Tekmar Energy Limited has secured contract awards from Global Marine Group and JDR Cables for the supply of TekLink® cable protection systems and cable hang-off assemblies for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. Global Marine Group has contracted Tekmar Energy to supply 150 patented TekLink® Mecha
Van Oord’s crane vessel Werkendam has arrived at the IJsselmeer to start working on the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm project. The vessel will be involved in the construction of an artificial island off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân said. With a land area of 2ha and a submerged, shallow
ProCon Wind Energy and EEW Special Pipe Constructions have started the electrical construction of two transition pieces for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. According to ProCon, the construction kicked off on 2 December, and so far the fitting of the internal E-modules has been com
Preliminary construction on the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farms project has taken place this week near the coastal village of Ulrome, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Dogger Bank Wind Farms, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, is made up of three offshore wind farm sites in the North
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business is collaborating with HSM Offshore BV in the Netherlands and Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver the offshore topside platform for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm. In a consortium arrangement, HSM will provide the offshore topside platform designed by I
The UAE-based Lamprell plans to start delivering the jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from its facility in Hamryiah at the end of the first quarter of 2020. The upending of the jackets is ongoing, the company said. Lamprell won a contract to manufacture and deliver 45 wind tu
Petrofac has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement with SSE Renewables to design, supply and install the HVAC onshore and offshore substations for the Seagreen wind farm project in Scotland. Petrofac has commenced early work on the project. Subject to a final investment decision expected in th
Vattenfall has contracted Swire Blue Ocean for the installation of the Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. Using the wind farm installation vessel Pacific Osprey, Swire Blue Ocean will transport the various turbine components from the pre-assemb
Floatgen, the first wind turbine installed offshore France, more than doubled its power production in the second half of 2019 compared to the first semester, reaching an annual total of 6GWh. According to Ideol, the number was achieved because of a time availability exceeding 94.6% in the second sem
Van Oord has installed the first inter-array cable on the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The cable, provided by Prysmian Group, was installed by the cable-laying vessel Nexus. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the Province of Zeeland, Borssele III & IV will
The first MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbine at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project has delivered its first power. According to Parkwind, the turbine began supplying electricity to the Belgian grid over the weekend. Northwester 2 will comprise 23 MHI Vestas 164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines
Polish energy company PKN ORLEN has begun the selection process for a designer of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. As part of the procedure, a technical advisor will be selected to prepare a preliminary offshore wind farm project, construction design, productivity analysis, and ancillary ana
STS Belgium is carrying out the cabling of the transition pieces for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project. STS is conducting the work at Smulders’ yard in Hoboken and at the Sif Maasvlakte terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Seaway 7’s installation vessel Seaway Strashnov arrived at
DEME Group has installed the first foundations at Ørsted’s Borssele 1&2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation loaded the first set of monopiles at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 earlier this month and transported them to the wind farm. “The first monopile install
