RWE has awarded a contract to CHC Helicopter for crew change support at the Sofia offshore wind farm, currently under construction on Dogger Bank, 195 kilometres from the North East coast of the UK. According to CHC Helicopter, this is the first time RWE has contracted a helicopter service during th
CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has contracted Fores Engineering, a subsidiary of the Rosetti Marino Group, to assemble the 2.5 MW offshore electrolyser that Elogen will deliver for the now-operational Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Fores Engineeri
Ørsted has deployed heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCDs) for maintenance work at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. This is the first time heavy-lift cargo drones are being used in an operational campaign, according to the company which tested the concept in 2023 at its Hornsea One o
The UK Planning Inspectorate has completed the examination of RWE’s application for a development consent order (DCO) for Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex. The Examining Authority (ExA) at the Inspectorate now has three months to ma
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir is expected to sail to the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK in a few days to install the project’s HVDC offshore converter platform. According to a recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Sleipnir will start the wor
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has released the list of the projects awarded capacity in the latest offshore wind tender round. Five projects have been selected, totalling 2.7 GW in generation capacity. The projects are the 700 MW Youde (Shinfox), the 800 MW Formosa 6 (Synera Renewable
Fugro is set to soon deploy its autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) Fugro Vaquita at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. The USV, which Fugro took delivery of at the beginning of this year, will conduct a non-intrusive uncrewed survey campaign at several wind locations. According to a
Fugro has completed four years of continuous survey operations for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind in New York and New Jersey, where the company was supporting the site assessment for five offshore wind projects across three lease areas. According to Fugro, a new data collection and management approac
PGE Group has contracted Polish company Energoprojekt-Katowice to prepare a conceptual design for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm. The 900 MW Baltica 1 is the third project in PGE’s Baltica Offshore Wind Farm portfolio. The first two, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, are being developed by PGE and Ørsted a
Boskalis, an offshore construction company, has completed the connection of all export cables and platforms for the offshore wind farm being developed by RWE in the Dutch North Sea. Off the coast of the Netherlands, Boskalis connected all the export cables the company recently installed for the shor
Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project,
Equitix has decided to invest in the 330 MW Gode offshore wind farm in Germany by acquiring a stake in the project from the Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). TRIG announced on 1 August the sale of a 15.2 per cent equity interest in the project for a consideration of EUR 100 million to funds ma
Rovco has completed a critical unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance project for Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The operation, which was Rovco’s first UXO project in Germany, was conducted using the company’s newly chartered multipurpose vessel MV Patriot, eq
UPDATE: On 16 August, the Moray West project developer, Ocean Winds, said via social media that more than half of the wind turbines were now installed. The Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland is nearing the halfway point of its wind turbine installation, according to the latest Notice to Marin
