Seatrium Offshore Renewable Services (ORS) has started construction of a new offshore wind operations hub in Lowestoft, UK. The company says the investment strengthens Seatrium ORS’ operational capability as demand grows for offshore project delivery, hook-up, commissioning, logistics and lifecycle
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
The UK energy regulator Ofgem has unveiled its shortlist of bidders under the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round 13, in which five companies and consortia will compete to own and operate the offshore electricity transmission links for the East Anglia Three, Inch Cape and Dogger Bank C o
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
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
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
Following the termination of Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in the Netherlands by the Dutch TSO TenneT, the UK engineering and consultancy provider has filed for administration. In an update on 27 October, Petrofac said the Directors of Petrofac Limited, the
The offshore substation topside for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been installed, with commissioning work expected to start at the beginning of November. According to a weekly notice of operations issued by ScottishPower Renewables, which is building the 1.4 GW offshore wind farm, the
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, is scheduled to place the offshore substation (OSS) topside on top of the jacket foundation that the vessel recently installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. In August, Sleipn
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has completed the installation of the pin piles and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Three offshore substation at the offshore wind farm’s site in the UK. According to a weekly notice of operations from the developer, Sco
The substation platform and jacket foundation for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm have departed from the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle, and are en route to their site off the Angus coast in Scotland. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) and its jacket foundation sailed at sun
