Siemens has secured a contract to provide substation products and digital control and protection equipment for the Vineyard Wind offshore substation. The components, ordered by Semco Maritime, include 18 gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) bays, two shunt reactors, two generation-step-up-tra
The French Council of State has rejected appeals opposing the construction of the Bay of Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project being developed by Ailes Marines. Environmental conservation organization Gardez les caps and Nass & Wind, who competed in the tender for developing the wind farm, submitted th
Japanese engineering firm Shimizu Corporation has revealed plans to build a wind farm installation vessel to serve the budding offshore wind market in Japan. The self-elevating platform is designed to handle wind turbines with an individual capacity of 8MW or more, and is said to be the first such v
Bibby HydroMap has taken the survey vessel SeaZip Fix on charter from Seazip Offshore Service. Rebuilt in 2015, the 42m DP1 Ice Class vessel will supplement the existing Bibby HydroMap fleet and will commence seismic survey operations on Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II in the Dutch North Sea on behalf of
Vroon’s walk-to-work vessel VOS Start has arrived at IJmuiden, the Netherlands, after completing a two-year charter for MHI Vestas. VOS Start began work for MHI Vestas in August 2017 at the Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea, after which it supported the commissioning phase of the Borkum Ri
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has set up a new task force aimed at helping increase the number of skilled people working in the UK’s offshore wind sector. The Investment in Talent Group is developing a passporting system to ensure all parts of the energy sector recognize transferable ski
The development, construction and 25-year lifetime operation of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, Beatrice, is expected to generate GBP 2.4 billion of value for the UK economy, a new analysis has found. The 84 turbine, 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm – the fourth largest offshore wind farm in
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is launching two offshore wind grants for the 2020 fiscal year, with combined funds of USD 2.8 million. The Maryland Offshore Wind Capex program, with allotted funds of USD 1.6 million, provides grant funding to help defray capital expenditure investments for
Jan De Nul’s offshore installation vessel Taillevent has begun loading the first turbine components for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm. The 200MW TWBII offshore wind farm will comprise 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed at the project site some 40km north of the island
TenneT has awarded ELA Container Offshore with a framework contract for the supply of accommodation containers on four HVDC converter platforms in the German North Sea. Under the contract, the company will supply a minimum of 40 ELA Premium Plus containers. ELA Offshore is also in charge of providin
The installation and the testing of the inter-array cables at the Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the German North Sea has been completed according to Northland Power, the owner and developer of the project. Van Oord, the Balance of Plant contractor (BoP) for the 269MW project, awarded Norddeutsche Seek
Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind has signed an agreement to develop Maryland’s first offshore wind energy staging center at Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,300-acre global logistics center in Baltimore County, Maryland. The staging center will be used during the development of the Skipjack offshore wind farm loca
Seaway 7, a unit of Subsea 7, has won a contract for the installation of the inter-array grid cable system at the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK. In addition to the submarine cable installation works, Seaway 7 will undertake a pre-installation submarine cable route survey, perform
Massachusetts has passed legislation which would allow an easement for a part of Covell’s Beach to be used for the construction of an interconnection for the Vineyard Wind project. According to Vineyard Wind, the bipartisan legislation authorizes the Barnstable Town Council to grant the easement tha
