Early August saw an initial training session in the North Sea involving Bernhard Schulte Offshore GmbH’s new service operation vessel (SOV) Windea La Cour, chartered out to Siemens Wind Power, and the Northern Rescue 01 offshore rescue helicopter, Northern HeliCopter GmbH reports. The training was f
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GeoSea has once again selected the Scotland-based subsea and offshore cementing specialist FoundOcean and their support partners BASF to secure the foundations at DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm currently under construction some 17 miles off North Norfolk, UK. DONG contracted GeoSea
German engineering consultancy Gicon will postpone the installation of the full scale demonstrator of its floating offshore foundation, the Gicon SOF, in the Baltic Sea to 2017 due to ”procedural challenges”. The Gicon SOF is a tension leg platform developed by Gicon and ESG GmbH in co-operation wit
Vattenfall has ordered a full Mermaid system license for the strategic planning of its offshore wind farm operations from James Fisher Marine Services, part of James Fisher and Sons plc. Mermaid provides increased understanding of the impact of weather and tidal forces on a project’s schedule to com
Gamesa and Siemens have rejected GE’s first bid to buy offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen, Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying. However, GE still has an option to improve its bid before the deadline, a source told Reuters. Adwen is a 50-50 joint venture established in Marc
Danish companies are turning their attention to Hvide Sande which is expected to become the centre of activities related to what is to be the largest offshore wind farm in Danish waters – Vattenfall’s 406MW Horns Rev 3, the Danish Wind Energy Association (DWIA) said. The Swedish energy company and i
DONG Energy has awarded Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham with a contract to manufacture 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. This is not the first time Steelwind Nordenham was contracted by DONG to build foundations for an offshore wind project, but it
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is expanding the number of offshore measuring locations and is entering a partnership with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). ECN, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat and several other parties have various measurement masts and measurement system
NorSea Group has set up an offshore wind company, NSG Wind A/S, in Esbjerg, Denmark, which has been set up to deliver the full range of offshore wind industry services to wind farm operators, wind turbine manufacturers and sub-suppliers, among others. “European offshore wind markets continue to grow
James Fisher Subsea has completed the location and excavation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm located 16 kilometres off the North Sea coast of Germany. Of the 224 targets identified, 72 were deemed to be UXO’s and had to be detonated with minimal impact to s
UK-based engineering company Ardmore Craig has been awarded numerous contracts for detail design and seafastening work associated with summer campaigns in the offshore wind sector over the past few months. Projects include vessels destined for Burbo Bank, Bligh Bank, Race Bank, Rampion, Wikinger and
SeaRoc Group has won contracts for its Health and Safety services to provide advice and support to players involved in the offshore wind industry in Japan. The company will provide a full day training course to an expected 100 attendees consisting of developers, banks, insurance companies, EPCI cont
E.ON’s Rampion Project Team has completed piling work on 55 out of 116 foundations on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm, off the coast of Sussex, UK. The update on the project was revealed in E.ON’s apology to residents living near the Sussex coastline who once again complained about suffering sl
