Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Work has started in Norfolk on the onshore connection for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm with the national grid. The wind farm, located 20 miles off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk in water depths of 18-25m is a project by Norwegian companies Statoil (35%) and S
Energinet.dk has hired LIoyd’s Register for work on Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. According to the contract, LIoyd’s Register is to certify offshore platforms which will hold the equipment needed for the connection of the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farms and the equipment needed for the offshor
Eneco Says It Will no Longer Invest in Renewables Dutch energy company, Eneco, said it will no longer invest in renewable energy projects since that is not possible without losing money and jobs, the Dutch media reported. Boskalis, VolkerWessels Bag EUR 500 Mln Veja Mate Job Royal Boskalis Westminst
Seafox, an offshore and jack-up support services company, has appointed Erwin Hoogeveen to the new post of Chief Human Resource Officer. Seafox created this new position in order to help it realize the next phase of its development. Hoogeveen has more than two decades of leadership experience overse
Aarnout Kant has taken over the Winergy management. He succeeds Stefan Tenbrock, who at the same time takes over the management of the Siemens Mechanical Drives Business Unit as CEO. Kant has been with the company for 24 years and since 2014 has been manager of Strategy and Marketing at Winergy. Lik
The first part of the foundation installation for the Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea is completed. Just two months after the first pile, GeoSea has installed all 42 positions for Gode Wind 2 and already 6 monopiles for Gode Wind 1. Using a combination of the IHC IQIP Hydrohamme
SgurrEnergy, has delivered full technical lenders’ due diligence to KfW IPEX and the European Investment Bank, in support of the achievement of financial close on the 110MW Nordergrunde offshore wind farm. Located within the German 12nm zone of the North Sea, 16km north of the German North Sea coast
Siemens has received an order to supply, erect and commission 91 of its 6MW direct drive wind turbines at DONG Energy’s 580 MW Race Bank project. Installation of the turbines, with a rotor diameter of 154 meters, is to commence during the spring of 2017. This order is part of the frame agreement con
Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a binding turbine supply agreement and balance of plant contract for the construction of the Merkur Offshore wind farm, including supply and installation of 66 Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines. Additionally, Alstom has signed
DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER has completed her first large commercial operation performing commissioning support during the turbine commissioning of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the German North Sea. The vessel has worked on more than 50 turbines during the three month
Turbine Blade Breaks at Nordsee Ost Just over a month after it was inaugurated, German 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm encountered a problem. Siemens Nets Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Deal ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore w
Westermost Rough, the world’s first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of giant 6MW turbines with 75 metre blades, has been officially opened at a ceremony in Grimsby today. Capable of meeting the electricity demand of well over 150,000 homes, the wind farm, is a joint venture between DONG En
All 10 of the UK’s offshore wind farm owner/operators have signed an agreement committing to SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis), a collaborative project with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and The Crown Estate. Following a successful year-long pilo
SeaPlanner, provider of the marine monitoring and management solution, has been confirmed as the proprietary software for the Gemini offshore wind farm operated by Van Oord. SeaPlanner has been live on the project since the beginning of 2015 and has been selected for its Induction Manager, Personnel
