Cemre Shipyard has shared the video of the recent launching of DEME’s Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel Groene Wind in Yalova, Turkey. Once delivered in 2021, the 60-metre Groene Wind will start a charter with Siemens Gamesa to service the Rentel and the SeaMade wind farms in the Belgia
The UK government has agreed to invest in the development of a Drone Port at Montrose in Scotland. The government has set aside GBP 5.6 million out of the GBP 26.5 million Angus Fund to promote North Angus and Montrose as a clean growth zone where new technologies can be used to improve energy effic
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out commitments to ensure that offshore wind will produce more than enough electricity to power every home in the country by 2030, based on current electricity usage, boosting the government’s previous 30 GW target to 40 GW. The commitments, part of the Build
Construction has started on the operations and maintenance, and the construction base for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. The O&M base is located in the Port of La Turballe. The maintenance of the 80-turbine wind farm, scheduled to be operational by 2022, is expected to create
Maersk Supply Service and Ørsted will jointly test a prototype buoy that will act as both a mooring point and a charging station for vessels. The solution will be tested on one of Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in 2021. The buoy can be used to charge the smaller battery- or hybrid-electrical vessels a
Subsea surveys are set to start on 5 October at the Beatrice offshore wind farm, located some 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in Scotland. For the work, the DP2 vessel Glomar Wave and crew transfer vessel Iceni Spirit will be deployed at the site. Surveys will be carried out on selected win
UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has ordered two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Seacat Services placed the order with naval architects, BAR Technologies. The vessels, Seacat Columbia and Seacat Cambria, were designed in partnership with Chart
Germany’s HTM Helicopters has ordered two H145 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters for offshore wind operations. HTM will be the first operator to use the new five-bladed H145 helicopter in the offshore wind segment, according to Airbus Helicopters. “We thank HTM for their continued trust in Airbus
The Esvagt Dana Service Operation Vessel (SOV) is currently preparing for assignments at the Borssele III & IV and the Northwester offshore wind farms in the Netherlands and Belgium, respectively. This is according to SMST, which shared an update on the SOV via social media on 17 September. “In thes
ENGIE Fabricom has secured a contract to analyze the current performance and suitability of monopile foundations at an undisclosed offshore wind farm in the UK. ENGIE Fabricom said it is carrying out cathodic protection and pH monitoring of the internal water within over 50 monopiles at a wind farm
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued a tender seeking transport services between Ostend and offshore platforms in the North Sea. The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers provision of crew transfer services by a helicopter, including light luggage, between an onshore heliport
SSE Renewables and Montrose Port Authority have finalized plans for the operations and maintenance base for the Seagreen offshore wind project. SSE Renewables selected Montrose Port in October last year as the home for the project’s O&M base and work has been underway since to agree on the plans. Lo
Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) planning committee has approved plans for the operations and maintenance (O&M) building in Eyemouth for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm. The planning permission is for a new, three-story 1,040m2 main building and a two-story 538m2 storage warehouse. The
Annual maintenance of the wind turbines at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany, which was planned to take eight weeks, has been completed two weeks earlier. A total of 75 wind turbine technicians have finished the inspection and repair campaign on all 48 Senvion 6 MW units, installed some
