Project & Tenders
VDR CEO: Germany needs LNG infrastructure
German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) has welcomed investments in the country’s supply chain logistics as well as in the Brunsbüttel terminal project.
Nexans lands Sangomar umbilicals gig
Nexans has signed a contract with Subsea 7 to deliver 46 kilometres of umbilicals for the Sangomar field, offshore Senegal. For the purpose of the project, Nexans will utilise its specialized facility in Halden, Norway. The umbilicals will provide hydraulic, control and instrumentation services for
Hellenic Cables wins largest-ever inter-array contract
Hellenic Cables has secured a contract with DEME Offshore to supply the inter-array cables and accessories for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply approximately 650 km of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated access
Fécamp offshore substation under construction
Atlantique Offshore Energy has kicked off the construction of the offshore substation for the Fécamp offshore wind project in France. The first steel for the electrical substation was cut on 30 September at Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s shipyard in Saint-Nazaire. The company is constructing the substa
TPC Changhua Phase 1 foundations all in place
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of jacket foundations at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir, chartered by Jan De Nul, was responsible for installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some 10km off the c
Elia picks geotechnical survey providers
Elia and 50Hertz have selected GEO.XYZ and G-TEC to provide geotechnical engineering services in the Belgian North Sea and the German Baltic Sea. The selected companies are in charge of providing the geotechnical survey and soil sampling for submarine power cables. GEO.XYZ will carry out drilling fr
Dutch switch gears on offshore wind tender
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has discontinued the tender procedure seeking certification of site studies performed for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. The procedure has been terminated due to RVO not receiving a suitable tender, offshoreWIND has learned. RVO will now, in accorda
Karpowership kicks off first floating LNG-to-power project in Indonesia
Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpower International (Karpowership) has begun operation on its first LNG-to-Power project offshore Indonesia.
Excelerate’s FSRU Experience breaks send-out capacity record
Provider of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) Excelerate Energy has reached a send-out capacity of 1.06 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas on its FSRU Experience.
Hornsea Two monopile installation soon to begin
DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is set to begin the monopile installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project next month. In total, 165 monopiles and transition pieces will be installed at the offshore site in the UK in preparation for the Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. With a height fr
Fugro to survey Hesselø offshore wind farm
Fugro Netherlands Marine B.V. has won the contract to carry out a geophysical survey at the proposed Hesselø wind site offshore Denmark. Located in Kattegatt, Hesselø is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in Denmark’s Energy Agreement 2018, the first being the Thor project. Both He
First Gen Corp gets permit for interim LNG terminal
Philippine First Gen Corporation said its unit, FGEN LNG, received a DoE permit to built an interim offshore LNG terminal in Batangas City.
EDS on cable fault response duty for RWE Renewables
EDS HV Group has won a five-year framework contract with RWE Renewables to provide cable fault response and repair services across the energy company’s wind farms offshore the UK. Under the framework agreement, EDS will manage all aspects of cable fault response by mobilising engineers to test and i
Denmark launches tender for Thor offshore wind farm
Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has invited offshore wind developers to pre-qualify for the tender to build and operate the Thor offshore wind farm. The pre-qualification period is open until noon on 1 December, with the invitation to selected candidates to bid at the tender expected to be is