Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded the automation system at the offshore energy substation of the DanTysk offshore wind farm in Germany. Bakker Sliedrecht replaced, among other things, the Ethernet switches in the fiber optic ring for the communication between all systems, the switches, redundant SCADA
Norfolk & Suffolk Unlimited is looking to export its supply chain expertise to the U.S. offshore wind market. A preliminary online event organized with the City of Virginia Beach saw 20 local businesses meet with operators and developers involved in the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) p
Van Oord is set to start its offshore operations at the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in 2021 with the installation of pin piles. The Dutch company will use its installation vessel Aeolus, which will in 2022 be assisted by a second vessel to install the jackets foundations. In April, Van Oo
Vattenfall has introduced several upgrades to the design of the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms in Denmark to reduce their visual and environmental impact. The two wind farms will, if approved, feature a radar system that will turn the light markings on the turbines at night on
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched the public consultation period regarding the new environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports for the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. Interested parties are free to submit responses and comments on the new environmental impact repor
Sabik Offshore has marked the construction site at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea ahead of the offshore installation work scheduled to start this spring. The navigational safety specialist laid the planned 29 warning buoys at the site despite challenging weather condit
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foun
The walk-to-work vessel Wind Innovation is currently deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, where a wind turbine upgrade campaign is underway. During the last week of April, the vessel mobilised for the project at DHSS support base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, according
Several Norwegian ocean stakeholders have asked their country’s government to start the announcement of two full-scale floating offshore wind farms with the aim of granting licenses during 2020. In a letter sent to leading Norwegian politicians, the stakeholders said that the government should clari
The second phases of the East Anglia One and Hornsea One offshore wind projects in the UK have begun receiving payments under their Contracts for Difference (CfDs). This means that 285 MW from East Anglia One and 400 MW from Hornsea One have passed their Operational Conditions Precedent (OCPs) and a
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) closed the application period for the Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Zone tender on 30 April. Several developers have applied for a permit to build and operate an offshore wind farm in the zone without a government subsidy. RVO will now assess the applicatio
Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
Pegasus Welfare Solutions Ltd has secured a contract to supply welfare facilities for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project in the UK. The East of England-based company will deploy its Pegasus Multi-units onto both substations, which will allow welfare facilities to be maintained during installatio
NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23 kilometres from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken de
