The 630MW London Array, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm, has marked four years since its official opening on 4 July, 2013.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Elia, the operator of the Belgian high-voltage grid, have concluded a EUR 100 million loan agreement which will be used primarily for financing the Stevin project.
SSE has invited local Highland communities to apply for the second round of the Beatrice partnership fund.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Babcock International Group plc to design and build switchboards and distribution boards for the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station, part of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm project.
Fugro has laid the final inter-array cable at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off Sussex, UK.
Multi-role platform supply vessel VOS Prime has mobilised an Ampelmann ‛A-type’ gangway system and engaged in walk-to-work operations at the offshore substations on the 600MW Gemini wind farm in the Netherlands, Vroon Offshore Services reports.
30 out of 70 Adwen 5MW wind turbines have been installed so far on Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the Spanish energy company said.
Denmark’s Northern Offshore Services has entered into a commercial agreement with the Hamburg-based Opielok Offshore Carriers to take on management of the company’s only crew transfer vessel (CTV) – OOC Nerz.
With the sector now largely moving into the operations and maintenance phase – in addition to construction – even more space for employment is being created and it is a win-win-win situation, with the skilled workforce, recruiters and the industry players all benefiting from the industry’s progress.
Some 1,500 offshore wind turbines have come out of their warranty and, as the offshore wind farm developers/ owners are now responsible for keeping them up and running, this is a whole new era for the industry, according to Bert van Dijk, Business Advisor Offshore Wind from Van Dijk E-Projects.
By 2020, 60% of Danish electricity consumption will be based on wind power.
Kersten Middle East, part of the Kersten Group, has won a contract to produce a total of 330 J-tubes for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.
The technical and the economically attractive potential for deploying offshore wind in Europe is vast and we have only scratched the surface with the 13GW that we have today, according to WindEurope’s CEO Giles Dickson, who highlighted the key points from WindEurope’s latest report.
Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group has completed the acquisition of WS Atkins plc, a UK-based design, engineering and project management consultancy.
