James Fisher has awarded a contract to Aggreko for the provision of power generation during the construction phase of the Galloper offshore wind farm, which will start in July and last for more than 40 weeks. Aggreko will supply 56 new lightweight 20kVA wind-charged generators and a standby machine.
Statoil has shared a timelapse of the 1,500-tonne jacket for the Dudgeon substation being loaded onto a barge in Lowestoft yesterday. The jacket, built by Sembmarine SLP, will be towed around 100 kilometres to the offshore construction site located some 32 kilometres off the coast of North Norfolk,
Arantxa Tapia, the minister for Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Basque regional government, highlighted the role of the wind industry for the future of the Basque Country’s economy at an event held on 14 April in Bilbao. During the opening session at the 3rd edition of the Analysis o
The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Spain’s Tecnalia have signed a Collaboration Agreement with the aim of developing research and development (R&D) projects to tackle some of the key technology challenges facing the offshore renewable energy sector. The two research centres will c
DONG Energy and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have jointly installed a V164-8.0 MW wind turbine test tower and foundation onshore to test several installation and commissioning procedures, and to act as a critical training tool before the commencement of Burbo Bank Extension offshore installation. In ord
A large number of international banks and investors have emerged from the financial crisis and are now offering venture capital for green investments such as offshore wind, a healthy and positive sign reflecting a more mature market, but the one that places new demands on early investors, Denmark’s
Nine foundations have been installed so far at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, with 58 more to go until all the foundation are in place, expected to be achieved this summer. FoundOcean has connected the nine monopiles with their corresponding transition pieces by using BASF’s MasterFlow 9500 materia
RWE Innogy UK has invited local Welsh community groups to apply for grants from the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm Community Fund. The fund has been set up to support community organisations and voluntary groups based in Rhyl and the following wards in Conwy: Pensarn, Colwyn, Eirias, Gele, Glyn, Kinm
The offshore substation for Sandbank offshore wind farm left Bladt Industries early this morning and is now on its way to the wind farm construction site. On Friday morning, load out of the substation took place, while the jacket foundation load out Saturday morning. Bladt’s part of the project incl
Scotland-based subsea and offshore cementing specialist FoundOcean is getting ready to start working on 32 wind turbine foundations at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects have been contracted to transport and install the project’s 32 monopiles and trans
A&P Group’s Tyne yard has secured a maintenance and repair contract for MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure, docked at A&P Group’s Hebburn yard last week ahead of a two-week programme of works. The 20,000-tonne vessel has recently been contracted to support the commissionin
Investors who traditionally focus solely on big-ticket mergers and acquisitions are showing interest in offshore wind projects as returns on investments in more conventional infrastructure assets are pushed lower and lower, according to Macquarie. Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurers t
The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s
A Dutch subsea engineering company, Seatools, has launched a pile cleaning and dredging tool. The Pile Dredge Tool (PDT) is capable of removing soil plugs and cleaning pre-piled jackets, such as those used in the offshore wind industry. The system can also be used for other pile excavation operation
