The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pon
As part of the environmental monitoring programme for Walney Offshore Windfarms, the wind farm area, including a 4km buffer zone, has been surveyed for birds during May. The survey was conducted from a vessel, sailing a number of transect through the area. Bird observations were done by two observer
Noise from piling of monopiles may impact marine mammals and cause disturbance or even injury to animals appearing close to the piling. Therefore, a vessel with marine mammal observers (MMO) is in place during each piling to ensure a ‘marine mammal free’ sea for a radius of 500m from the piling loca
On Tuesday 5 May 2011, the jacket for the Walney 2 offshore substation was placed, but then a period with windy weather put the operation on hold. It took 14 days before the top section could be placed on top of the jacket, but on 19 May 2011, the heavy lift barge Rambiz lifted […]
At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]
In a gigantic lifting operation, the jacket for the Walney 2 offshore substation was placed on the night of Tuesday 5 May 2011. Once again the heavy lift barge Rambiz entered the scene and lifted the 1,100 tonnes heavy jacket into its final position in the Irish Sea. In order to keep the jacket [&he
Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton,
WALTON lifeboat was called out to help a man whose face had been severely injured in an accident involving an electrical grinder. (clactonandfrintongazette) [mappress] Source: clactonandfrintongazette, May 16, 2011;
The two large offshore substations, each weighing nearly 1,000 tonnes, arrived off the North Norfolk coast at 22:00 the 3rd. of May to be installed at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The substations will channel the energy generated by the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind farm to the onshore
Installation of the first foundation structures marks the start of works to extend the Thornton Bank wind farm, located off the Belgian coast. In recent weeks, the underwater area has been prepared. Now works are starting to drive the first steel piles into the sea bed. Each pile is about 40 metres
Today, Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger GmbH entered into a contract for the execution of the offshore wind farm DanTysk. (aarsleff) [mappress] Source: aarsleff, April 14, 2011
Ten turbines at Tunoe Knob in Denmark mark the very beginning of the offshore era in Vestas. Built in 1995, they are the oldest Vestas turbines located offshore. Looking ahead properly sometimes also requires looking back. On the brink of a new era of offshore wind power plants and giant turbines, t
Seaway Heavy Lifting announces that it’s being awarded by Scira Offshore Energy Ltd the Foundation installation contract, including installation of two offshore Substation Topsides for the Sheringham Shoal project. Sheringham Shoal is a wind farm of 88 turbines and 2 substations over an area of 35 k
As people begin arriving in Brussels on Sunday for the EWEA 2011 Annual Event, it’s a safe bet that many of them will be talking about what is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The three developers of the London Array announced on Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations ha
