Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of the United States’ first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective later next year, Siemens will supply Cape Wind with its industry-leading 3.6-megawatt offshore wind turbines, an offshore Electric
From now on, the jack-up vessel Brave Tern from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will work on the installation of wind turbines in the Global Tech I wind farm. This means, according to plan, a second vessel will supplement the installation work of towers and nacelles in addition to HOCHTIEF’s vessel Thor at
As part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm development, Fugro GEOS deployed a wave buoy in April on behalf of Statoil for a period of 12 months. The buoy will measure waves, currents and water level and will transmit the data to shore via satellite telemetry, according to KIS-ORCA’s website. The wave
Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) staff has announced that it is is currently completing staff reports for the Deepwater Wind’s Block Island wind farm application, with Deepwater Wind Subcommittee meetings expected to be scheduled in early 2014 (January). The CRMC has accepted
In order to ensure that the UK remains on track to meet its renewable energy obligation targets by 2020, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that it has chosen sixteen renewable energy generation projects which are ‘provisionally affordable’ in the Final Investment Deci
Ballast Nedam Offshore (BNO) is executing the foundation EPCI works for wind farm operator OWP Butendiek. As part of this, BNO has subcontracted Jumbo for the offshore transport and installation of 80 transition pieces (TPs). The TPs are fabricated in Esbjerg and will be installed with the Dynamical
DONG Energy has acquired the remaining 50% interest in three Dutch offshore wind development projects from its joint venture partner SSE. The projects, Den Helder 1, Breeveertien II and West-Rijn, have a total consented capacity of up to 1,050 megawatt and are located in the North Sea off the coast
German company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH has awarded a contract to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd. for the transport and installation work of Areva 5MW wind turbines and associated equipment at the Global Tech I wind farm. The contract commences in December 2013 and is anticipated
As announced on December 13, all of the 80 foundations for the DanTysk offshore wind farm are now installed. This was achieved by using the largest self-propelled installation jack-up vessel of the Workfox fleet, the Seafox 5. The vessel successfully completed the installation of 80 monopiles and tr
In just over two months Ballast Nedam Offshore has transported and installed 39 monopiles for the offshore wind farm Baltic 2. This was achieved despite the occurrence of two of the worst storms in a decade in October and November. Among the monopiles installed, were the largest monopiles used in of
ScottishPower Renewables has confirmed that they will not be taking forward their lease option to develop the Argyll Array Offshore Windfarm in the near future. The company has stated that the project may be viable to reconsider as offshore wind technology develops in the longer term, but estimates
After nine months of construction, the last of the 80 foundations at the DanTysk offshore wind farm has been installed. The monopile foundations, which are 65 metres long and weigh 950 tonnes, were driven into the seabed using a special hammer. Work was done in water depths of up to 32 metres, 70 km
Geosea has been awarded a contract for Dong Energy’s Gode Wind Offshore Wind Farm. Under the contract, Geosea will transport and install wind turbine foundations, and carry out scour protection work. Offshore construction of the Gode Wind offshore wind farms will begin in the first half of 2015 and
DONG Energy Wind Power A/S has announced a qualification system for the construction of offshore wind farms in Germany and construction and operation of support facilities to the wind farms. The construction and operation of support facilities incorporates the Operation and Maintenance Site and Comm
