The first three transition pieces for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a barge and are ready for installation, Bladt Industries said. The remaining 69 transition pieces will follow during the year. The last transition piece is scheduled to leave Bladt’s facility in Aalborg
G-tec’s drill vessel Omalius is on its way towards Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind project in the UK to carry out geotechnical investigations. The geotechnical investigations include deep soil and high-quality rock sampling, with the main focus on chalk sampling and offshore and onshore laborato
The deadline for the close of the examination period for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm has been pushed back to 12 October 2020. The UK Planning Inspectorate submitted a request to extend the examination period for the Norfolk Boreas development consent order (DCO) application to the
German federal government, the coastal states, and the transmission system operators have signed a joint agreement to raise Germany’s offshore wind capacity target from 15 GW to 20 GW by 2030. Following the meeting of the energy ministers last week, the final work on the agreement has now been compl
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a charter contract for the WINDEA Three crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the operating phase of the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase I offshore wind project. WINDEA Three began the three-year charter in February, succeeding its sister vessel WINDEA One which
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved an undisclosed sum to finance the development of the 30 MW Golfe du Lion floating wind project offshore France. The demonstration floating wind farm will feature three V164 MHI Vestas 10 MW wind turbines supported by Principle Power’s WindFloat semi-su
Oceaneering International Services Ltd (OISL) is about to start clearing the inter-array cable routes at the Moray East site. According to a Notice of Operations, boulder clearance at the export cable routes should finish on 12 May. Immediately after that, the same work at the inter-array routes is
LOC has won a contract with China Pacific Insurance Co (CPIC) to provide marine warranty services (MWS) to support transport and installation operations for the Jieyang II offshore wind project in China. Under the agreement, LOC China will provide document review and verification of all critical mar
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 500 million loan to finance the development of the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind project. The loan application was submitted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Located 18.5 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands, the Hollandse Ku
United Wind Logistics (UWL) has taken delivery of the deck carrier, MV BoldWind, which will shortly start her long-term charter with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The MV BoldWind will now start her maiden voyage from Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard’s yard in Zhenjiang, China, to Europe. On the maiden voyage,
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark to begin the installation of monopile foundations. The monopiles, manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions, will be transported floating from Rostock, Germany, to the project site. The transit
By Steelwind Nordenham. XXL-Monopiles have been successfully used for water depths of up to 40 metres. Now wind farm developers need monopiles “beyond XXL”. Evolution “At the beginning of this decade nobody could image that 10 MW turbines and XXL-monopiles will be state of the art in offshore wind f
Several offshore wind companies and organisations have already become members of the World Forum Offshore Wind’s (WFO’s) Floating Offshore Wind Committee, launched in February 2020. The latest ones to get onboard the committee are Japan’s utility company JERA, French wind energy industry association
Jan De Nul will set up a logistics and operations hub for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan. Jan De Nul and a subsidiary of the Taiwan International Port Corporation (TIPC) signed a lease and operating agreement covering a total of around 15 hectares of
