The first of a total of 80 transition pieces (TP) at the Butendiek offshore wind farm has been installed. Transition pieces, manufactured by Bladt Industries in Esbjerg, Denmark, are being installed by the DP heavy-lift vessel Jumbo Javelin from Jumbo Shipping. Each TP weighs approximately 330 tons,
Iberdrola has selected Navantia shipyards in Puerto Real (Cadiz, Spain) as the preferred supplier to manufacture the foundations of the offshore substation for Wikinger, an offshore wind project being developed by Iberdrola in Germany. The nearly €70-million contract will only be executed once suffi
The UK Government has signed eight contracts awarded under the Final Investment Decision (FID) Enabling for Renewables process, including five contracts for offshore wind projects. In April, the Government revealed eight awarded projects, which include offshore wind farms, coal to biomass conversion
Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH has invited tenders for offshore monitoring work. The work involves monitoring the condition of foundations in the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The foundation monitoring concept is based on online monitoring of two representative wind turbine foundations. The online monit
On May 8, one of three offshore wind supply chain workshops for the Moray offshore wind farm was held. The workshops are organized by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise on behalf of Moray Offshore Wind Limited (MORL). Those attending the event could hear about the contracting s
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Large component for offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic 2 come in the port of Sassnitz. Located 32 kilometres north of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, this wind farm will consist of 80 wind power plants with a total output of 288 MW. Baltic 2 will produce enough electric
Energinet.dk is preparing for the construction of a traditional grid connection system for the wind turbines at Kriegers Flak. This means that the system is based on AC like the systems connecting Denmark’s existing offshore wind farms with the electricity grid. Originally, the grid connection shoul
Dorset County Council has voiced its opposition to the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm application. On a cabinet meeting held on June 4, the Council followed the decision of its Planning Committee, made the day before, basing its disapproval mostly on the same concerns voiced by the Committee. Beside
SEA INSTALLER completed installation of the 108 WTGs at the West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm. In addition to the 108 WTGs, SEA INSTALLER installed 30 foundations (MPs and TPs) prior to the WTG installation. The first turbine was installed 27 September 2013, and after a rough and windy winter
On Tuesday May 20th, Verbrugge Terminals in the Port of Vlissingen successfully completed the first load-in for the Dutch offshore wind farm ‘Eneco Luchterduinen’. The monopiles are constructed by SIF Group and Smulders Group and are transported to Vlissingen for intermediate storage. In July 2014 t
All 40 wind turbines of the first phase of Trianel Windpark Borkum (formerly known as Borkum West II) offshore wind farm are now installed. MPI Adventure jack-up vessel has been working for eleven months to install forty Areva M5000-116 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 200 MW. “Now, the only
Baryonyx Corporation has withdrawn its permit application from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for an 18 MW Gulf Offshore Wind (GOWind) project off the coast of South Padre Island, Texas. Audubon Texas, an organization for conservation of natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wil
Last week, Visser & Smit Marine Contracting B.V. (VSMC) laid the last cable in the southern part of the Dan Tysk offshore wind farm site, meaning that half of the 80 wind turbines are ready to be connected to the offshore substation. VSMC’s work on the inter-array cable installation at the offshore
Survey vessel RRS Ernest Shackleton will be undertaking seabed investigations at various locations within the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm site from May 30. The RRS Ernest Shackleton is joining as an additional vessel to assist in the survey work that started earlier in 2014. The other two vessels
