Vattenfall has signed a Framework Agreement with two UK and one Danish company to provide up-tower blade maintenance and repair at the company’s wind farms for a minimum period of two years. The Swedish energy company selected GEV Wind Power, James Fisher Marine Services, and Danish Blade Service to
Dutch foundation manufacturer Sif has started the production of monopile foundations for the Akita-Noshiro and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms in Japan and France, respectively. According to the company’s latest trading update, the production started during the first quarter of 2020, when Sif also
The Blue Tern installation vessel is currently at the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) project site with the last two turbines to be installed. Our sister news site OffshoreWIND.biz contacted Fred. Olsen Windcarrier after Buss Energy Group, which has been providing port logistics for wind turbine
Nordic infrastructure fund Infranode is preparing an investment of up to kr. 1 billion (circa €134 million) for new infrastructure facilities at the Danish port of Esbjerg which will be used for the offshore wind industry. The investment will go into port facilities for storage, preassembly and manu
UK-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management company, Ordtek, has signed a three-year framework agreement with TenneT for services to be delivered for the German Bight wind farm zone in the North Sea. Ordtek said it would be providing UXO consultancy services and client representation ahead of
Work has commenced on the onshore sites of the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland after a break due to the coronavirus crisis. At the end of March, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd announced the demobilization of work at the project’s onshore sites, including the new underground cable an
The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have completed the acquisition of the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm. The consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group (50%), InfraRed Capital Partners (25%), DEME Concessions (12.5%),
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide temporary power provision during the turbine commissioning phase at the SeaMade offshore wind farm. “Following several successful European temporary power provision projects over the recent past, we are looking forward
The Northwester 2 offshore wind farm is fully operational, with all 23 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines supplying power to the Belgian grid. Northwester 2 is the first to use the V164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines to enter commercial operation to date, which now supply green energy via Elia’
Over the past few weeks, Manora Logistics has been transporting upper jacket foundation sections from Spain and Belgium to Newcastle, UK. Given the facts at hand, our sister news site OffshoreWIND.biz inquired about the jacket parts being for the Moray East offshore wind farm. However, Manora Logist
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received orders to provide equipment to four offshore wind service vessels for Edda Wind, Østensjø Group’s offshore wind business unit. Two of the equipment packages were awarded by the Spanish Astilleros Gondán, who is building the zero-emission prepared commissioning servi
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender call for client offshore representatives for the geotechnical investigations at IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone and, possibly, at a neighbouring wind farm zone. The tender was opened on 12 May, as announced in early information ROV issued in Ap
Naval architects Chartwell Marine and BAR Technologies have established a partnership to support the delivery of the next generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The partnership will drive forward the development of new vessel designs ranging from 30-metre CTVs through to 60-metre
Ideol has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kerogen Capital to assess the benefits of using offshore wind to power oil & gas platforms. Ideol stated that the focus of the initiative will be to combine the Damping Pool, its floating offshore wind solution, with Kerogen’s internati
