Global Offshore has signed an export cable repair framework agreement with Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix (BBE), covering the Humber Gateway, Gwynt Y Môr and Thanet Offshore Transmission Owners (OTFOs). The framework agreement, which began in February, covers a total of 152km of export cable
Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding comprehensive cooperation for the construction of offshore wind farms in Japan. In light of recent regulations which promote offshore wind power generation in the genera
TIPC Marine (TIPM) has held a launching ceremony in Kaohsiung for a non self-propelled deck cargo barge which, once delivered, will be deployed on wind projects offshore Taiwan. The 140-metre cargo barge is expected to enter service in May. The vessel is being built by Jong-Shyn Shipbuilding. The TI
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has won a contract to transport and install the MHI Vestas Offshore V174-9.5MW wind turbines on the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier was awarded the contract by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering. “As both e
Damen Shipyards Group has appointed Marc van Heyningen as the new Chief Operations Officer (COO). Van Heyningen will assume the position as of 1 April, succeeding Jan-Wim Dekker, who started as COO on 1 January. According to Damen, the new COO spent the majority of his career working for Fluor Corpo
Van Oord has reported a revenue of EUR 571 million in its offshore wind business unit in 2019, a 23.6% decrease compared to the EUR 706 million in 2018. Van Oord states that this decrease in offshore wind activities was driven by the smaller number and size of projects currently under construction.
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd (OWC) has entered into a contract to provide engineering services for Simply Blue Energy and Total’s Erebus floating wind project located in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK. The contract is for a term of approximately three years, and the scope of work includes owners
Energy company innogy plans to make the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind project in early 2021. The FID will be reached once the contract conditions for possible supplier companies are established, innogy said. Onshore construction on the project is also expected to
The Crown Estate has updated the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 timeline due to the current COVID-19 situation. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) phase is now expected to open the week commencing 30 March, and the submission period has been extended by three weeks to afford bidders additional time to re
Norwegian investment company Magnora ASA has acquired a stake in a 500MW shallow-water offshore wind project in Northern Europe. According to Magnora, the final transaction agreements for the offshore wind project have been signed. The cooperation with the founders and the development of the project
Tekmar Energy Limited has completed the delivery of TekLink® cable protection systems to DEME Offshore for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. SeaMade is a 487MW offshore wind farm currently under construction off the coast of Belgium and integrates two wind farm sites known as Mermaid and Se
HR Wallingford has begun carrying out tests of a model suction caisson turbine foundation for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. According to HR Wallingford, a model of a suction caisson turbine foundation for SSE Renewables’ project was lowered into the Fast Flow Facility for testing.
Fugro has completed the first tranche of offshore site investigations at innogy’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. The first tranche is complete with the multi-purpose vessel Fugro Pioneer having finished the geophysical survey of the wind farm’s export cable corridor. According to innogy, the
EnBW HeDreiht GmbH is seeking a vessel and equipment for the installation and subsequent dismantling of up to two monopiles at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm zone in the German North Sea. The developer plans to carry out noise mitigation tests at the He Dreiht wind farm zone between 15 September a
