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🌊 Exploring the World of Offshore Substations 🌊 Last week, our Project Manager, Lars-André Bugge Tobaben, presented at Leadvent Group's Offshore and Floating Substations Forum, offering valuable insights into this essential component of offshore wind farms. Drawing from over a decade of installation data, Lars-André highlighted several key trends and lessons learned: ● Offshore substations are integral to most offshore projects, with only smaller nearshore installations going without ● Substation topsides have generally increased in weight ● However, there is still a market for lighter designs ● Seasonality is a clear factor when assessing the timing of substation installation ● A case such as Moray West showcases the challenges of a winter installation ● The largest offshore substations require some of the most powerful crane vessels worldwide Interested in diving deeper? Contact Lars-André at lat@sea-impact.com to learn how we can help you with data-driven decisions within offshore wind.

Do you want to understand the offshore substation installation process better? Would you like to dive into the details of installation foundations and topsides for offshore substation installation, and gain insight into market shares by manufacturers, installation durations, and vessel spread? If the answer is yes, then meet our Project Manager Lars-André Bugge Tobaben, who will give a presentation and dive into these topics at the 2024 Offshore and Floating Substation Forum hosted by Leadvent Group.   Stay up to date on the latest advancements in the industry and get a coffee with Lars-André at lat@sea-impact.com for a discussion. See you there!   Tickets for the conference and more information about the other speakers are available right here: https://lnkd.in/d7Nc8QWw #offshorewind #conference #renewable #speaker

Visit Sea Impact at Stand A3 470 at WindEnergy Hamburg! 🌬️ We are here showcasing how we turn data into actionable insights to optimize offshore wind projects. Come by our stand and see how we’re making a difference in the wind energy sector. You find us co-exhibiting with PEAK Wind in the north western hall A3. #WindEnergy

🌊𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐲𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨! 🌬️ As part of Equinor's Hywind Scotland Heavy Maintenance programme, the fourth (HS4) of five floating turbines undergoing maintenance has been successfully repaired, towed back to site, and reconnected yesterday, as of 8th of September 2024. Sea Impact analyzed that turbine HS4 has been towed to port on the 19th of July by three Anchor-Handling Tug Vessels and remained moored at Wergeland Group's Base in Norway for a total of 43 days for repairs. HS2, HS3, HS5 and HS4 are now fully reconnected on site and spinning, while HS1 still remains moored in Norway for repairs and is expected to be towed back soon. The floating project features five 6MW machines from Siemens Gamesa, mounted on spar floaters. Sea Impact has now gathered valuable data insights on a total of 7 maintenance tow-to-port operations with this project along with Kincardine project, that saw two similar heavy maintenance operations back in 2022 and 2023, a Sea Impact story which you can read here: https://lnkd.in/dScXr-Pb Reach out to us to hear more about our unique offshore wind market intelligence on bottom-fixed & floating projects.

🌬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐔𝐩 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - H1 2024 The first half of 2024 saw a record-breaking 241 jack-up interventions, marking an increase of 21% compared to 2023. This period was largely dominated by O&M-focused vessels, with only six interventions carried out by installation vessels. 🔹 ZITON A/S once again leads the market with 110 interventions across their fleet of five vessels. 🔹 Van Oord’s O&M unit, MPI Offshore, secured the second spot, with their O&M-focused vessels MPI Adventure and MPI Resolution carrying out 60 interventions. 🔹 ATHELEON conducted 37 interventions using their two vessels, with Thor handling turbines ranging from the Siemens Gamesa SWT-2.3-93 to the Vestas V164-9.5. 🔹 Gulf Marine Services PLC's GMS Endeavour completed 22 interventions under a contract with Ørsted, servicing seven different wind farms, all featuring the SGRE 3.6/4.0 MW platform. 🔹 Eunsung O&C carried out six interventions in South Korea. 🔹 Cadeler completed six interventions using their WTIVs Wind Scylla and Wind Osprey between installation tasks. Overall, ten O&M-focused jack-ups were active in the first half of 2024, with all these vessels operating at near full utilization. With the growing demand for O&M jack-ups, vessel availability is becoming an increasingly critical challenge. Reach out to our project manager Lars-André Bugge Tobaben to hear more about our perspective on the future of the O&M jack-up intervention market and how our intelligence can help you.

