Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Large component for offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 come in the port of Sassnitz. Located 32 kilometres north of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, this wind farm will consist of 80 wind power plants with a total output of 288 MW. Baltic 2 will produce enough electric
Energinet.dk is preparing for the construction of a traditional grid connection system for the wind turbines at Kriegers Flak. This means that the system is based on AC like the systems connecting Denmark’s existing offshore wind farms with the electricity grid. Originally, the grid connection shoul
Energinet.dk is preparing for the construction of a traditional grid connection system for the wind turbines at Kriegers Flak. This means that the system is based on AC like the systems connecting Denmark’s existing offshore wind farms with the electricity grid. Originally, the grid connection shoul
On Tuesday May 20th, Verbrugge Terminals in the Port of Vlissingen successfully completed the first load-in for the Dutch offshore wind farm ‘Eneco Luchterduinen’. The monopiles are constructed by SIF Group and Smulders Group and are transported to Vlissingen for intermediate storage. In July 2014 t
All 40 wind turbines of the first phase of Trianel Windpark Borkum (formerly known as Borkum West II) offshore wind farm are now installed. MPI Adventure jack-up vessel has been working for eleven months to install forty Areva M5000-116 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 200 MW. “Now, the only
All 40 wind turbines of the first phase of Trianel Windpark Borkum (formerly known as Borkum West II) offshore wind farm are now installed. MPI Adventure jack-up vessel has been working for eleven months to install forty Areva M5000-116 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 200 MW. “Now, the only
Last week, Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) laid the last cable in the southern part of the Dan Tysk offshore wind farm site, meaning that half of the 80 wind turbines are ready to be connected to the offshore substation. VSMC’s work on the inter-array cable installation at the offshore
Survey vessel RRS Ernest Shackleton will be undertaking seabed investigations at various locations within the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm site from May 30. The RRS Ernest Shackleton is joining as an additional vessel to assist in the survey work that started earlier in 2014. The other two vessels
Remedial construction works at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm have been launched and will be performed until August 2014. The work is being done at a number of turbines locations. Red7Marine Offshore Ltd is undertaking diving and construction work within the London Array site. Operations will b
Calegeo, a geotechnical focused marine contracting and survey company, will be carrying out geotechnical survey operations on behalf of Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) in the Outer Moray Firth, as part of the Moray OWF project. The company will utilize its DP2 type vessel, MV Highland Spiri
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the Parish Government of Hiiumaa Island and Nelja Energia AS, with an aim to develop Estonian first offshore wind farm. The parish governor Georg Linkov signed the agreement with Martin Kruus, CEO of Nelja Energia’s and a board member
An infield survey is underway at Walney 1 and 2 offshore wind farms, approximately 15 km off Walney Island in the UK’s part of the Irish Sea. A 14-meter long survey vessel Argus-G has been fitted with sounding equipment for the task. The vessel started carrying out the survey, as well as the inspect
GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been res
GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been res
