East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) held its 13th annual awards on 14 September, recognising achievements and developments that have highlighted the energy sector over the last 12 months. The ‘Made in Lowestoft’ Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Substation designed and manufactured by Sembmarine
The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September. As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market
AXYS Technologies has completed a series of sea trials for its TRIAXYS g3 wave sensor in the German Bight and off the West Coast of Canada. During the trials, both AXYS’ own TRIAXYS wave buoy and other industry standard buoys were used as references. The TRIAXYS g3 demonstrated extremely high levels
C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services has become an operational member of the Industrial Rope Access Trade Organization (IRATA). C-Ventus is a provider of project and marine operations management, export and inter-array cable pull-ins, shore-landings, pre- and post-installation surveys, UXO remediatio
DONG Energy will hold two community events in Grimsby and Stallingborough to give local people a chance to find out more about the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. When built, the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm by a considerable margin, capable of pro
A US delegation of offshore wind advocates will arrive in Humber, UK, this week and visit offshore wind businesses and organisations in Hull, Grimsby and Scunthorpe on September 21 and 22. The visit is being organised by Team Humber Marine Alliance (THMA) and builds on Memoranda of Understanding sig
The UK government today gave the green light for the construction of Hinkley Point C, an GBP 18 billion nuclear power plant developed by EDF, which will take 10 years to be built and will have a lifespan of 35 years. “The Contract for Difference would provide a set price of £92.50 per megawatt hour
Nexans has officially signed a contract for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm Project after VBMS selected its 66kV cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the project. This will be the first project to use the new 66kV cable techno
Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a 50-50 ownership in the joint venture and which is now in a merger process with Siemens. The completion of the sale and purchase of the shares of Adwen owned by
Vattenfall has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stefan Dohler, who is currently Senior Vice President for the Business Area Markets and a member of Vattenfall’s group executive management team, will assume the new post on 1 December, and Vattenfall has already initiated the recruitment
Palfinger Marine has secured the first order for its newly introduced Palfinger Blade Access (PBA) system with Senvion, which will use it at the Thornton Bank I, II and III offshore wind farms in Belgium. Dirk Reinhold, Head of Maintenance at Senvion, said: “Safe effective maintenance work on the ro
Iberdrola Engineering and Construction UK Limited (IEC) has contracted Petrofac to design the offshore substation jacket foundation for the East Anglia ONE (EA1) offshore wind farm in tandem with IEC as it executes the topsides design. This is Petrofac’s second project on the EA1 project, with its P
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a seabed clearance project on DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm, clearing more than 3,000 boulders at the site. ESS teams mobilised several vessels in two campaigns, including the Siem Topaz and Siem Sapphire, on a multi-phased workscope which laste
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Smulders Projects the contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 28 jacket foundations for the Beatrice wind farm, with the company further contracting Granada Material Handling (GMH) to provide 28 davit cranes for the project. Smulde
