Yesterday, Deepwater Wind launched the construction phase of its offshore wind project at Block Island, Rhode Island. Sierra Club said that this was a watershed moment for American clean energy development. “The importance of this day cannot be overstated. The Block Island Wind Farm is our Apollo 11
DONG Energy is officially opening its operation management centre at Norddeich harbour today in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann (Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Norden’s Mayoress Barbara Schlag and invited guests from business, public admi
Cardinal marker buoys around the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm were removed by the THV Galatea. The THV Galatea has removed eight Gwynt y Môr field cardinal perimeter buoys. At the same time, the Gwynt y Môr South buoy was moved to a new permanent position. After recovery of these buoys, the wind f
Today, Deepwater Wind is set to officially start the construction phase of its Block Island offshore wind farm, according to Providence Journal. The construction start will be celebrated at Specialty Diving Services, a company which will manufacture components of the foundation substructures for Blo
Dominion Resources, Inc., the developer of the Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project (VOWTAP), has put the project development on hold because the project’s cost is much higher than expected, writes NBC29. The company has calculated that the project would cost around USD 400 million,
From autumn 2016, A2SEA will provide its purpose-built offshore installation vessel SEA CHALLENGER to install the 32 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in the UK for DONG Energy. The Burbo Bank Extension is located next to the existing and operational Burbo
Twenty of the total 40 wind turbines at the Trianel’s Borkum West offshore wind farm have been commissioned. Since February, the offshore wind farm has been producing power. The power connection to the mainland was made in December through TenneT’s transformer platform DolWin Alpha. The offshore win
Fugro has completed one of the largest seabed investigation campaigns in the history of the offshore wind industry in preparation for Dong Energy’s 1.2 gigawatt Hornsea Project One project. Located 120km off the Yorkshire coast, the project is scheduled to go into operation by 2020 when it will be a
Kentish Flats Extension export and array cables will commence load out onto two vessels in Nordenham in Germany on 1 May. The vessels BoDo Installer and Nostag 10 will transport the cables to the Kentish Flats Extension site, where they will begin cable laying work later in May. Manufacturing of the
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: View from one of the first turbines installed at Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The photo was taken as the first batch of turbines is undergoing a quality inspection. The wind farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, comprises 4
The Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, situated off the Holderness coast, is currently in the latter stages of construction and is expected to reach full power in 2015. It is the first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of the Siemens 6MW wind turbine. The wind farm is a joint venture betwe
Registration to become an interested party on the application for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, developed by SMart Wind, will close tomorrow, April 22. During this pre-examination stage at the Planning Inspectorate, all those who registered can have their say on the proposal and commen
Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. Jan De Nul Group will install and bury a 25km long export cable between the wind farm’s offshore transformer platform and the beach, as we
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Westermeerwind wind farm reaches a half point in the foundation installation. Namely, the ‘De Schelde’ pontoon, topped by a Liebherr crane 11350, installed the 24th foundation pile yesterday. The 35-meter long foundation piles, weighing around 250 tons, are being tr
