A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first four Siemens 6MW turbines at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm located some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk,UK. Sea Challenger has already picked up the second four-turbine batch from the load out port in Hull and is en
Marine renewables developer Atlantis Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French floating foundations designer Ideol to collaborate on a floating wind project off the UK. The collaboration will seek to initiate the development of a floating offshore wind project of up to
US offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has received a unanimous approval from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for the 90MW Deepwater ONE South Fork wind farm, the nation’s largest offshore wind farm and the first one to be built off New York. Speaking ahead of the vote and to a room packed
VBMS has been awarded an inter-array cabling contract by ScottishPower Renewables, for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 100 million and the scope of work for VBMS, a subsidiary of Boskalis, consists of the supply, installation and burial
Swedish offshore wind developer Vattenfall has narrowed the underground onshore cable route for the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm following public consultation. The potential development area for the proposed 60km underground cable route has narrowed from a 3-7km wide search area to a 70
DONG Energy and Macquarie Capital have signed agreements to acquire a combined 85% ownership interest in the Taiwanese offshore wind project Formosa I from local developer Swancor Renewable. Completion of the transactions is subject to a number of conditions precedent including approval from the EU
Seajacks Scylla, the world’s largest jack-up vessel, has recently visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, soon after installing 67 monopiles at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm some 95 kilometres north west of the island of Borkum in the German exclusive economic zone (
Spain’s Dragados Offshore has awarded compatriot IKM Testing Spain with a contract to manufacture sheet metal panels which will be used for the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project ONE offshore wind farm. IKM Testing Spain, part of the IKM Group, plans to fabrica
Danish design and consulting company OSK-Offshore A/S has assisted and worked in cooperation with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) to prepare the wind farm installation vessel Bold Tern for the turbine installation project at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The first of 67 Siemens 6MW wind tu
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board is expected to approve a contract for New York’s first offshore wind farm this Wednesday, 25 January, according to the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. After receiving support for the project from environmentalists, labor groups, elected officials,
Offshore Partners Walney Holdco Limited (OPW), minority shareholder in the Walney offshore wind farm located directly off the coast of Cumbria in north west England, has successfully restructured its debt facilities to enable access to more favourable interest rates in line with current market condi
Ziton’s jack up vessel Wind Server is due to be carrying out maintenance work close to two wind turbines within the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm area starting this week. The vessel is expected to start working in the vicinity of the turbines C10D and K1M on Thursday, 26 January, a notice to marine
The installation vessel MPI Adventure and Siemens have installed all 72 turbines at the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm three months sooner than initially planned. The final Siemens SWT-4.0 130 turbine was installed on Saturday, 21 January, Vattenfall, the majority owner and developer of the wind
EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) from Emden has won a contract to support GeoSea’s marine coordination during the planning and construction phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight. During the construction and commissioning phase, EMO’s nautical team will be in charge of ensuring s
