Fugro’s Board of Management has appointed Erik-Jan Bijvank as Group Director for Europe and Africa. With this latest appointment, Fugro said it completes its new executive leadership team, which was established as of 1 May, consisting of the Board of Management, four regional Group Directors and sev
SSE Renewables has selected Montrose Port as the preferred location for the O&M base for its Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. To remind, SSE’s 454MW Seagreen Phase 1 project was recently selected in the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 3 with a strike price of GBP 41.61/M
Seacat Services has secured a contract with Equinor to provide offshore energy support vessels (OESVs) for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the long-term contract, Seacat Services is providing three OESVs to support the ongoing O&M work at the 316.8MW offshore wind farm some
The UK is expected to account for 35% of the growth in the offshore wind sector over the next five years, according to the latest report by WindEurope. The central scenario in the Wind Energy in Europe: Outlook to 2023 report says that between 2019 and 2023 offshore installations will represent 18.2
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed a three-week open house tour about the state’s recent awards for 1,696MW of offshore wind. NYSERDA presented details on the 816MW Empire Wind project, owned and developed by Equinor, and the 880MW Sunrise Wind, owne
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as the preferred supplier for the Groix & Belle-Île floating offshore wind project in France. MHI Vestas will provide its 9.5MW units, which means that the number of offshore wind turbines at the demonstration project will be reduced from four to three. “In
Germany and the Netherlands have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on the energy transition, which includes cooperation on the development of cross-border offshore wind projects. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Poli
The tenth annual Offshore Wind Conference (OWC) officially kicked off today, 7 October, at Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. OWC, part of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), is held on 7 and 8 October and brings together the offshore wind value chain to discuss current and future secto
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has issued its first funding calls for projects that have an aim of improving the UK offshore wind supply chain. OWGP is allocating GBP 400,000 in two calls for projects that aim to improve the competitiveness of the existing UK supply chain and encourage
The Carbon Trust has opened a tender seeking mesoscale wake modeling research as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) program. The tender invites companies and consortia to undertake a study looking to understand the current landscape of mesoscale wake models available to the offshore wind in
TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking a platform supply vessel (PSV) provider for its platforms in the German and Dutch North Sea. In the tender, the transmission system operator is looking for DP2-compliant PSVs for regular cargo transports from the port of Emden to the offshore platforms and vice
The European Commission has awarded a EUR 530 million grant for the Celtic Interconnector electricity link between Ireland and France. The decision comes after Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and President of France Emmanuel Macron sought financial support from the Commission in May fo
Geotechnics Ltd has carried out onshore cone penetration tests for innogy’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The work was carried out at Marske-by-the-Sea, Teeside, as part of site investigation works for the project’s onshore export cable route. Sofia, the largest project in innogy’s development
How will offshore wind play its part in the energy transition? Find out during Offshore Wind Conference 2019. This animation delves into the session Is the offshore wind business case bankable? This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Vimeo. If the world
