Sweden-headquartered Vattenfall has started development of the 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm project off the coast of Norfolk, following the recent agreement with The Crown Estate to take the project into the planning process. Vattenfall and The Crown Estate have also agreed to develop t
Horizon Geosciences has recently used its 200kN Seabed CPT system to complete a geotechnical site investigation for Vattenfall’s 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the Danish part of the North Sea. Horizon’s scope of work centered around turbine locations and infield cable routes. The programme
The first three super-sized monopiles built for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm arrived at the Dutch Eemshaven seaport on 10 March, with the remaining 64 giants soon to follow, Eemshavenonline.nl reports The monopiles were constructed in Rostock, Germany, by EEW Special Pipe Constructions Gmb
Lowestoft-based Sembmarine SLP Ltd (SLP) upended and jacked up the jacket structure for the offshore substation platform to be installed at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm at its Hamilton Road site this month. The platform comprises of a topside and jacket structure, the latter of which uses suction
UK’s Round 3 Offshore Wind Developers Reveal New Projects The Crown Estate has announced agreements with offshore wind developers ScottishPower Renewables, Vattenfall and DONG Energy, which have reconfigured or identified new projects within their respective Round 3 offshore wind development zones i
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has approved a EUR 244 million loan agreement for the 129MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm, developed and owned jointly by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and the Dutch en
DONG Energy has appointed the Portsmouth-based Fugro EMU to carry out offshore pre-construction surveys for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the coast of Cumbria. Fugro will begin seabed survey work in the Irish Sea this month using three specialist vessels. The 41-metre Fugro Helmert wil
Developers interested in constructing the Sejerø Bugt nearshore wind farm will have to wait an additional month to file their final bids after an environmental impact assessment (EIA) suggested that the farm could affect a population of migratory sea ducks which winter in the area. In the assessment
China Three Gorges Corporation and China Guodian Corporation have placed bids to buy Blackstone Group LP’s share in the 288MW Meerwind Süd/Ost offshore wind farm situated in the German part of the North Sea, Bloomberg quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying. The wind farm is owned and oper
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, has awarded Fugro Survey B.V. with a contract to carry out geophysical soil investigations for the proposed offshore wind farm sites at Hollandse Kust Zuid (South). Fugro Su
As of March 2016, C-bed’s flotel Wind Solution is off to the German North Sea and the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm on a maintenance assignment. During the coming months, she will be offering storage and workshop facilities, as well as providing accommodation for up to 100 offshore service techni
DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offsho
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has accepted a lease request for a 400MW floating offshore wind farm proposed offshore Oahu, Hawaii. The lease request accepted by BOEM was submitted by Progression Hawaii Offshore Wind, Inc., part of Oregon-based Progression Energy, for the Progression So
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH and Corrosion, a manufacturer and provider of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems, have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on the maintenance of foundation structures at four offshore wind farms in the German part of the Nor
