Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has hired the Esvagt Connector and Esvagt Don to tow a floating barge that carries both an accommodation module and jacket from the port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands to the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm site in the German sector of the North Sea. Work star
RWE will officially open its Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm on Thursday, June 18, the company has announced on its social media pages. The 576MW project is the second largest operating offshore wind farm in the world, comprising 160 Siemens 3.6MW turbines which can power 400,000 homes. The O&M work
HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) has secured a contract with SSE to provide services to the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Speaking on the award, HiDef’s Commercial Director, Kit Hawkins said: “Beatrice is a hugely important project for the UK’s offshore wind industry, being one of the first to
Con4Mare will provide marine warranty survey services for RWE’s Nordsee One offshore wind farm. Nordsee One consists of 54 turbines with a capacity of 6.15 MW each. It will be built 40 kilometres north of the island Juist off Germany’s coast. In-water construction at the project site is anticipated
After one of our readers reported that the final turbine at the Butendiek offshore wind farm was installed last night, wpd confirmed the information to Offshore WIND this morning. The Butendiek offshore wind farm features 80 Siemens SWT-3.6-120 wind turbines, which will generate a total capacity of
The EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm has come to the finish line, as the eightieth and last wind turbine was installed yesterday at the construction site in the German Baltic Sea. On Tuesday, the fortieth turbine was put into operation and has been feeding power into the grid. In the meantime, two m
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has entered into a conditional agreement with Dong Energy regarding phase 1 of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, comprising 330 MW. The company added, they will disclose a company announcement in case the project translates into a firm and unconditional order. Earlier
ITW has completed the last grouting operation at Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in Germany with a high speed efficiency rate. Connections between transition pieces and monopiles have been grouted with ITW’s cementitious material Ducorit® and the installation of the product has been performed by t
Babcock has won a contract to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 2500 tonne offshore sub-station platform (OSP) topside and jacket for the Rampion offshore wind farm. From its base in Rosyth, the company will fabricate and load-out the components for the UK’s Round 3
Eneco announced this morning that the last wind turbine had been installed at its Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Van Oord’s Aeolus finished installing the 43rd turbine around 3 am this morning, only 2 months after the first one was erected at the offshore wind site located 23 kilometers off the c
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore and Consulting is now responsible for the majority of equipment services as well as technical management for Nordergründe offshore wind farm. The wind farm, for which construction work and operation is scheduled to start in 2016, will be equipped with 18 Senvion® 6.2 wi
Work on Kentish Flats Extension is at full power both offshore and onshore, accompanied with good weather conditions, Vattenfall reported. The INSTALLER is deploying pre-lay mattresses for cable crossing protection and the NOSTAG has already installed three inter-array cables. Work will start next w
With the final turbine at Humber Gateway recently becoming operational, the entire offshore wind farm is now generating electricity. This major project in the UK’s North Sea is in the final phase of construction and will be completed this summer, two months ahead of schedule, E.ON reported. Humber G
ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens as its preferred turbine supplier for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The turbine agreement, which will be the largest individual contract placed as part of the £2 billion project, will see up to 102 of Siemens’ 7 megawatt (MW) turbines supplied.
