DeepOcean Signs Subsea Cable O&M Deals for Vattenfall’s Offshore Wind Assets
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a framework agreement by Vattenfall for the provision of subsea cable operations and maintenance (O&M) services, valid for Vattenfall’s operational European offshore wind portfolio.The framework agreements are valid for a period of four years and apply to Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.Under the framework agreements, DeepOcean will provide project management, engineering, pre-installation surveys, offshore transportation of cables, trenching, cable installation and
Bluestream Lands Subsea Remedial Job at Two North Sea Offshore Wind Farms
Bluestream, an OEG Renewables business, has secured a large remedial campaign on two offshore wind farms in the German sector of the Southern North Sea.Bluestream has been awarded a remedial campaign by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms located 90 kilometres off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein in the German sector of the Southern North Sea.The Netherlands-based company will provide their specialist subsea and topside services, leveraging their experience and capabilities in operating with divers and rope access specialists on offshore energy infrastru
Vattenfall, ORE Catapult Extend Test & Demo Alliance at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm.The partnership at the 96.8MW offshore wind test and demonstration facility first began in 2019.Since then, technologies which have the potential to address operation and maintenance challenges currently facing offshore wind farms have been tested at the site, such as blade repair, leading edge erosion, robotics, remote cable monitoring and autonomous inspection.Now, more companies ready to test their technologies offshore will be
Top 10 Things to Watch in Offshore Wind in '24
rates, a factor in developers and companies in the supply chain reporting 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
Funding Granted for "World’s First" Vessel Charging Station within Offshore Wind Farm
two phases. The first will prove the transfer of power using Verlume’s battery and intelligent energy management technology, to charge a vessel via the Oasis Power Buoy while at sea. Wind-powered buoys to Charge Crew Transfer VesselsDuring the second phase the project will work with Vattenfall regarding technical and regulatory developments, aiming to lead to an on-turbine demonstration at Vattenfall's European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) within Aberdeen Bay. AC power generated by the existing wind turbines will be supplied via Turbo Power Systems high power charging
Fugro Expands Geotechnical Vessel Fleet
oil (HVO) biofuel and remote operations and data processing capabilities support sustainable operations.Barbara Geelen, Fugro’s Chief Financial Officer, will on Wednesday perform the naming ceremony ahead of the vessel’s maiden voyage. The vessel will start operations in December for Vattenfall's offshore wind farm near Norfolk in the United Kingdom.According to Fugro, Fugro Quest’s capabilities include the acquisition of high-quality geotechnical data from 2,000 meters below sea level. The vessel also has dedicated coring systems and onboard soil-testing laboratory facilities
USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
. Its first Blue Essence, Fugro Maali, entered service in 2021. By the end of this year, Fugro expects to have four Blue Essences operational, across Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Fugro anticipates that it will complete its first wind farm operations, with a Blue Essence, in a trial at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Windfarm Deployment Centre, involving visual and CP inspection using its eROV Blue Volta on turbine bases..“We believe 85% of the O&M task can be done with an uncrewed vessel in nearshore wind farms,” says
Dutch Build Out North Sea Wind Farms, Test Floating Solar Panels
its renewable energy infrastructure.On a tour of North Sea facilities on Aug. 25, companies and Dutch utilities showed off key projects.At Hollandse Kust Zuid, a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) wind farm scheduled for completion next year, ten out of the 140 turbines are already producing electricity. Sweden's Vattenfall made headlines when it won the concession to build the farm in 2018 without government subsidy.Electricity from the farm is converted to a higher voltage and sent to shore from a station completed in July by Dutch grid operator TenneT."That's a 700 MW platform," said TenneT CEO Manon
Deutsche Windtechnik Wins 'Cluster' Subsea Inspection Work
at offshore wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. As part of a cluster campaign approach, more than 300 annual inspection reports will be generated in the next two years for wind farm owners including Trianel Windpark Borkum I and DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG (51% held by Vattenfall and 49% by Stadtwerke München).Among others Deutsche Windtechnik will conduct back-to-back inspections in Trianel Windpark Borkum I, Sandbank, DanTysk and Butendiek wind farms this year as part of the campaign. While the contract scope varies for each wind farm, the inspections will include
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