NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23km from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken delivery of
Ørsted has awarded Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) with a contract to carry out a coating campaign at three of its UK offshore wind farms. The work will be performed on the Walney 1 & 2 and the Barrow 1 offshore wind farms located on the West coast of England in the Irish Sea. The order […]
The BladeBUG inspect-and-repair robot for offshore wind turbine blades has completed the latest round of testing at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, the UK. During the trials that took place in early March, the robot walked on blade surfaces, prov
Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The 26-metre CTV Njord Forseti reported the incident at 6:25 pm local time, Thursday, 23 April, German Maritime Search and R
Siemens Gamesa has inaugurated the world’s first Service Accommodation Transfer Vessel (SATV) in Taiwan. The 35-metre Ventus Formosa will operate from Taichung. The vessel will support Siemens Gamesa’s full service agreement for the Formosa 1 offshore wind project. Penguin International built the SA
The 288 MW EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea will be serviced from the Danish port of Klintholm on the island of Møn from August 2020, EnBW said. Until now, the company’s service team of up to 25 has travelled from Rostock to a hotel vessel close to the wind […]
Heli Service International will provide a 12-passenger helicopter for isolation procedures at EWE’s offshore wind farms is Germany. EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (OSS) selected Heli Service on 16 April. The negotiations were held under an emergency procurement process and in addition to the tende
Cemre Shipyard has launched the first of the three service operation vessels (SOVs) currently under construction for MHI Vestas and Esvagt at its yard in Turkey. The vessels are of the Havyard 831 L SOV design and will service the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, the Triton
Scottish energy company SSE has engaged practiced emergency responses and has adapted working arrangements to ensure the safety of the staff working on the Beatrice offshore wind farm during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 584 MW Beatrice comprises 84 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines which have been in
The Port of Amsterdam will turn a dredging depot at the former Averijhaven into an energy port to serve as a base for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms. The port is carrying out the Energiehaven project in collaboration with the province of North Holland, the municipality of Ve
Ventus Marine’s service accommodation transfer vessel (SATV) Ventus Formosa has begun its charter on the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The joint venture of PSA Marine and its Taiwanese partner Ta Tong Marine Group took delivery of the 36-meter purpose-built SATV earlier this year. Ventu
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded CWind with a contract for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project. CWind will provide subsea maintenance of the foundations and offshore substation, subsea surveys, corrective maintenance, as well as pre-engineering studies. The three-year contra
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has selected the winners of the framework contracts for periodic inspections and tests at the company’s four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender for technical inspection and testing services is divided into two lots and it cove
C-bed and MHI Vestas have commenced a multiple offshore wind farm upgrade campaign at four European projects. The project includes the upgrading of turbines at the Burbo Bank Extension and Walney Extension projects in the UK, Borkum Riffgrund 2 in Germany and Norther in Belgium. C-bed’s DP2 walk-to-
