Danish transmission system operator Energinet has awarded the assignment of conducting environmental studies at the energy islands to Niras and Rambøll. The two companies will, among other activities, map and study marine mammals, fish stocks, and birdlife at different times of the year until 2024.
Huisman has signed a contract with DEME for the delivery of a 2,300mt Lifting Spreader and a set of adaptive Damping Tugger Winches to be installed onboard the offshore installation vessel Orion. Huisman and DEME have worked together on the optimisation of the spreader’s design in order to increase
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed 13 contracts in European offshore wind in the first half of 2021. With these contracts, the company enables the installation and maintenance of wind farms by providing motion compensated gangway solutions for both personnel and cargo transfer. ”Sec
AqualisBraemar LOC (ABL) has secured a contract to deliver Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. As part of the contract, ABL will provide expert technical review and approval of documents, operations and vessels relating to both transportation and installati
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made available the draft environmental assessment (EA) for the New York Bight offshore wind lease areas. The EA assesses the potential impacts of the issuance of commercial and research leases within the nearly 800,000-acre wind energy areas (WEAs) of
CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. (CLP Power) has selected Ramboll as the owner’s technical engineer and advisor for the pre-development phase of their Hong Kong offshore wind farm off the coast of Sai Kung, Hong Kong. CLP Power has started the preliminary engineering studies, collection of environmental dat
Taylor Hopkinson has been awarded a contract to supply freelance personnel to the Codling Wind Park offshore wind project in Ireland. With a potential capacity of up to 1,500 MW Codling Wind Park is set to be one of the largest offshore wind projects in Ireland and is located in the Irish Sea, appro
Van Oord has selected Tekmar Energy to provide Generation 10 cable protection system (CPS) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. Tekmar’s scope of work includes the engineering, manufacturing, testing and supply of its CPS technology to protect the project’s subsea inter-array and inter-platform
Rem Offshore and Vard have signed contracts for the design and construction of two Construction Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), with an option for two additional vessels. The vessels are tailor-made for worldwide services and maintenance operations at offshore wind farms and based on the Vard 4
Colombo Dockyard has ordered an integrated ABB power and propulsion package for Orange Marine’s cable-laying and repair vessel that will support offshore wind farms. The vessel will be delivered by Sri Lanka’s shipbuilder in 2023, joining an Orange Marine France fleet which now accounts for 15 per c
The government of Lithuania has approved the conclusion of the country’s Ministry of Energy which should allow for better conditions for the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. The legislation sets out the proposals which are mainly related to the terms of the future tender and th
Houston-headquartered NOV has been contracted by Cadeler to upgrade the wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey with a new, large capacity leg crane. Last year, NOV was selected to manufacture the new heavy-lift crane for Cadeler’s Wind Orca. Within that contract, Cadeler had an option to repla
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Limited has signed an agreement to sell the offshore transmission assets (OFTO) of the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm to Transmission Capital Partners. The sale agreement follows the selection in December 2019 by Ofgem of Transmission Capital Partners, a consortium co
The 1.14 GW Seagreen wind farm, soon to be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, is launching its offshore corporate purchase power agreement (cPPA) offerings. The Seagreen terms significantly shorten the typical cPPA length, providing buyers with an alternative option to standard longer-term cPPAs
