Offshore Platforms

Fabrication of Nederwiek 2 Platform Starts in Singapore, Indonesia

The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has started work on the third offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2 GW programme, having cut the first steel for the Nederwiek 2 platform, which will be installed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The cutting of the steel was celebrated on 5 February at ship

Jacket Foundation for BorWin Kappa Offshore Converter Platform Loaded Out in UAE

Mammoet has completed the transport, load-out and mooring of the jacket foundation for the BorWin kappa offshore converter platform at McDermott’s yard in Dubai, UAE. BorWin kappa is part of TenneT’s 980 MW BorWin6 offshore wind grid connection in the German North Sea. The Dutch company has been sel

Seatrium Contracts Mammoet for 2 GW Offshore Platform Load-Out Ops

Mammoet has signed an agreement with Seatrium for the load-out of three substations for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind grid connection programme. In 2023, TenneT signed a five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement with the GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium and awarded the consortium with contracts for thre

Smulders Taps KCI for Dunkerque Offshore Substation Jacket Design

Smulders has contracted KCI Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of Sif Group, for the design of the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation (OSS) for the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, KCI will perform the basic and detailed design, including fa

Second Gennaker Offshore Substation Rolls Out at Dutch Yard

Construction of Formosa 4 Offshore Substation Starts in Vietnam

The consortium between Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction has cut the first steel for the Formosa 4 offshore substation (OSS) at PTSC M&C’s fabrication yard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Under a contract awarded in late August 2025, the consortium is responsible for the design, procurement, c

Skyborn, 50Hertz Sign Agreement for Gennaker Offshore Converter Platforms

UK Competition to Award Funding for New Offshore Wind Foundation, Substation Solutions

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million (around EUR 1.2 million) funding competition to accelerate innovation in industrial foundations and substructures, and substations and electrical design. “Industrial opportunity in the UK offshore wind sector has never been gre

‘Mobilising EUR 1 Trillion in Investments’ | North Sea Countries, Industry, TSOs to Ink Offshore Wind Pact

Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi

Seatrium, Aibel Launch Arbitration to Settle Differences on DolWin Epsilon Project

Seatrium’s wholly owned subsidiary, Seatrium New Energy, and its consortium partner Aibel have filed for arbitration proceedings in connection with DolWin epsilon, the offshore converter platform of TenneT’s DolWin5 grid connection. The arbitration was initiated under the consortium agreement and fi

Smulders to Build Jacket Foundation for Dunkerque Offshore Wind Farm Substation

Smulders has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation of the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Final assembly and delivery of the jacket will take place at Smulders’s French yard in Fos‑s

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Developing New Floating Substation

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a new floating offshore substation design developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI). The substation concept received a SMART (SHM) Tier 3 AiP, which acknowledges the proposed structural health management syst

Grid Connection Platform for Windanker Offshore Wind Farm Installed in Baltic Sea

HSI, a joint venture between HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv, has installed the Jasmund offshore substation (OSS), which will connect the Windanker offshore wind farm to the German electricity grid, at its designated location in the Baltic Sea. The Jasmund platform is part of the Ostwind 3 grid

Seatrium Unveils New Offshore Substation Design

ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Seatrium for the company’s offshore substation (OSS) design, described as a next-generation offshore HVAC platform engineered for scalability. Seatrium has built several offshore converter platforms for offshore wind farms and grid connections over th