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  • ProCon Joins Smulders on 760 MW Hollandse Kust West VI Offshore Wind Farm

    10 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Belgium’s Smulders has awarded an E&I contract to Denmark’s ProCon for Hollandse Kust West VI, being developed by the Ecowende consortium in the Netherlands. The company’s scope of work comprises E&I pre-assembly, outfitting, testing, and cold commissioning of the 52 suspended internal platforms (SIPs) and the 52 external platforms for the foundations. The work will […]

  • GE Vernova to Build Up to 18 MW Offshore Wind Test Turbine in Norway

    4 July 2025
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has granted GE Vernova’s subsidiary Georgine Wind permission to build and operate an 18 MW test turbine in Gulen municipality. The project, which is part of a test programme to advance offshore wind technology, will feature an up to 18 MW turbine, with a maximum tip height […]

  • Ten Most Read News on OffshoreWIND.biz in 2024

    1 January 2025
    Business development, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    New wind turbine models, vessels and equipment, and project updates were the most read topics on offshoreWIND.biz in 2024. In this overview, we are bringing the ten most popular news in 2024. In January 2024, Siemens Gamesa received a EUR 30 million grant from the EU for a project called Highly Innovative Prototype of the […]

  • Iberdrola to Sell Stake in 315 MW German Offshore Wind Farm to Japan’s Kansai

    13 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai) has signed a share purchase agreement with Iberdrola to participate in the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The operation values 100 per cent of the offshore wind farm at EUR 1.28 billion, which implies a multiple of EUR 4.1 million per MW […]

  • All Baltic Eagle Wind Turbines Stand Complete Offshore Germany

    16 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 50 turbines have been installed at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm comprises 50 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern. The wind turbine installation at the Baltic Eagle project site […]

  • World’s First Floating Wind Farm Back in Action After Maintenance

    9 October 2024
    Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance

    A heavy maintenance campaign has been completed on Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, with all five turbines now connected. From operational data, it was previously determined that a heavy maintenance campaign for the wind farm’s five turbines was required. To complete the campaign, the Siemens Gamesa turbines were towed to Wergeland […]

  • Varberg Energi to Purchase Renewable Electricity from OX2’s Swedish Offshore Wind Farm

    24 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    OX2 and Varberg Energi have agreed in principle for Varberg Energi to procure renewable electricity from the Galene offshore wind farm located near Varberg, Sweden, as well as from OX2’s solar project in the vicinity. The long-term goal of the agreement is for the companies to enter into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the […]

  • NKT Secures Cable Agreement for Major Wind Farms Offshore Sweden

    30 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have entered into a conditional agreement with NKT for the delivery and installation of export power cables for two wind farm projects offshore Sweden. Under the agreement, NKT’s facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, will deliver the cables for the recently awarded Galene project. The agreement also covers the Triton offshore wind farm. […]

  • OX2 Gets Halland County’s Go-Ahead for 1.7 GW Zero-Subsidy Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The County Administrative Board of Halland has given its approval to the 1.7 GW offshore wind farm Galatea-Galene, being developed by OX2 in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, some 25 kilometres off the coast of Halland. The County Administrative Board said the government can give permission for the project to be built according to the Act […]

  • Hitachi Energy Secures Deal for Two Swedish Offshore Wind Farms

    29 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have signed their third conditional agreement with a supplier for two of their offshore wind projects in Sweden, Triton and Galene, this time with Hitachi Energy for high-voltage equipment and systems, and power quality solutions for two onshore substations and up to eight offshore substations. The two project owners are developing […]

  • OX2 Pushes Ahead with 400 MW Swedish Offshore Wind Project

    10 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and its partner Ingka Investments have signed a cooperation agreement with the Swedish electric power distribution company, Ellevio, and submitted applications for connection of the Galene offshore wind farm in Sweden. The 400 MW Galene, the northern part of the 1.7 GW Galatea-Galene project, will be built about 21 kilometres west of Varberg and […]

  • Geophysical Survey Completed for Swedish Offshore Wind Farm

    1 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Clinton Marine Survey, on behalf of OX2, has carried out a geophysical survey for the Galatea-Galene wind farm offshore Sweden. The survey of about 370 square kilometres was carried out by Clinton Marine Survey’s Northern Storm vessel over a five-week period and included both the wind farm area and the planned cable corridors to shore. […]

  • 101-Wind Turbine Project Offshore Sweden Reaches Next Phase

    6 December 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 has submitted a permit application under the Act on Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish economic zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg. The wind farm is called Galatea-Galene and is divided into two sub-areas. Galatea is located about 25 kilometres off Falkenberg and Galene about […]

