The last 10 foundation components for the Nobelwind project arrived onboard the vessel Drago J to the port of Ostend on 7 July. The REBO terminal at Energy Port Oostende has been in full operation for a few months now. As of March, foundation components have been arriving on the REBO site every 2 to
DONG Energy has chosen ERSG to provide contract professionals to support its Danish offshore wind farm projects over the next 5 years. Nigel Wilson, Head of Offshore Wind at ERSG said: “We are delighted to have been selected once again by DONG Energy to staff their Danish projects and my account man
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has set up a new webpage that serves as a single point of entry for updates on Atlantic offshore renewable energy planning and leasing efforts. The webpage, dedicated to the commercial fishing industry, will provide users with status updates, charts an
DONG Energy has awarded Jan De Nul with a contract for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, Jan De Nul reported today. Jan De Nul will also be in charge of the supply, transport and installation of scour protec
The Marine Institute will host a third public information meeting on the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site on 21 July. The meeting is part of the public consultation to ensure full information is provided on the Marine Institute’s foreshore lease application to upgrade test and demons
Barge Master’s gangway system has been approved in principle with DNV GL certification of offshore gangways for personnel transfer (DNVGL-ST-0358). Next to personnel transfer, the system is also approved as a lifting appliance according to the DNV Standard for Certification 2.22. The Barge Master Ga
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Environmental Studies Program (ESP) has published new findings from a Pacific Region study. ESP released the final report on “Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific Wes
The first three offshore wind projects off the French coast, to be developed by EDF and Enbridge off Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-mer, have received prefectural orders “authorizing the installation and operation” of wind farms. However, the 450MW project off Courseulles-sur-mer could fa
A GBP 10 million East Coast Community Fund announced in April by DONG Energy is now open to public consultation, with national grant-making charity GrantScape appointed to complete the consultation process and to administer the Fund. The Fund will ensure that local people benefit from the operation
Last month, a joint rescue exercise was carried out on Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, with MPI Dulcinea as the centre vessel. The large-scale exercise was overseen by EDF Renewable’s HSE, Siemens HSE and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Master of MPI Ducinea, Adam Reith, was required to maint
ScottishPower Renewables has hired Jee to carry out an array cable optimisation study for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. ScottishPower Renewables wants to optimise the wind farm array cable layout, focusing on minimising CAPEX and OPEX. The study will aim to minimise potential loss of reven
The first of 29 Navantia’s jacket foundations for Wikinger offshore wind farm has set sail from Spain and is heading to the Baltic Sea, ScottishPower informed via social media. The foundations for Iberdrola’s 350MW offshore wind farm in Germany are being constructed at the Navantia facilities in Fen
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in St. Nazaire in western France, with the process of loading the GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the Block Island Wind Farm to begin shortly. “This is an exciting project to be working on and we look for
On 8 July, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs published the Ministerial Regulation providing subsidy tender details for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the Loyens & Loeff law firm has reported. The new regulation is similar to the one for the first Borssele tender, won by DONG Energy at
