Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has agreed a £164mn deal to transfer ownership of a Kent wind farm’s electricity export cables and substations. The agreement, with international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, was finalised today following a tender process, managed by energy regulator O
NKT Cables has been awarded the order for delivery of export cable systems to the Race Bank Offshore Wind farm by DONG Energy. The order is NKT Cables’ 11th large offshore wind farm project since 2010 where the company first started production of submarine cables. For NKT Cables, the order will have
Pondera Consult has been asked by Siemens to provide permit management services for the installation of the offshore wind turbines at the Dutch Noordoostpolder wind farm. Siemens is currently constructing 48 wind turbines in the IJsselmeer lake. Pondera Consult’s role is to support Siemens with perm
The Frisia-Offshore GmbH & Co. KG has won a crew transfer contract for German offshore wind farm, Borkum . The agreement was concluded to last until spring 2017 with options for two years of extension. The vessel „Wind Force II“, which is used in the project, was delivered last year as a new buildin
Last week, CT Offshore completed the installation and burial of 44 inter-array cables at the DONG Energy wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. “The valuable experience gained from the West of Duddon Sands and Gwynt y Môr projects earlier this year has played an important role to secure a smooth running proj
The Crown Estate has welcomed the news that the consortium SMart Wind has been granted development consent for Hornsea Project One by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The project is scheduled to commence operation by 2020 when it will become the world’s first gigawatt scale far
RenewableUK says the Government’s announcement on the go-ahead for a major new offshore wind project shows that the sector is developing robustly. Hornsea 1, which will be located 64 miles (103 km) off the East Yorkshire coast, will have an installed capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW) – enough to power
Modern telemedicine technology will facilitate medical emergencies at sea and on offshore wind turbines in future emergency care for patients in the North and Baltic Seas. The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger; DGzRS; Die Seenotretter), the
Modern telemedicine technology will facilitate medical emergencies at sea and on offshore wind turbines in future emergency care for patients in the North and Baltic Seas. The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger; DGzRS; Die Seenotretter), the
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) published the final contract material for the concession to build and operate the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on Friday, following the final approval from the parties behind the Energy Agreement from 2012. The deadline for bids for the 400MW Horns Rev 3 is February
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) published the final contract material for the concession to build and operate the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm on Friday, following the final approval from the parties behind the Energy Agreement from 2012. The deadline for bids for the 400MW Horns Rev 3 is February
Today, the offshore wind farm DanTysk, located 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt, will supply the German electricity network with its first wind power from the North Sea. The 80 wind turbines are now successively in the commissioning phase for the production of electricity. DanTysk is then ex
The publishing of the dialogue paper on Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak is slightly delayed, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) notified on its website. “We expect the paper to be published next week,” the DEA said. In order to ensure that potential tenderers can offer their views on these frame
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) was invited by RWE to look around the giant Gwynt Y Môr site. The wind farm is nearing completion and has an excellent health and safety record throughout the construction period. Despite the many risks associated with the activities undertake
