Singapore-based ship designer and shipbuilder Triyards Holdings Limited has won contracts to build three wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) for three different clients. The overall value of the three shipbuilding contracts is around USD 13 million, Triyards told Offshore WIND. The vessels will be bui
SeaRoc Group has appointed Anthony Collingridge to the role of project manager at its UK office in Chichester, West Sussex, in preparation for the recently won contract to supply planning software and communications hardware to all of DONG Energy’s sites in the UK. SeaRoc will provide DONG with pers
Cape Wind Associates will not get a two-year extension on its permits for two underwater power lines in Nantucket Sound, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board decided on Wednesday. The final decision follows the board’s recommendation that the permits should not be extended by May 2017, a
The Netherlands will start the tendering procedure for the Borssele I and II offshore wind farms on 10 April, following the last month’s adoption of the amendment to the Electricity Act 1998 which allowed further development of offshore wind energy projects in the country. The window for submitting
Hawaii could have up to 800MW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2045, helping this US island state source all of its energy from renewable resources in the next thirty tears, the Hawaiian Electric Companies said in their updated energy plan. The utilities also said that off-island resources, su
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and a group of other industry associations from different sectors have called for reforms within European electricity market. The group of associations is challenging policymakers to adopt a flexible and dynamic energy system, making the best use of innova
Dr Ian Mays, RES Group’s CEO since its beginnings in 1981, will retire at the end of October to be succeeded by Ivor Catto, former CEO of Hyder Consulting. Catto will join RES in May as deputy CEO and will be based at RES’ headquarters in Kings Langley. He will assume the role of CEO on 1 […]
NKT Cables has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to deliver 170 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage alternating current (AC) submarine export cable system for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The wind farm will be placed 120 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast in the UK, and the c
ABB has won an order worth around USD 80 million from Rentel NV in Belgium to deliver an advanced cable system that will connect the offshore substation at the 309MW Rentel wind farm located off the Belgian coastline to the mainland close to Zeebrugge. ABB will design, manufacture and install the ap
Engie, EDP Renewables, Caisse des Dépôts and Eiffage have submitted their pilot floating wind farm proposal to ADEME, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, based on Principle Power’s WindFloat concept. From the proposed project areas, the four French companies chose the Leucate site o
Following the decision by Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet in February to approve the design and lease for the development at Endeavour Wharf, Dalby Offshore Services has started preparing the site for its new headquarters at Whitby Port. Site investigation works will commence in mid-April and ar
Dutch dredging specialist Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Germany’s Züblin AG have won a contract to prepare the site for the construction of the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB), a 25-hectare transshipment terminal for the offshore wind sector. Bremenports awarded the contract to the two com
Vattenfall has appointed the UK-based Remarkable Group to provide communications and consultation support for the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm. Due to its size, Norfolk Vanguard is classed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and will require extensive engagement an
As of today (4 April), Dutch consultancy and engineering company Grontmij goes under the name Sweco Nederland. Grontmij was acquired by Sweco on October 1, 2015. ”We were already part of the Sweco family and are proud that we now carry the name,” said Ton de Jong, CEO of Sweco Nederland. Sweco said
