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  • Lightning Strike Zaps Damaged Vineyard Wind 1 Turbine

    4 March 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 27 February, a turbine at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project was struck by lightning. The GE Vernova Haliade-X 13 MW turbine had previously experienced a blade failure in July 2024. In July 2024, a blade from one of the GE Vernova’s Haliade-X turbines detached, which resulted in debris washing up on beaches on […]

  • GE Vernova Removing More Vineyard Wind Blades While Strengthening Others Following Inspections

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

    Following a July blade failure incident, GE Vernova plans to remove some blades and strengthen others at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The companies are implementing the incident and response action plan, which was announced in August. The plan outlined steps to safely remove the remainder of the damaged blade […]

  • Canada-Made GE Vernova Blades to Be Removed from Vineyard Wind 1 Site

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

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have completed the review and approved the revised Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Last week, the federal government lifted the suspension on Vineyard Wind’s installation of the remaining GE Vernova […]

  • Monopile Installation Continues at Vineyard Wind 1 Site Offshore US

    28 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The DP3 installation vessel Orion, owned and operated by the Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME, is scheduled to begin installing the remaining monopile foundations at the Vineyard Wind 1 site in the US on or around 28 October, as disclosed in the project’s recent offshore wind mariner update. Prior to installation, the POLARIS and HOS RUGER […]

  • CIP Withdraws Offshore Wind Project Selected in Massachusetts as Capacity Not Secured for Connecticut Part

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

    Vineyard Offshore, the US offshore wind development company owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has withdrawn the 800 MW of offshore wind capacity selected earlier this year in Massachusetts as the 400 MW part of the 1.2 GW Vineyard Wind 2 project was not selected in Connecticut. As reported in September, the 1,260 MW Vineyard […]

  • Massachusetts Offshore Wind Contract Signing Pushed Back Again

    20 January 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The signing of contracts with projects selected in Massachusetts’ fourth offshore wind solicitation has been delayed once more, with the new expected date being on or before 31 March. The execution of contracts, which had already been delayed to 15 January, is further postponed as the Electric Distribution Companies have filed a letter with the […]

  • Massachusetts, Rhode Island Award Nearly 2.9 GW Capacity in First US Multi-State Offshore Wind Auction

    9 September 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Massachusetts and Rhode Island have published the results of their first multi-state offshore wind solicitation, selecting nearly 2.9 GW of offshore wind power. As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678 MW in total from three projects and Rhode Island awarded 200 MW to one project. Massachusetts selected 1,087 MW of the multi-state 1,287 […]

  • UPDATED: Trump Preparing Executive Order to Stop Offshore Wind Buildout on US East Coast, US Congressman Claims

    15 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    NOTE: This article was updated on 15 January at 21:50 CET following information offshoreWIND.biz received, attributing the drafting of the executive order halting offshore wind activities on the US East Coast to Congressman Jefferson Van Drew instead of the US President-elect Donald Trump himself.  US Congressman Jefferson Van Drew said on Monday that he was […]

  • 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 […]

  • Blade Failure at Dogger Bank A Tied to Commissioning Process, GE Vernova Says

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

    The blade failure event at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm last month was not caused by an installation or manufacturing issue but happened during the commissioning process, according to an analysis conducted by GE Vernova. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 August and, according to an update from the Dogger […]

  • Bad Streak for GE Vernova as Another Blade Fails at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm in UK

    23 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    This article was updated at 15:05 CET on 23 August 2024 with a statement from GE Vernova. One of the already installed wind turbine blades at Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK, has sustained damage and failed. The blade failure occurred on the morning of 22 August and, according […]

  • New Offshore Wind Project Enters Federal Permitting in US

    14 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate an environmental review of the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic offshore wind lease area, located offshore New York and New Jersey and owned by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), which plans to build its Excelsior Wind project there. The Vineyard Mid-Atlantic area is in one of the six […]

  • BSEE Allows Vineyard Wind to Resume Tower, Nacelle Installation

    14 August 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has allowed Vineyard Wind to resume certain limited additional activities at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm site. These include the installation of towers and nacelles but not (yet) the installation of the wind turbine blades. BSEE issued an update to the Suspension Order the […]

  • Remainder of Damaged Vineyard Wind 1 Blade Set for Removal; Developer, GE Vernova Reveal Action Plan

    13 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova have set out an action plan covering several main tasks following the blade incident at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. The plan includes removing the remainder of the damaged blade on the turbine AW-38, continuing the collection of any debris, and resuming turbine installation and operations. The blade incident […]

  • New York Bidders File Final Proposals, RWE Plans 2.8 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    21 October 2024
    Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers who entered their projects in New York’s fifth solicitation for offshore wind energy have submitted finalised proposals, with RWE and National Grid Ventures’ Community Wind offshore wind farm now proposed to have a generation capacity of up to 2.8 GW and to be built in two phases by 2032. In September, the New […]

  • Previous Bidders Resubmit New Offshore Wind Proposal in New York

    10 September 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Community Offshore Wind and Vineyard Offshore have submitted a proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop the Community Offshore Wind and Excelsior Wind projects, which were cancelled in April this year, in response to the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation. Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE […]

  • BOEM Grants Environmental Approval to SouthCoast Wind Project

    11 November 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has made available the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind project. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbines, up to five offshore substation platforms located at a maximum of 149 positions, and up to eight offshore export cables potentially […]

  • Ocean Winds Receives Final BOEM Approval for 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind

    18 January 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) in December 2024, the federal agency said on […]

  • 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, […]

  • US Gives Green Light to Eleventh Offshore Wind Project

    23 December 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the SouthCoast Wind Project, which could generate up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. With the approval, the Department of Interior (DOI) and BOEM have approved over 19 GW of clean energy from offshore wind projects, enough to power […]

  • Windar Wraps Up Vineyard Wind 1 TP Delivery

    1 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project, being developed by Vineyard Wind, a joint […]

  • New York Working on 6th Offshore Wind Solicitation Design for ‘Generation-Only’ Projects

    15 January 2025
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is currently conducting consultation with the offshore wind market on the design of the state’s sixth solicitation which could be launched in the first quarter of 2026. The consultation primarily concerns the possibility of procuring “generation-only” projects where the (offshore) grid connections would be implemented […]

  • GE Vernova: ‘Manufacturing Deviation’ Led to Vineyard Wind 1 Blade Failure; Earlier Incident at Dogger Bank A Caused by Installation Error

    25 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call on 24 July. Strazik also pointed out that a blade event that happened on a […]

  • Feds Pause Vineyard Wind 1 Operation; Developer Says Damaged Blade at Risk of Detaching

    18 July 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued an order instructing Vineyard Wind to halt electricity production from all wind turbines following a blade failure incident on 13 July. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm is planned to feature 62 GE Vernova’s Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines, each with a […]

  • Will Trump Venture to Impose ‘No New (Offshore) Wind Turbines’ Policy and Bring US Industry Supporting 120,000 Jobs to Halt?

    8 January 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    During his presidential campaign in 2024, Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to stop offshore wind farms from being built in the US “on day one”. On 7 January, the US president-elect reiterated the plan which now seems to apply to wind energy on land too, saying he would look into implementing […]

  • Turbine Suffers Damage at Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Farm

    16 July 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    NOTE: The article was updated on 19 July with more information about the GE Vernova turbine blade incident at the Vineyard Wind project.  A turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US has been damaged, leading to an investigation by the blade’s manufacturer, GE Vernova. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture […]