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Jan De Nul Starts Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Contract

Mar 17, 2023

Offshore installation company Jan De Nul has officially started the transportation and installation contract for the construction of Ørsted’s 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany.The first batch of three…

DEME to Use Special Drilling Tech Again as It Wins Second Major Offshore Wind Deal in France

Feb 20, 2023

Offshore installation firm DEME Offshore will need to deploy its special drilling technology again to install offshore wind monopiles at an offshore wind farm in France, due to rough ocean conditions and a rocky seabed.The company recently secured…

Sif to Build World's Largest Monopile Foundation Manufacturing Plant in Rotterdam

Feb 17, 2023

Dutch offshore wind foundation maker Sif this week said it would build the world's largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with an estimated investment of around €328 million.The plant will be built at the 62 hectare Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam…

Delta-shaped Foundation for Giant Floating Wind Turbines Gets ABS Approval

Jan 31, 2023

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved in principle the Bassoe D-Floater, a floating offshore wind turbine foundation.It is said that the Bassoe D-Floater foundations will be able to handle 15 megawatt offshore turbines, which will be among the world's largest…

New Welding Research Aims to Drive Down Costs of Offshore Wind Farm Construction

Jan 12, 2023

The cost of making offshore wind farms could go down thanks to new research into single-sided welding for offshore wind foundations. According to Carbon Trust, if successful, the new welding methodology could help alleviate bottlenecks as governments…

NOV to Design and Equip Cadeler's Second F-Class Jack-up Vessel

Dec 12, 2022

NOV has secured contracts to deliver design and equipment for Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler's second F-class jack-up vessel, which will be able to install large wind turbine foundations as well as wind turbines. The F-class is a bespoke version of the GustoMSC NG-20000X model…

SSE Renewables Says 75% of Jacket Foundations Installed at Seagreen Wind Farm

Dec 05, 2022

SSE Renewables has informed that 75% of the jacket foundation substructures have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm site. SSE Renewables is developing the wind farm in partnership with the French firm TotalEnergies.'We’re celebrating a new milestone at Seagreen…

Pryme Group Launches Specialist Tooling Systems for Offshore Wind Installation

Nov 23, 2022

Engineering firm Pryme Group said Wednesday it had launched two specialist tooling systems - Pile Fixation Tool (PFT) and PileProp - for offshore wind installations, via Caley Ocean Systems. The company said the tools were designed to support…

Intelatus: Almost 30,000 Offshore Wind Turbines to Be Installed by 2035

Nov 17, 2022

Over the last few years, many statements have been made concerning growth in offshore wind turbine and foundation installation demand. These statements have been followed, in some cases, by firm orders for high-specification vessels, mainly from established players…

Ulstein Develops High-capacity Foundation Installation Vessel

Sep 28, 2022

Norwegian-based shipbuilding and design group Ulstein has unveiled the design for a new foundation installation vessel enabling operators and contractors to efficiently transport and install monopiles or jacket foundations up to 5,000 tons.The…

Bouygues Travaux Publics Acquires OO-STAR Floating Wind Foundation Tech

Sep 13, 2022

Bouygues Travaux Publics said Tuesday it had acquired the OO-STAR floating wind foundation technology, owned by Floating Wind Solutions.'This technology can be adapted to a wide range of marine environments, reducing the carbon footprint of…

Cadeler to Install Foundations at Ørsted's Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 01, 2022

Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler on Monday said it has signed an agreement with Ørsted for the installation of offshore foundations at the Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm, off the east coast of the U.K.Scheduled to begin in 2026…

First Foundations Installed at World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 26, 2022

The first monopile and transition piece have been installed at the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the U.K. North Sea, marking a key milestone for the construction of the world's largest offshore wind farm.The foundations, designed by Wood Thilsted…

Huisman's Leg Encircling Crane for Another Cadeler Offshore WInd Vessel

Jun 09, 2022

Dutch crane specialist Huisman won a contract with China's COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. for the design and construction of a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC).The crane, with a fully electrically driven system, will be installed on the…

DEME Offshore and Eiffage Wrap Foundation Installation at Saint-Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 03, 2022

DEME Offshore and Eiffage Métal have recently completed foundation installation at France’s first offshore wind farm, the Saint-Nazaire. The companies installed 80 foundations in total.For the project, DEME and its partner Herrenknecht, a company specializing in tunnel boring machines…

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