SSE Renewables has selected Arklow Harbour as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the second phase of the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm. The developer has been assessing the Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour as possible locations for the project’s O&M base since e
Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank O
Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter-array cable routes at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The 160-turbine offshore wind farm, operated by innogy, comprises 161 inter-array cables totaling some 147 kilometres in length. To carry
BWTS GmbH has signed the contract for the execution of the statutory inspection, maintenance, and repair of all safety equipment at the Nordsee-Ost wind farm in the German North Sea. Furthermore, BWTS GmbH will take over the general overhaul of the service lifts. The 295 MW Nordsee-Ost consists of 4
The Netherlands intends to extend the licences for new offshore wind projects from 30 to 40 years, according to Eric Wiebes, the country’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. In a letter sent to the Dutch Parliament, Minister Wiebes said that the extended licences will allow the develo
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won the contract for a structural measurement campaign at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. The scope of the contract covers the design, production, and installation of instrumentation on two offshore wind turbines which will monitor the monopi
EDS HV Group has completed the termination and testing of the export cables at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. The first phase of the work was completed at the Mermaid concession 54 kilometers off the coast on behalf of Hellenic Cables. EDS HV said it had secured the contract prior to the
Vattenfall has signed a Framework Agreement with two UK and one Danish company to provide up-tower blade maintenance and repair at the company’s wind farms for a minimum period of two years. The Swedish energy company selected GEV Wind Power, James Fisher Marine Services, and Danish Blade Service to
Naval architects Chartwell Marine and BAR Technologies have established a partnership to support the delivery of the next generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The partnership will drive forward the development of new vessel designs ranging from 30-metre CTVs through to 60-metre
Equinor and SSE Renewables plan to build a new Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base at the Port of Tyne, UK, to service the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Equinor and SSE Renewables. The construction of the wind farm, led by SSE
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a charter contract for the WINDEA Three crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the operating phase of the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase I offshore wind project. WINDEA Three began the three-year charter in February, succeeding its sister vessel WINDEA One which
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its in
The walk-to-work vessel Wind Innovation is currently deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, where a wind turbine upgrade campaign is under way. During the last week of April, the vessel mobilised for the project at DHSS support base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, according
Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
