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GIEK Aims to Boost Norwegian Suppliers' Presence in Burgeoning Offshore Wind Sector

Jul 21, 2020

The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency GIEK has quadrupled its offshore wind portfolio to NOK 4.2bn (USD 453m) since the tail end of last year, and is ready to provide a further boost for local suppliers to secure more offshore wind business internationally…

Subsea 7 Secures 'Major' $750M-plus Offshore Wind EPCI Deal

Jun 03, 2020

Offshore installation firm Subsea 7 has clinched a major contract with SSE Renewables for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the foundations and inter-array cables for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project…

French Oil Major Total Buys 51% in Giant Offshore Wind Project in Scotland

Jun 03, 2020

French oil and gas major Total will buy a 51% stake in SSE Renewables' giant Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm project for an upfront payment at closing of 70 million pounds and earn-outs up to 60 million pounds in aggregate subject to performance conditions…

O&M Base Selected for World's Largest Offshore Wind Project

May 13, 2020

The Port of Tyne will serve as a new Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base for the world's largest offshore wind farm, the Dogger Bank in the UK.This was announced Wednesday by Equinor and SSE Renewables, the two companies behind the development of the offshore wind farm…

Nexans to Deliver Cables for Giant Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

Jun 11, 2020

French industrial cable supplier Nexans has been awarded a contract by SSE Renewables to deliver cables for the recently sanctioned 1,075 megawatt (MW) Seagreen offshore wind farm project.The contract calls for Nexans to design, manufacture…

ORE Catapult's Floating Wind Center Attracts Leading Offshore Energy Players

Jun 22, 2020

UK-based Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said Monday that ten of the world’s leading offshore energy organizations have joined it  Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOWCoE) to drive forward the development of next-generation offshore wind technologies…

Outfitting Phase Set to Start for Nexans Aurora Cable Layer

Jun 15, 2020

Norway's Ulstein is set to begin the outfitting phase of the Nexans Aurora, a large, DP3, cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans ordered from Ulstein in 2018.The Nexans Aurora hull arrived Ulstein Verft on Monday, June 15, 2020, after having been built at CRIST…

Petrofac to Build Substations for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 03, 2020

Petrofac has won a firm contract to design, build and install the High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) onshore and offshore substations for the $3,8 billion Seagreen offshore wind farm project in Scotland.The news comes hours after it was…

Dogger Bank Triplets Renamed

Feb 27, 2020

European developer and operator of renewable energy SSE Renewables and Equinor have renamed their trio of projects in the Dogger Bank totalling 3.6GW.The three offshore wind sites are renamed to recognise their link to the historic area in which they are situated…

USV Completes Greater Gabbard Survey

Jan 22, 2020

A vessel remotely operated from shore performed survey work for a wind farm in the sea off Suffolk, UK, reportedly marking a first for the offshore wind sector.The XO-450 unmanned surface vessel (USV), owned and operated by XOCEAN, carried out…

Petrofac's Substation For Scotland's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 16, 2020

Petrofac has entered into a Preferred Supplier Agreement with SSE Renewables to design, supply and install the HVAC onshore and offshore substations for the Seagreen wind farm project.The wind farm will be located 27 kilometers off the coast…

OHT Bags Dogger Bank OWF Project

Nov 28, 2019

Norway-based heavy transport and installation contractor Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been selected as the preferred supplier for foundation installation at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm (OWF).OHT’s new build vessel 'Alfa Lift', designed by Ulstein…

ABB to Connect World’s Largest OWF

Oct 31, 2019

Swiss technology company ABB ABB has won a big contract to connect the world’s largest offshore wind farm (OWF) to Britain’s electricity grid.ABB has been selected by energy companies SSE Renewables of the UK and Equinor of Norway to supply…

NKT Confirms Dogger Bank OWF Gig

Nov 20, 2019

Danish cables supplier NKT has entered a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) as main contractor for delivery and installation of high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to the Dogger Bank Wind Farms Creyke Beck A and Creyke Beck B site…

SSE Picks Montrose for Seagreen O&M

Oct 08, 2019

Dublin-based SSE Renewables, a renewable energy subsidiary of Airtricity, has selected the port of Montrose on the east coast of Scotland to serve as the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for its 1100MW Seagreen offshore wind farm.Situated over 27km off the Angus coastline…

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