Vattenfall has selected Danish helicopter operator KN Helicopters for air transport to and from four of its offshore wind farms, two in Denmark and two in Germany. The contracts, which already started this summer, are estimated to be worth EUR 30 million (excluding VAT) in total. In Germany, KN Heli
Iberdrola has selected Norway-headquartered Global Maritime (GM) to provide marine services in support of operations and maintenance (O&M) on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. As part of this agreement, Global Maritime will deliver a range of marine services, including vessel ins
RWE officially opened its ‘Grimsby Hub’ offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility in the UK on 9 July. From the new O&M base, located at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby, RWE’s teams will maintain and operate the Triton Knoll and Sofia offshore wind farms. The Grimsby Hu
Iberdrola has awarded Semco Maritime two offshore service contracts, with options for extension, on the above-water scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment at two offshore substations in the Baltic Hub. The Baltic Hub currently consists of two offshore wind farms, the 3
After approving the production permit extension for the Samsø offshore wind farm earlier this month, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has now granted extended permits to two more of Denmark’s oldest offshore wind farms, Middelgrunden and Nysted. To support its decisions, the DEA has requested that the
Pacifico Energy Korea has signed an agreement with three local governments to explore practical cooperation measures for administrative support of its 3.2 GW offshore wind cluster project currently under development in Jundo-gun, Jeollanam-do, and to help establish an offshore wind industry ecosyste
The BeWild project, led by the Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro, has completed what they claim to be the world’s first fully remote ecology survey at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Nord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Together, the BeWild partners integrated computer vision and environment
The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1 GW Danish offshore wind farm Thor is nearing completion. On 12 June, RWE and Danish construction company Østermark Entreprenørforretning held a topping-out ceremony for the new building located at Thorsminde port. The O&M base is expected to be com
The operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm is now fully operational. Located on Yeu Island, the O&M base for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm was inaugurated on 6 June. The facility will support the performance and reliabil
RWE Offshore Wind has awarded two long-term agreements with Clarkson Port Services (CPS) to support the operations and maintenance (O&M) activities at its 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany. The Dutch division of Clarkson Port Services will build a new warehouse facility in the p
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has awarded a ten-year contract to Deutsche Windtechnik for maintenance and service of the Trianel Windpark Borkum I offshore wind farm that has been in operation since 2015. Deutsche Windtechnik says it secured the contract, signed on 19 May, through a tender in which t
TenneT is looking to get input from the helicopter transport market as the transmission system operator (TSO) is planning a new tender for aerial transport of personnel and cargo to and from its offshore converter platforms in the German North Sea. According to a prior information notice issued by T
The construction of the operations & maintenance (O&M) base for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has officially started with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Port of Utska in Poland. Representatives from PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, Ørsted, the general contractor Doraco, and the contract en
Baltic Power, a joint venture between Orlen and Northland Power, has launched Poland’s first operations and maintenance (O&M) base dedicated to offshore wind projects. The facility will support the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm for its entire lifecycle of approximately 30 years. Constructio
