Marine-i has invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from businesses who want to bring forward new solutions that will support the development of floating wind in the Celtic Sea. The collaborative project, set up to support marine technology businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, is seeking
Pipeshield International, a Tekmar Group company, has completed the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of concrete mattresses to the EPCI joint venture of Eiffage Métal and DEME for Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm. Pipeshield International has completed the engineering, manufacturing, and del
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill is nearing completion of the preliminary geotechnical surveys at the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Jill is progressing on the borehole campaign at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore.
Ørsted has issued a tender seeking project certification services for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind projects in Germany. The first lot in the tender concerns project certification for the wind turbines and the support structures, including the tower, substructure and foundatio
The second offshore transformer module (OTM) is now at its designated location at the Moray East wind farm site off Scotland, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. OSP2, which was shipped out from Belgium on 30 June, was installed shortly after its jacket foundation and the OSP3 platform
Gulf Marine Services’ jack-up vessel GMS Endeavour is set to be deployed at the Moray East offshore wind farm site to support the commissioning of the project’s offshore transformer platforms. The vessel will arrive at the project site on or around 19 August, from when it will provide accommodation
EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has loaded out its first batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company will deliver 30 transition pieces for the project. Hornsea Two will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines on monopile foundati
Danske Commodities has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. Under the agreement, Danske Commodities will be responsible for the trading and balancing of 480 MW of the project’s 3.6 GW capacity. “The Dogger Bank PPA is a great addition t
Denmark-based offshore wind O&M service provider ZITON completed three maintenance projects at UK offshore wind farms this month. The company’s team on board its jack-up vessel Wind Enterprise has exchanged gearboxes on two out of the 30 Senvion (REpower) 5 MW wind turbines at the Ormonde offshore w
Haizea Wind has sent off the final two towers for the SeaMade offshore wind turbines from Bilbao. The Spain-based Haizea Wind is delivering 12 wind turbine towers for the project, which will feature 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The first tower parts arrived from the port of Aviles in Spain to
The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have set sail from Indonesia towards the project site in the UK. The structures weighing over 10,000 tons departed Batam on 13 August onboard heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz. The jou
The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. A
Vattenfall has issued a tender for inter-array cable replacement at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender also concerns cable protection system (CPS) replacement, including the design, supply and installation of CPS and CPS stabilization. Vattenfall said it had conducted
NASH Maritime has been selected as the shipping and navigation consultant for the 96 MW Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK. NASH Maritime’s scope includes the delivery of radar vessel traffic surveys, which commenced this month, a Navigation Risk Assessment (NRA) and i
