In association with NorSea Group (UK) Ltd., Montrose Port Authority, a support and service hub for the energy sector, has participated in the Hywind Scotland offshore wind project in the North Sea, the companies’ first in this sector.
Inocean AS has acquired all of the outstanding shares in ABB Inocean AB and has renamed the company Inocean AB.
ABB will install Onboard DC Grid power distribution onboard Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ (LDA) wind farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to enable the cost-efficient integration of batteries.
Clustering a few wind farms, especially those to be built far offshore, and optimising the utilisation of a hotel vessel (floatel) would significantly contribute to cost saving through the O&M phase, according to Dennis Schiricke, Director at OutSmart.
Umoe Rapid has completed its first charter at world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, and at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm for Statoil.
Ecofys WTTS will assist the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) in performing a data quality review on the Hollandse Kust (noord) metocean measurement campaign.
Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has assigned the Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH to manufacture and deliver 31 monopiles for the 252MW Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) offshore wind farm.
Galloper Windfarm Ltd (GWFL) has obtained an approval from Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Planning Committee to set up a temporary helipad at Great Oakley Lodge, Great Oakley, to serve the Galloper offshore wind farm.
Cost reduction keeps on being one of the primary goals of the ever-growing offshore wind industry. Recognising the industry’s requirements, companies supporting construction and operation of offshore wind farms are expanding their ranges of services to both contribute the push to cut the costs and t
UK-headquartered offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy, Cathie Associates, has announced the opening of operations in the USA with the appointment of a Vice President.
Danish engineering consultancy Geo has started the final phase of the geophysical and geotechnical investigations on Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd nearshore wind farm zones off Denmark.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind received a firm and unconditional order for the Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) wind farm from Northland Power Inc. last Friday, when the Canadian company announced that the EUR 1.3 billion offshore wind project had reached financial close.
E.ON will protect all 60 steel foundations of the Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea with a special anti-corrosion coating developed in cooperation with Rambøll Germany and in coordination with the relevant authorities.
Denmark-based HBC Group has secured a contract to carry out subsea inspection campaigns on DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms in German and Danish North Sea.
