Offshore Wind
ALE Starts Load-Out of Navantia’s Wikinger Jackets
Heavy-lifting specialists ALE today reported that it had performed the first load-out of jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. The first jacket, weighing 625t, was loaded-out using self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) and a CC8800 crawler crane in Ferrol, Spain. ALE has been
Senvion Joining GE in Race to Buy Adwen?
The Hamburg-based wind turbine maker Senvion is reportedly getting ready to throw in its bid for Adwen, a 50-50 offshore wind joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, Reuters cited people familiar with the matter as saying. Senvion would thus compete against General Electric (GE), who reportedly ente
StormGeo Service Helps Cable Layers Avoid Bad Weather
Bergen-based StormGeo has launched a new weather forecasting service aimed at providing operators, owners and supporting agencies engaged in cable laying operations with tools to assess weather risks related to operations at sea and identify suitable weather windows for all operations. StormGeo’s Ca
UK Funding Innovative Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Projects
A new funding of GBP 57.5 million was announced for the UK’s energy and infrastructure, biomedical and quantum technology sectors, with GBP 28 million set aside for innovation in infrastructure systems and first of a kind deployment of innovation, both including offshore wind projects. A series of c
WindEurope Issues Initial Assessment of Brexit Implications
WindEurope, formerly known as EWEA, today published an initial assessment of possible Brexit implications. The full article by WindEurope can be read below. The full impact and implications of the UK referendum, and what it means for the wind industry short and long term, are impossible to assess pr
Hitachi Zosen and Ideol to Start Building Japanese Floaters
Japan’s Hitachi Zosen and France’s Ideol signed a contract to launch the construction phase of their 2-turbine offshore wind project in Japan on 13 June, 2016. Prior to this contract, the two companies signed an engineering agreement on 3 June 2015 for the design of both a concrete and a steel versi
Vattenfall Orders 49 MHI Vestas Turbines Optimised at 8.3MW
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an order from Vattenfall to supply 49 V164-8.0MW turbines that have been optimised for the 406MW Horns Rev 3 project, utilising a power mode to be able to deliver a maximum output of 8.3MW. The contract also includes a five year full scope service contract to op
Vattenfall Orders 49 MHI Vestas Turbines Optimised at 8.3MW
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an order from Vattenfall to supply 49 V164-8.0MW turbines that have been optimised for the 406MW Horns Rev 3 project, utilising a power mode to be able to deliver a maximum output of 8.3MW. The contract also includes a five year full scope service contract to op
CS Wind to Produce Offshore Turbine Towers for Siemens
CS Wind UK, which is kicking off works on the UK’s first commercial offshore wind turbine tower factory, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siemens to produce up to 200 towers for the company’s offshore wind turbines between 2017 and 2019. The signing of the MoU has been reported alo
Trelleborg to Carry Out BorWin Gamma Floatover Installation
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract by Petrofac for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform – BorWin3 (BorWin Gamma) wind farm project. A consortium between Siemens and Petrofac has been contracted by TenneT to design, build and install t
Zwerver II Busy at Burbo Bank Extension
More than 100 mattresses have been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm during the past 3 weeks, as reported by HvS Dredging Support, whose multi-purpose DP 2 vessel Zwerver II is deployed at the site. The vessel is being utilized by DeepOcean, which is carrying out the mattress installat
Zwerver II Busy at Burbo Bank Extension
More than 100 mattresses have been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm during the past 3 weeks, as reported by HvS Dredging Support, whose multi-purpose DP 2 vessel Zwerver II is deployed at the site. The vessel is being utilized by DeepOcean, which is carrying out the mattress installat
Thor Freshens Up at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) has inspected thrusters of DEME’s DP1 jack-up vessel Thor and repainted its hull in the new DEME livery. Thor spent four days in one of the yard’s drydocks. A special docking solution was required due to the size of the vessel’s aft thrusters, which are 3.825 metres
TenneT: Dutch Unique Approach Leads to Offshore Wind Cost Reduction
TenneT has congratulated DONG Energy for winning the tender to build the wind farms off the coast of Borssele and pointed out that a “globally unique” tendering process approach in the Netherlands leads to drastic reductions in the cost of offshore wind. TenneT’s CEO Mel Kroon said: “The result of t