2717 results found for 'monopiles'

2717 results found for 'monopiles'
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  • DONG Energy Halfway Through Borkum Riffgrund 1 Foundation Installation

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy is well on its way with the construction of the first German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the North Sea. After nine months of construction work, things are now moving fast. On Friday, 16th May 2014, the team completed the first half of the foundation installation when they installed monopile foundation […]

  • Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo OWF Moving Forward

    10 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Guangdong Yuedian Qujie Wind Power has invested CNY 3.74 billion (approx. EUR 482 million) in the construction of the first phase of China’s Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo offshore wind farm, according to Chinese stock exchange websites.

  • ProCon Wind Energy Joins Hornsea Two Roster

    11 September 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Offshore foundations manufacturer EEW has signed a contract with Denmark’s ProCon Wind Energy for the electrical construction of 30 transition pieces for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The electrical construction work will take place at EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd.’s site in the United Kingdom in the first half of 2020. ”We are extremely […]

  • Denmark: DHI Reveals Long-Lasting Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Farms

    2 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Scour – the movement of sediment that can erode the seabed around a fixed structure – is one of the major concerns when designing offshore wind turbine foundations. Indeed, turbine foundations are more susceptible to scour than predicted, as shown by Anders Wedel Nielsen, who recently joined DHI team in Denmark. The most common strategy […]

  • Constructions Start on London Array Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    11 March 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

    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 has now […]

  • Van Oord installs all Baltic Eagle inter-array cables

    20 December 2023
    Vessels

    Van Oord has completed the installation of all foundations and inter-array cables at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen installed the final monopile in September and the company has now put all the transition pieces (TPs) in place. The TPs were installed […]

  • SHL Chooses IHC IQIP Equipment for Dudgeon OWF Work

    22 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has selected IHC IQIP to provide piling and handling equipment for its operations at the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project in the UK. SHL’s main responsibilities cover the storage, transportation and installation of 67 monopiles, transition pieces, and an offshore substation consisting of a jacket and topside. “We are delighted that […]

  • EEW OSB Nabs Borssele 1+2 Contract

    24 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    UK-based EEW OSB has secured a contract to provide 35 transition pieces for Ørsted’s Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Sif Receives Order for Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Project

    17 December 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Sif Holding has received an order from Eiffage Métal to deliver 80 monopiles and the primary steel for 80 transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. Sif will manufacture the monopiles and store them at its MV2 facility, as well as deliver the primary steel for the transition pieces to Smulders Hoboken. […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 16 – 22, 2013

    22 December 2013

    Seafox 5 Finishes DanTysk Foundation Installation (Germany) As announced on December 13, all of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm are now installed. TU Delft`s Researcher Develops Method for Offshore Wind Cost Reduction The costs of generating electricity through wind farms at sea still need to be lower. Researcher Michiel Zaayer of […]

  • Top News of the Week Feb 29 – Mar 6, 2016

    6 March 2016

    EEW SPC Rolls Out World’s Heaviest Monopile The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and will be ready to be installed at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm within the next few months. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier […]

  • VIDEO: Sif presents latest innovation ‘Skybox’

    10 July 2020
    Innovation

    Sif Group, producer of large tubular structures presents their latest innovation: Skybox, all the functionalities of the transition piece onto the monopile in one lift. Michel Kurstjens, CCO Sif Group: “We always try to be ahead of the pack and be a part of what is needed in offshore wind in order to have a […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 September 2016

    25 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Horns Rev 3 Mine Goes Out With a Bang (Videos) Vattenfall has shared two videos of a WW2 mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed where Denmark’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm will be constructed, and subsequently detonated. DONG Energy to Set Up UK’s Largest O&M Hub DONG Energy […]

  • Concessions for EDF EN’s First French OWFs Coming Up

    22 March 2017
    Project & Tenders

    The concessions for the occupation of public maritime areas for the three wind farms developed by EDF EN in France are in the process of being signed, according to the French government.

  • Euskalforging Delivers Huge Rings for Fistuca BLUE 25M Hammer (Gallery)

    7 April 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    Spain-based euskalforging has manufactured and delivered seamless rolled rings for the BLUE 25M hammer from Fistuca which, once built, will be able to drive the largest offshore wind monopiles in the industry.

  • British Geotechnical Association Recognises PISA Project

    19 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Ørsted-led PISA (Pile Soil Analysis) project has won the Fleming award from the British Geotechnical Association for the new shorter design of monopile foundations said to reduce green energy costs.

  • GeoSea Installs Rentel OSS Foundation

    27 September 2017
    Storage

    The foundation for the offshore substation (OSS) at Belgian Rentel offshore wind farm was installed at the project site last week, STX Europe Offshore Energy reported yesterday, 26 September. 

  • Taiwan: EEW SPC to Deliver Formosa 1 Phase 2 Foundations

    26 June 2018
    Project & Tenders

    EEW SPC and Jan de Nul have signed a contract for the production of 20 monopile foundations for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. 

  • Top News of the Week Sep 22 – 28, 2014

    28 September 2014

    Suction Bucket Installation (VIDEO) Suitable for water depths of 30-60m with a height of 57m and weighing roughly 850 tonnes. The suction bucket jacket is installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in Germany. 2nd Generation Vessels: Hype or Hallelujah? (A2SEA Story)  Often, new technology doesn’t live up to expectations – and there […]

  • Seajacks to install Akita Noshiro foundations

    27 March 2020
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    UK-based Seajacks International Limited has, through its 100% subsidiary Seajacks Japan, Ltd., signed a foundation installation contract with Kajima Corporation for an offshore wind farm project at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture, Japan. This project is expected to be the first bottom-fixed large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan funded 100% on […]

  • Fugro Scout Wraps Up Triton Knoll OWF Site Surveys

    16 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro Scout geotechnical drill vessel has completed offshore site investigations for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm as a part of preparation for the installation of monopile foundations in 2019. The vessel, operated out of ABP’s Port of Immingham on the Humber, carried out a three week programme of test drilling at the locations of the 90 turbine foundations […]

  • AMBAU to Construct Nordergrunde Foundations

    4 June 2015

    Since December 2014 the AMBAU has been working on the design and engineering of 18 monopiles and transition pieces for the Nordergründe Offshore Wind Farm. Now, AMBAU has also received an order for the construction of the foundations. Manufacturing will commence at the AMBAU site in Cuxhaven in October 2015 and last until March 2016. The monopiles have a […]

  • Top News of the Week June 16 – 22, 2014

    22 June 2014

    East Anglia One Gets Thumbs Up The East Anglia One offshore wind farm that is expected to support almost 2,900 jobs and bring over £520 million of investment into the UK’s economy has today been given consent from the government to go ahead. Photo of the Day: Butendiek OWF and Ballast Nedam Share Installation Milestone […]

  • Top News of the Week Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016

    3 April 2016

    Hydrohammer S-4000 Installs First Monopiles The S-4000 Hydrohammer pile-driving system installed its first monopiles at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, IHC IQIP, a business unit of Royal IHC which recently launched the system, reports. Siemens to Buy Adwen as Part of Gamesa Merger? Reportedly, Siemens is likely to buy Adwen, a joint […]

  • Simon Stevin to Rock Borkum Riffgrund 2 Seabed

    26 July 2017

    Jan De Nul’s fall pipe vessel Simon Stevin has arrived at the Visnes Eklogitt quarry in Norway, where it will load the first batch of 32,000 tonnes of rock and transport it to the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany. There, the vessel will install scour protection layers onto the seabed for the wind turbine foundations.