Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.
Lamprell Energy Ltd. has awarded Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., with a contract to transport jacket foundations for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands.
DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.
A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the last of the 67 Siemens 6MW wind turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm.
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has contracted Lowestoft-based Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cesta) to measure offshore weather and sea conditions for its 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project.
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov have installed 69 pile clusters and 12 jacket foundations in the Outer Moray Firth off Scotland for the 588 Beatrice offshore wind farm project.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off Suffolk, UK.
The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) and the government of China have signed a CNY 2 billion loan agreements to finance the 250MW Fujian Putian Pinghai Bay offshore wind power project off the province of Fujian.
Scotland’s energy company SSE has confirmed the formation of a 50:50 joint venture (JV) partnership with Norway’s Statoil to progress three of the four consented Dogger Bank offshore wind projects towards financial investment decisions.
Electricity has been generated for the first time at DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Cumbria, UK.
Finnish offshore wind developer Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy has inaugurated the 42MW Tahkoluoto wind farm, the world’s first offshore wind farm built for icy conditions.
Samsø Havvind A / S has received permission from the Danish Energy Agency to replace the wind turbine at the Samsø offshore wind farm which was damaged in an accident in November 2015.
The turbine installation phase on the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind project is nearing completion with 52 out of 54 Senvion 6.2MW turbines now installed in the German North Sea, according to Reetec, one of the companies involved in the project.
Siem Offshore Contractors’ accommodation and personnel transfer vessel Siem Moxie has begun work on Statoil’s Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm.
