The Dutch government has designated two additional strips of sea area for offshore wind infrastructure to allow for the realisation of offshore wind projects at Hollandse Kust Zuid (1,400MW) and Hollandse Kust Noord (700MW). The aim of this move is to cut the offshore wind cost by enabling construct
The European Commission (EC) has approved support to the Rentel and Norther offshore wind projects along with authorising Belgian plans to finance electricity generation from offshore renewables. The EC found that that Belgian scheme and the two offshore wind projects are in line with the 2014 Guide
STX France has started fabrication works for the offshore substation that will be installed at the Rentel offshore wind farm site in Belgium. The first steel cutting for the substation took place yesterday at STX France’s yard in Saint-Nazaire. Design of both the foundation and the topside has been
Petrofac has completed a risk assessment and engineering support project for Transmission Capital Lincs OFTO on two 48km subsea cables connecting the Lincs offshore wind farm with the onshore transmission system. Following a full assessment of the impact of external risks to the cable, such as fishi
First monopiles for the Galloper offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a barge and will soon be transported to the main installation vessel, according to Innogy’s social media pages. In November 2015, GeoSea won a EUR 340 million contract to design, fabricate and install 56 steel monopile foundat
Nuon, part of Vattenfall, has dismantled four offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 2MW at the Lely offshore wind farm in IJsselmeer, a freshwater lake in the Netherlands. In late September, the company started the decommissioning works by dismantling the turbines, which was done in three
Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm, has finished the testing phase and will be officially put into operation this month. However, this will be done with four out of the total five turbines running, as turbine number 2 has broken down. The turbine failure was discovered during
ScottishPower Renewables will kick off the pre-construction activities for East Anglia ONE in January 2017. Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has been appointed to undertake engineering design and is the Principle Contractor for the pre-construction and construction works. From January, work alon
Fujian Zhongmin Offshore Wind Power Co. has invited tenders for the delivery of 20 wind turbines for the second phase of the Putian Pinghai Bay (Fujian Putian City Flat Bay) offshore wind project. The turbines should have an individual capacity of at least 5MW. The offshore wind turbines are require
E.ON informed today that the unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal at the Arkona offshore wind farm construction site in the German Baltic Sea has been completed. The site, with an area of 39 square kilometers halfway between the island of Rügen and the Danish island of Bornholm, is now completely free
The Lake Erie Energy Development Co. (LEEDCo) is looking for local companies that will be a part of the Icebreaker project and will hold a supply chain event on 8 December in Cleveland. In early 2017, Icebreaker Wind Requests for Proposals will be released and each bid specification package will con
Germany Confirms Offshore Grid Development Plan by 2025 German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has confirmed a plan for the offshore grid development by 2025 (Offshore-Netzentwicklungsplan 2025), which regulates the connections of wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas to the German tran
DeepOcean has won a multi-million pound contract to transport and install cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One wind farm, located 120km off the Yorkshire Coast. DeepOcean’s scope of work covers the installation and trenching of 93 inter-array cables with a combined length of 203km. The Horns
Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as th
