The UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has expressed its concern over the Secretary of State’s decision to approve DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, saying that it ”will lead to the unnecessary death of hundreds of globally important seabirds.” The charity beli
DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm got the first of two of its offshore substations last week, Smulders reports. The topside and the jacket of the Race Bank 02 substation, loaded out back in June, were successfully installed at the site off Norfolk, UK, by Seaway Heavy Lifting. Iemants
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is issuing a Request for Interest in a lease area offshore Morro Bay, California, requested by Trident Winds, LLC for its proposed 765MW floating wind energy project. In consultation with the State of California, BOEM has determined Trident Winds LLC
Montco lift boat Paul has loaded the last of the components for the fifth and final wind turbine to be installed at the 30MW Block Island wind farm. L/B Paul will depart the Port of Providence and deliver the components some three miles off Block Island, where Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s installation
8.2 Consulting today informed that it had carried out due diligence services for Masdar, which is considering an investment in a 1.5GW portfolio of different offshore projects in the European market. “8.2 Consulting is very glad to have supported Masdar with its expert team during the assessment of
RenewableUK has welcomed the news that DONG Energy’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has gained planning consent from the UK Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark. Wind power is currently delivering over 12% of the UK’s electricity, which is expected to increase to 20% by 2020 with offshore wind
Dutch companies CFL and Barge Master have joined forces to offer a ”feeder concept” which is said to optimise offshore logistics during wind farm installation phase and could lead to up to 40% reduction in installation time and costs, Bjorn Knopper, Commercial Manager at CFL Offshore told Offshore W
DONG Energy has received development consent from UK’s Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark for the 1.8GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm project. The wind farm would create up to 1,960 construction jobs and 580 operational and maintenance jobs, the government said in a statement. If buil
Offshore Windforce’s personnel aboard the multipurpose vessel Abis Duisburg, working on the Wikinger offshore wind farm, have had more than 200 safe transfers from the vessel to wind farm structures since the Abis Duisburg was equipped with a new gangway. Dutch company SMST recently completed the M
Two controlled explosions took place at the Rampion offshore wind site at the beginning of this month as two explosive devices detected within the area this March were removed. The two unexploded devices, thought to date from WWII, were detected on the seabed 3km off Lancing Beach at a water depth o
Multi-role vessel Ocean Researcher, part of Gardline Marine Sciences’ fleet, has arrived at the Marine Commerce Terminal in New Bedford, Massachusetts, ahead of a planned geophysical survey in an area south of Martha’s Vineyard leased by DONG Energy for its Bay State Wind offshore wind farm. The sur
The law firm Blanke Meier Evers has advised the project company behind the Merkur offshore wind farm with respect to drafting, negotiation and conclusion of the turbine supply agreement and the service and maintenance agreement with GE Renewable Germany GmbH. Last week, Merkur Offshore GmbH reached
The 4,550-tonne offshore substation built for the 350MW Wikinger wind farm departed last weekend from Cadiz in Southern Spain and is now en route to the installation site in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The journey is expected to last for around three weeks, according to ScottishPower Renewabl
The Nordic transmission system operators (TSOs), Svenska kraftnät, Statnett, Fingrid and Energinet.dk, have launched a report on challenges and opportunities affecting the Nordic power system in the period leading up to 2025. The main drivers of the changes are climate policy, which stimulates the d
