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.

• 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 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.
• Q2-2024 has seen a significant increase in fixed-bottom MCR compared to past years, particularly in the 6MW+ turbine segment.

• A module focused on Substation Installation Activities has been added to our platform
• We have initiated tracking of Chinese jack-up, crane and SOV vessels and the installation performances of 10-16 MW Chinese machines installed in China.
• We have relaunched or SOV O&M Module tracking all dedicated W2W & SOV vessels for O&M activities in offshore wind
• We have initiated tracking of all CSOVs on construction support/commissioning activities of all projects.
• Ongoing tracking of the MCR O&M activities at the floating offshore Hywind Scotland Project with full cycle data for first positions towed to port (all 5 positions will be undergo tow-to-port).
• Record fast MP installation at Coastal Virginia (US)
• First installation of the new SGRE 14 MW platform
• Dogger Bank WTG installation on Haliade X13 continues slow pace
• Halt at Neart na Gaoithe WTG installation
• Yunlin installation finally well underway
• Foundation installation activities in South Korea at Jeonnam 1 and completion of WTG installation at Jeju Hallim
• Significant increase of fixed-bottom MCRs year-to-date compared to previous years
• First US built SOV on site at South Fork Wind supporting substation commissioning/hand-over

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