Aberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec will invest in a composites manufacturing facility on the quayside at Montrose Port where large scale components for the offshore wind sector will be built. “We already provide cable protection and buoyancy solutions to the offshore wind sector and this investment will
Denmark has launched a DKK 1.25 billion (EUR 161 million) subsidy scheme to support the Power-to-X projects towards the goal of reaching between 4 and 6 GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030. The Danish government launched the strategy for the development of the Power-to-X-technology and capacity in D
Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the fourth wind turbine at the Beleolico offshore wind farm in Italy. Last month, the jack-up finished the installation of the first wind turbine to be fitted on a commercial offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean sea. The 30 MW Beleolico offshore win
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has opened applications for its wind turbine technician apprenticeships in the UK for the sixth year running. The programme spans three and a half years and sees apprentices studying locally for their first year before taking up placements across the company an
The decision on the development consent applications for East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms is scheduled to be made on 31 March, after the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy set a new deadline in December 2021. The new Development Consent Or
Swedish wind farm developer OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Baltic Sea Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The name of the wind farm is Aurora and it will be located 20 kilometers south of Gotland and 30 kilometers east
Jan De Nul’s next-generation jack-up installation vessel, the Voltaire, has been fitted with the main crane of more than 3,000 tonnes – the largest Leg Encircling Crane ever built. Featuring a crane house weighing 1,800 tonnes, a boom length of 140 metres, and weighing 800 tonnes, the Huisman crane
Siemens’ roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Rotra Mare has completed her first delivery of wind turbine components since being upgraded and extended to be able to transport the ever-increasing turbine parts. The vessel, which docked at Sif’s new terminal at Maasvlakte 2 on Wednesday 09 March, transport
Irish marine and aerial survey company Ondine has been awarded aerial baseline and geophysical investigation survey contracts for the Lir Offshore Array located off the east coast of Ireland. Survey works commenced in March 2022, utilising the multipurpose vessel Kommandor Iona and the Ondine Aer, O
EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) has completed the fabrication of the first monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany, owned by the Spanish energy company Iberdrola. The monopile, which was completed on 18 February, weighs 1,363 tonnes and has a diameter of 9 metres, and will b
BLIX Consultancy has found no issues stopping Estonia and Latvia from building offshore wind and related transmission infrastructure in the countries’ sectors of the Baltic Sea. This is according to a four-tier study commissioned by Elering AS and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), which consists of an off
Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has issued a contract notice for framework agreements to provide geophysical and geotechnical surveys for offshore platforms and cable routes. TenneT TSO B.V. is appointed by the Dutch government as the offshore grid operator and is responsible for en
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has started onshore field investigations for the Bornholm Energy Island on both Zealand and on Bornholm, and is also working on ensuring that consumers on Bornholm can tap into the energy island’s electricity. At the beginning of this month, Energi
Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Renewable Power have closed the transaction on acquiring a 50 per cent ownership stake in Progression Energy’s 800 MW floating wind project in Japan. The two companies’ entrance into the project was announced in August 2021, when Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Re
