MHI Vestas has signed a conditional agreement for the delivery of turbines for the Seagreen offshore wind project in the UK. In October last year, the company entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 turbines for the project. Situa
Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter-array cable routes at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The 160-turbine offshore wind farm, operated by innogy, comprises 161 inter-array cables totaling some 147 kilometres in length. To carry
Shenzhen Quant-Cloud Energy Network Technology, a subsidiary of MingYang Smart Energy Group, has installed its energy storage system at a wind farm for the first time, following demonstration on MingYang’s turbine at the Xinghua Bay offshore wind farm. The system has been commissioned and put into o
DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has arrived at the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea with the final monopiles. Innovation picked up the monopiles last night at Sif Rotterdam, a spokesperson from DEME Offshore said. Sif was in charge of providing 47 monopiles for the pr
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir is set to start working on the Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan in the coming weeks. Aegir is currently in Taiwan making final preparations to begin the installation of 21 jacket foundations at the site some 8km off the coast of Chang
The project team working on the jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation has completed all the major lifts for the jacket, Petrofac said. The jacket is now getting ready to depart the United Arab Emirates and head to the Dutch North Sea. In September 2019, Eversendai O
German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy has issued a draft bill for an amendment of the Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG), which outlines the country’s goal for 40 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2040. If enacted, the bill would also raise Germany’s current offshore wind target for 2030 from 15 GW
Orion’s Heavy Lift Crane Collapses – Video A heavy-lift crane installed on the offshore installation vessel Orion has collapsed while undergoing load tests at the Liebherr construction yard in Rostock, Germany. Siemens Gamesa Cranks It Up to 15 MW with Offshore Behemoth Siemens Gamesa has launched a
Petrofac has awarded the Dubai-based Eversendai Offshore with two substantial contracts for the offshore wind-related projects in the Netherlands and in Scotland, UK. Eversendai Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Berhad, will fabricate and construct a jacket fou
The 252 MW Seastar offshore wind farm in Belgium has been connected to Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Seastar is part of the 487 MW SeaMade project which comprises 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The connection of the wind farm marks the completion of the MOG located 40km off Belgium’s coast
Bourbon Subsea Services has towed the third 8.4 MW Windfloat Atlantic turbine to its designated location off Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The floating wind turbine, for which Bourbon installed the mooring lines at the site earlier, will be connected over the coming days. A team of more than 70 people
Norwegian government has earmarked NOK 25 million (approx. EUR 2.3 million) for a project in the offshore wind industry and establishment of a research center for renewable energy. NOK 15 million (approx. EUR 1.4 million) have been proposed for the new renewable energy research center, which will fo
BWTS GmbH has signed the contract for the execution of the statutory inspection, maintenance, and repair of all safety equipment at the Nordsee-Ost wind farm in the German North Sea. Furthermore, BWTS GmbH will take over the general overhaul of the service lifts. The 295 MW Nordsee-Ost consists of 4
DEME Offshore has joined the team behind the PosHYdon project that aims to integrate offshore wind, offshore gas, and offshore hydrogen in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Within the project, DEME Offshore will be in charge of providing the hydrogen unit for installation on the Q13a platform, operat
