Royal Boskalis Westminster has been appointed the preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor by Vattenfall for the construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The contract includes all offshore elements of the wind farm, with the exception of the wind turbine supply. Of
HBC Offshore Solutions Ltd, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro S
A new study commissioned by German wind energy industry has revealed considerable acceleration and cost reduction potential in the offshore HVDC grid connection field and has proposed an improved network utilization for short-term elimination of bottlenecks on land. According to the analysis, there
Blue Water Shipping and A2SEA have completed the loading, transportation and installation of three transformer units at the 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the North Sea. Blue Water loaded the three transformer units onto A2SEA’s installation vessel, Sea Installer, in the
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) today launched the “Supply Chain, Port Infrastructure and Logistics Study” report for offshore wind development in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu in India. The study is a significant step forward in preparing a roadmap for offshore wind power in India by t
Boston-based company Inexhaustible has introduced a method of over-the-water energy transport for offshore generation projects. The method eliminates the high cost and high risk subsea transmission cable while greatly improving the value of the electricity generated, according to the company. It use
Venko, a company providing industrial coatings, has been awarded a contract for repair and maintenance of turbines at a project in German waters, using specialist rope access techniques. The work on the project, which the company left unnamed, commenced in May 2016 and is being supported and managed
Vattenfall has appointed Deutsche Windtechnik to oversee the construction and commissioning of the Sandbank offshore wind farm. Engineers and technicians from Deutsche Windtechnik are currently supervising the preassembly of the 72 SWT-4.0.130 wind turbines at the port of Esbjerg. The company has al
Rotor blades for the Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines that will make up the Block Island Wind Farm arrived to the Port of Providence yesterday, Deepwater Wind reported via social media. Furthermore, the developer of the first offshore wind farm in the United States has informed that GE readi
Subsea-support vessel (SSV) VOS Star was christened on 27 June in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The vessel was named by Mrs Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. VOS Star is a DP2, SPS-coded, 68-metre vessel and one of two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast
Jan De Nul’s vessel Vole au vent will install MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project. “Jan De Nul is one of the first to install this new mega turbine and is of course very proud to be a part of this innovative demonstrator project and to work for one of the [&hellip
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) a contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm. In addition to the submarine cable installation works, SOC will also provide associated material
C-bed’s floating hotel Wind Ambition has been assigned for a new offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. The company left the wind farm in question unnamed, however, according to the press release, Wind Ambition will assist during installation and commissioning of 70 offshore wind turbines a
Esvagt plans to deliver its Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm ahead of schedule, the company reported in its newsletter. The company has made an agreement with Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik to speed up the process and have the vessel ready a week earlier than ini
