German multinational chemical company BASF has completed the acquisition of 49.5% of the 1.5GW offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid from Sweden-based Vattenfall.Construction of the wind farm in the Dutch North Sea started in July, with he…
Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord has secured a contract to install offshore wind turbines at Italy's first offshore wind farm.The company's offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution has this week set sail to Italy where it will install the monopiles…
Kriegers Flak in Denmark, labeled Scandinavia's largest offshore wind farm, will be launched on September 6 at Geocenter Møns Klint by Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, according to Vattenfall, the wind farm operator.'All 72 offshore wind turbines…
The consortium owning the Beatrice Offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland, has signed an agreement to sell the 588MW wind farm's Offshore Transmission Assets (OFTO) to Transmission Capital Partners.The buyer is a consortium comprising International Public Partnerships Limited…
World Energy Reports estimate that more than 100 wind farm installation and maintenance vessels will be required over the next decade. This is due to the proliferation of offshore wind farm projects planned for construction over the next 10 years…
Dutch marine and offshore services provider Boskalis said this week it has completed the installation of the fifth and final floating wind turbine at the Kincardine floating wind farm off the UK, currently the world's largest floating wind farm…
Offshore installation firm Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has secured a deal with wind turbine maker Vestas for the transportation and installation of 50 Vestas V174-9.5MW wind turbines at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The…
Dutch offshore installation company Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the 2,852-tonne jacket for TenneT's offshore transformer platform for Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.This…
Offshore wind farm developer Vattenfall has agreed to sell to BASF 49.5% in its offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) in the Netherlands. Once fully commissioned it will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world and also the first…
The Danish Energy Agency on Thursday published the final tender conditions for the tendering of Thor Offshore Wind Farm, which will be the country's largest. 'With the publication, all the basic elements of the tender are in place, and the bidders…
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier's Blue Tern offshore installation vessel on Thursday evening at 22.40, installed the 50th Vestas V164-9.5MW turbine at the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK, which marked halfway point of the project.The first…
Norwegian-based Awind has secured a charter contract for its first “walk-to-work” Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK.The contract at what will become the world's largest offshore wind farm will start in the second quarter of 2023…
The Danish Energy Agency has approved the plan for the development of the Thor offshore wind farm, at a site west of Thorsminde.Also, as a result of the site evaluations, the Danish Energy Agency has reduced the size of the wind farm site from 440 km2 to 286 km2…
Seacat Services, an offshore support vessel firm, has signed a long-term charter for the catamaran Seacat Magic with Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Ltd.Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. is a joint venture between SSE Renewables (50%) and RWE Renewables (50%) running the namesake wind farm…
Danish offshore vessel owner Esvagt has informed that its Esvagt Dana vessel has returned back to the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in Germany to support wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa during maintenance work.For the next three to six months…