Project & Tenders
EEW OSB loads out first Hornsea Two transition pieces
EEW Offshore Structures Britain (EEW OSB) has loaded out its first batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The company will deliver 30 transition pieces for the project. Hornsea Two will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines on monopile foundati
Marine Energy Wales supports Morlais Project’s approach to deployment
Marine Energy Wales (MEW) has supported the Morlais tidal demonstration project’s Phased Approach to deploying devices in the test zone. The emphasis is placed on a targeted environmental monitoring programme designed to identify and mitigate adverse impacts on the marine environment and other users
Hornsea Two jackets start Indonesia to UK trip
The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have set sail from Indonesia towards the project site in the UK. The structures weighing over 10,000 tons departed Batam on 13 August onboard heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz. The jou
Inter-array and cable protection replacement wanted at DanTysk wind farm
Vattenfall has issued a tender for inter-array cable replacement at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender also concerns cable protection system (CPS) replacement, including the design, supply and installation of CPS and CPS stabilization. Vattenfall said it had conducted
NASH Maritime wins consultancy contract for Welsh floater
NASH Maritime has been selected as the shipping and navigation consultant for the 96 MW Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK. NASH Maritime’s scope includes the delivery of radar vessel traffic surveys, which commenced this month, a Navigation Risk Assessment (NRA) and i
DOF Subsea wins new contracts in the Atlantic
Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said it has secured multiple new contracts in the Atlantic region. Specifically, the contract awards include work within survey, inspection, maintenance & repair and decommissioning. The company plans to deploy a selection of vessels to undertake the work, including Skandi Ace
Construction starts at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site
Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction, with Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for t
Fugro nets Hollandse Kust (noord) site survey work
The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The work will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed cone penetration test (CPT) investigation. For th
50Hertz, Elia to award framework agreements for offshore grid projects
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz and Belgian TSO Elia have issued a call for tenders, under which they will award framework agreements for external resource services for offshore projects and regional centres in the two countries. The TSOs are looking to enter framework agreements f
Poles join Bladt on Kaskasi offshore substation project
Bladt Industries has selected Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) as a subcontractor for the prefabrication of the offshore substation topside and sea fastening for the Kaskasi offshore wind project in Germany. The Polish company started the production of steel structure in July in Gdynia. Bladt is in
16 turbines left to go at Borssele 1&2 offshore wind project
78 out of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines have been installed at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are in charge of installing the turbines at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. According t
Saint-Nazaire export cable installation kicks off
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,
Siemens-Dragados Offshore consortium to build BorWin5 substations
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
Vopak offering simultaneous LNG bunkering service in Rotterdam
Dutch independent storage tank firm Vopak has started offering simultaneous LNG bunkering service at its Europoort terminal in the port of Rotterdam. Vessels calling at the Europoort terminal can now get LNG fuel from bunkering barges simultaneously while loading or discharging. “This eliminates the