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  • Ørsted Gives Construction Update on Major Offshore Wind Farms

    3 November 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    116 out of 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed at Hornsea Two, soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, Ørsted said. 142 inter-array cables have also been installed at the site some 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, the UK. As reported earlier, both offshore substation topsides […]

  • Windfarm Update: Burbo Bank Extension, Dudgeon OWF, Hornsea Two & Three, Humber Gateway, KFE

    3 November 2015

    Burbo Bank Extension Works for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind project are already underway, with Offshore Structures (Britain), a joint venture between EEW Special Pipe Construction GmbH and Bladt Industries, completing the first can for one of the wind farm’s transition pieces in late August. OSB will fabricate 144 cans for 16 transition pieces. […]

  • SOV Edda Mistral Booked Until September 2024 as Ørsted Extends Its Hornsea One Contract

    2 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind and Ørsted have extended their five-year agreement for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral, which is now set to stay on Hornsea One offshore wind farm until the end of August 2024. The SOV has been operating at Hornsea One in the UK since 2018, having started its charter contract with Ørsted […]

  • Highlights of the Month – May 2019

    4 June 2019

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of May. Vietnamese Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground Vietnam’s Tra Vinh Wind Power has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 48MW Korea- Tra Vinh wind farm (Phase 1). Offshore Construction Starts on Moray East The […]

  • Top News of the Week Aug 24-30, 2015

    30 August 2015

    First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos) The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation. World’s Largest Floating Turbine Sails Out “Fukushima Shimpuu”, the largest floating offshore wind turbine in the world, left Onahama port on July 28th and arrived at the testing […]

  • Pronomar Kit for Ørsted SOVs

    10 September 2019

    Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has contracted Pronomar to equip two service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs for Ørsted with drying systems for the workwear of the technicians. The first of the two vessels, Wind of Change, has been using Pronomar’s equipment since June 2019 when it started servicing Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – October 2020

    2 November 2020

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the month of October 2020. Crane for Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbines Coming to Market The Netherlands-based Tetrahedron has developed a new crane for next-generation offshore wind turbines, said to be designed to fit on both existing and new jack-up vessels. Construction Starts on World’s […]

  • Ørsted Sees Increased Risk of Delays on Two Offshore Wind Projects

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted could face delays on two offshore wind projects due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of offshore substation topsides for the two projects, the 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two in the UK and the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a in Taiwan, was paused after the Singaporean shipyards where they […]

  • LS Cable & System and Ørsted Sign Cable Supply Framework Agreement

    24 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has entered into a five-year framework agreement with Ørsted for the opportunity to supply high voltage export cables for offshore wind farms. Roe-hyun Myung, President & CEO of LS C&S, said: “The trend of investing in renewable energy will continue, even under the current COVID_19-situation. We are […]

  • Ørsted Applies for Hornsea Four Development Consent

    19 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for its Hornsea Four offshore wind project to the UK Planning Inspectorate. The developer informed on 14 October that it had filed the DCO application on 29 September, after completing pre-application consultation. Ørsted started introducing early-stage proposals for the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm at local […]

  • Geotechnical Surveys at Hornsea Three to Begin in April

    18 March 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is set to kick off a geotechnical survey campaign at the Hornsea Three offshore wind project in the UK starting from April. The 90-meter long survey vessel Connector Express will start the survey on 1 April at the project site located off the coast of East Yorkshire, and works are expected to last for […]

  • Greencoat Completes Transaction to Acquire 12.5 Pct of Hornsea One

    26 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Greencoat UK Wind has completed its acquisition of a net 12.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK, currently the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Greencoat announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the stake on 16 May 2022 and said the buy-in will be funded […]

  • Ørsted and ATT Partner Up for Safety Training

    28 November 2019
    Training & Education

    Ørsted has partnered with safety innovators Active Training Team Ltd (ATT) to build a learning center which will serve a number of industries across the Humber, the UK. The facility, to be designed by ATT and located at MODAL’s training complex in Immingham, will start off hosting an induction day developed for the construction team […]

