Statoil has awarded Balfour Beatty with a GBP 5.5 million EPCI contract for a substation and onshore cable for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, world’s first floating offshore wind farm. Jonathan Chapman, Director of Offshore for Balfour Beatty said: “This is an exciting market for us and we look for
Transmission of wind energy from the North Sea to German mainland has increased sixfold in 2015, with around 7.4TWh fed into the national grid, compared to 1.25TWh in 2014. This means offshore wind power produced in the North Sea in 2015 accounts for 9.6% of the total wind power generation in German
After shelving its IPO plans last week, Senvion announced today that it has decided to relaunch a private placement and listing of shares on revised terms – the placement price is now in the range of EUR 15.50 and EUR 17.00 per share. Senvion, and its shareholders Centerbridge and Arpwood, are offer
Reetec GmbH will supply aviation obstruction markers for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. Marking 70 Adwen’s wind turbines falls under German guidelines for the identification of aviation obstacles. Reetec will provide identification lights for the nacelles and towers, as well as the accompanying co
National Grid IFA2 Ltd held a second series of consultation events this month, showcasing revised plans for an electricity interconnector between Hampshire in England and Normandy in France. People were able to see updated plans for the proposed high voltage electricity link and give feedback. Made
Van Oord has appointed two new Area Directors as part of the company’s Management Committee, which consists of the Executive Board and the Area and Staff Directors. Ronald Schinagl, the present Area Director America & Africa, will assume the position of the new Area Director Netherlands from 1 Septe
A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted as part of the Hywind Scotland project, the world’s first floating wind farm, to be installed off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The wind park is currently under construction and start of electricity production is expe
James Fisher and Sons’ £25m contract for Galloper offshore wind farm will create about 110 new jobs, mostly in the Lowestoft area, at a construction support base for the £1.5bn project, and everyone recruited so far lives within 20 miles of Lowestoft, James Fisher and Sons’ business development dire
A2SEA Cuts to the Bone A2SEA has disclosed plans to dissolve all of its non-core business operations and focus solely on installation of foundations and turbines offshore. Technip Norge Wins Hywind Marine Operations Contract Statoil has awarded a contract for marine operations at the 30MW Hywind Sco
Competitive tendering is cutting the costs for connecting offshore wind farms to British high voltage grid by at least £700m, according to new figures published by Ofgem today. Maxine Frerk, acting senior partner, networks, Ofgem, said: “The figures published today show that competition is helping t
Germany’s Ocean Breeze Energy has awarded Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., with a new contract for the provision of a walk-to-work (W2W) service operations vessel (SOV) for the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. The contract will involve the deployment o
The Navantia-Windar joint venture has erected the first block for the first of five spar-type floating foundations for Statoil’s Hywind Scotland project. The block weighs approximately 70t, and has a diameter of 14.4m. Five blocks with maximum weight of 800t will be assembled and moved onto the slip
General Electric (GE) is today officially kicking off the assembly of the towers for the wind turbines to be installed at the 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Built by Deepwater Wind and located three miles the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, the w
UK-based civil society and business groups have set 5 tests against which any prospective buyers of the Green Investment Bank will be assessed, calling on them to commit to measures that will ensure it continues to act and invest in the public interest. The Green Investment Bank ‘Public Interest Pro
