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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
French cable maker Nexans has finalised a second US-based contract with Ørsted and Eversource to supply the export cable system for the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. Located more than 15 miles south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles east of the Connecticut coast, the project will connect the wind farm to the […]
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Business development, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted and Eversource, the developers of the 704 MW Revolution Wind project offshore Connecticut and Rhode Island, have filed a proposal in Rhode Island’s offshore wind solicitation for Revolution Wind 2 which would have a generation capacity of 884 MW. According to the developers, the new offshore wind farm represents more than USD 2 billion […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables, owned by Belgian Cenergy Holdings, has signed contracts with Ørsted and Eversource for the supply of inter-array cables for their South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind offshore wind projects in the United States. Under the contracts, Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply some 260 kilometres of 66 kV […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has won a contract with an undisclosed client to construct a large wind farm offshore the USA. Under the contract, Boskalis will transport and install the wind turbine foundations and power cables for which two crane vessels, and several transport and cable-laying vessels will be deployed, the company said. The Dutch firm […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
On 13 March, Ørsted and Eversource announced that they had submitted a proposal for an 884 MW offshore wind farm in Rhode Island’s offshore wind solicitation. At the end of last week, Rhode Island Energy confirmed this was the sole response to its request for proposals (RFP). “Although we had hoped to see more developers […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Environment
Ørsted and Eversource, developers of Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, have entered a multi-year research partnership with a nonprofit organisation Mystic Aquarium to conduct studies of the effects of offshore wind turbines on marine mammals and sea turtles. “Developing more clean, renewable energy is critical in combatting the impacts of climate change on […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Rhode Island Energy, the state’s primary utility company, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for offshore wind, targeting an additional 600 MW to 1,000 MW of capacity. Offshore wind project proposals by bidders will be due to Rhode Island Energy on 1 February 2023. In July, Governor McKee signed into law clean energy legislation […]
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Business & Finance, Vessels
Boskalis’s new offshore wind foundation installation vessel Bokalift 2, which went into service last year after being converted from a drillship into a crane vessel, is currently undergoing modifications in the Netherlands before its scheduled work in the United States. Bokalift 2 arrived in the Port of Rotterdam in mid-February for the final outfitting ahead […]
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Stars have aligned today, 24 February, for the first wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) being built in the US as Huisman loaded the vessel’s crane onboard BigLift Shipping’s Happy Star and sent it off to the Lone Star State. In Texas, Huisman’s US team will commission the crane at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard, which is […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D
A consortium led by Germany-based ONP Management and US-based Renewable Resources International has developed a Jones Act-compliant transport and installation vessel solution, named Feederdock, dedicated to addressing the US market. The Feederdock, which is based around a U-shaped crane vessel that can dock Jones Act Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs) before jacking up, features a 3,000-tonne […]
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Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics
The Connecticut Port Authority has revealed that the Northeast Bulkhead, also known as the “delivery berth”, was completed at New London’s State Pier in the US. The 40-acre New London State Pier Terminal will be used to assemble and deliver offshore wind turbines for the Ørsted and Eversource joint venture’s South Fork Wind project this […]
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Only a single port on the island of Ireland, Belfast Harbour, is ready to be used to construct offshore wind farms according to a new National Ports Study published by Wind Energy Ireland at its Annual Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Dublin. The report, produced by Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, is said to be the […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Revolution Wind project offshore Rhode Island, developed by Ørsted and Eversource. The Notice of Availability for the Revolution Wind environmental analysis will be published in the Federal Register on 2 September, opening a 45-day public comment […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Governor Dan Mckee has opened a 30-day public comment period about Rhode Island Energy’s draft request for proposals (RFP) for creating more offshore wind energy in the state. Rhode Island Energy, the state’s primary utility, is administering the RFP and will issue the procurement to the market no later than 15 October, McKee’s office said. […]
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Norwegian marine geophysical company PGS has been awarded its first ultra-high resolution wind farm site characterization project, marking its entry into what the company described as ”a strategically important new energy market.” The survey will cover two European wind farm sites, both of which are in the development phase. PGS will mobilize a 3D vessel […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
EGS has completed an offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey for Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, USA. EGS was contracted by Ørsted to conduct, process, and interpret high-resolution geophysical and hydrographic survey data of the nearshore sections of the export cable routes for Skipjack Wind, currently in development. […]
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Authorities, Contracts & Tenders
The Lithuanian government plans to announce the opening of the tender for the construction of the country’s first offshore wind farm at the end of March. Preparations are now underway to announce the tender for the development of a 700 MW, subsidy-free offshore wind farm in the Lithuanian part of the Baltic Sea. The country’s […]
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CSSC Haizhuang Wind Power, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has rolled out the nacelle of the H260-18MW offshore wind turbine prototype. The H260-18MW has a rotor diameter of 260 metres and an individual capacity of 18 MW, making it the largest and the most powerful wind turbine currently on the market or […]
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A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be carried out by the shallow draft vessel Fastnet […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Nexans has landed a significant contract for phase one of the Empire Wind offshore wind project developed by a 50/50 partnership between BP and Equinor. This contract follows the preferred supplier agreement signed in March 2021 and covers the design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and protection of export cables for the project. […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Mayflower Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, known as the Building Trades, for the onshore and offshore construction of its 1,200 MW SouthCoast offshore wind project. The MoU includes commitments to create jobs for local and diverse workers and to […]
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Jobs & Recruitment, Training & Education
World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has opened its largest-ever apprenticeship recruitment campaign for its UK East Coast offshore wind farms. The announcement is for the first phase of 2023 applications for roles located on the East Coast. The second stage will see positions available on the West Coast. By the end of 2023, 18 apprentices […]
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Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the US have joined the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. The alliance, which is bringing together governments, the private sector, international organisations and other stakeholders to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind power, was launched in September […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
The governments of Estonia and Latvia have selected the locations in their respective parts of the Baltic Sea where their joint offshore wind energy project – ELWIND – will be built. Based on research and analysis, the most suitable development area for the implementation of a joint project in Estonian waters is the sea area […]
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As some European countries announced plans to fast-track offshore wind development and the current energy crisis is triggering more ambitious targets, how to achieve this without a negative environmental impact is one of the rising concerns. According to the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature (OCEaN), it is possible to speed up offshore wind and […]
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Technology, Wind Farm Update
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has started construction of the second phase of its offshore wind farm Zhangpu Liuao. The project will be both China’s and the world’s first wind farm to comprise 16 MW wind turbines. CTG will build the wind farm off the southeast side of the Liu’ao Peninsula in Zhangpu, in the […]