2717 results found for 'monopiles'

2717 results found for 'monopiles'
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  • Local Company Goes Offshore with Kentish Flats Extension

    13 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance

    Total Jobs Contracts Limited took advantage of an opportunity when they started doing odd jobs for Vattenfall. With the help of Vattenfall’s Site Manager, Tony Francis, they obtained all the necessary certificates to work offshore. Francis and his team helped train them in different areas of general maintenance on wind turbines. Five years on and they […]

  • Hornsea Two onshore substation gets ABB shunt reactors

    30 April 2020
    Project & Tenders

    ABB has delivered and installed three shunt reactors in the onshore substation of the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. In April 2018, Ørsted and Balfour Beatty started the construction of the onshore substation in North Killingholme. The project’s 39km onshore cable route runs from Horseshoe Point, east of Tetney, to the […]

  • SubC Honored by EEEGR, Completes Subsea Projects

    6 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    SubC Partner UK, a provider of offshore engineering services to the offshore renewables and oil and gas sectors, has been recognised by EEEGR for its innovative Flexicrane offshore material handling solution. Furthermore, SubC has successfully executed a major UK subsea inspection campaign across multiple offshore wind farms, deploying 2 Dive Support Vessels, 2 Dive Light Vessels, […]

  • Hornsea One Keeps MTE Busy

    20 September 2018

    Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has completed a fabrication project comprising a series of transportation cradles for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • First Hornsea One Transition Piece Stands

    2 March 2018

    A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the first of the 174 transition pieces on Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Pacific Orca officially ready for Hornsea Two OWF

    21 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean, is ready to send its Pacific Orca vessel in early 2021 to support foundation installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company has been subcontracted by DEME to deliver a vessel which will support the installation of the wind farm’s 165 monopile foundations, and Pacific […]

  • West of Duddon Sands OWF Works Continue (UK)

    1 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    54 of 108 monopile foundations and transition pieces have now been installed at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. On Saturday 27th July, the West of Duddon Sands team complete installation of the 54th transition piece marking the halfway point in installation of […]

  • Alfa Lift out of dry dock, crane installation set for April

    2 March 2021
    Vessels

    OHT’s new build vessel Alfa Lift has been floated out of the dry dock on 28 February at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu, China, where the vessel’s main crane components are set to arrive from Germany next month. Work will now continue on the steel and internal fit-out on the moored vessel, […]

  • Scour Effects Offshore Turbine Towers More than Predicted (UK)

    4 January 2012

    Wind energy is taking an increasing battering, with vulnerability to storm damage, under-performance and increasing social and environmental impacts giving cause for concern. It also appears offshore turbine towers are more susceptible to scour than predicted, according to the latest issue (164 MA4) of the ICE’s Maritime Engineering journal. A team of research engineers from […]

  • Scour Effects Offshore Turbine Towers More than Predicted (UK)

    4 January 2012

    Wind energy is taking an increasing battering, with vulnerability to storm damage, under-performance and increasing social and environmental impacts giving cause for concern. It also appears offshore turbine towers are more susceptible to scour than predicted, according to the latest issue (164 MA4) of the ICE’s Maritime Engineering journal. A team of research engineers from […]

  • Alfa Lift’s crane pieces coming together

    11 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock has put together the lower slewing unit of the HLC 150000-300 heavy lift crane which will be installed on OHT’s Alfa Lift installation vessel. According to the crane supplier, “the wedding” of the the lower slewing column and the machinery frame, which together make the lower slewing unit, marks the latest key milestone […]

  • GeoSea Wraps Up Foundations Installation for Westermost Rough (UK)

    27 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been responsible for the transport and […]

  • DCN Goes Creative with Gode Wind Work

    14 September 2016

    Dutch company DCN Diving came up with a low cost solution for removing the grouting hoses following installation of transition pieces on top of the monopiles at the Gode Wind 1 & 2 wind farms in Germany. DCN, which was in charge of cutting off 194 grouting hoses from 97 structures and offloading 58 tons of the grouting hose […]

  • GeoSea Installs All Westermost Rough Foundations

    27 May 2014

    GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been responsible for the transport and […]

  • Albatros Lands On Siemens Gamesa’s Desk

    1 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following the 497-megawatt (MW) order for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm, EnBW has also awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy with the installation of the neighboring 112MW EnBW Albatros.

  • Denmark: Jumbo Fits First Transition Pieces at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    27 April 2012

    Jumbo’s DP2 heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin has successfully installed the first Transition Pieces (TPs) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark. The operation was performed as planned with respect to every detail: transport, installation, accessibility of the TP, grouting and safety. Once again Jumbo proved to have an efficient concept for the transport […]

  • Innovation meets fast-moving market

    17 May 2020
    Innovation

    Scott Whyte is a geotechnical engineering consultant with global geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions provider, Fugro, and a DEng student at the University of Oxford within the Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS) centre group. His joint industry consultancy and academic activities focus on the science behind designing cost-effective foundations for large-scale wind turbines with the […]

  • Vos Prodect Bags Van Oord Contract for Windpark Fryslân

    30 January 2020
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has awarded Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) a contract to supply cable hang-off systems for Windpark Fryslân. As a part of the agreement, VPI will develop a custom made cable hang-off system, which is to be qualified with mechanical tests. “We are delighted to be contracted by Van Oord for this prestigious project, which […]

  • Photo of the Day: Aeolus Stretching Its Legs

    31 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Van Oord’s first transport and installation vessel for the construction of offshore wind farms, Aeolus, jacked up. The vessel is currently conducting testing of the jacking in the North Sea off the coast of Zandvoort. Mrs K. Aboutaleb-Erahoutan, wife of the Mayor of Rotterdam named the vessel last month […]

  • Germany: MENCK to Exhibit at EWEA’s Offshore Event

    24 April 2013

    MENCK will be exhibiting at the world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition, the EWEA Offshore 2013, in Frankfurt, Germany, from 19-21 November. The company will be located at booth  30 E110 and its professionals will be there to talk about the latest projects of the offshore wind energy industry. MENCK stepped early into […]

  • Ørsted Opens Borssele 1 + 2 O&M Base in Vlissingen

    22 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has opened the operations & maintenance (O&M) base for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Located in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven at the North Sea Port, the 2,100m2 facility will provide employment to 50-100 persons. All construction work and maintenance will be coordinated from the new base. The Vlissingen-based Cordeel was […]

  • Photo of the Day: Arkona TPs Shine Bright

    28 December 2017

    The photo, shared by E.ON, is showing some of the 60 transition pieces waiting in the Mukran Port in Sassnitz to be installed on the Arkona offshore wind farm.

  • H2SEA: Holistically optimized design reduces offshore hydrogen production costs

    15 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch green hydrogen company H2SEA, in collaboration with Bosch Thin Metal Technologies and TNO, has completed a study aimed at optimizing the design of offshore hydrogen production systems to reduce costs.

  • UK: MT Højgaard Installs Last Foundation at Lincs Offshore Wind Farm

    20 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The last foundation for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard is EPCI contractor for the giant foundations. All 75 offshore wind turbine foundations for the 270 MW Lincs Wind Farm off the east coast of England is now in place. MT Højgaard has designed, produced, […]

  • Universal Foundation to Back Van Oord at Deutsche Bucht

    29 October 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has contracted Universal Foundation to support the installation of two mono bucket foundations at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm.