The Belgian Sarens team completed the installation of 4 Enercon E-66 wind turbines in the Mogilev region, the Republic of Belarus. One of the most important conditions of the client was the execution of work in the shortest possible time due to failure to provide the crane from another local company. The team configuration successfully…
Omroep Zeeland took a look at the construction of the so-called outlet at sea for the construction of the Borssele wind farm, which should start in 2020. The installation is 26 meters high and 32 meters wide with 200 kilometers of electricity cable. It is located about 23 km off the coast of Westkapelle and…
The load-out of the jacket for the Borssele offshore wind farm is on it. The chassis was placed on a pontoon at the shipyard of HSM Offshore in Schiedam. This coming sunday the pontoon will sail via the Nieuwe Waterweg towards the location of offshore wind farm Borssele I where a crane ship places the…
TenneT again took major steps in the first half of 2018 to enable the energy transition in the Netherlands and Germany. For example, TenneT is developing a net at sea in the Netherlands, with which it is expected that a total of 11.5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy will be connected to TenneT’s high-voltage…
Under the name Seamade, the planned Belgian offshore wind farm projects Mermaid and Seastar merge. Project partners of Seamade are the Belgian energy company Electrabel, the Otary group and the Dutch energy company Eneco. The Otary group is a combination of 8 Belgian companies that are all active in offshore wind energy. By the end…
Cordeel will build the maintenance base for the Borssele 1 + 2 wind farm at Ørsted sea in the fourth quarter of 2018, in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven. The construction and maintenance of the wind farm are coordinated from this location. Cordeel Nederland is an all-round contracting company that specializes in industrial buildings. Cordeel has had a branch…
Ørsted has been granted permits to build the maintenance base for Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind farm in Vlissingen-Buitenhaven (North Sea Port). Earlier this year, an agreement was already signed with North Sea Port for the use of the port and the establishment of the maintenance location. In 2017, Ørsted and the port authority…
On 28 June 2018 the financial close of the Blauwwind offshore wind farm took place. This offshore wind farm will be constructed and will operate within the Borssele Wind Farm Zone, the Netherlands. The farm will include 77 V164 9.5 megawatt (MW) turbines produced by MHI Vestas, with a total installed capacity of 731.5MW, enough…
Northland Power’s Hai Long offshore wind project wins additional 744 Megawatts in Taiwan auction Northland Power and its partner Yushan Energy received the awards for Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The Taiwan Bureau of Energy has awarded 232 megawatts to the Hai Long 2 offshore wind farm and 512…
Last Wednesday, Dutch politics agreed on a new Climate Act. It has been agreed that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 95% by 2050 compared to 1990. It has also been agreed that by that time all energy must be generated sustainably. Former American vice president Al Gore reacts positively to the climate law…
