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  • First Foundation In Place at Hornsea Two

    9 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first out of the total of 165 monopile foundations has been installed at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to social media updates from Ørsted. The milestone comes around a week after the jacket foundation for the wind farm’s offshore substation was installed. DEME’s jack-up vessel Innovation has been […]

  • Heerema Wins Big Greater Changhua Contract

    9 August 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has secured a contract for the transport and installation of turbine foundations and the installation of offshore substations at the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects in Taiwan. HMC will utilize its vessel Aegir for the transportation and installation of 111 turbine foundations and the installation of two offshore substations at […]

  • 100th Turbine Up at Hornsea One

    5 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 100th Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbine has been installed at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern is in charge of installing 88 out of the project’s total 174 turbines, with A2SEA’s Sea Challenger responsible for installing the remaining 86 units. According to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, Bold Tern recently […]

  • Wind Innovation Heads to UK

    3 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    C-bed Floating Hotels’s DP2 walk-to-work vessel Wind Innovation will be used during the installation and commissioning phase of a 1.2GW offshore wind farm off Grimsby in the western UK.

  • CSC Breaks Ground for Offshore Wind Foundations Plant in Kaohsiung

    16 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    China Steel Corporation (CSC) has held a groundbreaking ceremony for an offshore wind foundations manufacturing plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

  • Bay State Wind Becomes First US Offshore Wind Project to Secure FAST-41 Status

    15 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Bay State Wind, a proposed 400-800MW offshore wind project off Massachusetts, has been designated as a covered project under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41).

  • Baltica Offshore Wind Farms Power Ahead

    20 October 2022
    Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 in the Polish Baltic Sea, to be implemented in two stages. This allows the project’s investors, PGE and Ørsted, to continue the project and […]

  • Fugro Wins New Offshore Wind Contracts, Reports Revenue Growth

    31 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Fugro has secured contracts to conduct surveys at EDF’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in the UK and Ørsted’s Greater Changhua project in Taiwan. Under the deals, Fugro will carry out multiple unexploded ordnance surveys at Neart na Gaoithe and a geotechnical survey at Greater Changhua, according to the company’s latest financial report. Fugro reported a 5.7% increase […]

  • Danes Exploring Power-to-X Production on Bornholm Energy Island

    24 June 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Denmark-based Port of Roenne has announced a new study that will investigate the possibility of using renewable energy from the upcoming Bornholm Energy Island in the Baltic Sea, to produce green fuels on Bornholm. The study will be led by Port of Roenne and will include a number of local and national partners such as […]

  • Highlights of the Month – December 2019

    2 January 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of December 2019. Turbines Wanted for 900MW German Offshore Wind Farm EnBW He Dreiht GmbH is seeking a turbine supplier for the 900MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Ming Yang Rolls Out First 10MW Turbine Nacelle China’s Ming […]

  • HeliService Taking Delivery of First Offshore Wind Helicopters in US

    27 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Dublin-headquartered aircraft lessor LCI has started delivering helicopters that will be leased under long-term arrangements to HeliService USA and be used on offshore wind projects. These are the first dedicated offshore wind helicopters in the United States. The offshore helicopter transport provider based in Rhode Island, US, is leasing two AW169 helicopters, one of which […]

  • Industry Unites for Local Scottish Content

    3 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Trade unions, offshore wind developers and supply chain companies have agreed to take action to ensure more Scottish companies benefit from the awarding of contracts for offshore wind projects. At a summit held by Finance Secretary Derek Mackay and Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse, industry representatives agreed that collective action was needed to make sure supply chain companies […]

  • The Rich North Sea Project Manager: ‘Achieving No Negative Impact Is Not Enough’

    16 December 2022
    Contribution, Environment, Industry

    The North Sea is one of the most biodiverse, but also one of the most active bodies of water on our planet, which led to the degradation of its marine environment. Now, with a boom in offshore wind, environmental organisations, together with the industry, are exploring ways for offshore wind farms to not only have […]

  • Borkum Riffgrund II Turbines Reach Halfway Mark

    2 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 28th MHI Vestas 8MW turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund II offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone.

  • All Borssele 1 & 2 Turbines Standing

    2 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has completed the installation of the 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger were in charge of the installation at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. The first turbine was […]

  • Northern Offshore Invests in CPower

    4 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Northern Offshore Group is making a strategic investment in the UK-based CPower Energy with an aim to broaden its activities in the offshore wind industry. According to Northern Offshore, the owners have followed CPower during its first couple of years in the business and saw the acquisition as part of a long-term growth strategy across various segments […]

  • Geo Therm to Scan GMS Endeavour During Hornsea One Duty

    27 March 2019
    Vessels

    Geo Therm Ltd. has won a contract to perform inspections on the Self Elevating Support Vessel (SESV) GMS Endeavour during work on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Geo Therm is collaborating with LEC Marine (Klyne) to carry out an electrical-biased thermographic inspection on the switchboards, distribution and thruster systems throughout the entire Gulf Marine Services’ vessel. […]

  • Wind Power LAB Adds Drones to Offshore Wind Blade Inspections

    28 August 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Denmark’s Wind Power LAB has developed a drone-based internal blade inspection concept for offshore wind turbines. A set of trials was recently executed on both a factory site and on an operational 3.6 MW turbine in collaboration with Ørsted. According to Wind Power LAB, by applying a drone for the data capture deep inside a […]

  • DEME Jack-Ups Team Up on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    8 June 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Sea Installer has arrived at the Port of Hull in the UK to load the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Sea Installer is joining her sister vessel Sea Challenger on the project which has already installed the first batch of […]

  • GE Haliade-X 13 MW Turbine Variant Gets Type Certificate

    20 January 2021
    Technology

    GE Renewable Energy has officially received a type certificate from DNV GL for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine with a 13 MW power output. The Haliade-X 12 MW prototype, installed in the Port of Rotterdam in 2019, obtained a full type certificate from DNV GL in November 2020. The prototype has then been optimized to […]

  • Bladt Starts Shipping Out Hornsea Two Hardware

    14 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has loaded out the first six out of the 135 anode cages built for the 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. The first six transition pieces will soon follow, Bladt Industries said. The Danish company is in charge of manufacturing and delivering 135 transition pieces for the project. The units are […]

  • Lewek Connector Secures Hornsea One Charter

    1 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norway’s Ocean Yield ASA has entered into a time charter contract for the vessel Lewek Connector which will conduct cable lay operations for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm project in the UK.

  • Offshore Construction Progresses at 1.4 GW Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    21 April 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Well over a third out of the 165 monopile foundations have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm located some 89 kilometres north-east of Grimsby, the U.K. The monopile foundations are being loaded at and transported from the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in the Netherlands and installed at the site by DEME […]

  • All Formosa 1 Phase 2 Turbines In Place

    9 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    All 20 Siemens Gamesa 6MW turbines have been installed at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. To remind, jack-up vessel Seajacks Zaratan installed the first turbine at the project site 6km off the west coast of the Miaoli district in the Taiwan Strait in July. Prior to commercial operation, each turbine goes through […]

  • Hornsea One Turbines Halfway There

    18 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 1,218MW Hornsea Project One wind farm has reached the halfway turbine installation point, Ørsted said. 87 out of the wind farm’s 174 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines have now been installed and commissioned at the site some 120 kilometres off Yorkshire. The wind turbines are being transported from Hull and installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s […]

  • OWA Competition Looks to Make Offshore Wind Vessels Greener

    22 January 2019
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Vessels

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) plans to start a new industry competition next month with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel consumption in offshore wind vessels. OWA is now calling on the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the scope of the competition. The RFI is the first […]