Offshore Platforms
TenneT’s DolWin Epsilon Converter Platform Installed
The DolWin epsilon converter platform, part of the DolWin5 offshore grid connection, has been installed in the German North Sea. After three years of construction at Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore, the 82-metre-long platform has covered approximately 13,000 nautical miles to Norway in 60 days. The
TenneT Germany Exploring Offshore Helicopter Transport Market as TSO Plans New Tender
TenneT is looking to get input from the helicopter transport market as the transmission system operator (TSO) is planning a new tender for aerial transport of personnel and cargo to and from its offshore converter platforms in the German North Sea. According to a prior information notice issued by T
Aker Solutions to Deliver Foundation for Germany’s BalWin2 Offshore Grid Connection
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2 GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station for the BalWin2 offshore wind grid connection in Germany. The contract is worth between NOK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 130 million) and
1,100-Tonne Jacket Section Installed on Jasmund Offshore Substation
The first heavy structural section of the Jasmund offshore substation jacket was installed on the lower structure of the jacket at Smulders yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The structural section of the Jasmund offshore substation jacket, weighing 1,100 tonnes, was installed on 29 April. The 842
900 MW DolWin Epsilon Platform to Begin Journey to German North Sea
The 900 MW DolWin epsilon platform is getting ready to sail into the German North Sea, the transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT announced on 28 May. After three years of construction at Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore, the 82-metre-long platform has covered approximately 13,000 nautical miles
Navantia Seanergies Delivers Substation Jacket for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm
Navantia Seanergies has delivered the substation jacket for Ocean Winds’ 496 MW Dieppe le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The jacket departed from the south dock of the Puerto Real shipyard in Spain and is heading to its destination on France’s Atlantic Coast. The offshore wind farm site is lo
Final Dogger Bank Wind Farm Offshore Substation Installed
The jacket foundation and the topside for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed in the UK. According to the recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir installed the jacket foundation
Sleipnir Lowers Hollandse Kust West Beta Topside Into Place
Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Sleipnir, has installed the topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Beta substation platform in the Netherlands. The installation of the Hollandse Kust West Beta topside took place on 21 May, some 50 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee. From this aut
BorWin Epsilon Offshore Platform Installed
BorWin epsilon offshore converter platform, part of TenneT’s BorWin5 grid connection that will link EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm with the German grid on land, has been installed at its designated site in the North Sea. The installation of both the jacket foundation and the topside was carried
Installation of BorWin Epsilon Offshore Platform Underway in German North Sea
BorWin epsilon offshore converter platform, which will connect to EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm, arrived at its designated location in the German North Sea several days ago and is now being installed. The offshore HVDC platform, including the topside and the jacket foundation, left Dragados Of
Installation of Offshore Substation About to Start at Dogger Bank C Site
The installation of the offshore substation jacket foundation and topside for the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction, will commence soon. Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir will install the offsho
Equans, Smulders Load Out Hollandse Kust West Beta Substation Topside
The topside for the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation has been loaded out and is en route to its final location, around 50 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands. Over the weekend, the loadout of the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation topside took place at E
First Building Blocks Set for World’s First Artificial Island in Belgian North Sea (Video)
Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint ve
BorWin Epsilon Converter Platform En Route to German North Sea
The offshore HVDC converter station of the BorWin5 grid connection system, including topside and jacket, departed from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Puerto Real, Spain, on 18 April and is en route to its final location in the German North Sea. The BorWin epsilon platform will make a short stop in the