Siemens Gamesa has contracted ZITON to overhaul and upgrade the wind turbine blades at the German Meerwind offshore wind farm, for which the wind turbine supplier signed a contract with the wind farm owner WindMW. The engaged vessel spread will include the service jack-up Wind Server and a Service O
Vattenfall has selected Van Oord for planned and unplanned maintenance work at its offshore wind farms in Europe that together comprise around 600 wind turbines. Under a four-year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contract, which has a one-year extension option, Van Oord-owned MPI Offshore will provide
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea until 2036. The original 15-year long-term service program (LTP) to service wind turbi
The 731.5 MW Borssele 3 & 4 wind farm off the Netherlands will be officially handed over to the Operations team on Thursday, 18 February, as all construction phase-related activities have been completed and the wind farm is now generating electricity in full capacity. The first of the project’s 77 M
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has awarded twelve UK companies a total of GBP 1.3 million (around EUR 1.5 million) in funding and business improvement support. “These twelve companies represent a growing community of supply chain companies from across the UK being supported by OWGP, bri
The Scottish Government has awarded the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) a contract to explore opportunities for floating offshore wind and hydrogen supply chains in Scotland and France. EMEC will partner with French engineering firm INNOSEA and London-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) to
ABPmer has secured a contract to assess the impact that the O&M facility of the Galloper offshore wind farm might have on birds. Project operator and co-owner RWE Renewables is required to undertake two years of bird displacement and disturbance monitoring of the O&M facility as a requirement of its
Vattenfall has awarded ALL NRG with a yearly maintenance framework agreement for three of its offshore wind farms in the UK. ALL NRG will work at the Ramsgate Cluster which comprises the Thanet, Kentish Flats and Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind projects, with a total of 145 Vestas V90 and V112
Turbine blades, towers, monopile foundations, and power cables are the prime areas in which the UK can secure new investment to boost its domestic manufacturing capabilities, the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) said. These are the priority areas in which OWIC is working with the UK government
Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Ltd and Eyemouth Harbour Trust (EHT) have signed a 25-year lease for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 450 MW offshore wind project. Construction of the three storey, 1,040 m2 main O&M building and its two storey, 538 m2 storage warehouse in Eyemo
Fugro is developing an offshore platform from which uncrewed vessels and drones can perform inspection and maintenance operations on offshore wind farms. Together with three partner companies and a research institute, Fugro has been granted EUR 3.3 million for the RoboDock project by the Netherlands
Siemens Gamesa has secured contracts to provide wind turbines and operations & maintenance services for a 100 MW nearshore wind farm in Vietnam. The Tra Vinh Dong Hai 1 wind farm will feature 25 SG 5.0-145 turbines with a flexible power rating. Additionally, Siemens Gamesa signed a 20-year long-term
The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Des
The Rampion offshore wind farm has exceeded its power generation target in 2020 by generating over 1,600 GWh during the year, 15 per cent more than the assumed annual generation of 1,400 GWh. According to the Rampion team, the 400 MW offshore wind farm contributed to Britain’s greenest energy year y
