Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) at Methil in Fife and Arnish in Western Isles. BiFab officially went into administration in December 2020 after a deal for jacket foundation work for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG)
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency are holding a five-week public hearing concerning the environmental assessments for Hesselø offshore wind project. The public, companies, authorities and other interested parties are invited to submit ideas on the strategi
Crown Estate Scotland has delayed the deadline for applications for ScotWind offshore wind leasing and is carrying out a review of the option structure for the process. The review of the option structure follows the announcement of the results of The Crown Estate’s offshore wind leasing auction for
Around 20 per cent of foundations has been installed at the 1.4 GW Hornsea Two, which is soon to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted said. The export cable installation works are on schedule and turbine installation is set to commence in the second half of this year, the project’s
HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has awarded a EUR 12 million contract to the NGE group for the construction works related to Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind turbine plant in the Port of Le Havre, France. NGE’s subsidiaries NGE Genie Civil, Guintoli, NGE Fondations, and Maia Sonnier will build a roll-on, ro
Ørsted has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, part of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, to provide the complete design and construction of the electrical offshore substation for the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind project. Atlantique Offshore Energy will execute the full engineering, procurement, construction
Siemens Gamesa and the CrossWind joint venture between Shell and Eneco have executed the contract to deliver the turbines for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The contract includes the supply of 69 SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines and a 15-year service
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published new recommendations for fibre optic cable design to mitigate the risk of export cable failure in offshore wind. The five key recommendations are: The optical fibres should be encompassed by a stainless steel tube and stainless-steel wi
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has awarded NOV with a contract to design and supply equipment for OHT’s new wind turbine installation vessel. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1, OHT signed the complete shipbuilding contract with CMHI in October 2020. The jack-up
Another company involved in the oil & gas sector has set its sights on offshore wind, as the industry increasingly moves towards renewable energy amid the global energy transition. The latest to announce its clean energy plans is BW Offshore, which is now in investment discussions with the floating
Dutch ship repair and vessel services specialist ROG has decided to become independent after acquiring a controlling stake from shipbuilder Royal IHC.
DNV GL has officially issued the project certificate to Vattenfall for its Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The certification covered the turbines including their support structure plus all the cabling connecting them to the offshore substation. Inspections were carried out over a three-ye
Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and 1 GW Baltica 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The agreement was signed following negotiations that PGE and Ørsted started back i
Subsea Innovation has delivered a first of kind retrofit cable protection system (CPS) to a UK offshore wind farm. According to the parent company Tekmar, the delivery was part of cable protection remedial works. It also included installation tooling and offshore installation support. In addition, t
