Offshore wind in the UK produced 13.2 TWh of electricity in the first three months of 2020 – 53.1 per cent more than in the same period last year, according to the UK government’s energy statistics published on 25 June. The quarterly Energy Trends report from the Department for Business, Energy and
Fugro has commenced the final phase of the pre-construction site investigation at innogy’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. Jack-up vessel Haven Seariser 2 will work in the nearshore area between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea from this week to conclude the six-month offshore site investigation.
German transmission system operator Amprion has presented a concept for connecting offshore wind farms across Europe. The Eurobar (European Offshore Busbar) concept aims to integrate offshore wind power into the European power grid so that it makes the best possible contribution to climate objective
Spain’s Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios has secured a £380 million green loan financing for the construction of the Kincardine floating wind farm offshore Scotland. The project comprises the construction of a 50 MW wind farm some 15 kilometres south-east of Aberdeen. Kincardine will consist of six t
The Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel will start installing jacket foundations at the Moray East offshore wind farm in July, according to a document listing vessels involved in the construction on Moray East project’s website, updated on 18 June. The vessel’s AIS data shows that Seajacks Scylla arrived
TenneT has launched a tender seeking marine geophysical UXO surveys, as well as identification and clearance of cable routes at grid connection projects offshore Germany. The selected company will be responsible for performing all survey, identification and disposal activities, and providing the fin
Smulders has loaded the first two jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm onto a barge and dispatched them from its facility in Newcastle upon Tyne. The foundations are being sent to the Port of Nigg, from where DEME Offshore will transport them to the Moray East site and install th
Ulstein Verft has delivered the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne to Bernhard Schulte Offshore, who chartered the hybrid SOV to GE Renewable Energy for operations at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany. Based on the ULSTEIN SX195 design, Windea Jules Verne is 93.4 metres long, h
The team behind the Innovate UK-funded, two-year MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) project has revealed breakthroughs achieved during its first year of running. The MIMRee project has made concrete steps toward reaching its ultimate goal of having an
Linxon, a joint venture between ABB and SNC-Lavalin, has won a contract to support Petrofac in delivering the substations for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Linxon is supporting Petrofac, the EPCI contractor for the wind farm’s substations, to deliver the turnkey onshore substation,
Subsea technology firm Rovco has established a new office in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The new Scottish office location also establishes a dedicated operational base to serve Rovco’s current portfolio of offshore renewable and energy projects. The company said it aims to continue to support b
Lloyd’s Register has been contracted for Human-Machine Interface (HMI) engineering services for the control room from which the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm will be remotely operated. The company will provide consultancy design services for integration into the onshore control room (OCR) for the
EWE has won a contract by Ørsted for maintenance work on the two substations of the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind project in Germany. The company’s offshore subsidiary EWE OSS will take care of the low-voltage areas and the sub-systems of the substations over the next twelve months. “By working wi
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded two contracts by Ørsted for above-water structural inspection of the wind turbine foundations at the developer’s offshore wind farms in Germany and the UK. Ørsted has four operational offshore wind farms in Germany and eleven in the UK. SMC has no