🌬️ H1-2024 Recap: Jack-Up Vessel Activity in Offshore Wind! The first half of 2024 was busy in the offshore wind sector. Here's a snapshot of the global jack-up vessel action: 🗓️ Global Activity: ▪ Installation activities took place in seven countries across Europe, Asia, and North America 🚢 WTG Installation Campaigns Launched: ▪ Seaway7's new-built jack-up Seaway Ventus embarked on her first-ever installation campaign at Ørsted’s Gode Wind & Borkum Riffgrund 3 ▪ Cadeler’s Wind Osprey returned to action with her first campaign after a significant crane upgrade ▪ Sister vessel Wind Orca initiated the turbine campaign at Moray West, installing the first Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines ▪ Wind Scylla ventured across the Atlantic for her first U.S. activity at Revolution Wind 🌏 APAC Action: ▪ Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern had a busy time in Taiwan, completing the WTG campaign at Changfang & Xidao, installing the last turbines at Greater Changhua 1 & 2a, and kicking off the WTG campaign at ZhongNeng ▪ Shimizu Corporation -Japan’s Blue Wind played a key role in completing the monopile campaign at Yunlin ▪ Penta-Ocean Construction Company Limited’s CP 16001 continued the foundation campaign at Kitakyushu Hibikinada ▪ Hyundai Frontier installed monopiles at Jeonnam 1, with turbine installation on the horizon Note: This overview focuses on jack-up vessels primarily involved in the installation phase of offshore wind. Durations are estimated based on AIS data, and Chinese vessels are excluded from this analysis. Blue Wind operates in collaboration with Fred. Olsen Windcarrier outside of the domestic market in Japan. #OffshoreWind #WindTurbineInstallation #RenewableEnergy 🌊🔧

👋 WindEnergy Hamburg is just around the corner and we can't wait to see you there. You can already book a meeting with our colleagues Thibault Vanheeghe and Lars-André Bugge Tobaben right here: https://lnkd.in/eGF77pu5 We are sharing a stand with our friends at PEAK Wind, so it will surely be worth visiting. Why Visit Us? ☀️ Get fresh insights from the installation activities this summer from all global markets 🗓️ See how our Vessel Schedule Overview can educate you about the current vessel availability in the market 🆕 Explore our brand-new Chinese market coverage 🖥️ Learn more about our Market Intelligence Platform 📅 Save the Date! 📢 Visit Sea Impact’s Stand at WindEnergy Hamburg 📍 Hall A3, Stand 470 - September 24-27, 2024 See you in Hamburg! 🌊⚡ #WindEnergyHamburg #OffshoreWind #MarketIntelligence

🌬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - H1 2024 Siemens Gamesa OEM remains on top for this half year of 2024 with a total of 127 units installed, largely ahead of Vestas and GE Renewable Energy. It installed units across their 7-MW, 8-MW, 11-MW and its new SG 14.0-222 Direct Drive turbines in EU, US and APAC regions. Vestas flagship V174-9.5 offshore turbine has been the most installed of all turbine platforms during this half-year with 55 units installed across Taiwanese projects CFXD, ZhongNeng & German project Baltic Eagle. At third place comes GE Renewable Energy with a total of 32 units of its Haliade-X 13 platform installed across Dogger Bank A & Vineyard Wind 1 projects. Finally, Doosan Enerbility installed 12 units of its 5.5 MW flagship at South-Korean project Jeju Hallim. Stay tuned on LinkedIn for more posts in our H1-2024 series. We welcome your requests and suggestions for our next posts in the comments below! Note: The graph shows the number of turbines installed, not the number of commissioned turbines. Further, the graph excludes turbines installed in China. #SeaImpact2024H1Review #offshorewind #vestas #siemensgamesa

🌊𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐲𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 & 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨! 🌬️ As part of Equinor's Hywind Scotland Heavy Maintenance programme, the first of the five floating turbines (HS2) undergoing maintenance has been successfully repaired, towed back to site, and reconnected on the 15th of July 2024. Sea Impact analyzed that turbine HS2 was towed to port mid-May by three Anchor-Handling Tug Vessels and remained moored at Wergeland Group's Base in Norway for a total of 51 days for repairs. Satellite images showed that the unit has had the nacelle and blades down during the Port-stay. HS3 & HS5 are currently still moored in Port and undergoing repairs, while HS4 just arrived in Port after being towed end of last week. The floating project features five 6MW machines from Siemens Gamesa, mounted on spar floaters. This is the second floating project that is seeing this kind of maintenance operation, with the first being two units at Kincardine back in 2022 and 2023, which you can read more about here: https://lnkd.in/dScXr-Pb Reach out to us to hear more about our unique offshore wind market intelligence on bottom-fixed & floating projects.

🚀 Q2 2024 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 Newly released Quarterly Platform Update Report that summarizes some of the most interesting activities that offshore wind installation & maintenance industry has seen throughout the past quarter. Here's a glimpse into what our updated platform has to offer: 🔍 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐲𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: Sea Impact is tracking the Major Component Exchange Activities at Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm operated by Equinor. All five SGRE turbines will be towed to Norway for replacement. 🔧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:  First Steel in water has been seen at Coastal Virgnia Project in the US with currently a fast monopile installation. EU also saw the first installation of the new SG 14-222 platform from Siemens Gamesa. 🎉 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬: Q2-2024 has seen a significant increase in fixed-bottom MCR compared to past years, particularly in the 6MW+ turbine segment. 📈 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: The first US-built SOV Eco Edison from Edison Chouest Offshore saw first activity on site at South Fork Wind in the US. Keen to delve deeper into our insights? Reach out to our Analyst Thibault Vanheeghe for an extract of the report or book a meeting here for a demo: https://lnkd.in/dwnMPFv9