Norwegian subsea contractor Ocean Installer has established a new business segment – developer of offshore wind. Consequently, the company has appointed Olav Hetland to the role of director Offshore Wind Farms to lead this strategy. This follows the appointment of Even Larsen as the director of Offs
Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday,
Danish Energinet has begun the construction of the onshore converter station for the Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark. The 740km HVDC link will connect Revsing in South Jutland, Denmark, and Bicker Fen in Lincolnshire, UK. Munck Supply Lines is set to begin installing the land c
The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has been installed and commissioned at its site offshore Santander, Spain. Saitec Offshore Technologies set off the turbine towing operation from Astander’s Dock Pontejos towards the final destination 800 meters away from the Cantabrian coast. According t
NKT has secured a turnkey contract by TenneT, worth below EUR 250 million, to deliver and install a high-voltage direct current (DC) XLPE power cable system for the BorWin5 project in Northern Germany. The order comprises the manufacturing of approximately 230 km of 320 kV high-voltage DC on-and off
Transmission system operator TenneT has awarded the consortium of Siemens AG and Dragados Offshore SA with a contract to build onshore and offshore converter stations for the 900 MW BorWin5 grid connection. At 230 kilometres, BorWin5 will be the longest offshore direct current connection to date, sc
The first export power cable for the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind project has made landfall at Inverboyndie, Scotland, Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said. The installation of the offshore export cables is being undertaken by NKT. To minimise environmental impact, the cable was pulled through
The UK government has awarded a floating wind project led by Wave Hub with early-stage funding that could result in a further longer-term investment of later this year if the early stage of the project development is successful. The South West Floating Offshore Wind Accelerator is one of 17 projects
Ulstein Verft has installed the generator set into cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora. The company stated that the six generators from Rolls-Royce and ABB have been installed into the vessel according to schedule. Nexans signed a deal with Ulstein Verft for the construction of the vessel back i
Archer Knight has expanded its software-as-a-service market intelligence platform to include offshore wind developments as well as subsea oil & gas. The Aberdeen-based subsea market intelligence and consultancy firm, formed by Mike Watson & David Sheret, launched Flowline this year. The platform giv
The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has departed for installation offshore Santander in Spain, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. Once installed, the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) turbine will operate for a period of 12 months after which it will be completely de
The two offshore mast cranes on board OOS International’s semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) OSS Walcheren have been installed and load-tested, while the company’s SSCV OOS Serooskerke is now being prepared for sea trials. OOS International ordered the construction of two vessels from China Mercha
UK firm Rovco has scored a contract with Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between Total and Simply Blue Energy. Specifically, Rovco will carry out survey work on Erebus, a planned 96MW offshore floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea. The work will kick off this month, the press statement said. The surve
Horizon Geosciences has started geotechnical investigations at the Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina, U.S. The six-week work will be carried out by Kommandor Susan and will consist of geotechnical borehole drilling and sampling. In May 2017, Avangrid Renewables secured the rights t
