The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has started an initiative to partner with offshore wind farm operators and oil and gas sector operators in the Dutch North Sea for sharing operation and maintenance (O&M) services. With an estimated value (excluding VAT) of EUR 1 million, th
Vattenfall has signed a multi-year framework contract with Van Oord for the charter of the jack-up vessel, MPI Resolution, which has allowed the company to expand its offshore turbine servicing capabilities. According to Vattenfall, the contract guarantees the vessel’s availability for several month
Macquarie Asset Management is set to acquire 100 ownership of Ziton, a Denmark-based provider of operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the offshore wind industry. Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, advised by Macquarie Asset Management, has entered into a share purchase agreement with
Equinor has awarded Stowen Group with a contract to perform modifications to the transition pieces on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm located off the coast of Norfolk, the UK. The Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm is operated by Equinor on behalf of its shareholders. Following a competitiv
A joint venture (JV) between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS) has ordered four commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) for deployment in the offshore wind and other segments of the offshore energy sector, marking its entry into the market which is, according to Ph
The service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope has allided with a wind turbine of the Hornsea One wind farm in the UK. According to a statement issued by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), the 26 crew members and 46 specialist personnel on board at the time of the accident suffered no injuries. There w
Deep technology company Beam has deployed what the company describes as the world’s first autonomous underwater vehicle (UAV) driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The technology has already been used to inspect jacket structures on the Seagreen offshore wind farm, a joint venture partnership betw
The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the su
After establishing a team to handle the workload, the UK-headquartered Ocean Geophysics has introduced certification support related to the Certification Scheme for the Detection of Explosive Remnants of War (CS-OOO) in the Netherlands to address the rising demand for professionals in unexploded ord
A generator on a turbine at the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland has been replaced, in what is being claimed as the “world’s first” in-situ major component exchange at a floating offshore wind farm. The work on the Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbine was carried out using an offsh
EnBW has launched a tender for helicopter transport services for its offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The offshore wind owner/developer is looking for a helicopter service for the offshore-onshore transport of personnel including personnel luggage in the contract period. In individual ca
Norwegian seismic company TGS has finished the acquisition of an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHRD3D) survey on behalf of Community Offshore Wind in the New York Bight, providing soil condition data to guide the design of the offshore wind project. According to TGS, the survey began in October 2023 and
Ocean Winds has opened its new operations & maintenance (O&M) base in Buckie, Scotland, that will service the Moray West offshore wind farm once it becomes fully operational in 2025. The First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, visited the facility on 9 September to mark the opening of the Ocean Wi
The Danish-based company, Knud E. Hansen, has revealed a “next-generation” maintenance vessel for offshore wind turbines, capable of handling repairs on-site, minimising the need to remove the components and transport them to shore for servicing. The “Jack-up on Jack-up” concept includes a four-legg
