Van Oord has awarded Dutch high voltage specialists Visser & Smit Hanab with a contract to perform all array cable terminations and testing work at the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. A total of 77 MHI Vestas V164 9.5 MW wind turbines will be connected to the Borssele
Transmission system operator TenneT has selected SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH to provide a DP2-compliant Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for the supply runs of cargo to the offshore platforms in the German and Dutch North Sea. Under the contract, SeaRenergy will continuously provide and operate an
Elia and 50Hertz Transmission have issued a tender seeking a UXO expert for offshore platforms in Belgium and Germany. In Phase 1, the contractor will provide a desktop study and a presentation of results on a UXO risk workshop with the client. The selected party will then in phase two provide consu
DEME Group’s installation vessel Sea Challenger has started loading the first wind turbine components for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Located some 23 kilometres off the coast of Zeeland in the Netherlands, the 752 MW Borssele 1 + 2 wind farm will feature
ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has completed the first test of its new lightweight blade for wind farms at ORE Catapult’s Blade Test Facility in Blyth. This first of two static tests was carried out in three weeks and saw a full-length 13m blade withstand the
Elia and 50Hertz have issued a tender looking for a certification body for offshore platforms in Belgium and Germany. The contractor will be in charge of seabed survey certification for platform locations, conceptual and basic design certification, and detailed design substructures certification bas
Oceaneering International Services (OISL) has got a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East wind farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen project, which will make the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms the world’s first oil & gas platforms to be powered by a floating offshore wind farm.
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders.
Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has upended the slip joint transition piece built for the Borssele V innovation site at its facility on Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam. The slip joint monopile is in the company’s storage area at Maasvlakte 2. The slip joint monopile foundation will
Seaway 7 has signed a contract with CAPE Holland for the supply of Vibro Lifting Tool for the installation of monopiles at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm.
EnBW He Dreiht GmbH has issued a tender seeking the detailed design of the substructures and foundations of wind turbines for the 900 MW EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The contract scope covers the structural design of jacket and monopile foundations, electrical and me
The Borssele Beta offshore substation topside has been installed at the project site in the Dutch North Sea. The topside sailed out from HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam at the end of March to the site but was awaiting favorable weather conditions to be installed. Borssele Beta will connect the 731.5
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