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  • Prysmian Completes Inter-Array Cable System Offshore France

    27 December 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has commissioned the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm located in the English Channel, some 24 kilometres off the French coast, in Normandy. The Fécamp offshore wind farm is comprised of 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines with a total capacity of nearly 500 MW, generating clean electricity equivalent to the […]

  • Asso.subsea Completes Fécamp Inter-Array Cable Work Offshore France

    18 December 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Asso.subsea has completed the inter-array cable installation and protection operations for the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. Asso.subsea was contracted by Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group to execute the seabed preparation, installation, and protection works, involving four different vessels and various subsea tools. According to the company, the project was characterised by very hard […]

  • Swancor to Supply Recyclable Resins for Siemens Gamesa’s RecyclableBlades

    20 March 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Taiwan-headquartered Swancor has signed a Letter of Intent with Siemens Gamesa to supply recyclable resins for the company’s recyclable wind turbine blades. Starting in 2026, all the resin supplied from Swancor to Siemens Gamesa will be recyclable, as per an update shared on social media by the German company. Siemens Gamesa said that the collaboration […]

  • US Company Bags French Offshore Wind Farm Gig

    30 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    US-based Zupt has been awarded its first major offshore wind farm development project from a Tier 1 energy contractor off the northwest coast of France. Under the contract, the company will provide instrumentation and survey support during the installation of 64 wind turbine monopiles at the project’s site. Zupt’s role will revolve around integrating a […]

  • Ocean Winds Bolsters Brazil Offshore Wind Ties

    14 September 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Ocean Winds, a 50:50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has signed two agreements related to offshore wind development in Brazil. Ocean Winds has joined forces through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the local company Prumo Logistica. The goal is to exchange pertinent information relating to the studies aimed at scrutinizing an offshore […]

  • Final Monopiles Delivered for 450 MW French Offshore Wind Project

    31 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has transported the last of 64 monopiles, built for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm, from Germany to the Netherlands. On 29 June, the last monopile for the Calvados offshore wind project set off from their Rostock site for marshalling destination in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. All monopiles were loaded […]

  • Bladt Sends Off Last Calvados Transition Pieces

    10 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Bladt Industries has sent off the last transition piece for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The last transition piece for the Calvados offshore wind farm sailed out from Bladt Industries’ location in Aalborg, Denmark, to marshalling destination in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. With the […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturer to Acquire Bladt Industries

    10 July 2023
    Business & Finance

    Nordic Capital has reached an agreement to sell Denmark-based Bladt Industries to the wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind. During the Nordic Capital ownership, the company completed a companywide strategic pivot to focus solely on the growing offshore wind industry, becoming a pureplay renewable energy supplier, according to the press release. “Our company has undertaken […]

  • Saipem Adds Fagioli to Calvados Team

    29 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Fagioli S.p.A. has been contracted by Saipem to provide marshalling yard services for the 480 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Fagioli is providing Saipem with a marshalling yard of more than 120,000 square metres of quay and storage area. The operations include heavy lifting, relocation, heavy transport, and storage activities at marshalling yard. […]

  • Correll to Back Prysmian on Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

    15 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The Correll Group has been awarded a contract from the Prysmian Group to provide support for the pull-in and installation of High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) export cables to the offshore substation platform for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, the Correll Group will provide support for the pull-in and installation […]

  • Palfinger Cranes for Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

    9 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Palfinger Marine has signed a deal to deliver two jetty cranes and 64 fixed boom cranes for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Palfinger Marine will deliver 64 PF14000-4.0 fixed boom cranes for the wind turbine platforms and two PTM600 jetty cranes to the offshore wind project. The units in the port […]

  • EDF Renewables-Led Consortium Starts Building Calvados OWF O&M Base

    19 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    Construction works on the operation and maintenance (O&M) base for the French Calvados offshore wind farm have commenced at the port of Caen-Ouistreham. The construction of the building’s foundations and framework are expected to be completed in Spring 2022 with the rest of the construction work following in the summer and works on the interior […]

