BVG Associates has begun a new study to help pave the way for Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the offshore wind sector. The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council commissioned the research with the aim of helping SMEs win business in the global offshore wind market. The council’
French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a tender seeking insurance for the grid connection works of three floating offshore wind pilot projects. The first lot of the tender concerns the subscription of one or more construction all risks policies relating
The Orkney-headquartered Leask Marine has completed infrastructure project work at the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. The work included diver supported cable cleaning and bend stiffener installation. It was carried out by the MV C-Odyssey and crew together with a Leask Marine commercial
Van Oord has installed all of the 89 foundations at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake, the Netherlands. Van Oord installed the first monopile at the site in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk in September. Due to the shallows in the IJsselmeer and the
Vattenfall has issued a call for competition seeking a service operation vessel (SOV) for the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany. The selected party will provide an SOV to allow accommodation and transfer of technicians via suitable gangway solutions to turbines for scheduled mainte
AqualisBraemar has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in LOC Group with the purchase price consideration of USD 20.2 million (around EUR 16.5 million) cash consideration plus two million conditional warrants in AqualisBraemar. As reported in November, when the acquisition was announced, LOC Group’s
The Port of Rotterdam has awarded the Dutch construction company Van Hattum & Blankevoort with a contract for work on a quay at Sif’s site at the port. The contract covers quay wall construction, marine construction works, and dredging and pumping operations, which will be carried out at the 20-hect
Sif has secured a contract with Van Oord for the fabrication and supply of monopiles for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Sif will manufacture 70 TP-less monopile foundations and store them at its Maasvlakte2 facility in Rotterdam in 2022-2023. “We are grateful for
An EOLOS floating LiDAR has been deployed at the Dunkirk offshore wind site off France, where the Éoliennes en Mer de Dunkerque (EMD) consortium will build a wind farm of up to 600 MW of capacity. The consortium between EDF Renewables, Enbridge and Innogy-RWE awarded EOLOS with a contract for turn-k
The European Union is considering tapping into more of its offshore renewable energy sources farther out in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, where it plans to study not only the technical potential of offshore wind and wave and tidal energy generation, but also the potential for building a meshed o
Nexans has begun onshore work for the installation of underground cable that will connect the Seagreen offshore wind project to the grid in Angus, Scotland. Once finished, the 19 km cable will reach from where the project makes landfall in Carnoustie to a new substation currently under construction
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning permission for the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm (officially known as Kaskasi II). Kaskasi II is the first offshore wind farm in Germany to receive planning permission under the new offshore wind law (WindSeeG), following
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has invested in the development company 7 Seas Med, which has been developing a 250 MW floating wind project off the coast of Italy, in the Sicily Strait. CIP, Nice Technology and 7 Seas Wind Power have joined forces to develop the wind farm, for which 7 Seas
Iberdrola has reached an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Sea Wind, marking the company’s entry into the Polish offshore wind market. Sea Wind is said to have a seven-project pipeline in the early stages of development that has a potential capacity of up to 7.3 GW. According to Iberdrola, Sea Win
