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  • First pin piles for Taiwanese offshore wind farm loaded in South Korea

    28 April 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The first pin piles fabricated in South Korea for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration have been loaded out for transport to Taiwan. As previously reported, Edgen Murray, in collaboration with South Korea’s SeAH, completed the manufacturing of 80 pin piles for the project, also known as Changhua Phase 1, […]

  • Vattenfall calls out UK government over offshore wind project delays

    2 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has postponed the statutory deadline for the decision on planning consent for the 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project to 1 July. Vattenfall is the developer of Norfolk Vanguard and the neighbouring 1.8 GW Norfolk Boreas project which also recently suffered a setback. Commenting […]

  • Innovation arrives at Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project with final monopiles

    1 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has arrived at the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea with the final monopiles. Innovation picked up the monopiles last night at Sif Rotterdam, a spokesperson from DEME Offshore said. Sif was in charge of providing 47 monopiles for the project, with EEW SPC, the parent […]

  • Van Oord installs first foundation at Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm

    15 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The first foundation at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm is now in place. Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen arrived at the project site off Denmark a few days ago to begin the installation work. The vessel will install a total of 72 monopile foundations, with the work expected to be completed in the […]

  • First monopile-caisson hybrid foundation installed at Chinese offshore wind farm

    14 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    On 19 April, the first hybrid foundation combining a large-diameter monopile and caisson was installed at an offshore wind farm off the Fujian province in China. According to the China-based engineering company that designed and patented the new hybrid monopile-caisson solution, the offshore wind project comprises a few different types of wind turbine support structures, […]

  • Norwegian Geotechnical Institute secures work on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm

    5 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foundation, transition piece and wind turbine generator tower. The instrumentation systems […]

  • Prysmian Lands Three New Offshore Wind Farm Cable Deals in France

    30 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian Group has secured three projects to provide new cable connections for offshore wind farms in France. Eolien Maritime France, a joint venture between the EDF Energies Nouvelles and Enbridge, awarded Prysmian with the design, supply and installation contract of inter array cables for the two offshore wind farms, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer, owned by EMF and wpd offshore, located […]

  • EDF Announces Tenders for Two Jobs on Saint Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    EDF Enérgies Nouvelles has invited tenders for two jobs at the Saint Nazaire Offshore Windfarm site located on the French coast (Pays de la Loire – Loire Atlantique). The first job is to conduct an offshore geotechnical campaign. The campaign will include drilling shallow geotechnical boreholes using a rotary coring system to typically 2m below […]

  • DONG Energy’s Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm Gets First Foundation

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The first of 35 foundations has been installed at Westermost Rough, marking the beginning of offshore construction at the wind farm. The first monopile foundation was installed by GeoSea Innovation, one of the largest installation vessels in the world. The Innovation carried out the first five foundations to the site from the load out port […]

  • Goliath Installs Jacket Pin Piles at Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg AG), a German-based company, completed the installation of all jacket pin piles at Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. In an email statement the Company confirmed that the installation has been completed on the wind farm located about 32 km north of Ruegen Island in the western part of the Baltic Sea. As […]

  • Denmark: Subsea Cables on Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Installed in Record Time

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    New Year’s Eve 2011, 19.00 hours: the rest of Denmark is gathered for their celebrations. The installation vessel ‘Svanen’ is hammering a foundation pile into the seabed approximately 20 kilometres north east of Grenaa. The pile marks the beginning of construction of DONG Energy’s new facility, Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. In June 2012, the cable-laying […]

  • Reportlinker Announces Vessels, Cables and Foundations in Offshore Wind Market Report (UK)

    10 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: “Vessels, Cables and Foundations in the Offshore Wind Market – Global Market Size, Cost Analysis, Market Share and Demand-Supply Scenario to 2020″. “Vessels, Cables and Foundations in the Offshore Wind Market – Global Market Size, Cost Analysis, Market Share and Demand-Supply Scenario […]

  • Grontmij to Draft Plan for Gemini Offshore Wind Park Cable Routes, The Netherlands

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Two wind parks are under development in the North Sea. These two parks, named ‘Gemini’, are being developed by Typhoon Capital. The wind parks will have a maximum combined power output of 600 MW. This will generate 2% of the electricity presently consumed in the Netherlands. The project is thus crucial for achieving the national […]

