At a recent official launch of the Race Bank offshore wind farm project in Sutton Bridge, Dong Energy confirmed that it is looking for a suitable location for the project’s base, which could create 90 direct jobs. Robert Thornhill, Dong Energy’s project development manager said that the company coul
Dong Energy’s team will host two “Meet the Buyer” exhibitions about the supply chain opportunities for Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The events will provide an opportunity to meet senior members of Dong Energy’s procurement and project teams to discuss opportunities that may exist in the
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A floating LiDAR deployed on Mainstream Renewable Power’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. On April 20, FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), has set up the device at Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, al
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has restricted night piling activities at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The decision follows a number of complaints from East Riding residents about the vibration and noise coming from monopile piling activities at the wind farm located offshore Wi
U.S. Federal Judge Richard Stearns has dismissed Cape Wind opponents’ lawsuit, which challenged Cape Wind’s Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with NSTAR. The District Court’s decision rejected all claims against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, NSTAR and Cape Wind. Judge Stearns noted in his decision
VIDEO: Alstom’s 6MW Turbine Spinning at Belwind Site Last year in November, Alsom installed 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. 40th AREVA Wind Turbine Installed at Global Tech I The construction of towers and nacelles in the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is run
The U. S. District Court of Massachusetts is contemplating a decision regarding a lawsuit against the Cape Wind’s contract with power utility NStar. Town of Barnstable, local businesses, residents, and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) filed the lawsuit to the U.S. District Court on Jan
LDD has successfully completed drilling monopile foundations for RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, North Wales, UK. LDD has been working on the project since 2011, when it designed, built and delivered one of the world’s largest reverse circulation drill rigs, the LD5000, within 10 months
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse) has completed a subsea integrity monitoring project for a Dong Energy offshore wind farm. Pulse supplied a system to measure the motion of a number of unsupported sections of subsea cable at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea.
The work on the cable connection of the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm to the grid is progressing at full speed off the Baltic coast of the German Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. More than half of the project’s cables are now lying on the seabed. A total of sixty kilometers of submarine c
Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (NABU) filed a complaint against the construction of the Butendiek offshore wind farm to the Administrative Court in Köln on April 17, with reference to the Environmental Damage Act. The environmental association is concerned about the possible effects on protected m
The installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, has been successfully completed. The final transition piece was installed on Wednesday 23rd April more than eight miles off the North Wales coast by RWE’s jack up installation vessel, Friedrich Ernestine. T
Mainstream Renewable Power have kicked off Phase 2 of their floating LiDAR campaign by deploying a floating LiDAR on its 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. Technology providers FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), deployed the device almost 21km off the Fife coast on April 20th.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen’s Energy’s appeal on the BPU’s decision to deny the construction of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Atlantic City. The company said that it will take the case to the court. “We are disappointed in this decision, but not sur
