German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has unveiled its plans to build a new operating site in Rostock on the Baltic Sea to support its offshore operations. The 90-million facility is scheduled to be completed in 2028. The investment costs for the new location amount to around EUR 90 mill
UK companies Haventus and Sarens PSG have developed a low-cost solution for the integration and launch of floating offshore wind turbines. Haventus said that it is working to enable offshore wind project developers to acquire fully assembled floating bases and turbines at Ardersier, Scotland, as wel
Buss Energy Group and Wind Multiplikator have won long-term service contracts for turbines at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Wind Multiplikator will be responsible for servicing and maintenance of the 80 Areva M5000 turbines, from statutory inspections and troubleshoot
Dong Fang Offshore has made a capital investment in Apex Aviation to establish what the company says is Taiwan’s first self-operated offshore wind helicopter fleet. The first helicopter is expected to enter service in the fourth quarter of this year. With the helicopter fleet, Dong Fang Offshore wil
Norway’s VARD has signed a EUR 113.5 million contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) to design and build an offshore subsea construction vessel that will be dedicated to performing work in the offshore wind and telecom sectors, with the contract also including options. The 121.3-metre-lo
DeepOcean has been awarded framework agreements by Vattenfall for the provision of subsea cable operations and maintenance (O&M) services, now valid for Vattenfall’s operational European offshore wind portfolio. The framework agreements are valid for a period of four years and apply to Vattenfall’s
TenneT is seeking crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for its offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands, with CTVs required to travel between the port of Vlissingen or the port of IJmuiden to offshore high-voltage platforms in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch transmission system operator (TSO)
Offshore windfarm projects currently in development present unique business challenges, even for experienced developers and operators. Newer sites are increasingly:1) far from shore, in harsher metocean conditions,2) spread over large areas, and3) utilising floating structures. Floating turbines, wh
PGE Baltica, owned by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, has selected local company Doraco as the general contractor of the operational and service (O&M) base for the offshore wind farms in Ustka, Poland. The O&M base will consist of an office and warehouse building, a maneuvering area, and a quay where
EchoBolt has signed a contract with RWE Renewables to provide bolt integrity services for the Amrumbank West and Arkona offshore wind farms in Germany. The scope of work under the contract will include advanced ultrasonic inspection techniques to assess the integrity of critical bolted connections o
Cochin Shipyard has started building a hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) for North Star, which will operate at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany under a long-term charter North Star signed with EnBW last year. North Star and Cochin Shipyard cut the first steel for the new SOV
The Spanish Freire Shipyard has delivered a new maintenance support vessel, named Forth Constructor, to the UK-based Briggs Marine. Briggs Marine placed the order for the vessel in December 2022 and Freire Shipyard launched Forth Constructor and moved it to a “wet berth” at its yard in Vigo in July
Offshore service provider Ampelmann, Dutch Applied Scientific Research Institute (TNO), and offshore wind developer Vattenfall recently tested AI-powered cargo drones at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms DanTysk and Sandbank in the German North Sea. Cargo drones can transport materials and equipment
Three Norway-based offshore energy vessel and service providers, Eidesvik, Agalas and Reach Subsea, are building a new construction support vessel (CSV) for subsea and offshore wind operations. The vessel will be two-thirds owned by an entity owned by Eidesvik and Agalas, controlled by Eidesvik, and
