Nysted Offshore Wind Farm is turning ten and can look back at 10 years with impressive production figures. Thomas Almegaard from DONG Energy, who is responsible for operations and maintenance at Nysted Offshore Wind Farm, praises his employees for their efforts throughout the years. Today, with its
The schedule for a cutting-edge offshore wind demonstration scheme off the north east coast has been amended to help secure the development’s future, the project’s backers said. Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the shareholders in Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (AOWFL) – the c
At Arklow Bank offshore wind farm, located on a shallow water sandbank in the Irish Sea, Fugro carried out maintenance that required the removal of wind turbine rotors and access to the hub. It was not possible to remove the blades individually so the entire rotors, each weighing 90 tonnes and with
The maintenance work at the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm is ongoing, depending on weather conditions. This maintenance programme will involve the transfer of technicians out to selected turbines by Crew Transfer Vessels on a daily basis. The Kingfisher Information Service – Offshore Renewable & Cab
Mainstream Renewable Power today confirms that its 450 megawatt offshore wind farm in Scotland has been announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as one of the first projects eligible to apply for the UK’s new renewable energy support scheme. DECC has this morning published det
Densit, a company specialized in offshore grouting, has completed substation grouting at one of the biggest European offshore wind farms – West of Duddon Sands in the UK. During the planning stage of the installation, it was estimated that a 100 tons of Ducorit® S5 UHPC material will be necessary to
DanTysk offshore wind farm, situated west of the island of Sylt and directly on the German-Danish border, recently shook under the strength of storm “Christian” that swept through the North Sea. Wind measurements of 44.3 m/s (160km/h) were recorded on board the foundation installation vessel – the S
PKA will provide EUR 120 million in the form of a subordinated loan to Project Gemini, Typhoon Offshore announced today. It is the first time that a pension fund finances an offshore wind park in The Netherlands ahead of construction. The 600MW offshore wind farm that is currently being brought to f
The 100th wind turbine has been successfully installed at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. A2Sea’s jack-up vessel, SEAJACK, achieved this milestone yesterday morning. RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Project Director Toby Edmonds said: “We have reached another major milestone i
GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine, and AREVA today submitted their proposals to the French Government for the installation and operation of 1,000 MW of offshore wind energy off Le Tréport and between the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier. The consortium wants to develop its projects through a powe
The European consortium comprising EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore today submitted two bids for French offshore wind projects: the Tréport and Ile d’ Yeu/Ile de Noirmoutier. These two projects fall within the framework of the second call for tenders for French offshore wind energy projects,
Ofgem has granted offshore transmission licence for Greater Gabbard wind farm. The deal represents further evidence of the innovation introduced by Ofgem’s competitive tendering process which is helping to drive down the costs for consumers of connecting offshore windfarms to the grid. This is the f
Angus Council yesterday issued planning consent in principal for the onshore infrastructure required for Phase 1 of Seagreen Wind Energy’s Firth of Forth Offshore Wind Zone. This includes 19km of onshore underground cables, which will transmit power from a landfall location at South Carnoustie on th
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, have announced that the developer of the proposed Block Island Wind Farm is modifying the proposed plans in seeking a permit to construct the offshore wind farm with accompanying transmission system. The company’s plans involve building a 30MW offs
