Offshore Platforms

COSCO Installs 2 GW Offshore Converter Platform for China’s New Wind Farm

French Consortium Launches Floating HVDC R&D Project for Deepwater Offshore Wind

Both Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations In Place

RWE has completed the installation of two offshore substations at its Nordseecluster A wind farm site in the German North Sea. The platforms, each around 40 metres long and 22 metres high, were manufactured by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at its yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and were placed onto their

European Consortium Developing Underwater Noise Reduction System for Floating and Jacket Foundations

Chantiers de l’Atlantique, EDF power solutions, Heerema Marine Contractors, Menck, RTE, Sealence and Smulders have formed the Searénité consortium to develop a dedicated solution designed to limit underwater noise generated during offshore construction, particularly for floating wind and substation

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Stands Complete

Smulders HSM Starts Building East Anglia Two Offshore Substation

Smulders HSM, a subsidiary of Eiffage Métal, has commenced the construction of the East Anglia Two offshore substation topside and jacket foundation. ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to HS

Ofgem Shortlists Five Bidders for East Anglia Three, Inch Cape and Dogger Bank C Offshore Transmission Assets

Sleipnir Installs First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Jacket Foundation

Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the jacket foundation for the first Hornsea 3 offshore substation using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the project on 20 March, Sleipnir commenced the work at the construction site offshore the U

Bilfinger to Supervise Bałtyk 2 & 3 Offshore Construction

Bilfinger has been selected to provide supervision services for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea, developed by Equinor and Polenergia. The company’s scope covers supervision of the installation of offshore substations, wind turbines and more than 120 kilometres

BorWin Kappa Jacket Foundation Installed Offshore Germany

Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), Sleipnir, has installed the jacket foundation for the BorWin kappa platform, part of TenneT’s BorWin6 offshore grid connection in the German North Sea. Heerema carried out the work on behalf of McDermott International, which was award

UK Removes Tariffs on Offshore Wind Manufacturing Components

The UK government will remove tariffs on a range of industrial goods used in offshore wind manufacturing in a move aimed at reducing costs for the sector and supporting the country’s targets. According to the Department for Business and Trade, tariffs on 33 industrial goods used in offshore wind wil

McDermott Starts Work on Second 2 GW Offshore Platform for TenneT

McDermott has cut first steel for the offshore converter platform for TenneT’s LanWin1 offshore grid connection in Germany. The LanWin1 project will include an offshore converter station in the North Sea and an onshore converter station in the region of Wesermarsch. The platform will be delivered un

Offshore Construction Starts on Polish Bałtyk 2 & 3 Wind Farms

Offshore construction has begun on the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, developed by Equinor and Polenergia, which will together have 100 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.4 GW. The 2026 offshore construction campaign will see the installation of 100 monopiles, tran

Nordseecluster A Substation Topsides Ready for Offshore Installation

Chantiers de l’Atlantique has completed the construction and integration of two offshore electrical substations for the 660 MW Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the German coast. Each of the topsides is approximately 40 metres long and 22 metres high, with one wei