Tekmar Group has signed a framework agreement with Jan De Nul for the engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the Cable Protection System (CPS) for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in Germany. The first awards under the agreement cover two projects. Work has commenced immediately o
Spain’s EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has been awarded a contract to carry out in-situ measurement campaigns for ELWIND, the Estonian-Latvian offshore wind project. The measurement campaign for each site is divided into three phases: preparatory, execution, and data validation and reporting. The ca
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for its new semi-submersible floating wind turbine design, named SnapWind Float. The AiP from ABS comes shortly after the design was issued an Approval in Principle by the Korean Register (KR). The SnapWind Float, de
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
DEME has secured a contract for the transport and installation of inter-array cables on the 900 MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, owned by RWE (51 per cent) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49 per cent). Under the contract, the Belgian offshore construction specia
Norway’s Goodtech has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide the SCADA and control room solution for the operation centre of Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. Goodtech will deliver the Central Control Room solution, which includes a common SCADA system for monitoring and situation
The first monopile has been installed at the Windanker offshore wind project site in the German Baltic Sea, marking the start of construction on Iberdrola’s third large-scale offshore wind project in the region, the company said via social media on 1 October. The monopiles are being installed by Van
The joint venture between Ørsted and PGE has awarded Acteon’s geo-services business line, UTEC, a structural monitoring contract for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, which the joint venture is building in Poland. Under the contract, Acteon is responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, in
Eiffage, through Smulders, has been awarded a contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE to develop and build three substations for the Bretagne Sud, Narbonnaise Sud-Hérault, and Golfe de Fos French offshore wind farms. Overall, the engineering, procurement, construction, installa
More than half of the total 100 wind turbines are now in place at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The project’s SG 14-222 DD wind turbines are being installed by Cadeler’s vessel Wind Peak, which put the first turbine in place in March. Wind Peak, operating from the port of Hull, is c
The consortium between Denmark’s Semco Maritime and Vietnam’s PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) has secured an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the offshore substation of the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Following ext
Sif has completed the manufacturing of all 52 monopile top sections for the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands at its Roermond facility and dispatched the structures to Smulders in Hoboken, Belgium, where secondary steel will be added. Once equipped with secondary steel by Smulders, the
The first batch of monopile foundations for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland has rolled off the factory floor. A total of 111 monopiles are planned to be installed at the Baltica 2 site, 107 for wind turbines and four for the offshore substation. The units are up to 100 metres [&
NjordIC has been awarded a contract to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services for the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. NjordIC will provide a full range of UXO consultancy services, including the interpretation of geophysical data, supervision and support during UXO ide
