Star of the South Wind Farm has unveiled three potential power transmission corridors for Australia’s first offshore wind farm.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) intends to issue an invitation to tender for work on up to two of the three offshore wind zones identified in the Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. RVO plans to issue the contract notice in May. The contract is valued at around EUR 1.35 million. The obj
Arup has appointed Saygin Oytan to head its offshore wind team in the U.S. As an associate principal in the Boston office, Oytan will lead strategic business development initiatives aimed at expanding Arup’s presence in the U.S. offshore wind market. “We are anticipating major growth in the offshore
DEME Group has chartered a floatel which will serve for pre-quarantine for the company’s crews working on offshore wind and dredging vessels.
Van Oord has awarded Dutch high voltage specialists Visser & Smit Hanab with a contract to perform all array cable terminations and testing work at the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. A total of 77 MHI Vestas V164 9.5 MW wind turbines will be connected to the Borssele
Transmission system operator TenneT has selected SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH to provide a DP2-compliant Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for the supply runs of cargo to the offshore platforms in the German and Dutch North Sea. Under the contract, SeaRenergy will continuously provide and operate an
Elia and 50Hertz Transmission have issued a tender seeking a UXO expert for offshore platforms in Belgium and Germany. In Phase 1, the contractor will provide a desktop study and a presentation of results on a UXO risk workshop with the client. The selected party will then in phase two provide consu
The developers of Australia’s first offshore wind farm have started environmental assessment process and referred the Star of the South project to state and federal planning and environment ministries.
Renova has selected MHI Vestas to supply turbines for the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind project in Japan. The project is expected to have a power generating capacity of approximately 700 MW, making it one of the largest offshore wind farms in Japan. “The Yurihonjo project will be a pioneer in the Ja
DEME Group’s installation vessel Sea Challenger has started loading the first wind turbine components for the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. Located some 23 kilometres off the coast of Zeeland in the Netherlands, the 752 MW Borssele 1 + 2 wind farm will feature
ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has completed the first test of its new lightweight blade for wind farms at ORE Catapult’s Blade Test Facility in Blyth. This first of two static tests was carried out in three weeks and saw a full-length 13m blade withstand the
Elia and 50Hertz have issued a tender looking for a certification body for offshore platforms in Belgium and Germany. The contractor will be in charge of seabed survey certification for platform locations, conceptual and basic design certification, and detailed design substructures certification bas
Oceaneering International Services (OISL) has got a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East wind farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen project, which will make the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms the world’s first oil & gas platforms to be powered by a floating offshore wind farm.
