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  • Buchan Floating Offshore Wind Project Wraps Up Metocean Campaign in Scotland

    3 February 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    The metocean and LiDAR surveys have been completed at the Buchan floating offshore wind farm site located off the northeast coast of Scotland. Partrac recently recovered the project LiDAR and seabed instrumentation at the project site some 75 kilometres northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast. The two-year metocean and floating LiDAR campaign has seen […]

  • Corio Inks Offshore Wind Cooperation Agreement with South Korean Fisheries

    23 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Corio Generation has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (Suhyup) and the Western Busan Fisheries Committee (WBFC) for the 96 MW Dadaepo offshore wind project, currently under development in Busan, South Korea. With this agreement, a mutual cooperation plan will be developed to ensure transparency and fairness with local […]

  • TÜV NORD to Certify Mingyang’s 18 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    17 October 2024
    Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has signed a contract with TÜV NORD to certify its MySE18.X-260, which the company claims is currently the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine. The certification, according to the internationally recognised standard IECRE OD501, covers the rotor-nacelle assembly. With the type certification, TÜV NORD is verifying that the design and performance […]

  • European Commission Greenlights Sumitomo’s Stake in EEW Offshore Wind EU

    7 January 2025
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission (EC) has approved the acquisition of joint control of EEW Offshore Wind EU by EEW Holding and Japanese trader Sumitomo Corporation. The transaction relates primarily to the manufacturing of large steel tubes used in the construction of offshore wind farms. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, […]

  • OEG Renewables, COENS Partner for South Korean Offshore Wind Projects

    22 January 2025
    Business & Finance

    OEG Renewables and COENS have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offering pre-construction, construction, installation, and operations and maintenance (O&M) services to offshore wind projects in South Korea. The partnership between OEG and South Korea’s COENS combines OEG’s knowledge in delivering offshore energy solutions and COENS’ local capabilities and resources to target […]

  • All Applicants Pre-Qualified for Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    11 December 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    All companies that submitted applications to participate in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender have been pre-qualified, meeting legal, financial, and technical requirements. The announcement was made on 9 December by Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). Among the companies included in the preliminary list of qualified bidders are energy giants from Belgium, the UK, Spain, and China, […]

  • Belgium Kicks Off Tender for 700 MW Offshore Wind Farm in North Sea

    26 November 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The tender for the construction of the first offshore wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone in the Belgian North Sea has been launched. Developers will have nine months to submit their bids to build the 700 MW offshore wind farm. The winner will be selected primarily on price competitiveness but will also take into […]

  • Goldwind Starts Producing Components for 22 MW, 300-Metre Rotor Offshore Wind Turbine

    31 December 2024
    Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has produced a nacelle for a 22 MW offshore wind turbine at its Shantou manufacturing base, according to reports from Chinese media and the company’s supplier of cooling and lubrication systems for the turbine, Chuanrun. Goldwind presented the rolled-out nacelle during the Shantou International Offshore Wind Power Technology Innovation Conference […]

  • Acteon’s MENCK Unveils New Hammer for Offshore Wind Monopiles

    3 October 2024
    Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    MENCK, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has unveiled the MHU 6000W Wind Hammer, a tool designed to handle larger, longer, and heavier piles for offshore wind farms. The Wind Hammer is engineered to drive larger piles in tougher environments and install longer piles in deeper waters, to enable the deployment […]

  • Orlen Takes Delivery of CTV Destined for Polish Offshore Wind Market

    18 November 2024
    Vessels

    Strategic Marine has delivered a StratCat 27 Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) to Orlen, which will be used to support operations in Poland’s offshore wind sector. The vessel, specifically designed for offshore wind farm operations, is scheduled to begin operations in the North Sea before transitioning to the Polish exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. […]

  • CIP Signs Fengmiao 1 Offshore Installation Contracts with Van Oord, CSBC-DEME JV

    13 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has contracted the Dutch offshore construction company Van Oord and the joint venture between Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME and Taiwan’s largest shipbuilder CSBC for installation work at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Van Oord’s contract covers the transport, installation and burial of the 33 inter-array cables, with […]

  • Enefit Green Presses Ahead with Estonian Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Enefit Green’s Liivi Bay offshore wind farm has undergone an environmental impact assessment (EIA), showing no significant negative effects on the environment and boosting labour market activity and municipal revenues with proper mitigation measures, according to an expert group from Skepast and Puhkim. The team from Skepast and Puhkim analysed the environmental impact of three […]

  • Nine Companies File to Qualify for Colombia’s Offshore Wind Tender; DEME, Jan de Nul on List

    30 October 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Colombia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy has published a list of nine companies that have submitted documents to qualify for the country’s first offshore wind tender as this first stage of the process concluded on 28 October. The final list of companies that will be eligible to bid in the first half of 2025 is […]

