DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm got the first of two of its offshore substations last week, Smulders reports. The topside and the jacket of the Race Bank 02 substation, loaded out back in June, were successfully installed at the site off Norfolk, UK, by Seaway Heavy Lifting. Iemants
DONG Energy has received development consent from UK’s Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark for the 1.8GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm project. The wind farm would create up to 1,960 construction jobs and 580 operational and maintenance jobs, the government said in a statement. If buil
The 4,550-tonne offshore substation built for the 350MW Wikinger wind farm departed last weekend from Cadiz in Southern Spain and is now en route to the installation site in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The journey is expected to last for around three weeks, according to ScottishPower Renewabl
Statoil has shared a timelapse video of a heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov installing a 1,700-tonne topside onto a jacket on Dudgeon bank off Norfolk, UK. The topside and the jacket were built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft and now form an offshore substation which once commissioned will collect and
Hamburg-based Buss Port Logistics has completed the near-shore logistics and storage operations related to all 67 of the world’s largest monopiles built by EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. Buss Port Logistics loaded the 1,300-ton monopiles from the fact
Denmark’s Energinet.dk and Germany’s 50Hertz Transmission GmbH have awarded Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors NV with a contract to install two offshore substation topsides for the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish sector of the Baltic Sea. The contract includes the topsides
German wind farm developer PNE Wind recorded EUR 1.4 million operating loss in the first six months of 2016, as compared to EUR 24 million operating profit reported for the same period a year earlier, as the high expenses related to the construction of wind farms dragged the company’s results down.
As of yesterday, 138 wind turbines, representing over 90% of the total wind turbines, have been erected at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm, with 105 of the installed turbines producing power. This was reported within Northland Power’s Q2 and H1 2016 financial results. The company owns two offsho
As of yesterday, 138 wind turbines, representing over 90% of the total wind turbines, have been erected at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm, with 105 of the installed turbines producing power. This was reported within Northland Power’s Q2 and H1 2016 financial results. The company owns two offsho
Using Motion Compensate Pile Gripper during installation of super-sized monopiles in deeper waters can lead to cost reductions of up to 40%, according to the tool’s developers – Temporary Works Design (TWD) and Barge Master. Nowadays, most monopiles are installed using purpose built jack-up vessels,
Dutch Sif Holding N.V. has been awarded a contract for the production of all tubular components for the jacket of the BorWin gamma platform. The contract includes the production of legs, bracings, pile sleeves and pin piles for the jacket. The project is being undertaken by Petrofac in consortium wi
The Scottish Ministers have lodged an appeal against the Scottish Court of Session’s decision in favour of the petition filed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to review the consent by the Scottish Ministers for four offshore wind farms in the Firths of Forth and Tay, Mainstrea
The Scottish Ministers have lodged an appeal against the Scottish Court of Session’s decision in favour of the petition filed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to review the consent by the Scottish Ministers for four offshore wind farms in the Firths of Forth and Tay, Mainstrea
A2SEA’s self-propelled jack-up vessel Sea Installer is currently mobilising in Liverpool and preparing for the installation of 32 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines on DONG Energy’s 252MW Burbo Bank Extension, the Danish company said. The vessel is preparing to handle the new large turbines, which will make th
