After more than three years of surveys, research, consultation and reporting, Forewind has submitted its application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck to the Planning Inspectorate. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck comprises two offshore wind farms with a total installed capaci
Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) offshore wind turbine jacket began its journey toward Energy Park Fife in Methil this weekend, Paisley.org.uk writes. The jacket was manufactured by Steel Engineering Ltd., based in Renfrew, and was loaded on a 60-metre barge on Saturday, when it started its voyage to
The site of the proposed Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is 20 miles off the coast of Cromer, and since acquiring the project late last year, Statoil and Statkraft have undertaken a review of the project design and the seabed characteristics of the consented site. As of the result of this review Dudgeon
Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track to become the second largest operational offshore wind farm in the world. The milestone builds on other recent good news for developer RWE npower renewables (RWE), its project partners, and the wider
Installation of Alstom’s 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine at the Belwind offshore wind farm has been delayed because of some unexpected problems that occurred during the civil works, the company told Offshore WIND. The wind turbine was scheduled to be completely installed in July, however, pile
The first important milestone in the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm has been achieved: The installation of the offshore substation for the wind farm in the North Sea is completed. “Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in offshore wind, it’s a very special moment,”
Bladt’s new facilities at Lindø Industrial Park are nearly all set and the production of the 41 jackets for ENBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm is well under way. At the moment, almost 100 men are in full swing in the workshops where they have spent the last months preparing these with the so called [&
Neptune is calling BOW Terminal now for the 33th time to load foundations for the Northwind project. GeoSea’s special-purpose DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ is working on the Northwind offshore wind farm on Bank Zonder Naam off the coast of the Belgian town Zeebrugge. The project comprises 72 offshore
RWE Innogy yesterday received the permits for the Innogy Nordsee offshore wind farm 2 and 3. The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) approved the construction of 108 additional wind turbines located some 40 kilometres north of the island of Juist. Innogy Nordsee 2 will consist of 4
After DONG Energy submitted an application for Walney Extension offshore wind farm to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), the plans can now be seen at the Henry Bloom Library in Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man Today informs. Maps and plans of the project, along with copies of the submitted appli
Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. HelWin1 will link the two offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the mainland. Using the Siemens technology installed on the pla
The centerpiece for the transport of wind power to be produced by Windreich’s offshore wind farm MEG 1 has been successfully constructed. “With the construction of the transformer platform ‘DolWin alpha’, 13 kilometers southeast from Windreich’s MEG 1 wind farm, we have taken a big step forward with
The application for Hornsea Project One, the first offshore wind farm that SMart Wind Ltd is developing in the Round 3 Hornsea Zone, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate has approximately three months to prepare for the examination. During this
At the annual press conference on August 21 in Bremerhaven, Windreich, together with the relevant project partners, presented nearly smooth course of the current offshore projects. After the conference, Jean Huby, CEO of AREVA Wind GmbH and Willi Balz, CEO of Windreich GmbH, signed an extensive coop
