DEME Concessions Wind and Siemens Financial Services have joined Kriegers Flak ApS, a project company set up by EnBW for participating in Kriegers Flak tender procedure. The project company submitted an indicative offer for the construction of the Danish offshore wind farm on 5 April – as was stipul
Ofgem has launched a tender to enable prospective bidders to compete to own the transmission assets of the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in the Bay of Liverpool. The Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round Four (TR4) started on 7 April, Ofgem said. Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind f
Hexicon AB have secured new funds for the development of their floating offshore wind platform by receiving SEK 25 million (approx. € 2.7 million) through an oversubscribed issue of new shares. The share issue amounted to SEK 20 million (approx. € 2.2 million), and the company’s Board has decided to
Singapore-based ship designer and shipbuilder Triyards Holdings Limited has won contracts to build three wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) for three different clients. The overall value of the three shipbuilding contracts is around USD 13 million, Triyards told Offshore WIND. The vessels will be bui
Wind turbines that could be spinning off the coast of North Carolina in the future would affect the state’s tourism, despite the fact that people generally support wind energy as a clean source of power. According to a study by economists at North Carolina State University (NCSU), nearshore wind far
SeaRoc Group has appointed Anthony Collingridge to the role of project manager at its UK office in Chichester, West Sussex, in preparation for the recently won contract to supply planning software and communications hardware to all of DONG Energy’s sites in the UK. SeaRoc will provide DONG with pers
Cape Wind Associates will not get a two-year extension on its permits for two underwater power lines in Nantucket Sound, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board decided on Wednesday. The final decision follows the board’s recommendation that the permits should not be extended by May 2017, a
On 5 April, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) became WindEurope. The organisation explained that its brand needed to evolve as the wind energy, which moved from a niche sector to a mainstream industry, is evolving. “This is a pivotal moment and we look forward to continue to work with you
Works on connecting Race Bank wind farm’s offshore cables to the ones on land at a landfall site north of Sutton Bridge should start this month, DONG Energy reported in its project newsletter. Landfall works will be done with a specific approach, since the area comprises a saltmarsh and a sea defenc
The Netherlands will start the tendering procedure for the Borssele I and II offshore wind farms on 10 April, following the last month’s adoption of the amendment to the Electricity Act 1998 which allowed further development of offshore wind energy projects in the country. The window for submitting
Offshore construction phase at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm is scheduled to start in June 2016, DONG Energy said in a community newsletter. The installation of the export cable, turbine foundations and the offshore substation is set to kick off in June. July is reserved for the
Offshore construction of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started with Seajacks Scylla having installed the heaviest monopile produced so far at the project site, according to DGI Doedijns, which provided hydraulic and software equipment for the pile-gripper used at the project. The Scylla, deem
Hawaii could have up to 800MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2045, helping this US island state source all of its energy from renewable resources in the next thirty tears, the Hawaiian Electric Companies said in their updated energy plan. The utilities also said that off-island resources, su
DNV GL has developed a standard for safe operations and service specification for certification of onshore and offshore wind turbines beyond their original designed lifetime. Taking into account the different perspectives and needs of operators, manufacturers and energy suppliers, DNV GL said it fur
