Offshore Wind and Floating Solar Guidelines

    3 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started working with the country’s Department of Energy (DOE) on updating the offshore wind and floating solar guidelines so they would become components of next year’s National Expenditure Program (NEP). According to the environment secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, DENR is working “very closely” with the DOE […]

  • Equinor, SSE Order 13 MW Turbines for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a 50:50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, has signed a contract with GE Renewable Energy for 190 wind turbines for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind project. Dogger Bank A & B will be the world’s first offshore wind farm to use GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW turbines, […]

  • Scotland Busy with Sectoral Marine Plans After Awarding 30+ GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    3 August 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind

    After selecting 33 offshore wind projects through the ScotWind and Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing rounds, the Scottish government is now revising its original Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) for offshore wind as part of its iterative plan review process and working on an SMP for INTOG. The final Sectoral Marine Plans are […]

  • Highlights of the Month – October 2019

    5 November 2019

    We are bringing you a list of ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the month of October 2019. Swedish Armed Forces Shoots Down Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Farm Project Swedish energy company Vattenfall and its partner Wallenstam have canceled the Taggen offshore wind project in Sweden after the Swedish Armed Forces said no to the […]

  • Dogger Bank Team Confirms Able Seaton Port for Wind Turbine Installation

    22 September 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm has confirmed Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, UK, as the marshalling base for the wind turbine installation activities for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind project. As part of the agreements for the supply and service of 190 of GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines, the wind […]

  • Offshore ReWIND: The Most Read News in 2019

    1 January 2020

    To remind how the offshore wind industry developed in 2019, the Offshore WIND editorial team compiled a list of the most read articles as chosen by our readers. Jan De Nul Orders Mega Jack-Up Jan De Nul Group has ordered the Voltaire, its third jack-up installation vessel, at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in China, in […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders Twin to XL Cable-Layer Fleeming Jenkin

    17 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Environment, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has ordered a new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered at a Chinese shipyard last year. With a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the vessels are said to be the largest capacity CLVs in the world. Like Fleeming Jenkin, the new vessel will be 215 metres long and […]

  • Jan De Nul Adds Connector to Offshore Installation Fleet

    10 December 2020
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul has agreed to acquire the offshore construction and cable-lay vessel Connector from Ocean Yield ASA. The vessel will be officially transferred during the fourth quarter of 2020. The acquisition is part of Jan De Nul’s strategic investment programme in the offshore installation fleet. It follows the last year’s orders of the new-build […]

  • Port Esbjerg: Lack of Personnel as Specialized Vessels Create Specialized Jobs

    3 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Training & Education, Transition, Vessels

    The fast-paced development of the offshore wind industry is causing the emergence of new, unforeseen jobs to which ports cannot cater as there is a lack of people and a lack of port capacity, Jesper Bank, Chief Commercial Officer of Port Esbjerg, said during a presentation in Denmark. Although the need for port capacity is […]

  • Jan De Nul Orders World’s Largest Cable-Laying Vessel

    2 October 2023
    Business development, Cables, Clean Fuels, Environment, Grid Connection, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    Jan De Nul has placed an order for an extra-large cable-laying vessel (CLV) at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, which, with its cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, is said to be the world’s largest. Named Fleeming Jenkin, the CLV will be equipped with three cable carousels, two mounted on deck and third below deck, and a […]