Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company behind the extension to Kentish Flats offshore wind farm, has appointed a Thanet business to build an extension to its operations centre for the scheme. The building extension in Ramsgate harbour is being built by Ramsgate-based BEC and a number of locally base
The UK Planning Inspectorate submitted a report of recommendation for Forewind’s Dogger Bank Teesside A&B offshore wind project to the Secretary of State on May 5. The Secretary of State will issue a decision in the following three months. Dogger Bank Teesside is Forewind’s second stage of developme
TÜV NORD has received an order from Dong Energy to monitor commissioning of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. Experts will test the function of the wind turbines on site – in particular their safety systems. TÜV NORD will also issue the project certificate at the end of the commissioning pr
The construction of the first electricity cable between the Westermeerwind offshore wind farm and the high voltage station being built within the dike in Espel began on May 1st. A total of six cables (up to 15 cm thick) will run under the dike through the tubes built last year. The construction of a
The first monopile foundation at Kentish Flats Extension was installed yesterday morning. GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune, carrying two foundations, arrived on site on Friday afternoon, while the construction kicked off later that evening. “This is a great start to the project and
Work on a tower, nacelles and blade sections for the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm are on schedule and the parts are due to be installed end of June/July, Vattenfall reported. The first inspection of the nacelles has been conducted at their manufacturing site in Ringköbing, Denmark. The
DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has issued a call for tenders for heavy-lift vessel services for its Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea. The work will consist of two lots. Lot 1 includes the transport and installation of a jacket and piles for the wind farm’s offs
Today, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled that MT Højgaard is not liable for the costs of repairing the foundations for the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, off the Scottish coast. In April 2014, the first ruling went against MT Højgaard, but an appeal was filed, and the Court of Appeal has now [
Vattenfall and SWM officially opened the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm today. The ceremony, held in Hamburg, was attended by German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg, Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz and Torsten Albig, Pri
Through the undertaken surveys as part of its environmental impact assessment process, Forewind has extended the depth of knowledge about the geology of Dogger Bank. Geological maps used prior to Forewind’s work in the area were based on sparse data, gathered tens of kilometres apart in the late 196
This morning, the jack-up vessel WIND arrived at the Port of Oostende for the first time, where it will pick up parts for the Belwind offshore wind farm. The vessel is carrying out maintenance work on Belwind. The Belwind offshore wind farm comprises fifty five Vestas’ V90-3.0MW (MHI Vestas Offshore
EnBW’s offshore wind farm Baltic 2 generated the first kilowatt hour of electricity and fed it into the grid last weekend. EnBW Baltic 2 is currently being built 32 kilometres north of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. At this point, 60 of a total of 80 wind energy turbines have been installed.
Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, developed by E.ON in the German North Sea has started producing power, the developer announced today. The power from the first of its 3.6 megawatt turbines flows to an offshore transformer and converter platform from which it is exported via a 85-kilometer subsea c
The first two foundations sets for Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) offshore wind farm were lifted on board Osprey Carrier II barge on Saturday morning. With the barge fully loaded it was towed to Vlissingen in the Netherlands where the first load out will take place. The first set of foundations are d
