The operations and maintenance base for the Galloper offshore wind farm has officially opened in Harwich, the UK. Located at the Harwich International Port in Essex, the GBP 10 million facility will be used for O&M of the Galloper project for the next twenty years. The base includes offices, a 24/7
The UAE-based Lamprell plans to start delivering the jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from its facility in Hamryiah at the end of the first quarter of 2020. The upending of the jackets is ongoing, the company said. Lamprell won a contract to manufacture and deliver 45 wind tu
Fugro has won a contract for geotechnical site investigations at the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands. The fieldwork will take place from February to May at the 700MW wind farm zone also known as the North of the Wadden Sea Islands. According to Fugr
Sweden’s Northern Offshore Group AB (NOG) and Japanese shipping company NYK have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) business for offshore wind projects in Japan. NYK and NOG, the parent company of Northern Offshore Service AB (NOS), will start a joint stud
Petrofac has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement with SSE Renewables to design, supply and install the HVAC onshore and offshore substations for the Seagreen wind farm project in Scotland. Petrofac has commenced early work on the project. Subject to a final investment decision expected in th
Japanese shipping major NYK and Van Oord have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. The partners aim to start operating a jack-up vessel in Japan by 2022 at the earliest. The vessel will have a crane capacity
Ørsted is opening a United States Innovation Hub in Providence, Rhode Island in early spring as part of its commitment to building an offshore wind industry supply chain in the US. The Innovation Hub will be located in the CIC Providence workspace. To facilitate its mission, the Hub team will levera
Poland has started a public consultation process on a draft bill to support the development of offshore wind energy in the Polish Baltic Sea. The 30-day public consultation period started on 15 January. The draft bill, ”Ustawy o promowaniu wytwarzania energii elektrycznej w morskich farmach wiatrowy
Steel fabricator CSBC Corporation has inaugurated its pin-pile production line at its factory near the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. CSBC also plans to add a line for the production of transition pieces to the facility. The production line will be used to manufacture pin-piles for Ørsted’s Changhua 1
Japanese utility JERA and the engineering firm Shimizu Corporation have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate within the offshore wind power generation business. JERA and Shimizu will explore ways to utilize their respective know-how and resources in the offshore wind power gener
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract to provide 221 sealed and non-sealed hang-off clamps for an offshore wind project in Scotland. Tekmar said that the work will be done for a major offshore wind project on the Scottish east coast, but the name has not been disclosed. According to the UK-based cabl
Deutsche Windtechnik has won a contract to provide maintenance of the six Adwen AD 5-116 (M5000) wind turbines on the alpha ventus offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract was awarded by Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur (DOTI), a joint venture established by EWE AG, E.ON
Shanghai Electric has installed the first 8MW wind turbine at its Shantou Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Guangdong Province, said to be the largest unit ever installed in China. Shanghai Electric holds a license to manufacture, sell, and install Siemens Gamesa’s 8MW Direct Drive turbines in China
A joint venture of Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime has secured a contract to fabricate and deliver the offshore substation for the Mayflower Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, U.S. The scope comprises engineering, procurement and construction works, including steel structure and jacket