  • All Connecting Cables on Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Flushed into Seabed, Denmark

    7 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On Tuesday 19 February 2013, Swiber Else Marie completed the flushing of the last of a total of 111 cables which connect the 111 wind turbines in the wind farm with Energinet.dk’s offshore substation. Having worked day and night for seven months, Swiber Else Marie could put a stop to the work on wind turbine […]

  • 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 […]

  • Sweden: Jan De Nul to Build Foundations for Karehamn Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    In the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, in close vicinity of the city of Kårehamn, E.ON has ordered the construction of a wind farm consisting of 16 wind turbines. The contract for the design, construction and installation of the 16 foundations was awarded to Jan De Nul in 2011. These foundations are constructed on […]

  • UK: Global Marine Installs Subsea Cables at LINCS Offshore Wind Farm

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Centrica Renewables Energy Ltd. has confirmed that Global Marine Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, has successfully completed its portion of the cable landing and near shore cable works related to the export cable at the LINCS Offshore wind farm. The LINCS offshore wind […]

  • Aarsleff Signs Contract for Installation of Monopiles on Offshore Wind Farm DanTysk (Germany)

    14 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Aarsleff and German Bilfinger Berger GmbH entered into a contract for the execution of the offshore wind farm DanTysk. The offshore wind farm will be built in the North Sea, approx. 70 kilometres west of the island Sylt and close to the maritime border between Denmark and Germany. The total capacity of the offshore wind […]

  • DONG Energy Announces Restrictions on Access to Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)

    5 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      As of 1 November 2011, the naval authorities have formally approved the area around Anholt Offshore Wind Farm to be a ‘restricted area at sea’. This means that as of 1 November 2011, fishing and navigation, anchoring, diving and works at the seabed, which are not related to the construction of the wind farm, […]

  • France: GEOfrance Attempts Geophysical Studies for Offshore Wind Turbine Export Cables

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Due to the realisation of offshore windfarms at St. Brieuc and St. Nazaire, GEOfrance will attempt geophysical studies to determine the trajectory of the future export cables. About GEOfrance “GEO.XYZ International Surveys” is an independent company specialised in hydrographic and topographic surveys. They provide their services to local authorities, the dredging, marine construction and off-shore […]

  • KfW IPEX-Bank to Finance New Offshore Wind Farm Installation Ships

    28 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged the financing for two offshore wind farm installation ships for the Norwegian shipping company Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AG. The overall financing volume amounted to EUR 145 million. Of this amount, EUR 85 million was provided by KfW IPEX-Bank itself and EUR 60 million by its consortium partner Danish Ship Finance. On […]

  • ‘Bold Tern’ Loads Offshore Wind Turbine Components in Port of Ostend, Belgium

    24 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The various components of Alstom’s 6MW offshore wind turbine, currently one of the most powerful on the market, are in the process of being loaded onto the liftboat or self-elevating wind turbine installation and crane unit, “Bold Tern”, in the port of Ostend, Belgium. The vessel, owned by Fred Olsen Windcarrier, specialists in the transport […]

  • The Netherlands: Atlas Ship Delivery to Manage Two Offshore Wind Accommodation Vessels

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    In September Atlas Ship Delivery already brought the former passenger vessels from Sweden to Hardinxveld (The Netherlands) where the twins will be upgraded to luxury offshore energy accommodation vessels. Atlas Ship Delivery has now also been awarded with the management of these vessels by the owner Chevalier Floatels.  Offshore accommodation The vessels are currently being […]

  • The Netherlands: NorWind, Ulstein to Develop New Installation Vessel for Offshore Wind Industry

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian based NorWind Installer contracted the ULSTEIN Dutch design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners for a new foundation installation vessel for the offshore wind industry. The vessel is a customized version of the Deepwater Enabler design from ULSTEIN. The DP vessel is designed for world-wide operations […]

  • Industry Leaders Developing New Standards for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (Norway)

    29 November 2010

    In order to support faster progress in the offshore floating wind industry, DNV and key players are developing a common design standard. The conclusions from this joint industry project will provide best practices on principles and technical requirements and guidance for design, construction and in-service inspection work.