Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects has successfully installed all 27 monopiles for the Teesside Wind Farm. Foundation installation began on the 6th of February 2012 and the last monopile has been installed last weekend. This means that the installation of the Monopiles has been completed ahead of sched
The installation of monopiles and transition pieces is ongoing at full speed, and as of 1 June, 69 monopiles and 27 transition pieces are installed in the Anholt wind farm, and Jumbo Javalin has just arrived at the site with a new load of transition pieces. The installation of monopiles is expected
Lincs Wind Farm Limited, a joint venture between Centrica plc, DONG Energy and Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, has finalised agreements to provide non-recourse project finance facilities for the 270MW Lincs offshore wind farm. The facilities, totalling £425 million, will be provided by a consortium o
An unending potential lies in the world’s oceans which provides energy resource larger than the global need is, John Olav Tande of the Norwegian SINTEF research foundation stated. The fact that at the end of 2010, 98.5% of the world’s wind turbines were on land is now going to change, as the idea of
Shanghai Donghai Wind Power Co., developer of China’s first large-scale offshore wind farm in the city, will invest USD 300 million in development of a 100MW offshore wind farm next year. As Bloomberg writes, the project represents the second phase of the East China Sea Bridge wind farm and will use
The Vertiwind project that involves the testing of a 2 MW prototype VAWT (vertical-axis wind turbine) has recently been launched by the French companies Technip and Nénuphar. Currently a 35 kW VAWT prototype is being tested onshore at Boulogne-sur-Mer by Nénuphar, the company responsible for the des
London Array achieved some of its final key construction milestones for the onshore substation at Cleve Hill. The North Wall was completed at the end of 2011, when it installed the final six steel and aluminium fins. In February this year, the London Array substation connected to the National Grid s
E.ON is taking the next step in construction of its £736m Humber Gateway wind farm and will soon begin laying the onshore cable, which will be used to connect the offshore turbines to a new onshore substation at Salt End. The wind farm which will be located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast, is due [
SRC (Steel River Consultants) has been appointed by E.ON to provide the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm with construction design and management (CDM), as well as health and safety support trough a three year contract, reported Bdaily. “This latest contract win reflects SRC’s ability to deliver lar
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired three energy related contracts for projects in Northwest Europe with a combined contract value of approximately EUR 110 million. Boskalis has signed a contract with partners DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables for the partial construction
According to the Financial Times Deutschland, Swiss engineering compay ABB is expecting its offshore wind projects to advance as planned, without delays. Peter Terwiesch, head of ABB in Germany, said that profit margins for the projects are in a “normal development corridor.” Contrary to Siemens who
E.ON has decided to base its operations and maintenance centre for its 288MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm on the German island of Helgoland. E.ON’s Head of International Offshore business, Sven Utermöhlen, and Jörg Singer, the Mayor of Helgoland, met at the region’s economics ministry in Kiel t
UPC Renewables Indonesia Ltd (“UPCI”) announced on April 20, with its local development partner PT Binatek Reka Energi, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between The Directorate of Various New Energy and Renewable Energy, Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Cons
Proposed Inchcape offshore wind farm faced discussion between the companies, engaged in project development, and the public, especially landowners and farmers in Angus area. A week ago, cable connecting to the grid worried local residents. However, according to the latest developments it appears tha
