Elia and 50Hertz have issued a call for tenders for the delivery of offshore power transformers, shunt reactors, and auxiliary and earthing transformers for their offshore substations in Belgium and Germany. The transmission system operators (TSOs) are looking for the design, manufacturing, factory
A consortium comprising GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and TNO is building a test facility for wind turbine rotors, which will be largest of its kind once built at LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Center in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands. The test rig, being constructed under the three-year STRETC
A geotechnical borehole survey campaign is set to begin at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind project on 1 September. Geotechnical drilling vessel Ocean Vantage is expected to survey 32 of the planned wind turbine and one of the offshore substation locations. The survey works are expected to l
DTU Wind Energy has issued a tender for the lease of test stands at the Høvsøre test center for large wind turbines. The deadline for submitting applications is 30 September by 16:00 local Danish time. In June 2018, the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) approved the expansion of the Høvsøre and Østeri
Bladt Industries has loaded out the final transition piece for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark. According to the company, transition piece number 72 has been loaded onto the barge in Aalborg and is ready for sail-away towards the 605 MW wind farm. In total, 432 cans have been roll
The First Senate of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled on constitutional complaints filed against the country’s existing Offshore Energy Act (WindSeeG). On the matter of the Act not providing for any compensation for the planning and site investigation expenses incurred by developers w
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Advance Northumberland have established a partnership to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of offshore wind turbines. The Energy Central Offshore Wind Demonstrator will be designed to host one large prototype turbine for testing and w
SEA-KIT’s 12-metre Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), for which the company recently received an order from Fugro, has completed a 22-day demonstration project, carrying out remote surveys on Europe’s continental margin in the Atlantic. “The project’s overall aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of c
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) plans to open a tender for the collection and processing of hydroacoustic and seismic data for the N-9 and N-10 wind areas in the North Sea. Through the tender, expected to be launched in October, BSH will seek services related to geophysical
DEME Offshore has signed a contract with Dogger Bank Wind Farm to provide the inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B offshore UK. Under the EPCI contract, DEME will in total supply, install and protect 650km of 66kV inter-array cables and all related accessories. Production will star
Buss Energy Group has acquired a 24.9 per cent stake in Aero Enterprise, an Austria-based provider of drone inspections for offshore and onshore wind turbines. The German company said it had already expanded its portfolio last year by purchasing two companies and that adding drone inspection service
The Crown Estate has awarded Blue Gem Wind with seabed rights to develop the 96 MW Erebus project, Wales’ first floating offshore wind farm. The Agreement for Lease will allow the joint venture between Simply Blue Energy and Total to progress with environmental assessments and surveys, and seek plan
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) for continued cooperation in the areas of offshore oil and gas, offshore wind energy, and seabed minerals.
European Energy is set to begin the development phase of its Omø South and Jammerland Bay offshore wind projects in Denmark. The first steps of the development phase will follow in the coming weeks with the preliminary inspections of the seabed at the project sites, which will help detemine the fina
