LM Wind Power will supply a total of fifteen 73.5m blades to the first industrial-scale US offshore windfarm. Wind turbine manufacturer Alstom has received formal notice to proceed (NTP) on the Block Island Offshore Windfarm, and the project will showcase five Alstom Haliade 150 6-MW wind turbines f
Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately EUR 1.9 billion. The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has acquired a EUR 327 million stake in the project. The project is located in the English Channel, 13 kilometers
Balfour Beatty has contracted VBMS to undertake a repair of Gwynt y Môr export cable. For the job in the Mostyn area, VBMS has utilised cable laying vessel NDurance, which will be working on the site by the end of May / early June dependent upon weather delays. David Brown, the project manager at Ba
Members of the Buchan area committee raised no objections to request by Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) on Tuesday. Namely, the offshore wind farm developer asked to proceed with work on New Deer substations earlier than planned, writes The Press and Journal. Last week MORL submitted a report t
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The first foundation at Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm. Earlier this month, GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune installed the first foundation at Vattenfall’s 49.5MW project. This will be followed by the erection of the 139.6-metre high wi
Supplementary geotechnical investigations were conducted at the planned Kriegers Flak platform sites in June-August 2014, and Energinet.dk has now made the data and results publicly available at its website. The purpose of this ground investigation was to provide geotechnical data for the design of
Cable laying barge, Nostag 10, carrying array cables, is on its way to Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. The vessel was first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday 1st May. Currently in transit, it is expected to arrive on the site later this week. The second cab
The third BOEM/Hawaii Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at the Homer A. Maxey International Trade Resource Center located at Pier 2, 521 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii. BOEM will present information on two unsolicited lease requests
The jack-up barge WaveWalker 1 has been deployed to work on Gemini wind energy project offshore Eemshaven. To be able to run the Gemini offshore wind farm two export cables have to be run under two existing submarine cables. Due to strong currents and very shallow water depths at the location WaveWa
The UXO work at Dudgeon offshore wind farm has entered the next stage where explosives will be used, according to KIS-ORCA website. UXO clearance works by use of explosives will take place until May 22. Vessels used in the operation are Stril Explorer and FRC Ramora workboat. Clearance operation wil
Eolien Maritime France, a consortium made of EDF EN France, Dong Energy Power Holding and WPD Offshore GmbH, has issued an invitation to tender for wind turbine installation on three French offshore wind sites. A contract for each of the three lots will last for six years (72 months) from the date o
The Nordsee Ost wind farm was officially inaugurated on the occasion of the meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers in Hamburg, on May 8. The inauguration was attended by the German Minister of Economics, Sigmar Gabriel, and his fellow ministers from the G7 states, as well as Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG,
On 5 May 2015, A2SEA and CT Offshore invited all subcontractors on the upcoming Gode Wind project to participate in a Safety Supplier Day. The purpose of the day was to inform all subcontractors of the expectations regarding safety during the work that will take place at Gode Wind, where CT Offshore
A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has recently installed the last 6MW turbine at Westermost Rough. Developed by Dong Energy the wind farm, comprising 35 turbines, can produce enough power to cover the annual electricity consumption of more than 150,000 households. The wind turbines ha
