The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has inspected Dublin Offshore’s mooring load reduction device (LRD) and verified that the system is in compliance with the International Electrotechnical Commission’s technical specification (IEC TS) 62600-10. Dublin Offshore has been developing the passive L
The Hampton Roads Alliance has partnered with Xodus Group and BW Research to conduct an offshore wind supply chain study for the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The partnership will deliver an in-depth offshore wind supply chain assessment and gap analysis for the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and
BW Ideol, a company established after BW Offshore’s bought into the floating wind technology developer Ideol, has applied for admission to the Oslo Stock Exchange and is expected to start trading there around 18 March. Through a private placement of shares, for which a day-long bookbuilding period w
CCCC – First Harbor Engineering Company has installed the first suction pile jacket at the Fujian Changle Waihai offshore wind project in China. CCCC installed the suction pile jacket on 21 February using SPT Offshore’s SAPS007S suction spread. The Netherlands-based SPT Offshore won a contract in Au
EDS HV, part of James Fisher and Sons, has secured a cable termination and testing contract for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project in the UK. The scope includes the installation and termination of high voltage cables between the foundations and the turbine switchgear, with pre-testing, mock-up t
The UK government plans to invest up to GBP 95 million (around EUR 111 million) to build two new offshore wind port hubs on the Humber and on Teesside. Teesworks Offshore Manufacturing Centre, on the River Tees, will benefit from up to GBP 20 million. As previously reported, Able Marine Energy Park,
GE Renewable Energy plans to open a new factory in Teesside in the North East of England, where it will manufacture 107-metre-long blades for the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. The new manufacturing plant, which will be set up and operated by GE-owned LM Wind Power, is planned to be opened in 2023
Fugro has completed the final geotechnical survey campaign at the Moray West offshore wind project in the UK. The new data will be combined with survey results from 2019 to finalize the design of the foundations for each turbine location, as well as the two offshore substations. Survey vessel Norman
Sif Group has completed the first two of the 140 monopiles to be manufactured for Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 wind farm. With a combined weight of 115,000 tons, the 140 monopiles are designed in such a manner that they do not require transition pieces. The design is said to allow fas
ZITON has completed a main component exchange campaign at the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm in the UK. The campaign, which was carried out by using the Wind Server jack-up vessel, included sever gearbox exchanges and one generator exchange. “After a rough start, offering harsh winter weather, t
CWind has completed the sale of its crew transfer vessel (CTV) Endeavour to Wood Marine, a port services operator based in Suffolk. The sale of the 18.5m catamaran is said to be part of CWind’s strategic plan to remodel its CTV fleet and enables the company to pursue new vessels. To remind, CWind ha
The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi. According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol,
Siemens Energy will install 22 units of distribution transformers at Yuhuan Offshore Wind Power Project Phase 1, China’s first commercial 66 kilovolts (kV) offshore wind farm. The fluid immersed transformers of type FITformer WIND will support China Huadian Corporation (CHD) to optimize energy suppl
Atlas Professionals has secured a frame agreement with Ørsted to provide temporary personnel services for the offshore wind developer in Germany. The agreement commenced on 1 March and will cover the provision of qualified personnel during the full life cycle of Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in Germa
