Equinor has awarded the offshore and engineering consultancy, Global Maritime, with a contract to provide Marine Warranty Survey services for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in the Norwegian North Sea. The project is still awaiting PUD approval but the intention is to start soon wit
Global law firm Linklaters has advised Ørsted on the strategic partnership with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to establish a joint venture company, Choshi Offshore Wind Farm K.K., in Japan. The special purpose company has been established with the intention to bid for the expected public auct
EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (OSS) has awarded Reederei Norden–Frisia with a contract to provide crew transfer services for offshore wind projects in Germany. The contractor is in charge of providing transport for personnel and material from the base port in Borkum and the Riffgat and Alpha Vent
With WindEurope 2019 set for Kopenhagen, we take a look at the current offshore wind farm status in Denmark. In january of this year, we reported that the Government of Denmark had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with wind industry majors with the aim of strengthening and continuing the strong
ITPEnergised will support Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) on the Erebus 96 MW floating wind project in the Celtic Sea, the UK-based consultancy company informed via social media on 25 March. ITPEnergised will provide environmental, consenting and electrical engineering support to OWC. “Working for t
By Eize de Vries Unexploded ordnance (UXO) represents substantial risk and cost for the rapidly growing global offshore wind industry when planning new large-scale windfarms including cable routing and other activities in the marine environment. We spoke with Fugro Project Director Marco Gilissen, w
Fugro has completed the first tranche of offshore site investigations at innogy’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. The first tranche is complete with the multi-purpose vessel Fugro Pioneer having finished the geophysical survey of the wind farm’s export cable corridor. According to innogy, the
Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors is currently preparing for the installation of the second offshore substation at the SeaMade wind farm in Belgium. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. This second topside, which recently
Dutch nearshore wind farm Westermeerwind generated 74GWh of electricity in February, achieving a new production record. This means that the wind farm produced more than 4GWh more than the previous production record of 69.7GWh from October 2017. According to the project developer, February was an exc
Floatgen, the first offshore wind turbine installed off the French coast, produced 923.2MWh of electricity in February, setting a new monthly record. The 2MW Floatgen turbine achieved a capacity factor of 66.3% for the power production of 923.2MWh last month, Ideol said. With a February time availab
The Buss Terminal Eemshaven, in the Netherlands, has secured a contract to serve as a base port for installing the foundations of the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. Under the deal secured with DEME Offshore, the Buss Terminal is responsible for the handling, storage and terminal logistics of the
The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm has been installed at the project site in the Belgian North Sea. The 487MW SeaMade wind farm is a combination of the 235MW Mermaid and the 252MW Seastar offshore wind projects. The 1,200t topside, which has four decks and is 14
ProCon Wind Energy has completed the electrical construction of 35 transition pieces for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project at EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. ProCon stated that all its tasks have been finished and now only an O&M manual remains for total completion. The company has bee
ProCon Wind Energy has completed the electrical construction of 35 transition pieces for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project at EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. ProCon stated that all its tasks have been finished and now only an O&M manual remains for total completion. The company has bee
