ABS Group Ltd., an England-headquartered provider of technical and certification services, has received a contract to provide third-party certification and design verification services for Hexicon AB for the planned Dounreay Trì floating offshore wind farm demonstrator project in Scotland. The Dounr
The last of the 72 foundations for the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm was installed last Friday with the help of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems, the company which was in charge of transporting and installing the monopile foundations and transition pieces. The foundation installation works st
The first power from the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm being constructed off the coast of the Netherlands could be produced by the end of this month, a spokesperson for the Gemini Windpark told Offshore WIND. The Gemini’s first Siemens 4MW turbine is being installed today, Judith Achterberg, Gemin
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Eneco have signed a power supply contract under which a portion of the university’s needs will be met by the power produced from six turbines at the 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The contract is part of the Dutch university’s s plan to o
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has been awarded a contract to supply site technicians to DONG Energy for its 582 MW Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm. SMC and DONG Energy have been collaborating on UK offshore construction projects since 2010, but this is the first time for the UK-based
A panel of international arbitrators will today start the hearing in an arbitration between the Windstream Energy LLC and the Government of Canada regarding the US-based company’s CAD 475 million claim for damages under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for lost profit due to the Ontario’s
Second Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning on the Way DONG Energy is preparing to decommission world’s first offshore wind farm, located off Danish island of Lolland. DONG Energy Takes Up Another U.S. Offshore Wind Site DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s newly assign
Vattenfall has marked the installation of the 72nd and final foundation at the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm with this group photo showing those involved in the project. The offshore construction work started in summer of 2015, and despite adverse weather conditions in November and December, th
Bayreuth-based TenneT TSO GmbH has, via DC-Netz BorWin3 GmbH, issued a tender for a supplier of an AC submarine cable to link an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to the grid connection system. The tender calls for manufacture, supply and installation of the subsea cable in the Cluster 8 of
Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division has taken on several mandates for the refinancing of the 288MW Meerwind Süd/Ost offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Similarly to the recently closed Gode Wind 1 wind farm acquisition financing that Deutsche Bank supported, Global Transactio
EnBW has once again chosen EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) to provide a Maritime Coordination team for the construction phase of the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Last week, EnBW and Iberdrola, the developer of the Wikinger OWF, signed a contract under which EnBW will handle
DONG Energy has signed an agreement to divest 50% of the Burbo Bank Extension project to Danish pension provider PKA and KIRKBI A/S, parent company of the LEGO Group. Each investor will obtain a 25% ownership interest in the project, and the total purchase price amounts to approximately GPB 660 mill
Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug has submitted the winning bid to the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) call for the construction of a pilot project for new offshore wind technology. According to DEA, the 28MW project “Testbed for new technologies and integrated design” proposed by Nissum Bredning Vindmølle
Reaching financial close and entering construction phase for Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project could be jeopardized by the ongoing judicial review, requested by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) last year. In January 2015, RSPB submitted a legal challenge of the decisions by
