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MPI Offshore delivers all-round solutions, including engineering, procurement, and construction in the full value chain of offshore wind and adjacent marine construction activities.

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Rooted in the UK offshore wind market

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 10 December 2020 - Van Oord has been selected by RWE as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects.

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The 1.4 GW Sofia is sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea 195 kilometres from the North East coast, where Van Oord, through its UK branch MPI Offshore, will create a logistics hub to deliver the comprehensive scope of work. Van Oord will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus to install the 100 extended monopile foundations without transition pieces, while the 350 kilometres of array cables will be installed by cable-laying vessel Nexus. Van Oord will sub-contract the fabrication of the foundations and array cables.

Sven Utermöhlen, Chief Operating Officer Wind Offshore Global of RWE Renewables said: ‘On Dogger Bank, we are realising one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Van Oord is a well-known partner to us, with Sofia the fifth and largest UK offshore wind farm that we have worked on together. This gives us a wealth of experience to draw on as we progress the project through its construction phase. Sofia is a flagship for RWE Renewables in terms of technology and innovation, and for the UK through regional supply chain opportunities and as a major contributor to the nation’s net zero ambitions.’

Van Oord worked closely with RWE on the construction of the Rampion, Humber Gateway, Robin Rigg and London Array offshore wind farms. Sofia presents the opportunity to further develop UK supply chain relationships, evolve construction techniques, and optimise the design of the foundations, which will be supporting some of the largest turbines currently on the market.

Pieter van Oord, CEO of Van Oord said: ‘We are extremely proud to be working together with RWE Renewables as the EPCI contractor for the permanent works of the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. By contributing to the realisation of one of world’s largest offshore wind farms, Van Oord is again at the forefront of projects that contribute to the transition to renewable energy. Sofia will make a major contribution to the UK’s climate goals. The project will be executed by MPI Offshore from our Stokesley office in Teesside and will deliver excellent opportunities for the local supply chain and labour market and to support the industry’s UK Sector Deal ambitions’.

Onshore construction will get underway at Sofia’s converter station site in Teesside early next year. Work on the foundation and array package is set to begin after the project’s financial investment decision in Q1 2021, with installation scheduled for 2024.

About Van Oord

Van Oord is a Dutch family-owned company with 150 years of experience as an international marine contractor. The focus is on dredging, land infrastructure in the Netherlands, offshore wind and oil & gas infrastructure. Its head office is in Rotterdam. Van Oord employs 5,000 staff, who worked in 2019 on 200 projects in 44 countries. The fleet consists of about 70 vessels and a large amount of special-purpose and auxiliary equipment. Marine ingenuity is characteristic of Van Oord. By using innovative, smart and sustainable solutions, it wishes to contribute to a better world for future generations.

More information

Please contact Robert de Bruin, Director Markets & Communication,
T +31 (0)88 8268234, M +31 (0)6 53440890, E robert.debruin@vanoord.com.

This press release and the accompanying photo/photos can be used royalty-free.

See also: https://www.vanoord.com/news

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 23 September 2020 – Van Oord’s Deep Dig-It trencher crossed the busy shipping route Rotterdam Maasmond successfully and is on its way to offshore Alpha jacket in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) wind farm area. TenneT is building the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore grid to connect new offshore wind farms. 4 cables will have to be buried into the North Sea seabed for this purpose. For the first 10 kilometres of the cable route, these cables will have to be buried more than 5 metres into the seabed in order to cross the busy shipping route Rotterdam Maasmond.

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The Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium will be installing 4 subsea 220 kV AC cables that will connect 2 offshore platforms to the onshore electricity grid. The first 2 cables to the Alpha platform will be installed this year. The other 2 cables, meant for the Beta platform, will follow in 2021. The last few days the preparatory work has been completed. With the support of MPI Resolution, the cable was pulled ashore via a direct drill to the new transformer substation that is being built on the Maasvlakte. From this point, the cable with a total length of 42 kilometres to the wind zone Hollandse Kust (zuid) will be laid by the Deep Dig-It, a large remote-controlled trencher.

Deep Dig-It
Van Oord's Deep Dig-It is a so-called ‘Tracked Remotely Operated Vehicle’ (TROV) that drives unmanned over the seabed and creates a deep trench for the cables by liquefying the seabed. At the same time, the trencher inserts the cables into the trench and seals them again into the seabed. This new trencher is one of the largest and most powerful of its kind and can bury cables more than 5 metres deep in very hard soil. The Deep Dig-It is controlled at Van Oord's offshore installation vessel MPI Adventure, which is also equipped with a crane to launch and take out the Deep Dig-It.

Hollandse Kust (South) grid connection
The Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm is located 22 kilometres off the coast of the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. The sea cables connect the two offshore platforms with the Maasvlakte high-voltage substation and the Randstad 380 kV South ring.

