The UK Nesspoint Ltd. and Germany’s in-innovative navigation GmbH have joined forces to cooperate in the offshore wind market. The deal will see the two companies working together in the field of vessel tracking management and sea surveillance for offshore wind. According to Marcus Krol, Head of Sal
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has awarded TECO Electric & Machinery with an EPC contract for the onshore substation of the Chang Fang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Under the deal, TECO will build the onshore substation, as well as provide the submarine cables which will tran
Xodus Group has begun investigating the integration of offshore renewables into localized energy systems off the Scottish coast. Commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland, the five-month offshore generation energy study will focus on two main areas, including project landscaping and the value case. “We
124 out of 174 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines have been installed and commissioned at the Hornsea Project One wind farm in the UK, a spokesperson from Ørsted told Offshore WIND. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern is in charge of installing 88 out of the 174 turbines, with A2SEA’s Sea Ch
Pipeshield International Ltd has loaded out the second phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. Pipeshield manufactured and supplied more than 300 fronded concrete mattresses, which were loaded in stacks of six using the company’s high payload wet store bases. Usi
Natural Power has appointed Matthew Filippelli to lead the company’s offshore wind services in the United States. Filippelli has taken over the position of Principal Engineer and Offshore Services Lead and will be based in the company’s New York office. “The US has a vast offshore wind energy resour
Prysmian Group achieved its 2019 targets for projects awarded in the first half of 2019 due to securing a contract for the Viking Link project valued at nearly EUR 700 million. The contract includes the turnkey design, manufacture and installation of the world’s longest interconnector with the 1,250
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg to load its final wind turbine components to be installed on the 497MW Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. The company’s second jack-up working o the project, Brave Tern, will soon arrive in Esbjerg to load the la
Jan De Nul’s jack-up Taillevent has started installing the first wind turbine on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) wind farm offshore Germany. Taillevent loaded the first three sets of turbine components at Buss Terminal Eemshaven prior to transporting them to the site some 40 kilometres
Here are the ten most read articles on Offshore WIND for the month of July 2019. Vattenfall Wins Second Dutch Zero Subsidy Offshore Wind Tender The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has selected Vattenfall as the winner of the zero-subsidy Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III & IV offshore
Tekmar Energy has signed a contract with Ørsted to provide Cable Protection Systems for the 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Tekmar will provide their patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mechanical Latch for the wind farm, which when constructed will become the world’s larges
Jan De Nul’s offshore installation vessel Taillevent has left Eemshaven with a first load of turbine components to be installed on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Taillevent is loading the turbine components at the Buss Terminal Eemshaven in sets of
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a call for the provision of marine guard/patrol vessels for offshore wind farm construction and operations. The tender is divided into three lots covering the offshore wind farms in Sweden and Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Tenders may
The European Commission has reinvested a portion of unspent funds from the NER300 programme to support the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project offshore Portugal. WindFloat will be the first offshore windfarm employing a floating semi-submersible platform to reach the pre-commercial stage f
