Bureau Veritas has issued Ørsted a Project Certificate for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. Located in Germany’s North Sea, 56 kilometres off the coast of Lower Saxony, Borkum Riffgrund 2 consists of 56 MHI Vestas V164-8.3MW turbines with two different types of foundations – monopile
Equinor and SSE Renewables have signed an agreement with NKT for an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to be installed on the Dogger Bank Wind Farms Creyke Beck A/B. With a combined capacity of 2,400MW, th
EEW Special Pipe Construction has completed steel construction on all of the monopiles for Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm at its plant in Rostock, Germany. 72 monopiles are now structurally ready and the next step is to coat the units, some of which are up to 65.6 metres long. This wo
Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) has selected V164-10.0 MW turbines from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for its 30MW floating wind pilot project in the French Mediterranean. Once installed in 2022, EFGL will feature the world’s most powerful wind turbines in commercial operation, MHI Vestas sa
Nearshore geotechnical surveys along the Neart na Gaoithe export cable corridor route are due to start off the Fife coast in Scotland later this month. The survey work is being carried out by Fugro using a ‘walking’ jack-up barge, Wavewalker 1. The survey is planned to start no earlier than 25 Novem
Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has completed the installation of all monopile foundations at the Northwester 2 offshore wind project, a spokesperson from Parkwind told Offshore WIND. According to Parkwind, Vole au vent completed the installation of all 23 monopiles on 13 November and is cu
DEME’s cable laying vessel Living Stone has departed Greece carrying the export cables for the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Living Stone loaded the export cables with a combined length of around 28 kilometres at Hellenic Cables’ facility in Soussaki. The vessel is curre
Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla is on her way to the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm carrying the first of the two mono bucket foundations to be installed in the German North Sea. Seajacks Scylla loaded the first mono bucket at Bladt Industries’ facility in Lindø, Denmark, Northland Power said. The
13 of the 32 Senvion 6.2M152 wind turbines have been installed on the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Trianel GmbH said. Eleven out of the thirteen turbines installed have been commissioned, according to Trianel. The wind turbines are being loaded
Senvion has delivered the last turbine for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind project in Germany. According to Senvion, all components for the 200MW wind farm have been finished and shipped to Eemshaven. Trianel Windpark Borkum II comprises 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines installed on
Siemens Gamesa has been selected as the preferred supplier of turbines for the 300MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The agreement is subject to contract and final investment decision from project developers Northland Power Inc. and Yushan Energy. Siemens Gamesa said it will use its exis
The Rampion wind farm offshore Sussex, UK has been shut down due to a fault on the wind farm’s high voltage electrical distribution system, a spokesperson from the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm confirmed to Offshore WIND. According to BBC, the 400MW wind farm has been shut since 26 October. ”We are in
Ørsted and project partners have held an inauguration ceremony for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Formosa 1 Phase 2 is an extension of the existing two-turbine Formosa 1 Phase 1 project, which was officially commissioned in April 2017. The 120MW project comprises 20 Siemens G
Huadian Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. has commenced the installation of turbines at the 300MW Sheyang H1 offshore wind farm in China. According to Huadian Heavy Industry, the first 4.5MW turbine was installed at the site offshore the Jiangsu Province on 27 October. The first monopile foundation was instal
