Deutsche Offshore Consult (DOC) has won a follow-up contract to manage vessels used by the German wind farm operator Ocean Breeze Energy (OBE) on the 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm from 2016 until 2017. Following a selection process for the operation & maintenance campaigns in 2016/2017, OBE and DO
Today’s opening event for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre will also incorporate the naming of the wind farm’s purpose built 84-metre service operations vessel (SOV), Esvagt Njord. The vessel marks a new approach to operations and maintenance with accommodation for up to 40 wind turb
Norway’s Statkraft is preparing a possible divestment of its shares in the operational Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, as well as the Dudgeon and the Dogger Bank projects. The revised strategy follows the announcement in December 2015 that Statkraft would make no new investments in offshore win
Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that Statoil takes over as operator of the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm from January 2017. Statoil will also through this deal increase its share in the Dogger Bank projects. Statoil intends to bring its total ownership in the Dogger
Statoil officially opened the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre in Great Yarmouth today as part of the Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival. The former warehouse on the south bank of the river harbour has been completely redeveloped to accommodate offices and a dedicated 24/7 control room to
Generation from the UK’s offshore wind farms rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from 4.7 TWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 5.1 TWh , with the impact of increases in capacity exceeding that of lower wind speeds, according to the data published by the UK government. Despite higher [&h
Semco Maritime has entered into a 5-year contract for full service and maintenance of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm’s substation. “Together with Bladt Industries, Semco Maritime has built one fourth of the offshore stations on the wind market today, which makes us one of the market’s largest su
Energy logistics provider Peterson has secured a contract with Siemens to supply Jet A1 aviation fuel in offshore transport fuel tanks, which will be transported from Peterson’s supply base in Den Helder, the Netherlands, to the Siemens service base facility in Eemshaven, and then shipped to the Gem
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) and Oil Management and Services GmbH (OMS) have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to jointly deliver full oil lifecycle services, including gearbox and hydraulic oil change, to the European offshore renewables industry. Bruno Martinsen, owner of OMS, said:
DONG Energy has awarded Siemens with a contract to upgrade the existing central Infrastructure Control System (ICS) on DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms. The contract covers hardware and services necessary for upgrading the existing central ICS. This includes upgrading hardware and configurations (s
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind
Ulstein has shared several photos of the second wind farm support operations vessel (SOV) to undergo construction at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway as she is getting ready to be painted. The Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder plans to launch the SOV in late October, with sea trials schedu
Companies across the oil and gas value chain stand to benefit significantly from the further development of offshore wind industry, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson said in his speech at the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) event in Stavanger, Norway. In his speech, Dickson described how some oil and
Denmark’s ALL NRG has merged all of its units and is heading into the future as a united service provider for onshore and offshore energy industries. “ALL NRG enters the market as one of the largest service partners to the energy industry onshore and offshore – and combines more than 85 years of exp
