Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, UK, as part of SHL’s EPCI contract with the farm’s developer Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). 84 j
REETEC GmbH, part of EDF EN Group, has tested a new internal blade inspection system and method on an over 60m long offshore wind turbine blade. The required equipment for REETEC’s new internal blade inspection method, consisting of a high resolution rotary swivel head camera, measurement laser and
Dutch software solutions provider MirTac has implemented the Star Fleet Management software onboard SeaZip 5 and Seazip 6, the two latest additions to SeaZip Offshore Services’s fleet. SeaZip took delivery of the two vessels in April 2016, expanding their fleet to six Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (2610
Prysmian Group has announced the successful development and testing of its new 700 kV MI-PPL (Mass Impregnated) and 600 kV extruded (XLPE) cable systems for high voltage direct current (HVDC) applications. “It is the first time in the cable industry that voltages at these high levels have been ach
A public consultation is underway on Marine Institute’s application for a foreshore lease to upgrade the Galway Bay marine and renewable energy test site which would allow floating wind farm technology to be tested offshore Ireland. The Marine Institute has applied to the Department of the Environme
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender for metocean desk study for Hollandse Kust (noord) and Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm zones. The purpose of the assignment will be to provide the metocean conditions to serve as input for the design, installation and maintenance of wi
Vysiion has been awarded further contracts to support the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm development located some 35 kilometres off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk. The company has been working to support the Dudgeon development since its inception and its most recent contract award, through
DONG Energy has awarded a multi-million pound contract to the UK-based engineering support services company Babcock for the construction of the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The reactive compensation station, which will be
DNV GL has been awarded a contract by Cosco Shipping Company Limited of China for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform. The Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT is developing the offshore AC/DC converter platform
The European Commission has issued a call for project proposals for new solutions in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines/farms, and has set aside EUR 10 million to fund the winner(s). The call was launched on 11 May, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, with the period for subm
The advanced spar floating foundation built to support the 5MW Fukushima Hamakaze structure off Japan has recovered stability after it tilted while under tow in Osaka Bay last week. The advanced spar floater was en route from Hitachi-Zosen’s dockyard in Sakai to the Sumoto port when it tilted due to
Adwen has obtained the type certificate of its AD 5-132 offshore wind turbine awarded by the independent certification body DNV GL. The AD 5-132 has been designed and certified as special class, covering the most demanding offshore sites worldwide. This wind turbine is tailored for subtropical monso
Bilfinger Mars Offshore is installing a 120-metre-tall crane at its site in the port of Szczecin which will be used to support the fabrication of steel offshore foundations including transition pieces, jackets and monopiles, and to load them onto pontoons. The Goliath crane was built by Van Haagen K
Vattenfall has contracted aerial survey specialists APEM to provide ultra-high resolution bird and marine mammal surveys for its Norfolk Vanguard West site. Norfolk Vanguard comprises two sites, East and West. Once constructed, it will provide a generating capacity of up to 1,800MW. APEM has been su