  • Calvados Offshore Wind Farm’s O&M Base Open for Business

    12 April 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The operations and maintenance (O&M) base of the French Calvados offshore wind farm was inaugurated on 11 April in Ouistreham. According to Éolien Maritime France (EMF), the consortium behind the offshore wind project, this marks a major milestone between now and the commissioning of the wind farm, which is scheduled for 2025. The O&M base […]

  • France’s Calvados Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Phase

    22 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction activity has started on the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The start of the construction phase follows the finalisation of financing agreements between the Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd, and its financial partners. The Calvados offshore wind farm, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, will comprise […]

  • Malta Planning Its First Offshore Wind Tender

    10 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Parliament of Malta is discussing a new bill today, 10 July, which would facilitate the country’s first offshore wind and floating solar tender. First introduced at a plenary session on 4 July, the bill seeking to amend the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Act is now being read before the Parliament for the second time, with a […]

  • MMT Sweden on UXO Survey Duty Offshore France

    6 August 2021

    RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has selected MMT SWEDEN AB to carry out the unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable route of the Calvados offshore wind farm. The 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm is being developed by Éolien Maritime France (EMF) and wpd. EMF is a joint venture between EDF Renewables, Enbridge, […]

  • Saipem Orders Calvados Monopiles at EEW SPC

    9 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem has selected EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH to manufacture 64 monopile foundations at their Rostock site for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in Normandy, France. The contract signing for the wind farm, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, took place at the beginning of April 2021. In total, EEW SPC will process about 50,000 […]

  • Saipem Picks Ramboll Design for Calvados Foundations

    28 September 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ramboll has been awarded a contract by Saipem, through its subsidiary Saipem SA, to perform the primary steel design of the monopile foundations for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm is owned by a consortium consisting of EDF Renewables, EIH S.à.r.l, a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., CPP […]

  • Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Maintain Substations It Will Deliver for Three French OWFs

    27 July 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed long-term maintenance contracts for three offshore substations its parent company Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for three offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique reported on 27 July that its Marine Energy Business Unit, Atlantique Offshore Energy, had just signed a five-year preventive maintenance contract for the offshore substation […]

  • Recyclable Blades Ordered for French Offshore Wind Farm

    29 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The development consortium behind the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm has ordered several sets of Siemens Gamesa’s new recyclable wind turbine blades. Ten of the 64 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines will feature the new RecyclableBlades which were unveiled by Siemens Gamesa last September. The blades are made up of a combination of […]

  • Saipem Taps Bladt for Calvados Transition Pieces

    2 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem SA has signed a contract with Bladt Industries A/S to deliver transition pieces for the Calvados (Courseulles-sur-Mer) offshore wind farm in France. Bladt Industries is in charge of the fabrication of 64 transition pieces specially designed for the French wind farm. The fabrication is planned to start in August this year with loadout planned […]

  • Second Calvados Export Cable In Place

    4 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Eiffage Génie Civil, together with ETMF, has installed the second export cable for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The installation of the three-kilometre long export cable was done in collaboration with Antares Ingenierie, Ar Ganol, Logic Master, and Abeko Marine. The French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), which […]

  • Calvados Offshore Substation Topside Touches Down

    30 March 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The substation topside has been installed on the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The operation was carried out by DEME’s installation vessel Gulliver more than ten kilometres off the coast of Nacre and Bessin. The substation topside was designed and manufactured by Atlantique Offshore […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Charters Acta Auriga for French Offshore Wind Farms

    24 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Acta Marine has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the charter of a walk-to-work service operations vessel (SOV) Acta Auriga to support the commissioning activities of both Fécamp and Calvados offshore wind farms, respectively in 2023 and 2024. The vessel, owned and operated by the Dutch company Acta Marine, will be responsible for providing […]

  • Atlantique Offshore Energy Sends Off Calvados Substation

    6 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Atlantique Offshore Energy, in a consortium consortium with GE Grid Solutions and SDI (DEME Group), has sent off the offshore substation for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind project in France, also known as the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm. The offshore wind farm is being built by a consortium comprising EDF Renouvelables, Enbridge, CPP Investments […]

  • EIB Bankrolls Second French Offshore Wind Project

    23 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 350 million loan for the construction of the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The EUR 2 billion project, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, is being developed by the Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd. The wind farm will […]