Norway’s Havfram Wind has clinched work for two of its new wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) with major renewable energy players.
The Oslo-based shipowner said contracts will begin with Orsted in 2026 and Vattenfall in 2027 off eastern England.
The company has a NG20000X jack-up WTIV on order at CIMC Raffles in China, with three options attached.
The design comes with a 3,200-tonne crane and the latest battery hybrid drivetrain technology designed to reduce carbon emissions per MW installed by more than 70% compared with previous designs.
Vattenfall will employ a vessel from spring 2027 for its Norfolk projects.
The agreement covers transport and installation work over three years.
Group chief executive Ingrid Due-Gundersen told TradeWinds: “I am very proud of the Havfram team and their achievement.
“At Havfram we want to build strong relationships with our clients and the collaboration with Vattenfall has been exceptionally good during the entire procurement phase.”
She added that as a global leader in offshore wind, Vattenfall has an ambitious target: “They want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. We are not only actively contributing to their vision, we share it. I am looking forward to a long-lasting business relationship with Vattenfall.”
More UK installations
Orsted, meanwhile, will use a new Havfram WTIV for its 2,852 MW Hornsea 3 wind farm, starting in autumn 2026.
The site will consist of up to 231 turbines within 696 square kilometres (278 square miles), 120 km (75 miles) off the Norfolk coast.
Patrick Harnett, Orsted’s vice president for execution programmes, said: “Delivering an offshore wind farm of the size and scale of Hornsea 3 requires the development of strong, collaborative relationships with our contractor partners and the realisation of new supply chain capacity.”
He described Havfram’s WTIV as cutting edge.
US private equity player Sandbrook Capital, together with Canada’s PSP Investments, has pumped $500m into Havfram in recent months to help finance the newbuilding programme.