The 1,400 MW grid connection will be completed in 2022 and will eventually provide electricity for 1.6 million households. The offshore wind farm contributes significantly to the Dutch government's objective of having a total of 3.5 GW installed offshore wind energy capacity by 2023. With the commissioning of Borssele Alpha and Beta this year, the first 1.4 GW has been realised.

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Following successful support activities for export cable installation works in the Netherlands, MPI Resolution has sailed to the Irish Sea and is currently moored in the Port of Holyhead in preparations for work at various offshore wind farms.

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Mobilisation works are ongoing for a main bearing exchange campaign at a local wind farm, and it’s expected that MPI Resolution will remain on the West Coast for the immediate future to be readily available for other main component exchange opportunities in the area.

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The work carried out by the MPI Resolution at the London Array offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom was carried out at the customer’s satisfaction.  

 

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In Spring 2020, Siemens Gamesa contracted MPI Offshore to carry out a main bearing exchange involving jack-up operations at a specific wind turbine.  

Offshore installation and maintenance vessel MPI Resolution has been deployed to execute the works and in only three operational days, the bearing was safely exchanged. This included removing and reinstallation of the three blades to deck to allow access to the main bearing.  

 

The success of this project is testament to the teams from both parties onboard the vessel who worked hand in hand to create this successful outcome. 

 

At this moment the vessel is moored in the Port of Teesside readying itself for her next assignment.

 

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Energi Coast is the North East of England’s Offshore Wind Cluster. MPI Offshore is active member of this cluster.

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Together with other key regional business and stakeholder organizations, we showcase the vast supply chain capabilities in the offshore wind sector within North East England. We also promote the region as a key hub for servicing both the UK and international offshore wind markets and address the themes arising from the sector deal announced in early 2019.

Curious about Energi Coast? Take a look at the website.

 

 

 

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 23 August 2019 - Offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution recently started its work for the Prinses Amaliawindpark in the Netherlands. MPI Offshore, a subsidiary of Van Oord, has been contracted to repair and upgrade all of the blades for 29 of the 60 turbines in the offshore wind farm.

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How does it work?

The vessel sails to the site location with three repaired and/or new blades. The damaged blades will be replaced by another blade and brought back on board. There, the blade will be repaired and upgraded. The repair consists of applying ‘shells’ that are glued to the blades. When finished it will be installed at the next location. The expectation is that with this repair the blades can last until the end of the expected life of the park.

After the blade repair and upgrade campaign, the MPI Resolution will continue its work for the five-year maintenance contract for the major components exchange at the Prinses Amaliawindpark. 

About MPI Offshore

Since 2018 MPI Offshore, a UK based specialist in offshore wind installation, is part of Van Oord. With the acquisition of the MPI Offshore organisation and two installation vessels, Van Oord also acquired project contracts related to the vessels, i.e. offshore wind farms London Array, Prinses Amaliawindpark and Rampion. 

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The offshore wind farm is situated approximately 23 kilometres off IJmuiden, the Netherlands, in water depths between 20 to 24 metres. Offshore installation and maintenance vessel MPI Resolution took care of the exchange of a gearbox at one of the turbines. By completing this work, the offshore wind farm can continue providing sustainable 120MW of energy, sufficient to power 125,000 households.

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2 October 2018 – Van Oord completed the acquisition of MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor, from Vroon Group. By acquiring MPI Offshore, Van Oord will further strengthen its global wind organisation and in particular its position in the UK wind market.

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The acquisition includes the MPI Offshore organisation in Stokesley (United Kingdom), the vessels MPI Adventure and MPI Resolution, and associated crew.  A total of hundred people, both office staff and crew, will be joining the Van Oord UK organisation. Van Oord also acquired project contracts related to the vessels, i.e. offshore wind farms London Array, Prinses Amaliawindpark and Rampion.

The acquisition is fully in line with the company’s ambitions and investment programme for the coming years and it follows a number of strategic add-ons in recent years, which include the acquisition of Bilfinger’s offshore wind activities and Ballast Nedam offshore operations. Van Oord was assisted on this transaction by Kempen as its financial adviser.

Van Oord has been involved in many offshore wind projects in northwestern Europe since 2002. Van Oord has a healthy order book, including several large wind projects like Borssele III/IV in the Netherlands. The projects Norther in Belgium and Deutsche Bucht in Germany are currently being executed. Outside Europe Van Oord has been designated as preferred contractor for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan.

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Graduate Engineer

A Graduate Civil / Structural Engineer or Mechanical Engineer 
to work within the Engineering Team at Van Oord Offshore
Wind UK (MPI Offshore) based in Stokesley, Middlesbrough. 

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