UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded a contract to provide marine coordination services to Siemens Gamesa across the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Formosa 1 Phase 2 project will comprise 20 6MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines and is an extension to the alr
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control over Diamond Transmission Partners Galloper (Holding) Limited by Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (DTC) and InfraRed Capital Partners Limited (IRCP), all of the UK. Diamond Transmission Par
The Crown Estate has completed the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for the 2017 offshore wind project extension applications confirming that seven out of the eight projects which applied will now progress to the award of rights. The HRA, which The Crown Estate has undertaken as a re
DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is undergoing a final stage of a maintenance and repair program at the Damen Verolme yard in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The photo shows the vessel during full height jacking trials at the yard. Following the jacking trials and final tests, Innovation will head
A consortium including DEME and Eiffage Métal has won an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for 80 foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. The scope includes the design, fabrication, and installation of full face drilled monopile foundatio
Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has completed the new coating facilities at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam. Sif added the two extra coating halls in response to stricter requirements for coating as the wind farms are venturing into deeper waters in an effort to lower the costs and
Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies and EDPR Offshore North America, is participating in the latest round of Request for Proposals (RFP) for long-term contracts for offshore wind energy projects in Massachusetts. The information was confirmed to Offshore WIND by a spokesperson
Offshore Wind Innovators, a community for companies active in the Dutch offshore wind industry, has opened the third edition of the Offshore Wind Innovation Challenge for applications. In the first challenge, TKI Wind op Zee and Maritiem Nederland seek solutions for climate-neutral shipping for offs
The University of Hull has partnered up with Siemens Gamesa to offer a masters degree apprenticeship program for offshore wind energy. The aim of the three-year course is to develop the next generation of technical and industry leaders of the offshore wind industry, the University of Hull said. Form
The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for offshore wind. The programme aims to reduce consenting risk, project maturation time, cost and the environmental impact of existing and future offshore wind farms. Over the next four years, ORJIP Offsh
EDS HV Group has carried out a cable testing campaign for Vattenfall at the Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farm in Denmark after the project had experienced network issues. EDS used Damped AC testing (DAC) to collect partial discharge (PD) and tanδ data to interpret the condition of the inter-array cable
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 79 turbines at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the company, Bold Tern is on its way back to the Port of Hull to pick up another load of Siemens Gamesa turbines for the 1.2GW project. Hornsea Project O
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a tender for the procurement of services regarding an unexploded ordnance (UXO) Box survey for the Thor offshore wind farm. Energinet is performing the initial geophysical and geotechnical investigations in the Danish North Sea prior to the pr
Sif Holding has entered into an agreement with DEME Offshore to use Maasvlakte 2 in the Netherlands for marshaling services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project. The deal comes as Sif agreed with the Port of Rotterdam on the lease of an additional 20ha of industrial land, adjacent to the com
