The EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm has come to the finish line, as the eightieth and last wind turbine was installed yesterday at the construction site in the German Baltic Sea. On Tuesday, the fortieth turbine was put into operation and has been feeding power into the grid. In the meantime, two m
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has entered into a conditional agreement with Dong Energy regarding phase 1 of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, comprising 330 MW. The company added, they will disclose a company announcement in case the project translates into a firm and unconditional order. Earlier
ITW has completed the last grouting operation at Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in Germany with a high speed efficiency rate. Connections between transition pieces and monopiles have been grouted with ITW’s cementitious material Ducorit® and the installation of the product has been performed by t
Babcock has won a contract to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 2500 tonne offshore sub-station platform (OSP) topside and jacket for the Rampion offshore wind farm. From its base in Rosyth, the company will fabricate and load-out the components for the UK’s Round 3
Eneco announced this morning that the last wind turbine had been installed at its Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Van Oord’s Aeolus finished installing the 43rd turbine around 3 am this morning, only 2 months after the first one was erected at the offshore wind site located 23 kilometers off the c
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore and Consulting is now responsible for the majority of equipment services as well as technical management for Nordergründe offshore wind farm. The wind farm, for which construction work and operation is scheduled to start in 2016, will be equipped with 18 Senvion® 6.2 wi
Work on Kentish Flats Extension is at full power both offshore and onshore, accompanied with good weather conditions, Vattenfall reported. The INSTALLER is deploying pre-lay mattresses for cable crossing protection and the NOSTAG has already installed three inter-array cables. Work will start next w
With the final turbine at Humber Gateway recently becoming operational, the entire offshore wind farm is now generating electricity. This major project in the UK’s North Sea is in the final phase of construction and will be completed this summer, two months ahead of schedule, E.ON reported. Humber G
ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The turbine agreement, which will be the largest individual contract placed as part of the £2 billion project, will see up to 102 of Siemens’ 7 megawatt (MW) turbines supplied.
ABB has won an order to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The company will provide power infrastructure for the offshore platform as well as the onshore substation to efficiently integrate the new wind farm into the country’s transmission grid.
Formosa Wind Power Co. Ltd has signed a turbine supply deal with Siemens Wind Power for the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm test project, Taiwan’s first utility-size offshore wind farm. Siemens will deliver two 4 MW turbines to be installed in 2016 for the Phase 1 of the project. K2 Management has supp
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) announced today that the Icebreaker offshore wind project, planned for the Ohio waters of Lake Erie, will utilize Mono Bucket foundations, developed by Denmark-based Universal Foundation (UF). “Universal Foundation’s Mono Bucket foundation recent
London Array’s second full year of generation has seen output from the offshore wind farm pass the 5TWh mark. The wind farm became fully operational in April 2013, having first started exporting power in October 2012. Output to date now amounts to electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of
Starting June 2015, CT Offshore’s new subsea trencher ROV (remotely operated vehicle) will be deployed at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 + 2 Offshore Wind Farms, where the company will install 97 inter-array cables. The new trencher ROV, the CTO 107-1100, has an operating depth of 100 metres but with an
