Spanish company Greenalia, which recently submitted a planning application for a floating wind farm off the island of Gran Canaria, has joined World Forum Offshore Wind. “For Greenalia, joining this forum is an excellent opportunity to grow its network of companies and professionals within the secto
EDS HV has secured two contracts with Vattenfall to provide high voltage network commissioning and safety management at the Kriegers Flak, Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord offshore wind projects in Denmark. In addition to the commissioning scope, EDS HV will be offering full high-voltage safety mana
Siem Offshore’s vessel Siem Barracuda has been demobilised from the Merkur offshore wind farm and left the project on 8 July. The Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) has been in service at the German offshore wind farm for almost two years, under a contract with GE Renewable Energy. The equip
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has arrived in Taiwan to work on the Yunlin offshore wind project. On 20 April, Brave Tern began its journey from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to Taiwan to transport and install turbines at the Yunlin wind farm. The 640 MW project will feature 80
Codling Wind Park Ltd has issued a tender for the provision of all consenting management and environmental impact assessment (EIA) consultancy services for the Irish 1 GW offshore wind farm. The awarded party will work on planning and licensing requirements for both offshore and onshore activities t
TenneT has launched a tender looking for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and respective crews for its offshore platforms in the Dutch and German North Sea. The CTVs will be used for transporting industrial personnel and small cargo from nominated harbors to the platforms and vice versa. The tender is d
XELLZ has acquired an additional 100.000m2 of land at the Port of Rosslare in Ireland to establish an offshore wind supply base. At the beginning of the year, the Dutch company secured about 200.000m2 of land to facilitate a supply base for installation and operating companies for the near future of
Seaway 7 has selected Hellenic Cables to deliver inter-array cables for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. Under the contract with Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and inter-array cables, the Greece-based subsea cable supplier will design, manufacture, test and s
UK-based wireless telecommunications provider Vilicom has been appointed to provide a mobile network during the construction, development and deployment of Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. Vilicom’s communication infrastructure will be built and tested in the UK prior to install
Northern Offshore Services (NOS) has acquired two crew transfer vessels (CTV) from Sure Wind Marine Limited. The CTVs SURE Diamond and SURE Dynamic are being renamed to M/V Master and M/V Mariner and will be part of the M-Class series, which now has four vessels. According to NOS, the vessels will c
The European Commission adopted two energy strategies on an EU-level on 8 July, which prioritise hydrogen production powered by offshore wind and other renewable energy sources, and set the stage for linking different energy carriers, infrastructures, and consumption sectors. “The priority for the E
Jan De Nul has begun the offshore installation activities at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company installed the first 12 pin piles out of 44 in the first phase of the work using Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir. Forty more pin piles will be shi
RWE has selected a consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine to provide the electrical transmission system for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. As the consortium leader, GE Grid Solutions will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction
SSE Renewables has appointed RPS as the lead consultant for offshore Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and shadow Habitat Regulation Appraisal (HRA) for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind projects, formerly known as Seagreen 2 and 3. RPS will lead the development of the Berwick Bank and Ma