  • Proserv Wins More Work on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Proserv has been awarded a contract by DEME Offshore to de-risk offshore wind operations at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm project in the UK. According to Proserv, the company will utilise its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) system to identify signs of transmission cable failure far earlier, […]

  • First Suction Bucket Foundations Arrive in Taiwan for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4

    13 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of suction bucket jacket foundations, which will be installed at the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, have arrived at the Port of Taichung in Taiwan. The initial batch of foundations has arrived from HSG Sungdong in South Korea, the supplier of 33 units for the 920 MW Greater Changhua […]

  • Ørsted, PGE Take Final Investment Decision on 1.5 GW Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) have taken the final investment decision (FID) on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Located approximately 40 kilometres off the Polish coast near Ustka, Baltica 2 has a 25-year inflation-protected contract for difference […]

  • UK Gov’t Says Offshore Wind Backbone of 2030 Clean Power System, Plans to Procure 12 GW More in Next Few Allocation Rounds

    10 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Electricity generated by renewable sources and nuclear power will be the foundation of the UK’s electricity system by 2030, according to a new action plan the UK government issued in December 2024. Offshore wind, which now accounts for some 17 per cent of the country’s electricity generation, has “a particularly important role as the backbone […]

  • Reducing cost and risk in floating offshore wind asset integrity monitoring

    10 March 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Offshore windfarm projects currently in development present unique business challenges, even for experienced developers and operators. Newer sites are increasingly:1) far from shore, in harsher metocean conditions,2) spread over large areas, and3) utilising floating structures. Floating turbines, which use mooring line systems to connect to anchors, exhibit the greatest challenges. The lines are vulnerable to […]

  • Romania Issues Offshore Wind Roadmap

    27 September 2024
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Transition

    The European Commission and the World Bank Group have supported the Government of Romania in publishing a new roadmap to help realize the potential of offshore wind in Romania. The roadmap was produced as part of the project ‘Internal energy market and energy transition in Romania’ which received technical support from the European Commission’s Directorate […]

  • All Eyes on EU as It Presents Clean Industrial Deal to Future-Proof Energy Sector

    28 February 2025
    Authorities, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Transition

    The European Union has unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, a transformational business plan outlining concrete actions to turn decarbonisation into ‘a driver of growth‘ for European industries by supporting renewable energy sources. Specifically, the plan aims to lower energy prices, create ‘quality’ jobs and the ‘right’ conditions for companies to thrive, accelerating decarbonisation while at […]

  • CASC Secures Multi-Million-Euro Work on Siemens Gamesa Offshore Wind Turbine Preassembly

    13 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    CASC has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa that will see the Northern Ireland-based engineering company working on offshore wind turbine preassembly projects worldwide. In August, CASC secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa for quayside mobilisation for wind turbine pre-assembly work for the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Under this contract, the […]

  • Mammoet Enters Offshore Wind Partnership with South Korean Company

    2 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands-based logistics company, Mammoet, and Samyang Marine Group have entered into a partnership to provide heavy lifting and transport solutions for South Korea’s offshore wind sector. The collaboration is set to establish Offshore Service Port (OSP) facilities to serve projects across sectors in South Korea, with a primary focus on upcoming offshore wind projects. […]

  • Onshore Scoping Report Filed for 1 GW Buchan Floating Wind Project

    9 July 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting

    Buchan Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol, has initiated the scoping process for its onshore grid infrastructure by submitting the Onshore Scoping Report to Aberdeenshire Council. The Onshore Scoping Report contains details of the planned onshore elements and its approach to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), with stakeholders now invited […]

  • New Method for Developing Recyclable Bio-Derivable Wind Turbine Blades Unveiled

    23 August 2024
    Business development, Industry, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found a practical path for manufacturing bio-derivable wind turbine blades that can be recycled and reused, potentially ending the practice of landfilling old blades. The paper “Manufacture and testing of biomass-derivable thermosets for wind blade recycling” involved work from investigators at five […]

  • Japanese Sumitomo Takes Stake in One of EEW Group’s Three New Holding Companies

    19 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation has acquired an equity stake in EEW Offshore Wind Holding, one of three new holding companies EEW Group founded to organise its business more efficiently, according to the German foundation manufacturer. According to EEW Group, Sumitomo’s stake has been in commercial effect since 1 July. The Group said on 19 August that, […]

  • UK Expertise Can Help Boost New Zealand’s Offshore Wind Industry, Report Says

    15 August 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    A new report, prepared by global energy consultancy Xodus and published on 14 August, says that the UK, as the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, can help unlock the full potential of New Zealand’s offshore wind industry. With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand holds vast offshore wind potential and, on top of that, has […]