A consortium including DEME and Eiffage Métal has won an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for 80 foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. The scope includes the design, fabrication, and installation of full face drilled monopile foundatio
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 79 turbines at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the company, Bold Tern is on its way back to the Port of Hull to pick up another load of Siemens Gamesa turbines for the 1.2GW project. Hornsea Project O
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a tender for the procurement of services regarding an unexploded ordnance (UXO) Box survey for the Thor offshore wind farm. Energinet is performing the initial geophysical and geotechnical investigations in the Danish North Sea prior to the pr
Sif Holding has entered into an agreement with DEME Offshore to use Maasvlakte 2 in the Netherlands for marshaling services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project. The deal comes as Sif agreed with the Port of Rotterdam on the lease of an additional 20ha of industrial land, adjacent to the com
The UK-based Better Risk has begun providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management support for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. Better Risk is providing quality assurance of planned explosive risk-management support throughout the project lifecycle, while James Fisher Marine Servic
The offshore substation built for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm has left Bladt Industries’ facility in Aalborg, Denmark, and is on its way towards the project site in Belgium. Bladt designed, built and assembled the substation with its partners Semco Maritime and ISC under a contract won in M
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution has started a blade repair and upgrade campaign at the Princess Amalia offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Van Oord, has won a contract to repair and upgrade all the blades for 29 out of the 60 turbines at the 12
FairWind has completed the pre-assembly of all towers for the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind projects in Germany. According to the company, all 87 towers have been pre-assembled for the wind farms at the Port of Esbjerg with the help of crane partner BMS A/S. Hohe See and Albatros have a c
Equinor has secured funding of up to NOK 2.3 billion (circa EUR 231.5 million) from Enova for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project in Norway. “The support that the licences have received for the Hywind Tampen project demonstrates the will of Norwegian authorities to invest in and develop floating
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark has inaugurated Vattenfall’s 407MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm at an event held in the Port of Hvide Sande. Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Prime Minister, and Dan Jørgensen, Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, also attended the inauguration of t
Vattenfall has awarded Bibby HydroMap second unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey on the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The UK-based seabed survey company has already commenced operations on the 760MW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) III & IV. The news comes after Vattenfall was ann
Seacat Services has won a contract to provide two offshore energy support vessels (OESVs) for the construction phase of the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The two OESVs will provide crew transfer and logistical support at the 857MW project and will be operating out of the new constructio
Seajacks International has won a contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of turbines at the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Seajacks is planning to use its jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla for the transport and installation of 111 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines a
NaiKun Wind Energy Group has signed an indicative offer with an offshore wind developer to develop the NaiKun offshore wind project in British Columbia, Canada. The parties are working to negotiate and sign a definitive agreement in the next few weeks, which will provide technical expertise, dedicat
