Monopile News


Ulstein Says Its U-STERN to Offer a Safer, Smarter Installation of Large Offshore Wind Monopiles

Apr 24, 2023

Ship design company Ulstein Design & Solutions has designed an offshore wind installation vessel that it says is 'a safer, smarter, and more competitive ship design solution for transporting, upending and installing large monopiles on DP.'The patent-pending U-STERN design…

EEW SPC to Deliver Up To 230 Monopiles for OX2's Swedish Offshore Wind Projects

Apr 13, 2023

Stockholm-based renewable energy firm OX2 has entered a conditional agreement with EEW SPC on delivering monopile foundations for two of the offshore wind farms OX2 is developing in Sweden together with Ingka Investments.OX2 said that the agreement…

Wagenborg to Transport 107 Foundations for Ørsted's Offshore Wind Farms

Mar 20, 2023

Wagenborg Towage confirmed Monday that Jan De Nul had awarded it a contract for transporting 107 monopile foundations for Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany to Eemshaven. Assisted by the tug ‘waterlines’, the first…

Jan De Nul Starts Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Contract

Mar 17, 2023

Offshore installation company Jan De Nul has officially started the transportation and installation contract for the construction of Ørsted’s 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany.The first batch of three…

350 New Jobs: Haizea Bilbao to Supply Monopiles for UK's East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 16, 2023

Scottish Power, a UK subsidiary of Iberdrola, a Spanish renewables giant, on Wednesday signed a framework agreement worth over €200 million with Haizea Wind Group, for Haizea Bilbao to supply 50 monopiles to the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK…

Boskalis Secures Major Role in Development of Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 28, 2023

Dutch marine and offshore services firm Boskalis said Tuesday it had secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Ocean Winds, Boskalis said it would carry out…

Heerema Installs Substation at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 24, 2023

Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the offshore substation topside on a four-legged steel jacket foundation at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm site in Germany, using its Thialf semi-submersible crane vessel.The offshore substation…

Sif to Build World's Largest Monopile Foundation Manufacturing Plant in Rotterdam

Feb 17, 2023

Dutch offshore wind foundation maker Sif this week said it would build the world's largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with an estimated investment of around €328 million.The plant will be built at the 62 hectare Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam…

EEW SPC Smashes Its Previous Record for Heaviest Monopile Built

Feb 17, 2023

EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) said on Friday that it has set a new record for its heaviest monopile built. The German offshore wind monopile manufacturer broke its own record, which was only set in July 2022, when the company delivered a 1…

CrossWind's Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm: Final Monopile Installed

Feb 09, 2023

This week, the Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord installed the last monopile for CrossWind's Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, bringing the total number of installed monopiles to 70. The offshore wind farm is located 18…

EEW SPC to Build Monopiles for 1.4GW UK Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 26, 2023

Germany's EEW Special Pipe Constructions ( EEW SPC) has signed a contract with offshore installation firm Van Oord to manufacture 100 monopile foundations for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm, to be located in the UK North Sea.The Sofia Offshore…

Sarens PSG Bags Moray West Monopiles Contract

Jan 26, 2023

Sarens PSG, a joint venture between Sarens and PSG Marine & Logistics established in summer 2022, has won a contract to undertake the marshalling work at Invergordon of 62 monopiles prior to installation as part of the Moray West offshore wind farm offshore the UK…

Cromarty Firth Port Wins Monopile Marshalling Deal for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 25, 2023

Developers of the Moray West offshore wind farm in the UK have selected Invergordon port in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, as the location for marshalling all 62 monopiles prior to installation as part of the Moray West offshore wind farm.  The wind farm is being developed by Ocean Winds…

China Faces Wind Turbine and Foundation Installation Vessel Shortage

Jan 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, we have seen three announcements by Chinese OEMs of 18-megawatt (MW) turbines. CSSC Haizhuang announced the H260-18MW turbine with a 260-meter rotor diameter. Mingyang Smart Energy has announced its new MySE 18X-28X turbine…

All 50 Monopiles Completed for Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle Wind Farm

Jan 09, 2023

Germany's EEW SPC has completed the construction of 50 monopiles for Iberdrola's second wind farm project in the German Baltic Sea, the Baltic Eagle.'In December 2022, as scheduled, the last monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project…

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