Several tenders for services in the offshore wind sector have been published over the last few days in Germany, including those from two offshore wind farm operators looking for maintenance work on four of their projects. The contract notices from the two German operators – seeking annual wind turbi
The Danish Energy Agency has awarded Sweco Danmak with a contract for technical advice and assistance in relation to the establishment of an energy island. The work will support the Danish Energy Agency in building optimal knowledge about the project, whose development started with the political dec
DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has selected the providers of air and water crew transfer services for the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operator of the wind farms, a joint venture between Stadtwerke München and Vattenfall, has selected Denmark’s
DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has issued a tender for operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the two offshore wind farms in Germany. DanTysk and Sandbank will both come under a new joint operating strategy. Based on this, a subsequent list of annual O&M services for the wind tu
Ørsted has awarded two cable protection system (CPS) contracts to CRP Subsea for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. CRP Subsea, formerly known as Trelleborg Offshore UK, will supply 223 of its NjordGuard monopile entry cable protection systems for the inter-array
Dutch oil major Shell has partnered with Norwegian hydropower producers BKK and Lyse to apply for licences in two areas currently offered by Norwegian government for offshore wind development. The consortium is now working to prepare applications for projects in the Utsira Nord area, deemed better s
Ireland-based offshore engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) will be providing geoscience advisory and engineering consultancy services for the Baltica 1 offshore wind project in Poland. Under a contract with the developer PGE Baltica, GDG’s scope of work for the offshore wind f
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa and Poland’s Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic have signed a Letter of Intent to work together to further the Polish offshore wind power industry. The recently enacted Offshore Wind Act calls for the development of 5.9 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Polish Baltic
Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office has awarded a contract for difference (CfD) to the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project. Baltic Power is owned and developed by Poland’s PKN Orlen and Canada’s Northland Power. Under the 25-year contract, the project will receive payments covering any negative
Equinor has selected Vissim for the provision of digital support of the marine operations at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under a long-term framework agreement, the Norway-based company will provide digital marine optimisation solutions to the operator’s offshore wind projects, includ
Hyundai Engineering Corporation has awarded Arup and Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) with an Owner’s Engineer contract for a 220 MW offshore wind project in South Korea. Arup–ODE team will assess the local conditions to determine the most appropriate foundation system, turbine technology and site
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected the companies to carry out geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys at the N-10.1 and N-10.2 wind energy areas in the German North Sea. Fugro Germany Marine GmbH is the winner of Lot 1 which covers geophysical subsoil i
Japan has selected the developer of the country’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) selected the consortium of six companies led by Toda Corporation to build a 16
British oil and gas major BP is joining the recently established consortium between Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind, which is preparing a bid to build an offshore wind farm in Norway. The consortium will propose to develop an offshore wind project in the Sørlige Nordsjø II (SN2) area, with a plan t
