The project team working on the jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation has completed all the major lifts for the jacket, Petrofac said. The jacket is now getting ready to depart the United Arab Emirates and head to the Dutch North Sea. In September 2019, Eversendai O
Petrofac has awarded the Dubai-based Eversendai Offshore with two substantial contracts for the offshore wind-related projects in the Netherlands and in Scotland, UK. Eversendai Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Berhad, will fabricate and construct a jacket fou
The 252 MW Seastar offshore wind farm in Belgium has been connected to Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Seastar is part of the 487 MW SeaMade project which comprises 58 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. The connection of the wind farm marks the completion of the MOG located 40km off Belgium’s coast
Dubai-based Drydocks World has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation topside. This is the third topside that Drydocks World will be constructing for Petrofac and end-client TenneT, and the second project for the Hollandse Kust Zuid zone. The 700 MW High V
TenneT has selected the consortium of ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants to design, engineer, produce, deliver, transport, and install a 700 MW offshore substation for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. The contract also includes the options for identical work on the Hollandse Kust West Alpha and
SSE Renewables has reached a voluntary land agreement for the development of the underground cable route for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. The deal was reached with Angus Council, Carnoustie Golf Links Management Committee (CGLMC), and other key landowners to allow the development
The Netherlands intends to extend the licences for new offshore wind projects from 30 to 40 years, according to Eric Wiebes, the country’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. In a letter sent to the Dutch Parliament, Minister Wiebes said that the extended licences will allow the develo
Tekmar Group has revealed the involvement of its operating companies in the 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the U.S. Tekmar Energy supplied Seaway 7 with TekLink cable protection systems and TekDuct cable crossing protection for the construction phase of the project. AgileTek
Port of Roenne has welcomed Danish government’s plan to make the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea an energy island, facilitating the connection of 2 GW of offshore wind capacity. “We are pleased that Bornholm has been appointed by the Government to become an energy island, that a 2 GW offshore w
A consortium comprising PensionDanmark, PFA and SEAS-NVE said it was ready to finance the VindØ energy island in the North Sea. The consortium would initially contribute with up to DKK 400 million (EUR 53.6 million) to develop the project. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company be
TenneT is supporting the possibility of Germany taking a minority stake in the organization. In a letter to the Dutch Lower House of Parliament, Finance Minister Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra presented his preferred scenario for meeting TenneT’s capital requirement as a result of rising investments, due t
DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin i
Subsea 7 has completed a cable pull-in at Camp Pendelton in Virginia, US, for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 12 MW CVOW demonstration project is being jointly developed by Dominion Energy and Ørsted. Subsea 7 won the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cab
LOC Group has secured a contract with Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation and installation of the inter-array and export cables. Technical docu
