The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has been installed and commissioned at its site offshore Santander, Spain. Saitec Offshore Technologies set off the turbine towing operation from Astander’s Dock Pontejos towards the final destination 800 meters away from the Cantabrian coast. According t
Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday,
TenneT has awarded NKT with a contract for the BorWin5 grid connection in Germany, for which NKT will manufacture 230 kilometres of 320 kV high-voltage DC XLPE power cables and carry out offshore installation. Under the contract, valued at up to EUR 250 million, NKT will start producing the cables a
The UK government has awarded a floating wind project led by Wave Hub with early-stage funding that could result in a further longer-term investment of later this year if the early stage of the project development is successful. The South West Floating Offshore Wind Accelerator is one of 17 projects
Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the consortium of Siemens AG and Dragados Offshore SA with a contract to build onshore and offshore converter stations for the 900 MW BorWin5 grid connection. At 230 kilometres, BorWin5 will be the longest offshore direct current connection to date, sc
The first export power cable for the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind project has made landfall at Inverboyndie, Scotland, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The installation of the offshore export cables is being undertaken by NKT. To minimise environmental impact, the cable was pulled through
Ulstein Verft has installed the generator set into cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora. The company stated that the six generators from Rolls-Royce and ABB have been installed into the vessel according to schedule. Nexans signed a deal with Ulstein Verft for the construction of the vessel back i
The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has departed for installation offshore Santander in Spain, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. Once installed, the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) turbine will operate for a period of 12 months after which it will be completely de
The two offshore mast cranes on board OOS International’s semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) OSS Walcheren have been installed and load-tested, while the company’s SSCV OOS Serooskerke is now being prepared for sea trials. OOS International ordered the construction of two vessels from China Mercha
Blue Gem Wind has awarded Rovco with a contract to carry out survey work at the site of the proposed 96 MW Erebus floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea. The million-pound contract will see Rovco carry out detailed geophysical and environmental site investigations to assess the seabed and sub-surface
A Taiwan-built crew transfer vessel (CTV) which will operate at the Yunlin offshore wind farm has been completed and launched, according to Deutsche Windtechnik. The CTV, named Prosperous 1 (風盛1號), was ordered by the developer wpd and the service provider Deutsche Windtechnik from Prosperous Wind Sh
Horizon Geosciences has started geotechnical investigations at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina, U.S. The six-week work will be carried out by Kommandor Susan and will consist of geotechnical borehole drilling and sampling. In May 2017, Avangrid Renewables secured the rights t
Siemens Energy Service has completed an upgrade on the offshore substation of the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The work, completed in July, included an upgrade on the existing gas-insulated switchgear to improve and safeguard the energy transmission. The pre-campaign started in March when
The first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs), ME OSP 3, has been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Siemens Energy shipped out the wind farm’s first OTM, ME OSP 2, for offshore installation on 30 June. This OTM will be installed later this week, a spokesper
