Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the six-legged jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation. Sleipnir transported the jacket to the installation site in the Dutch North Sea and lowered it into position over the weekend.
The commissioning procedures for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS) have reached the final stage, according to Energinet. The system tests on the 400 MW offshore grid link are currently ongoing. Due to the solving of technical challenges that occurred in the tests, extra time is needed a
Ailes Marines has selected Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions to manufacture the offshore substation for the 496 MW wind farm in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Eiffage Métal will be in charge of the engineering and construction of the upper part of the substation, housing the transformers and electrical eq
The Danish Energy Agency has sent a draft permit for preliminary offshore and onshore studies related to the Hesselø offshore wind project for consultation with the relevant authorities. The feasibility study permit will give the transmission system operator Energinet, which is to be responsible for
TenneT has selected Seafox to provide an accommodation jack-up barge for operations on DolWin Alpha and DolWin Gamma offshore platforms in Germany. The transmission system operator (TSO) was looking for an offshore jack-up barge that could accommodate up to 47 persons on board (POBs) in single cabin
A couple of days after its jacket foundation was installed, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has left Belgium and is now on the way to the Moray East site off Scotland. Siemens Energy, which secured a contract to deliver the three OTMs for Moray East in 2018, announced last week
Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has won a contract from DryDocks World to provide fire and blast solutions for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation. The contract award follows MTE completing a similar contract for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore platform. Under the contract, MTE desig
Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH has issued a contract notice for repairs to the anti-corrosion coating on the offshore substation at the Global Tech I (GTI) wind farm. The contract will have a duration of 24 months, with a possibility for two one-year renewals. The tender will remain open until 25
Navigant Netherlands has secured a contract to provide assistance in structured discussions with policymakers to realize the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH). The Dutch company will provide support services to assist in structuring, initiation, and management of structured discussions with policymak
OSP1, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) that will be installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm, is ready to leave Belgium this weekend (29 – 30 August). The OTMs, for which Siemens Energy secured a contract in 2018, were fabricated by Smulders and ENGIE Solutions in Hoboken,
The jacket foundation and pin piles for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha platform have arrived from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. According to Petrofac’s post on social media, the 3,200-tonne jacket is currently off the coast of Scheveningen, waiting for Heerema Marine Contractors’
Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) has won a contract to provide subsea cables for the Yangjiang Qingzhou III offshore wind farm in China. Under the circa EUR 160 million contract, NBO will provide 75km of 220kV and 142km of 35kV XLPE subsea cables for the 500 MW wind farm. The first batch of cables is expec
Cable pull-in for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm’s export line has been completed at the project’s landfall site at Lincolnshire’s Horseshoe Point beach. The operation, carried out by Boskalis’ cable laying vessel Ndurance, involved installing 2.4 kilometres of cable under water and toward the c
JDR Cable Systems has secured a contract to provide the termination and testing of 100 inter-array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables at the Moray East offshore wind farm. Under the contract signed with Boskalis, JDR will perform procedures for the stripping of the armor protec
