Venterra Expands Marine Hard Bottom Benthic Ecology and Hard Structure Services
material, and collection of high resolution, 3-D video for mass media scientific education and communications.Between INSPIRE and Marine Imaging Technologies, the partners have worked on almost half of all US offshore wind projects for blue chip clients such as Orsted, Equinor, RWE, Ocean Winds, and Siemens Gamesa, as well as agencies like NYSERDA, NOAA, USACE, and USEPA.Paul Doherty, Venterra’s Executive Vice President for Engineering said: “With this new collaboration between Venterra’s INSPIRE and Marine Imaging Technology, we are making it possible for offshore wind developers
Boskalis Wraps Up Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Ops
transition in Scotland, as the offshore wind farm will provide 882 MW of electric power, equivalent to the annual need of up to 1.33 million households once operational,” Boskalis said in a statement.The installed capacity of 882 MW will come from 60 SG 14-222 DD wind turbines to be supplied by Siemens Gamesa.The project is aiming to be generate first power in 2024 with an operational life of over 25 years, according to Ocean Winds, which is a joint venture in charge of the development formed by Engie and EDP Renewables.Under the recent power purchase agreement signed with the developers, Amazon
Nexans Completes Cable Pull-Ins at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm
upcoming energization of the first circuit, Ocean Wind confirmed.In December 2023, Boskalis installed the first offshore substation platform (OSP) for the project using its DP vessel Bokalift1. Two months later, DEME installed the first XXL monopile foundation as part of the project that will feature 60 Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines rated at over 14MW.Under the power purchase agreement signed with the developers, Amazon will source 473MW of clean power from the wind farm, which is more than half of its capacity.Siemens Gamesa Rolls Out First Moray West 14MW Offshore Wind Turbine NacellesDEME Installs
Acteon Bags O&M Contract for 228MW German Offshore Wind Farm
UTEC, a geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics Division, has secured a three-year contract by Siemens Gamesa for operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the Butendiek offshore wind farmUTEC will provide subsea balance of plant O&M services for the 228 MW offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea around 32 kilometers from the Island of Sylt in Germany.Led by UTEC, the work will be supported with services from Acteon brands Clarus, Deepwater and Seatronics.Under the contract, Acteon will perform annual subsea foundation remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) inspections
First OSS for 2.6GW US Offshore Wind Project Arrives to Denmark
.The project, located approximately 23.5 nautical miles off Virginia Beach, has been approved for construction and operation by the U.S. government in November 2023.U.S. Approves Construction of 2.6 GW Offshore Wind ProjectIt will feature 176 offshore wind turbines, each rated at 14MW, supplied by Siemens Gamesa.DEME Offshore and Prysmian secured Balance of Plant (BoP) contract for the installation services from Dominion Energy.DEME Offshore will be in charge of transport and installation of 176 monopile transition piece foundations, three offshore substations, scour protection and the supply and
UK-Denmark 1.4GW Subsea Interconnector Starts Operating
£500 million of cumulative savings for UK consumers over the next decade due to cheaper imported power from Denmark.Construction on Viking Link, National Grid’s sixth interconnector, started in 2019, with more than four million working hours spent to get to this point.Principal Contractor Siemens Energy built the converter station in the UK while Energinet built the Danish converter station. Siemens Energy designed, installed and commissioned the electrical assets on both sides.The HVDC offshore cable was manufactured and laid by Prysmian Group. The cable was laid on the seabed using a custom-mad
Top 10 Things to Watch in Offshore Wind in '24
mixed financial results. One cannot ignore the high-profile headlines of investor and financial institution reactions to project cancellations, deferments and impairments by companies including Ørsted, Iberdrola and Vattenfall as well as losses at large turbine OEMs, including but not limited to, Siemens. As a result, we continue to monitor not only the cost of debt but the availability of finance to the offshore wind space. This point links to our earlier comment about government agencies accepting the necessary price and support increases as well as inflation indexation of rates to make projects
Glosten, Siemens Energy Select Key Equipment Vendors for World's First Hydrogen-hybrid Research Vessel
Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten and Siemens Energy have selected Ballard Power Systems and Chart Industries as primary equipment vendors for their design of what will be the first hydrogen-hybrid research vessel in the world. The vessel, nominally known as the CCRV, is currently in the design phase and will be owned and operated by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps). Ballard Power Systems will provide the fuel cells which will help power the vessel, and Chart Industries will provide the cryogenic tank and fuel gas system where the liquid
Markets: The Challenges of Developing Floating Wind at Scale
over 220 meters. Floating wind ports will likely host large submersible barges, to transfer and launch substructures, as well as some extremely large quayside cranes, of which there is currently insufficient supply.Turbine supply: Three western OEMs currently dominate the market outside of China: GE, Siemens Gamesa and Vestas. We anticipate the rise of Asin OEMs, and particularly the Chinese OEMs who are developing 16-18 MM turbines, which only push the potential size of structures even bigger.Dynamic cables: Floating wind projects will feature subsea cables, and particularly the inter-array cables
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