Top News of the Week Nov 16 – 22, 2015

DONG Unveils U.S. Offshore Wind Project Details

DONG Energy has released project details for its offshore wind farm proposed to be built off Massachusetts, USA.

25MW Floating Wind Farm Planned off Portugal

EDP Renewables (EDPR), Mitsubishi Corporation (through its subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe), Chiyoda Corporation (through its subsidiary Chiyoda Generating Europe), Engie and Repsol have announced an agreement to implement a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Portugal, known as the WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) project.

Siemens, deugro Launch New Offshore Wind Logistics Concept

Siemens presented a new offshore logistics concept at EWEA 2015 in Paris. The company has signed a long-term framework contract with transport service provider deugro Danmark A/S, utilizing two purpose-built transport vessels to efficiently link Siemens’ existing production locations in Denmark with the new production facilities in Cuxhaven in Germany and Hull in the UK.

Block Island Wind Farm Getting Taller (Gallery)

Deepwater Wind has been installing top decks on foundations at its Block Island offshore wind farm since the beginning of this month.

‘Seajacks Zaratan’ to Install Veja Mate TPs

Seajacks Zaratan has been contracted to install 67 transition pieces (TPs) at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm.