At the beginning of September, the sites for the IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I offshore wind farms were split into sites for 1 GW of wind energy capacity. This should reduce the financial risks for wind farm developers applying...
Sif and Smulders have been awarded the contract for the manufacturing of the 100 transition pieces for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, located in the Baltic Sea. Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 are two separate projects...
Geo-data specialist Fugro will provide long-term construction support to Van Oord for offshore wind farms across Europe. The contract, with a duration of three years with an option to extend, will involve multiple remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems, construction equipment,...
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) announced today that it is starting a study into the impact of wake effects on the energy yield of offshore wind farms. In the coming years, the installed capacity of offshore wind energy in the Dutch...
TNO has developed and successfully tested a method to automatically detect maritime traffic in the vicinity of subsea infrastructure. The method allows a large area along the path of cables and pipelines, to be monitored in order to prevent intentional...
Vattenfall and Dutch nature conservation organization The Rich North Sea have agreed to continue their cooperation in the area of nature enhancement in the North Sea this week. North Sea nature is under pressure. The Rich North Sea is researching...
Dutch shipping company Acta Marine’s Service Operation Vessel Acta Centaurus is to start on its work for the Vattenfall offshore wind farms DanTysk and Sandbank 70 kilometres off Sylt over the next eight months. Acta centaurus will leave the port...
TenneT, in collaboration with contractor Equans/Smulders, has placed several artificial reefs near the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) to gain further knowledge about nature-inclusive construction. This offshore transformer platform will connect the Ecowende (Shell/Eneco) consortium wind farm to...
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II & III (noord). The contracts cover a total area of 600 km2 and involve the collection of comprehensive...
Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso arrived in the Netherlands early this morning and has now officially been handed over to the company. The vessel will be christened in September in Rotterdam. The Calypso is Van Oord’s second cable-laying vessel...
