Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has used knowledge from oil and gas industry regarding work shift schedule on its renewable energy project. Namely, the company is building world’s largest accommodation platform dedicated to an offshore wind farm. Standing on a 40-meter tall jacket foundation
Vattenfall is looking for a contractor who will carry out paint repair works on transition pieces (TPs) of DanTysk offshore wind turbines. The work includes surface preparation and painting of all the damaged areas on each of the foundation structures (TPs). Also, the contractor shall deliver the re
TenneT’s offshore connection BorWin2 is now operational and transports the German North Sea electricity to the grid on land. BorWin2 has a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW) and can provide around one million households with electricity. With BorWin2, four grid connections with a total capacity of appro
Trianel has produced first power from its 200MW Borkum West offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The first turbine was commissioned on Sunday and is now undergoing trial operation. “After the permanent power connection was successfully established by the substation DolWin Alpha in December,
Sea Challenger installed 18th wind turbine in Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough project on 27 January 2015. Project Manager Morten S. Pedersen from A2SEA commented: “The installation of turbine no. 18 went according to plan, safely and smooth. The co-operation between the crew on board Sea Challenger a
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Last of the total 41 jacket foundations for the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm leaving Bladt Industries site in Denmark. A little over a week ago, Bladt carried out the load out of these foundations and wrapped up the work that started in May last year. This job e
Highland Group Holding Limited has awarded K2 Management with a project management and technical development contract until the end of 2017, when the 400 MW German Veja Mate offshore project is scheduled to be operational. Highland Group Holding also owns Deutsche Bucht (210 MW) offshore project, pl
Danish energy company, Dong Energy, will upgrade all turbines on 91 2.3MW turbines installed at Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm. The company named larger than expected wear, caused by strong wind mixed with water, sand and salt, on seven-year-old blades as the reason for the refit job. Total of 273 b
RWE Innogy UK is asking people in Lincolnshire living close to the proposed onshore infrastructure of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm how they would like a major new community investment fund to work in their area. The developer of Triton Knoll is running a month-long consultation to understand
DONG Energy has signed a contract with EEW SPC, which covers the supply of 32 monopile foundations and the associated transition pieces for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm to be built in Liverpool Bay. Under the contract, a high proportion of the transition pieces will be manufactu
Following yesterday’s announcement by the UK Government that it will allocate GBP 46 million to projects in seaside towns across England and Scotland, RenewableUK issued a press release to highlight the fact that the Coastal Communities Fund is partially financed by the UK’s offshore wind industry,
DONG Energy has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) with offshore substation transportation and installation contracts for Burbo Bank Extension, Race Bank and Walney Extension offshore wind farms. The contracts cover the transportation and installation of up to 5 platforms that will support the power
Dutch energy company, Eneco, is inviting bids for two contracts regarding its Norther offshore wind farm located 22 kilometers from the shore near the port of Zeebrugge. The first contract is related to design, supply, installation and commissioning of wind turbine foundations, including cabling and
The Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, today joined Siemens global executives to mark ground-breaking on wind turbine manufacturing and assembly facilities in Hull. Mr Davey visited Hull’s Alexandra Dock to celebrate the beginning of construction on the site where Sieme