  • Ørsted Picks VolkerFitzpatrick to Install Hornsea 3 Onshore Cables

    17 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has signed a contract with UK-based VolkerFitzpatrick to install onshore cables for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, which is subject to Ørsted reaching Final Investment Decision (FID) on the project, VolkerFitzpatrick will install 240 kilometres of onshore cables connecting the offshore wind farm from the landfall at […]

  • UK Gives Go-Ahead to Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm

    1 January 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) gave the development consent to the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm on 31 December 2020. Ørsted submitted the development consent order (DCO) application for the 2.4 GW project to the UK Planning Inspectorate on 14 May 2018. The application was accepted for examination […]

  • Fugro to Investigate Hornsea Three and Four Offshore Wind Sites

    17 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has won a contract by Ørsted to carry out geotechnical site investigations at the Hornsea Three and Hornsea Four offshore wind projects in the UK. The site investigations will include downhole cone penetration testing (CPT), seismic cone penetration testing (SCPT), downhole sampling and high-quality rock coring, as well as borehole geophysical logging. Fugro will mobilize multiple […]

  • First CWPs for Windpark Fryslân Ready to Sail Out of Poland

    21 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Aarsleff BIZ, a Per Aarsleff company, has loaded out the first batch of concrete work platforms (CWPs) for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands at its factory in Swinoujscie, Poland. The CWPs, each weighing 76 tonnes, will be mounted on the project’s monopiles, which are currently being installed at the project site in the […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2015

    3 September 2015

    First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos) The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation yesterday. ABB Installs World’s Most Powerful Substation ABB has installed DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea. Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off […]

  • ABB Power Pack for Hornsea Project Two SOV

    30 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has awarded ABB with a contract to equip a wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) which once built will operate on the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Ørsted Issues Green Bonds, Secures Nearly EUR 2 Billion

    7 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has issued green bonds of nearly EUR 2 billion after securing investor commitment for nominal EUR 900 million and GBP 950 million (about EUR 1.1 billion) to finance its global build-out of renewable energy and its green growth ambition of reaching approximately 50 GW of installed capacity by 2030. Ørsted has issued three tranches […]

  • ProCon Wraps Up Borssele 1&2 TP Work

    5 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    ProCon Wind Energy has completed the electrical construction of 35 transition pieces for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project at EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd. ProCon stated that all its tasks have been finished and now only an O&M manual remains for total completion. The company has been providing electrical pre-assembly, installation and […]

  • Iberdrola Forms Partnership for 1 GW French Auction

    7 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Iberdrola and AXA IM Alts have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration in the offshore wind sector in France. With the agreement signed between the two companies, both parties will negotiate terms where AXA IM Alts on behalf of clients would join Iberdrola’s project as a minority shareholder if awarded in the […]

  • Cadeler to Install All Hornsea Three Monopiles and Half of Wind Turbine Array

    25 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Cadeler and Ørsted signed two contracts for the 2.9 GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK today, 25 April, at the WindEurope Exhibition in Bella Centre, Copenhagen: one for the installation of monopile foundations and one for the installation of around half of the project’s wind turbines. In a press release issued today, […]

  • Norwind Offshore Welcomes First CSOV Newbuild

    12 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of the first of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) built by Vard. The delivery ceremony took place in Ålesund, on the west coast of Norway. The naming ceremony was attended by representatives of Norwind Offshore, as well as from Vard, various suppliers, and business partners. “The Norwind Gale […]

  • First Power Flows from World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

    20 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Hornsea Two, soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation, has generated its first power, Ørsted, the owner and developer of the project, said. When fully operational, Hornsea 2’s 165 8 MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines will be capable of generating 1.32 GW of clean electricity – taking the title of ‘world’s […]

  • Ofgem Shortlists Four Bidders for GBP 2 Billion Offshore Wind Transmission Assets

    28 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ofgem has shortlisted four potential bidders for its next Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) bidding round for three offshore transmission links worth an estimated GBP 2 billion (about EUR 2.3 billion). In the “most valuable” OFTO tender round ever run by Ofgem, a new bidder has joined three others in a competition to own and operate […]