DONG Energ today awarded a contract to the UK company AMS No-Dig for the design, supply and install cable ducts for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. AMS No-Dig will supply and install three cable ducts approximately 200 metres long under the sea defence at Horseshoe Bay, south of Grimsby.
Japanese company Obayashi Corp. is looking into developing a 455MW offshore wind project off Akita Prefecture, and could start an environmental survey already this month to decide the final wind farm’s size, according to the national media. Obayashi is already involved in two offshore wind projects
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will soon issue a Federal Register Notice to determine if there is competitive interest in developing offshore wind projects off Morro Bay, California. BOEM announced this yesterday, after wrapping up an initial review of an unsolicited lease request from T
Statoil has awarded Balfour Beatty with a GBP 5.5 million EPCI contract for a substation and onshore cable for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, world’s first floating offshore wind farm. Jonathan Chapman, Director of Offshore for Balfour Beatty said: “This is an exciting market for us and we look for
Statoil has awarded Balfour Beatty with a GBP 5.5 million EPCI contract for a substation and onshore cable for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, world’s first floating offshore wind farm. Jonathan Chapman, Director of Offshore for Balfour Beatty said: “This is an exciting market for us and we look for
Germany’s Ocean Breeze Energy has awarded Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., with a new contract for the provision of a walk-to-work (W2W) service operations vessel (SOV) for the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. The contract will involve the deployment o
Germany’s Ocean Breeze Energy has awarded Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., with a new contract for the provision of a walk-to-work (W2W) service operations vessel (SOV) for the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. The contract will involve the deployment o
General Electric (GE) is today officially kicking off the assembly of the towers for the wind turbines to be installed at the 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Built by Deepwater Wind and located three miles the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, the w
Dutch heavy mechanical engineering specialist Euro-Rigging has today delivered a pile gripper frame to be installed on Seajacks Scylla at the port of IJmuiden. Seajacks Scylla, the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessel, arrived at the port of IJmuiden on 14 March in preparation of its fir
First purely municipal offshore wind farm installed off German coast, Trianel Windpark Borkum, has been in operation for half a year now, and has generated 452.33GWh of electricity, with January 2016 as the month with the highest yield so far – 95.12GWh. Construction on the wind farm began in Septem
First purely municipal offshore wind farm installed off German coast, Trianel Windpark Borkum, has been in operation for half a year now, and has generated 452.33GWh of electricity, with January 2016 as the month with the highest yield so far – 95.12GWh. Construction on the wind farm began in Septem
Iberdrola officially launched the construction of its Wikinger offshore wind farm today. Components for the foundations have been manufactured and the installation will commence in the coming days. The work will be done by using the installation vessel Giant 7, which is currently being mobilized in
VBMS has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation of 87 inter-array cables for the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The total scope of work for VBMS will consist of route engineering, a pre-lay grapnel run, cable transport, cable installation and trenching. The project w
VBMS has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation of 87 inter-array cables for the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The total scope of work for VBMS will consist of route engineering, a pre-lay grapnel run, cable transport, cable installation and trenching. The project w
