The survey of the seabed cable system and all of the turbine jacket foundations is about to start at the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Fugro is set to commence a geophysical survey at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm in the UK today, 23 June. Survey vessel Fugro Froneiter will be conducting the survey between 23 June and approximately 30 August. Operations will be continuous, 24 hours a day, with the vessel towing subsea sensor
Ofgem has granted an updated UK Interconnector Licence for the NeuConnect interconnector between the UK and Germany. NeuConnect was first awarded an interconnector licence in 2018 but it was necessary for the project to seek variations to Ofgem’s existing Cap and Floor regulations. In May 2020, Ofge
Codling Wind Park is carrying out geophysical surveys at the 1.5 GW offshore wind project in Ireland. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners, the surveys are scheduled to take place from 18 June to 10 August, weather permitting. Vessel MV Relume will conduct the survey in water depths greater
A German airport operator has closed a tender call looking to procure electricity produced by offshore wind turbines in the country. While the latest tender notice shows that the procedure ended without an awarded contract, a recent update from the company said that the award procedure was in progre
Tekmar Energy has secured multiple cable protection system (CPS) supply contracts to protect over 1,200MW of new offshore wind projects in China.
A geophysical, geotechnical and environmental (benthic) survey at the sites the Crown Estate awarded to a consortium between BP and EnBW earlier this year is set to start on 27 June. The proposed 3 GW Yellow North and South offshore wind project consists of two sites in the Irish Sea, off the coasts
The ‘transition’ part of the energy transition is starting to show a more defined shape, and what the world’s path towards being net-zero one day entails, as concrete plans and initiatives increasingly emerge across the energy and transportation sectors. Judging by our headlines this week, in the ye
The first of two export cables has been installed at the nearshore of Thorntonloch Beach as part of the construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind project in Scotland. The offshore cable was transported to the nearshore area of Thorntonloch Beach by Prysmian’s 124-meter long cable layi
Ørsted has awarded two cable protection system (CPS) contracts to CRP Subsea for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. CRP Subsea, formerly known as Trelleborg Offshore UK, will supply 223 of its NjordGuard monopile entry cable protection systems for the inter-array
A group of companies from the offshore renewable industry has developed a pre-engineering design software solution for the subsea architecture of floating wind farms.
MMT and SEP Hydrographic are set to conduct the geophysical and environmental survey at the Pentland floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Geophysical and environmental survey work will be carried out in the offshore areas and coastal sea areas west of the Pentland Firth. MMT will conduct the
The Interreg Atlantic Area-funded Blue-GIFT programme has awarded recommendations for support to three marine renewable energy projects under its third and final call to test and validate technologies in real sea environment.
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. (NnGOWL) is set to replace the current boulder clearance vessel Sartor with Sar Frame at the 450 MW UK offshore wind project. Sartor will be replaced week commencing 28 June, at the earliest, by Sar Fame which will undertake the remaining boulder relocation o
