Innogy has launched a recruitment process for a new wind turbine technician apprenticeship dedicated to the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. The recruitment drive comes as innogy pilots a national apprenticeship hub at Coleg Llandrillo, part of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai, in North Wales, where 30 apprent
Fugro’s vessels Brasilis and Enterprise are set to mobilise for geophysical surveys at New Jersey’s Atlantic Shores offshore wind site on 1 May. The vessels will carry out surveys within the Atlantic Shores lease area and along potential export cable routes, according to the developer’s Notice to Ma
Load tests of the new crane boom on Pacific Osprey have started, Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) said. The installation of the jack-up’s new crane boom started in the Port of Esbjerg earlier this month. The reeving of the main hook was completed last Friday, and on Saturday, the boom was lowered into the boo
Equinor Wind US has awarded a contract for geophysical survey services to MMT US, a subsidiary of MMT Group. The contract covers high resolution geophysical, benthic surveys and shallow subsurface surveys for the planning and engineering of Equinor’s lease area offshore New England. The project will
French energy major Total has joined a project to explore the potential of powering offshore oil and gas platforms with floating wind and wave energy. The O/G Decarb innovation project will examine the possibility of using a combined wind and wave technology on a floating foundation to store energy
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started working on a floating heavy-lift installation vessel to be named Green Jade. According to CDWE, this will be the first Taiwan-built offshore wind installation vessel. CDWE, a joint venture between Taiwan’s shipbuilder CSBC and Belgian offshore constructi
ABB has delivered and installed three shunt reactors in the onshore substation of the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. In April 2018, Ørsted and Balfour Beatty started the construction of the onshore substation in North Killingholme. The project’s 39km onshore cable route runs from
Huisman cranes onboard Jan De Nul’s next-generation installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés, will feature a specially designed type of clamp – the Universal Quick Connector (UQC). For these cranes, which will be the largest in their class, Huisman developed the UQC based on the expertise of Ja
Iberdrola has received bids from wind turbine suppliers and started activities to purchase electrical components for its East Anglia Hub offshore wind project. ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s UK company, has combined the East Anglia 1 North, East Anglia 2 and East Anglia 3 projects into one 3.
Ørsted has revealed its plans to submit a bid in the 760 MW Holland Coast North (Hollandse Kust (Noord)) tender in the Netherlands. The zero-subsidy round of the tender started on 2 April and will close on 30 April. “The Netherlands has ambitious climate targets for both the energy and industrial se
The 102nd and final wind turbine has been installed at the East Anglia ONE wind farm. DEME’s Sea Installer and Sea Challenger vessels have been installing the Siemens Gamesa 7 MW offshore wind turbines at the project site, located 43 kilometres off Suffolk, since June 2019. Wind turbine components w
Dutch energy company Eneco has joined as a partner the PosHYdon pilot, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen project, Neptune Energy said. Eneco will supply simulated wind data from its Luchterduinen offshore wind farm to support the project which aims to integrate three energy systems in the No
Ørsted’s offshore wind development projects in the US are moving forward at a slower pace than originally expected, the company’s CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said. The delays are due to a combination of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) prolonged analysis of the cumulative impacts
4Subsea has installed advanced, retrofit sensors on floating turbine Zefyros to prove cost reduction potential with a Digital Twin. The project aims to prove significant cost reduction potential in offshore wind by using a Digital Twin of the substructure to measure actual loads and fatigue on the t
