One of Dutch shipping agency SeaMar’s vessels, the MV Deep Helder, a DP2 Survey & ROV Vessel, has started geophysical surveying on the South Fork and Revolution Wind farms off the US East Coast. The MV Deep Helder, which has already built up some experience in working on offshore wind farms in Europe, is providing support…
Shell, along with 9 other offshore energy giants, has joined Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s national Floating Offshore Wind Center of Excellence (FOWCoE) in the UK. Together they want to accelerate the commercialization of floating wind energy. The FOWCoE center of expertise is engaged in the development of floating offshore wind energy in the UK.…
Today, a consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge and wpd announced the start of the activities for their Fécamp offshore wind project after having reached financial close over the weekend. Boskalis is one of the companies that will play a role in the construction of the 500 MW project, located between 13 and 22 km off…
Dutch consultancy and engineering company IX Wind has opened an office in Tokyo, Japan. It is a next step in further expanding its business in Asia-Pacific renewables market. IX Wind is already working with Japanese companies, including Eurus Energy, Obayashi, and JWD. By opening an office the company aims to to expand its business, further building…
Van Oord is ready to start with the installation of 72 foundations at Vattenfall’s 600 MW Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The company is using their heavy lift installation vessel Svanen. The 8,000-tonne heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the wind farm, located some 15 to 40 km off…
Van Oord has been contracted by Ailes Marines to transport and install all foundations in the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. Ailes Marines, a consortium of Spanish Iberdrola Group and French companies RES and Caisse Des Dépôts, will be building the wind farm some 20 km off the coast of France in the bay of Saint-Brieuc.…
Van Oord has signed a preparatory works agreement for the installation of the jacket foundations at Iberdrola’s French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. Van Oord will be responsible for the installation of 62 three-legged jacket foundations in the wind farm site, located around 20 km off the coast of France. The future wind farm, with a surface area of…
Chinese Guangzhou Salvage Bureau has contracted SPT Offshore to install 3 suction pile jackets in the 300 MW first phase of China Three Gorges New Energy’s Yangxi Shaba offshore wind project. The wind farm is located some 26 km to the South of Shaba in Guangdong province. The water depth is ranging between 26m and…
BLIX Consultancy has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan. The new office will be used to coordinate the activities in the offshore wind market in the Asia-Pacific region. Maarten Timmerman, one of the founders of BLIX Consultancy, will head the office as director of BLIX Asia. He is the balance-of Plant package manager for the…
Huisman has signed a contract with Danish Fred. Olsen Windcarrier for the delivery of a 1,600mt Leg Encircling Crane. The crane is to be delivered in 2022 and will be used to upgrade one of Fred.Olsen Windcarrier’s Gusto 9000 jack-up vessels, enabling it to install larger foundations and handling all known next generation turbines. The crane…
