Boskalis is appointed as preferred contractor for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The project scope includes the transportation and installation of the wind turbine foundations, the offshore substation and cables. The award was made by Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a subsidiary of Red Rock Power Ltd. The award of the contract…
Omroep Zeeland took a look at the construction of the so-called outlet at sea for the construction of the Borssele wind farm, which should start in 2020. The installation is 26 meters high and 32 meters wide with 200 kilometers of electricity cable. It is located about 23 km off the coast of Westkapelle and…
The load-out of the jacket for the Borssele offshore wind farm is on it. The chassis was placed on a pontoon at the shipyard of HSM Offshore in Schiedam. This coming sunday the pontoon will sail via the Nieuwe Waterweg towards the location of offshore wind farm Borssele I where a crane ship places the…
TenneT again took major steps in the first half of 2018 to enable the energy transition in the Netherlands and Germany. For example, TenneT is developing a net at sea in the Netherlands, with which it is expected that a total of 11.5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy will be connected to TenneT’s high-voltage…
Under the name Seamade, the planned Belgian offshore wind farm projects Mermaid and Seastar merge. Project partners of Seamade are the Belgian energy company Electrabel, the Otary group and the Dutch energy company Eneco. The Otary group is a combination of 8 Belgian companies that are all active in offshore wind energy. By the end…
Cordeel will build the maintenance base for the Borssele 1 + 2 wind farm at Ørsted sea in the fourth quarter of 2018, in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven. The construction and maintenance of the wind farm are coordinated from this location. Cordeel Nederland is an all-round contracting company that specializes in industrial buildings. Cordeel has had a branch…
The Council of State declared all objections filed against the permits for Windpark Fryslân unfounded. This paved the way for the construction of Windpark Fryslân in the Frisian part of the IJsselmeer. Windpark Fryslân will consist of a cluster of 89 wind turbines and will have a capacity of at least 316 MW. This is…
Jan De Nul Group and Belgian windfarm developer Parkwind team up for constructing offshore windfarm Northwester 2. The Northwester 2 wind farm is located 48 kilometres off the coast and will have the largest and most powerful wind turbines currently available on the market: the V164-9.5MW, with a rotor diameter of 164 metres. Jan De…
On 28 June 2018 the financial close of the Blauwwind offshore wind farm took place. This offshore wind farm will be constructed and will operate within the Borssele Wind Farm Zone, the Netherlands. The farm will include 77 V164 9.5 megawatt (MW) turbines produced by MHI Vestas, with a total installed capacity of 731.5MW, enough…
Northland Power’s Hai Long offshore wind project wins additional 744 Megawatts in Taiwan auction Northland Power and its partner Yushan Energy received the awards for Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The Taiwan Bureau of Energy has awarded 232 megawatts to the Hai Long 2 offshore wind farm and 512…
