Offshore wind projects in construction across the UK in 2016 will generate GBP 5.9 billion of investment within the country over the next five years of development and construction activity, according to RenewableUK. Construction activity is currently underway on six offshore wind projects, with ons
Fugro has recently completed the burial of export cables at the Gemini offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Netherlands. Fugro was awarded a contract by Van Oord in April and mobilised one of its two Q1400 trenching spreads onto the Van Oord support vessel Jan Steen to execute the export cable b
Dutch subsea services provider DCN International Diving and Marine Contractors has completed the removal of all grouting hoses at the Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms located in the German sector of the North Sea. DCN visited a total of 97 locations to remove the 5,5 grouting hoses, which were cu
Canada’s Beothuk Energy has revealed plans to build a 1 gigawatt offshore wind farm off the coast of Nova Scotia. The project is estimated to cost CAD 4 billion (USD 2.87bn). Beothuk is proposing to manufacture and install the wind farm in shallow waters off Canada’s southwest coast. The power gener
WindMW, the company behind the Meerwind offshore wind farm, has issued a EUR 978 million in bonds to refinance an existing bank debt for the construction of the 288MW offshore wind project. The bonds were issued on 17 December 2015 to a group of around 20 international institutional investors and be
Stavanger-based subsea company Ocean Installer has been awarded an offshore wind contract with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH. The scope of work includes recovery of two pre-laid HVAC export power cables in the 500 m zone of the Gode Wind 1 offshore sub-station, relay of the cable, installation of
Danish consultancy Cowi has won a contract to design India’s first offshore wind farm and to head capacity building within the Indian authorities, including preparation of an offshore wind policy. The wind farm is to be located off the coast of Gujarat in northwestern India. The size of the demonst
Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall energy produced country-wide in 2015, a 550% increase compared to a 0.2% contribution by offshore wind turbines in 2014, according to the data released by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Overall, energy ge
The subsea cable linking Dong Energy’s 209 MW Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm with Denmark’s onshore grid was repaired and put back into operation on 18 December, nearly two months after the fault was reported, Energinet.dk said. The faulty cable put the wind farm out of operation on 19 October. One
Samsø Turbine Broke Off Due to Welding Crack A fracture in the welding that connects the tower top flange with the tower had caused the breaking of the turbine Number 7 at the Samsø (Paludans Flak) offshore wind farm, Siemens said in a statement. Offshore Wind Trumps Trump This morning, the UK’s Sup
After the Gemini foundations, substations, and cables were installed this year, the work on the Dutch offshore wind project will continue early next year. The last of 150 foundations at the Gemini offshore wind farm was installed on 17 October. In February 2016, Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus
Sweden’s power company Vattenfall has signed a GBP 237 million (EUR 327 million) deal to partner up with Swedish pension group AMF on the 150 MW Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm. The partnership agreement means that AMF will take a 49% share in Ormonde, with Vattenfall continuing to operate the wind farm
Fourteen local organisations around Liverpool Bay have been awarded grants of up to GBP 20,000 through the round one of Dong Energy’s community benefit fund (CBF) established as part of the Burbo Bank Extension project. Dong has committed to set aside approximately GBP 225,000 each year for communit
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has invited tenders for geophysical soil investigations at the Hollandse Kust Zuid (South) offshore wind farm zone. An agreement will be signed with a tenderer who is able to carry out the geophysical investigations required to obtain the soil information at th
