Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: View from one of the first turbines installed at Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. The photo was taken as the first batch of turbines is undergoing a quality inspection. The wind farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, comprises 4
The Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, situated off the Holderness coast, is currently in the latter stages of construction and is expected to reach full power in 2015. It is the first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of the Siemens 6MW wind turbine. The wind farm is a joint venture betwe
Registration to become an interested party on the application for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm, developed by SMart Wind, will close tomorrow, April 22. During this pre-examination stage at the Planning Inspectorate, all those who registered can have their say on the proposal and commen
Jan De Nul Group has secured two contracts with Dong Energy to execute cable installation works for the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay. Jan De Nul Group will install and bury a 25km long export cable between the wind farm’s offshore transformer platform and the beach, as we
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Westermeerwind wind farm reaches a half point in the foundation installation. Namely, the ‘De Schelde’ pontoon, topped by a Liebherr crane 11350, installed the 24th foundation pile yesterday. The 35-meter long foundation piles, weighing around 250 tons, are being tr
The first seven employment opportunities for managers and engineers to be based from the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm O&M base in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk have been posted on the Statoil website, Statoil being the operator for both the construction and operational phases of this 402MW offshore power pl
ABS Group Ltd. was recently awarded a quality surveillance and inspection services contract for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm project, owned by Northland Power Inc. and RWE Innogy GmbH through the Nordsee One GmbH joint venture. The contract will involve quality surveillance and inspection serv
Following the recent media attention given to Eneco’s Princess Amalia Wind Farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark) and its grout problem, the company yesterday said that hundreds of turbines comprised in first-generation offshore wind farms are facing this issue. The foundation construction of the Princess Am
The first foundation was successfully installed at the Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea yesterday. With this project, DONG Energy is building Germany’s biggest offshore wind farm 45km from the mainland and around 33km from the islands Juist and Norderney. Trine Borum Bojsen, Mana
Eneco will pay tens of millions of Euros in repair costs for its Princess Amalia Wind Farm (Prinses Amaliawindpark), according to Dutch media. In 2013, it was found that the wind farm’s turbines are no longer standing firmly, which created the risk that they would fall over. Eneco hired the company
Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm has reached another milestone in its construction phase. Following a successful installation of the first turbine tower 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, Van Oord had installed the first wind turbine last week. Van Oord’s new transport and
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. The grouting work will take pl
Installation of foundations and wind turbines at the Kentish Flats Extension will start on May 1, subject to weather conditions. On behalf of Vattenfall, GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune will be carrying out installation works approximately 8.5 to 13 km north of Herne Bay and Whits
Mainstream Renewable Power said today that its 448 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland will use two recently launched technologies. The technologies include the new Offshore Transmission Module (OTM), by Siemens Energy Management Division and High Wind’s Boom Lock system to be d
