The Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm is now fully commissioned. As of 30 June 30, all 32 Senvion 6.33 MW turbines have been spinning and the project was thus completed exactly two years after the start of construction. The inauguration of the 200 MW offshore wind farm, located some 45 kilometres off …

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Minesto Minesto’s tidal energy project in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands has hit a snag due to a technical issue occurring during cable laying. Therefore, the subsea cable installation that connects to the electric grid failed to complete as planned. The technical issue with the subsea cable is not related to Minesto’s DG100 tidal kite powerplant, the …

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Ørsted has awarded Semco Maritime with a one-year service contract for programmed preventive maintenance on the two offshore substations at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2 wind farms offshore Germany. Semco Maritime will perform maintenance work on the substations’ LV utilities and fire, safety, and structural systems. The contract also includes upgrades to the helideck …

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Spectrum Offshore has selected MHO-Co’s vessel MHO Grimsby to assist the construction survey support at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project. The vessel, which is equipped with special survey gear for the task, will be working on the project for the next two years, MHO-Co said. Last month, Spectrum secured a construction survey support contract …

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Polish LNG import facility, the President Lech Kaczyński terminal in Świnoujście, has been delivered its milestone 100th cargo of the chilled fuel. Courtesy of Polskie LNG The cargo was delivered onboard Al Safliya, a Q-Flex vessel with a cargo-carrying capacity of 210,000 cbm of LNG, from Qatar. According to Polskie LNG, the vessel delivered volume …

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Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has hit hydrocarbons at the Dugong well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Neptune Energy said that logs and cuttings identified hydrocarbons upon entering the reservoir and made a decision to initiate coring. The operations in the reservoir section are still at an early stage and …

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Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Brave Tern will undergo upgrades which will allow the jack-up to handle all known next-generation wind turbines and larger foundations. Brave Tern will be upgraded with the Huisman 1600t LEC 65500 leg encircling crane, which will be accompanied by improvements to the vessel’s deck space and stability. The upgrades will allow the …

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The termination and testing of the export and array cables at the Windfloat Atlantic project has been completed, JDR Cable Systems said via social media. The third and final floating wind turbine was towed to the project site at the end of May, with connection to mooring and electrical lines then left to be carried out. …

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Norwegian technology group Norbit has recently secured new contracts in different industry sectors. The most recent award involves a major order from a governmental customer in North America. The order includes multiple Norbit multibeam sonar systems, iWBMSh STX. It is a turnkey multibeam sonar system for 3D and 4D bathymetric surveys and seafloor mapping. The …

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