Windreich AG has reached a new milestone for the construction of the ‘MEG 1’ offshore wind farm substation. The order for the 400 MW substation is worth tens of millions of euros. Consortium made up of Alstom Grid GmbH and SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG was commissioned for this job. The contract includes
TenneT Offshore GmbH eyes subsea cable installation contractor. The contractor will be in charge of establishing a grid connection between an onshore transformer substation and one or several offshore Wind farms located in the offshore wind farm cluster BorWin on the North Sea. The services include
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has started the award process for Phase 1 of the ZÈFIR Test Station, the first offshore wind turbine platform of its kind in Spain for conducting technological and environmental research. The Zèfir Test Station is to become an international research
The first load of totally 70,000 tonnes of armour stones for scour protection has arrived at the Walney construction site. The stones are supplied from the Stainton Quarry and will be used to armour the turbine foundations for scour protection. The stones will be placed in a radius of 15 metres arou
The progress on Walney 2 has been dramatically reduced due to windy weather conditions for the last couple of weeks. Heavy winds and high waves have paused the commissioning activities at Walney 2, making it impossible to access the turbines. When the wave height exceeds certain limits, all personne
EnBW Renewables GmbH has offered a briefing to public utilities and industrial companies, to participate in its second offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2. 19 municipal utilities had already participated in the first offshore wind farm Baltic EnBW 1. Stefan Thiele, CEO of EnBW Renewables GmbH, said tha
E.ON has unveiled that its Humber Gateway wind farm, located off the East Yorkshire coast, will consist of a 73 turbine array that will generate up to 219MW of electricity, enough energy to power up to 170,000 homes. Dr. Tony Cocker, CEO of E.ON UK, said: “This isn’t just an important announcement f
The establishment of the future operation and maintenance facilities has now come so far that flag and garland could be hoisted on the communication tower to mark the roofing ceremony. Approx 30 workmen, representatives from the harbour, consultants and DONG Energy’s project group were present. Thom
The London Array consortium, Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, E.ON, Dong Energy on Monday announced that work is under way at the world’s largest offshor… (wam) [mappress] Source: wam, November 01, 2011
The innovative elastometric spring bearings designed to improve the vertical load carrying capacity of the wind turbines of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, have now been installed on each of the 90 foundations at the site, 20 kilometres off the coast of the Norfolk in the UK. Trelleborg Off
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed a contract with Fluor for the installation of 36 inter-array cables at the Greater Gabbard… (seadiscovery) [mappress] Source: seadiscovery, October 14, 2011
All foundations of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The installation work started in June this year and has been accomplished on schedule. In total, 25 jacket foundations for the wind turbines and one offshore transformer station have b
The personnel are working flat out to complete the O&M buildings at Grenaa Harbour. The assembly of the elements for the future welfare and administration building is almost complete, and the shape of the building now looks like the outline on the site sign. The next step is the light external wall
DONG Energy has signed an agreement with the Danish Fishermen’s Association on compensation for loss of earnings from fishing in connection with the construction of Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The working area will be cordoned off for unauthorised persons during the construction, and there will be no
