Jan De Nul’s next-generation jack-up installation vessel, the Voltaire, has been fitted with the main crane of more than 3,000 tonnes – the largest Leg Encircling Crane ever built. Featuring a crane house weighing 1,800 tonnes, a boom length of 140 metres, and weighing 800 tonnes, the Huisman crane
Siemens’ roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Rotra Mare has completed her first delivery of wind turbine components since being upgraded and extended to be able to transport the ever-increasing turbine parts. The vessel, which docked at Sif’s new terminal at Maasvlakte 2 on Wednesday 09 March, transport
Irish marine and aerial survey company Ondine has been awarded aerial baseline and geophysical investigation survey contracts for the Lir Offshore Array located off the east coast of Ireland. Survey works commenced in March 2022, utilising the multipurpose vessel Kommandor Iona and the Ondine Aer, O
EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) has completed the fabrication of the first monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, owned by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola. The monopile, which was completed on 18 February, weighs 1,363 tonnes and has a diameter of 9 metres, and will b
BLIX Consultancy has found no issues stopping Estonia and Latvia from building offshore wind and related transmission infrastructure in the countries’ sectors of the Baltic Sea. This is according to a four-tier study commissioned by Elering AS and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), which consists of an off
Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has issued a contract notice for framework agreements to provide geophysical and geotechnical surveys for offshore platforms and cable routes. TenneT TSO B.V. is appointed by the Dutch government as the offshore grid operator and is responsible for en
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has started onshore field investigations for the Bornholm Energy Island on both Zealand and on Bornholm, and is also working on ensuring that consumers on Bornholm can tap into the energy island’s electricity. At the beginning of this month, Energi
Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Renewable Power have closed the transaction on acquiring a 50 per cent ownership stake in Progression Energy’s 800 MW floating wind project in Japan. The two companies’ entrance into the project was announced in August 2021, when Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Re
Strategic Marine, a shipbuilding company based in Singapore, has delivered two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to the UK-based offshore support vessel provider WEM Marine. The CTVs, powered by two Caterpillar C32 engines driving fixed pitch propellers, can accommodate 24 technicians and six crew member
Swedish energy company Vattenfall will participate in the tender for the N-7.2 offshore wind area in the German North Sea and will exercise its step-in rights if the company’s bid is not selected in the auction. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy.
[CORRECTION NOTE: This article was amended after offshoreWIND.biz received information that the installation of the monopile has been changed.] Seaway 7 has installed the first monopile at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany, according to information on social media. The installation work
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published a report, Floating Offshore wind – a Global Opportunity, that outlines how five countries could accelerate the growth of floating offshore wind. The GWEC report identifies Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Philippines, and the US as the “chasing pack”.
Crown Estate Scotland has requested the winners of the ScotWind offshore wind auction to submit formal, written assurances that they will adhere, at all times, to the relevant sanctions imposed on Russia. “Crown Estate Scotland is committed to taking all appropriate action to not support trade and i
The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a USD 10.5 million grant for renovations at the Port of Humboldt Bay to enable handling large heavy cargo vessels, floating offshore wind platforms, and support the activities that will be taking place in an area designated for offshore wind developmen
