Last week, SwifterwinT op Land Wind Farm reached financial close. The wind farm is part of Windplanblauw in the northwest corner of Flevoland, in the municipalities of Dronten and Lelystad. Now that the financing has been completed, the construction of the 37 wind turbines, the substation and the connection to the national electricity network can…
On 13 August 2020, Dutch offshore access provider Z-Bridge reported that its new Bring-to-work (B2W) access system was undergoing the last part of the certification tests. The system will next have to undergo sea trials. The B2W system was undergoing testing on an onshore test location since May of this year. The last certification test…
At TU Delft, we carry out ground-breaking research into both onshore and offshore wind energy. Within the Wind Energy Department at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, a wide array of innovative research is being performed and extensive educational programs are offered to support the development of wind energy technology and the expansion of the use…
EAGLE-ACCESS BV announced today it is ready to build a prototype of their EAGLE-ACCESS, a new system for the offshore transfer of personnel and cargo. The company, established by Willem Prins and Marco Klitsie in 2016, developed the access system to provide a more cost and operation efficient method for the transfer of cargo and…
The Belgian Sarens team completed the installation of 4 Enercon E-66 wind turbines in the Mogilev region, the Republic of Belarus. One of the most important conditions of the client was the execution of work in the shortest possible time due to failure to provide the crane from another local company. The team configuration successfully…
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…
