SeaPlanner has been selected by Vattenfall as its marine coordination and management tool for the Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm. This extends SeaPlanner’s presence on Vattenfall sites, which already includes the construction site, Dan Tysk, and generation projects, Thanet and Kentish Fl
Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term service and maintenance operations of the Gemini and Sandbank/Dan Tysk offshore wind power plants in the North Sea. Officials from Siemens and
Dorset County Council and Bournemouth Borough Council have voiced their opinion on the Navitus Bay proposal in regard to the examining process at the UK Planning Inspectorate, stating that the Turbine Mitigation Option (TMO) should be submitted and considered by the Inspectorate as a completely new
Terna Energy’s investment for the construction of a wind park with a capacity of 73.2 MW on St. George Island is entering its final stage with a goal to have it in operation by the end of 2015. The EUR 150 million wind farm will produce enough electricity to power over 40,000 households annually. Th
Energinet.dk has invited potential contractors to prequalify for an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey to be carried out in 2015 at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm site. The Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet.dk is preparing the installation of a 33 km export cable from the planned
Eneco’s Princess Amalia Wind Farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of IJmuiden, the Netherlands, had another excellent year. January, February and December of 2014 ended with a production of more than 30 percent above expectations. These three months are even in the top five best months of the w
Global Wind Service (GWS) has recently completed a contract with AREVA supporting the cold commissioning of the 5MW wind turbines on the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The scope of work covered the mechanical and electrical completion works. The contract was a continuation
RXPE has won a design & build contract from DONG Energy for the supply of its Utility grade STATCOMs. DONG Energy has selected RXPE through a competitive tender process to provide a turnkey deliver of a ±50MVAr MAXIVAR™ Utility grade STATCOM for its 256MW Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm, com
An unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey is taking place this month (January 2015) at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site. The survey is being carried out ahead of planned geotechnical surveys, to identify seabed ground conditions and the presence or absence of seabed unexploded ordnance for the nearsho
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has supplied cable connectors for the second phase of the Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration, offshore Japan. Two First Subsea connectors have been used to connect 22kV cables to the facility’s floating 66kV power substation, in preparation
The last of the in total 48 wind turbines was successfully installed over Christmas around 30 kilometers to the north of the island of Heligoland. “We worked on the completion of the 48 wind turbines with two installation vessels at the same time and, besides the conventional rotor star installation
Fishermen’s Energy held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Atlantic City for its 25MW renewable energy project. The New Jersey renewable energy developer kicked off onshore cable work for the project that would see five wind turbines installed off Atlantic City. The project obtained needed build
IBERDROLA and Areva have signed a contract for the supply of wind turbines to the Wikinger offshore project. The contract has been valued at approximately €620 million. The French company will supply 70 M5000-135 5MW wind turbines, worth €550 million. For the first time, IBERDROLA will be installing
DONG Energy has decided to construct the offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay. Burbo Bank Extension will have a total capacity of 258MW and is expected to be commissioned in 2017. Burbo Bank Extension is the first of three projects for wh
