Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus successfully installed the first of 12 turbines at the 132 MW South Fork offshore wind farm off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York in US waters. South Fork is is the first...
BigLift Shipping’s heavy transport vessel MV BigLift Baffin recently delivered 38 jacket foundations at Iberdrola’s 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, off the coast of France. The 38 foundations were picked up from the manufacturing site in El Ferrol, Spain...
Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has completed the installation of 62 jacket foundations at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, located in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, 16.3 kilometres off the coast of Brittany. The installation was performed using their installation vessel...
The recently upgraded offshore installation vessel Aeolus from Van Oord made its way back to the French offshore wind farm Saint-Brieuc. Aeolus now has a new and improved 133-meter-long crane boom designed by Huisman following a conversion phase at Damen...
Dutch sheerlegs operator Bonn & Mees has transported and instaled the new boomrest for Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus as part of a crane upgrade. Van Oord announced the upgrade to the 1600t crane in September last year. Huisman designed...
The crane capacity of the offshore installation vessel Aeolus operated by Van Oord will be significantly increased. For use with the most recent generation of up to 15 MW turbines for offshore wind projects, the crane on board the Aeolus...
The construction of the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm reached a new milestone when all foundations were installed. The job was performed by Van Oord, using its installation vessel Aeolus. As Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord was...
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has successfully completed the installation of 31 turbines on monopiles at the 269 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord was responsible for the design, engineering, procurement,...
On February 26, Belgian offshore wind farm Norther produced its first power. Norther is located approximately 23 kilometres from the Belgian port of Zeebruges. It has a total capacity of 370 MW, produced by 44 MHI Vestas wind turbines, type...
On 1 February, Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel Aeolus started installing the first of 44 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind turbines, type V164-8.4 MW, at the Belgian offshore wind farm Norther. The turbines are picked up four at a time...
