Sharing knowhow in offshore wind construction
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Customers talk about challenges

With offshore wind developments in the UK currently generating more power than the rest of Europe combined, and a strong pipeline of projects planned for the coming decade, offshore wind has become a major element in the UK energy mix.

In the Irish Sea, home to two of the Round 3 zones, locating a harbour with enough storage capacity to stock huge turbines and foundations, and deep enough for large installation vessels to operate, were two major challenges facing both DONG Energy and RWE. Continue reading →

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More than meets the eye

To the untrained eye, the jack-up vessels that perform heavy wind farm maintenance and construction work may look pretty much alike. Comparing tech specs seems like a good way to assess what each vessel can do, but appearances and specifications don’t tell the whole story. To find out what really sets one jack-up vessel apart from another, we spoke to Torben Vinkel, Master of SEA WORKER, one of A2SEA’s purpose-built jack-up vessels. Continue reading →