EnBW has invited tenders for planning, construction and operation of a marine coordination office which will support the construction phase of the Hohe See offshore wind farm and potentially the Albatros offshore wind farm. The set-up and operation is to be carried out in accordance with the legal r
Four out of five Rix Sea Shuttle crew transfer vessels will keep operating during the winter as they are contracted to work on major wind farm offshore wind projects in the UK. James Doyle, managing director of Rix Sea Shuttle, said: “Normally December is the quietest month by far with most of the c
EWE AG and Trianel have made a preliminary investment decision and agreed to jointly bring the Trianel Wind Farm Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm to realisation with each having a 37.5% stake in the project. For the remaining 25% of the project, talks are currently being held with interested th
The Dutch government has designated two additional strips of sea area for offshore wind infrastructure to allow for the realisation of offshore wind projects at Hollandse Kust Zuid (1,400MW) and Hollandse Kust Noord (700MW). The aim of this move is to cut the offshore wind cost by enabling construct
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed the first two phases of a digital aerial survey of offshore wildlife off the Long Island coast. The survey is part of New York’s plan to advance the development of offshore wind along the state’s coastline. Regional
The European Commission (EC) has approved support to the Rentel and Norther offshore wind projects along with authorising Belgian plans to finance electricity generation from offshore renewables. The EC found that that Belgian scheme and the two offshore wind projects are in line with the 2014 Guide
EU Commissioner Arias Cañete and EBRD President Chakrabarti today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to enhance energy cooperation between the EU and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The new agreement will broaden the existing cooperation to a significant number of
STX France has started fabrication works for the offshore substation that will be installed at the Rentel offshore wind farm site in Belgium. The first steel cutting for the substation took place yesterday at STX France’s yard in Saint-Nazaire. Design of both the foundation and the topside has been
ZITON’s self-propelled jack up vessel J/U Wind Server has returned to the Holyhead port from Morecambe Bay, where the vessel has been working in an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) role, helping to keep the 500+ wind turbines operating 24/7. ZITON, formerly known as DBB Jack-up Services, has been app
National Grid reported that UK onshore and offshore turbines have set a new record by generating 10,104MW of electricity for the first time between 2 and 2.30pm yesterday. The wind farms were thus providing 23% of Britain’s total electricity demand at that time. RenewableUK’s Executive Director Emma
Iceni Marine is holding a naming ceremony for its new vessel, Iceni Defender, at Alicat Workboats’ facilities in Great Yarmouth, where also Iceni’s next vessel – Iceni Legend – is being built and is scheduled to be launched in March 2017. South Boats IOW and Alicat Workboats launched the Iceni Defen
CWind informed today that it recently provided two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to support Siemens blade maintenance campaigns at Lynn, Inner Dowsing and Rhyl Flats offshore wind farms. CWind fitted a purpose-built frame to their MPC19 CTV vessels for the blade maintenance work. Lee Andrews, Managin
Petrofac has completed a risk assessment and engineering support project for Transmission Capital Lincs OFTO on two 48km subsea cables connecting the Lincs offshore wind farm with the onshore transmission system. Following a full assessment of the impact of external risks to the cable, such as fishi
Windwave Workboats’ wind farm support vessel Susie S is now tied up next to its sister vessel Freddie S in Grimsby for the winter, after completing work on a Siemens retrofit project on the Westermost Rough wind farm. A couple of months earlier, Freddie S returned from a job at the London Array offs