  • Vattenfall, OX2 Granted Permission to Build 1.6 GW of Offshore Wind in Sweden

    16 May 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Swedish government has granted permission to Vattenfall and OX2 to build two offshore wind projects. Vattenfall received approval for its 1.2 GW Kattegat Syd offshore wind farm and OX2 for the northern, 400 MW part of its Galatea-Galene project. OX2’s and Ingka Investments’ Galatea-Galene offshore wind project consists of two sub-areas located in Kattegat, […]

  • Swedish Offshore Wind Site Could House Large-Scale Seaweed Farm

    30 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has signed letters of intent with companies Kobb and Nordic Seafarm to investigate opportunities for large-scale cultivation of seaweed at its Galatea-Galene offshore wind farm in Sweden. Seaweed cultivation absorbs carbon dioxide from eutrophication such as nitrogen and phosphorus from the sea and is circulated back to land as food, […]

  • Sweden’s Newly Approved Offshore Wind Farms Equivalent to One Large Nuclear Power Reactor

    17 May 2023
    Authorities, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    The two offshore wind farms that yesterday (16 May) received the Swedish government’s go-ahead will be able to supply up to 6.5 TWh of electricity per year, which corresponds to the electricity production from one large nuclear power reactor, according to the government. As reported earlier, Vattenfall and OX2 received approval for the construction of […]

  • IKEA Owner Cleared to Buy Stake in 9 GW Offshore Wind Portfolio

    9 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Sweden-headquartered OX2 has secured regulatory clearance to sell a 49 per cent stake in an up to 9 GW portfolio of offshore wind projects to the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest retailer in the IKEA franchisee system. The deal is expected to be completed within two weeks. Under the agreement revealed in August […]

  • Plans In Motion for 1.8 GW Wind Farm Offshore Sweden

    30 December 2021
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish developer OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for the 1.8 GW Triton offshore wind farm located within the Swedish economic zone off the coast of Skåne. The wind farm is located some 30 kilometres south of Ystad and will comprise between 68 and 129 wind turbines with a maximum height of 370 […]

  • OX2 Selects EEW SPC Monopile Foundations for Two Wind Farms Offshore Sweden

    13 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 has entered a conditional agreement with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (SPC) for the delivery of monopile foundations for two of the offshore wind farms OX2 is developing in Sweden together with Ingka Investments. According to the agreement, EEW SPC will deliver up to 230 monopile foundations to the offshore wind farms Galatea-Galene and Triton […]

  • 1.8 GW Swedish Offshore Wind Farm Moves Forward

    22 February 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish wind farm developer OX2 has submitted a permit application to construct the 1.8 GW Triton offshore wind farm within the Swedish economic zone and off the coast of Skåne. The wind farm is located some 30 kilometres south of Ystad and will comprise up to 129 wind turbines with a maximum height of 370 […]

  • Avangrid Shareholders Approve Iberdrola’s Takeover

    27 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Avangrid’s shareholders have approved Iberdrola’s acquisition of the remaining 18.4 per cent of Avangrid’s capital, through a merger operation. The acquisition was supported by approximately 99 per cent of the votes cast, compared to just 1 per cent of votes cast against. The percentage of support amongst the voting shareholders, if the votes of Iberdrola […]

  • IKEA Stores Owner to Acquire Stake in Three Offshore Wind Projects

    29 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 has agreed to sell a 49 per cent stake in an up to 9 GW portfolio of offshore wind projects to the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest retailer in the IKEA franchisee system. The three projects are Galatea-Galene, located off the coast of Halland, Triton, located off the coast of Skåne, and […]

  • Swedish Company Submits Application for 101-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm

    20 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish company OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg. The permit application, which includes an environmental impact assessment (EIA), is handled by the County Administrative Board of Halland. The project, called Galatea-Galene, would comprise 101 turbines […]

  • Skåne County Greenlights OX2 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    8 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The County Administrative Board of Skåne has awarded the Triton offshore wind farm permission to be built in accordance with a regulation concerning Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. The wind farms’ developers, OX2 and Ingka Investments, welcomed the decision, and if the government gives final approval, the construction of the project could start in 2027. Last year, […]

  • Iberdrola Inaugurates Brittany’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    19 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 19 September, Iberdrola inaugurated the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France, the second largest in the country and the first in Brittany. The offshore wind farm is located 16 kilometres off the northwest coast of France in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in the English Channel. The project, backed by a EUR 2.4 […]

  • 5,500 MW Wind Project Offshore Sweden Reaches Development Milestone

    14 March 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish wind farm developer OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Baltic Sea Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The name of the wind farm is Aurora and it will be located 20 kilometers south of Gotland and 30 kilometers east of […]