UK-based high voltage engineering specialist, EDS Group, has been chosen to complete cable termination and jointing work at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The site which is based off the Sussex coast in the UK will feature 116 turbines, each 3.45MW in capacity. Commencing in the autumn of 201
Areva Sells Its Stake in Adwen to Gamesa for EUR 60 Million Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a 50-50 ownership in the joint venture and which is now in a merger process with Siemens. Borssele [&
Siemens has released a video showing a 360° flight to an offshore wind farm. The video explains how the company’s technology and O&M solutions keep the industry moving forward and help reduce costs. The technologies described include Siemens’ wind turbines with Direct Drive technology. The video als
The Offshore WIND International Business Guide 2017 will be launched in January 2017 and will continue to successfully display a large amount of companies who are active in offshore wind industry. Already in its sixth edition, the latest business guide contains more companies than ever proving that
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has chosen the UK-based JDR Cable Systems Ltd. to design, manufacture and supply inter-array grid cables for the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland. Beatrice comprises 84 Siemens 7MW wind turbines, which will be inter-connected by 91 x 33 kV medium voltag
Transmission assets owner and operator Transmission Capital Services (TCS) has chartered one of CWind’s crew transfer vessels (CTV) on a five-year contract to support works at several of their offshore substations in the United Kingdom. CWind is using one of its MPC19 resin infused composite catamar
Niras Consulting Ltd (Niras) will be undertaking a benthic drop down camera and Day grab survey for scientific monitoring purposes to the south, west and within the 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm site offshore Wales during October 2016, according to a notice to mariners. Niras will use the vessel Aquad
Danish shipping company World Marine Offshore has been contracted by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland to provide crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during O&M for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in Germany. Iberdola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH is developing Wikinger in the German B
Germany’s Minister for Economics Sigmar Gabriel has officially opened the second edition of WindEnergy Hamburg, a biennial trade fair focussing on wind energy. The WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 will run from September 27 to September 30 in Hamburg’s fairgrounds where over 1,200 exhibitors from 34 countrie
Horns Rev 3 Mine Goes Out With a Bang (Videos) Vattenfall has shared two videos of a WW2 mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed where Denmark’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm will be constructed, and subsequently detonated. DONG Energy to Set Up UK’s Largest O&M Hub
Teras Offshore, in collaboration with Attollo Offshore, has secured a 16‐month charter contract with DONG Energy for its jack‐up accommodation rig Atlantic Amsterdam, which will support the construction of the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Atlantic Amsterdam was mobilized to Race Bank from
DONG Energy has revealed plans for a GBP multi-million investment in Grimsby to create the UK’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance hub. Subject to planning approval, the new facility will be developed in the town’s Royal Dock and will initially support Westermost Rough, Race Bank and H
Nordsee One GmbH officially inaugurated a new operation and maintenance base for the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Norddeich, Lower-Saxony, Germany, on Wednesday, 21 September. Nordsee One, which is currently being built approximately 40km north of the island of Juist, will be operated and
NKT Cables is acquiring ABB’s global high-voltage cable system business with a total enterprise value of EUR 836 million. ABB’s cable system business offers turnkey solutions including design, engineering, supply, installation, commissioning and service. It had adjusted standalone revenues of USD 52
