Pipeshield International, part of Tekmar Group, has completed the delivery of concrete mattresses to the EPCI joint venture of Eiffage Métal and DEME for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Pipeshield completed the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of 77 concrete mattresses of
Linxon has secured a contract to construct the onshore substation for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, U.S. Under the turnkey contract, Linxon will deliver the 220/115kV substation that will connect the wind farm to the New England power grid. The agreement, contingent upon
MingYang Smart Energy has secured a wind turbine order for the 500 MW Yangjiang Qingzhou III offshore wind farm in China. The project, developed by China Huadian Corporation, will feature 37 MySE6.8-158 turbines and 30 MySE8.3-180 turbines. The Yangjiang Qingzhou III offshore wind farm will also com
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill is nearing completion of the preliminary geotechnical surveys at the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Jill is progressing on the borehole campaign at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore.
The second offshore transformer module (OTM) of the Moray East wind farm is now at its designated location at the site off Scotland, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. OSP2, which was shipped out from Belgium on 30 June, was installed shortly after its jacket foundation and the OSP3 pl
EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has loaded out its first batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company will deliver 30 transition pieces for the project. Hornsea Two will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines on monopile foundati
Danske Commodities has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Under the agreement, Danske Commodities will be responsible for the trading and balancing of 480 MW of the project’s 3.6 GW capacity. “The Dogger Bank PPA is a great addition t
Haizea Wind has sent off the final two towers for the SeaMade offshore wind turbines from Bilbao. The Spain-based Haizea Wind is delivering 12 wind turbine towers for the project, which will feature 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The first tower parts arrived from the port of Aviles in Spain to
The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have set sail from Indonesia towards the project site in the UK. The structures weighing over 10,000 tons departed Batam on 13 August onboard heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz. The jou
The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. A
The Danish Energy Agency and Energinet have made available the first results and data from site investigations carried out at the Thor offshore wind farm site. As part of the preliminary investigations for the site in the Danish North Sea, Energinet is conducting preliminary geotechnical, geophysica
MMT’s DP2 multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer is on its way to the Beacon Wind project site offshore Massachusetts, where MMT will carry out geophysical survey. In April, Equinor Wind US awarded MMT US with a contract for survey work at its offshore wind lease area off New England. The contra
Jan De Nul has installed nine of the 21 jacket foundations at the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration offshore Taiwan. Offshore installation vessel Aegir, which Jan De Nul Group chartered from Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors, is installing the 1,100 metric tonne j
The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro with a contract to deliver geotechnical site investigation solutions for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The site investigation solutions will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed
