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  • TWD, Seatools Outfit Green Jade for Hai Long Piling Work

    17 April 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    As construction work has started on Taiwan’s 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind farm with the vessel Green Jade installing the first jacket foundation pin piles, TWD and Seatools each revealed their contracts for the provision of pre-piling and piling equipment and services with the vessel owner, CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE). The Hai Long joint […]

  • 2024 Installation Campaign Starts at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    22 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan resumes with the 2024 installation campaign now underway, according to Skyborn Renewables, which expects to have the 640 MW project completed this year. “We’re back in full swing and have installed this season’s first monopile just a few days ago. The monopile installation will continue […]

  • First Vestas Turbine Stands at 295 MW Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

    14 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 31 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines have been installed at the Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The first turbine was installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern. The ship is currently located at the offshore construction site some 13 kilometres off Changhua County, according to the latest AIS […]

  • Iberdrola’s Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project Clears Preliminary EIA Review

    24 January 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Guo Feng, an offshore wind project being developed by Iberdrola in Taiwan, has received the preliminary approval of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The Guo Feng offshore wind project is located at the intersection of Changhua and Penghu waters, with 36 kilometres to the nearest distance to shore. First revealed in 2021, the total installation […]

  • Newly Converted Cable-Layer Arrives in Taichung Port Ahead of Work at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Site

    29 March 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Orient Adventurer, formerly the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx which has been converted into a cable-laying vessel (CLV), has arrived in Taiwan’s port of Taichung, from where it will soon sail out to the Yunlin offshore wind farm site. The vessel will carry out cable-laying work on the Yunlin project under the partnership between […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Taiwan’s 1 GW Hai Long Wind Farm

    12 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started at the Hai Long offshore wind farm site in Taiwan with the vessel Green Jade installing pin piles for the project’s jacket foundations. The Hai Long Offshore Wind Project joint venture (Northland Power, Yushan Energy, Mitsui & Co., and Gentari) announced the official start of offshore construction on 11 April. The […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Resumes Wind Turbine Installation at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind turbine installation at the Yunlin offshore wind farm site in Taiwan has resumed with two wind turbines already installed in this year’s campaign and 36 of the project’s total 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW units in place so far. The wind turbines are being installed by the vessel Seajacks Zaratan. “Following weeks of hard […]

  • James Fisher Secures Zhong Neng Commissioning Contract Offshore Taiwan

    30 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    James Fisher and Sons plc (James Fisher) has been awarded a contract for the provision of high voltage (HV) specialist personnel and HV safety management services at the 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, worth over GBP 1 million (approximately EUR 1.17 million), James Fisher’s renewables team will securely […]

  • BlueFloat’s 1 GW Floating Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan Clears EIA Review

    17 January 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy’s 1 GW Winds of September floating offshore wind project in Taiwan has passed the final Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) committee review, the developer announced via social media on 17 January. This milestone follows the company’s preliminary approval last October. Winds of September is BlueFloat Energy’s first floating offshore wind project in Taiwan which […]

  • Glamox Inks Several Offshore Wind Contracts in Asia

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway’s Glamox has secured three separate orders for LED lighting for the turbine foundation transition pieces for offshore wind farms in Taiwan and South Korea. SK Oceanplant awarded Glamox a contract to provide 468 linear Glamox TL60-1200 LED luminaries and 52 Glamox RLX80 floodlights to light 52 transition pieces at the 1,044 MW Hai Long […]

  • Offshore Construction Coming Up on 1 GW Hai Long, CAPE Holland to Supply Vibro Lifting Tools

    17 January 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of pin piles for the jacket foundations on Taiwan’s 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm is expected to start in March. CAPE Holland has been contracted to supply its CAPE Vibro Lifting Tools to CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), whose vessel Green Jade will be installing the piles. CDWE signed a contract for […]

  • Cyan, Hyundai Asset Team Up to Strengthen Supply Chain of South Korea’s Offshore Wind Sector

    13 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Cyan Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seoul-headquartered Hyundai Asset Management to facilitate the strategic investment in South Korea’s offshore wind supply chain. Under the MoU, Cyan Renewables and Hyundai Asset Management seek to build vessel capacity and strengthen the supply chain for South Korea’s growing offshore wind sector. In doing so, […]

  • Taihan Buys ‘Korea’s Only Cable-Layer for Offshore Wind’

    27 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has acquired what is said to be Korea’s only cable-laying vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market. Taihan, which announced the purchase on December 20, bought the vessel for approximately USD 38.4 million (EUR 34.7 million). The CLV, equipped with self-propulsion and a DP2 system, can load up to […]

  • 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 […]

  • UKEF Backs 1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project with GBP 380 Million

    9 November 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK Government’s export credit agency, has guaranteed GBP 380 million (approximately EUR 436 million) in financing for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The contribution is said to support a project finance package of over GBP 3 billion issued by more than 15 lenders to the […]

  • Subsea7’s Backlog Remains ‘Robust’ with High Tendering in Subsea and Offshore Wind

    25 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of USD 10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured USD 7.4 billion of contract awards […]

  • Removal of Monopiles on Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm to Start This Month

    14 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    NOTE: This article was updated on 15 May with correct ownership information for the project company. Further details about the monopiles (to be) removed were added and numbers of installed wind turbines, monopiles and transition pieces were updated following a response from Skyborn Renewables. Some of the monopiles installed during an earlier construction phase of […]

  • Seaway7 Bids Farewell to One of Industry’s First Foundation Installation Vessels

    2 February 2024
    Vessels

    Seaway7 is saying goodbye to Seaway Yudin, one of the company’s founding vessels and one of the first vessels of its size to serve the offshore wind industry, having entered the offshore wind construction market in 2009. In a social media post published on 2 February, Seaway7 said that the company said farewell to the […]

  • 2023 Installation Campaign Nears Completion at Yunlin Wind Farm Offshore Taiwan

    24 November 2023
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Skyborn Renewables Taiwan has revealed that the 2023 installation campaign of the Yunlin offshore wind farm is nearing completion. The offshore construction team has installed 45 monopile foundations, 26 inner array grids, and 12 export cables as well as 34 wind turbines in 2023. According to Skyborn, the preparations for the 2024 installation campaign are […]

  • Boskalis Reports Record 2023 with 150 Pct Net Profit Increase; Half of Offshore Energy Revenue Came from Offshore Wind

    12 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Boskalis’s offshore energy division saw 50 per cent of its revenue coming from offshore wind in 2023, according to annual results the Dutch dredging and offshore construction specialist released on 7 March. Company-wide, Boskalis reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue and a 150 per cent higher net profit than in 2022. For its […]

  • EU Greenlights RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    13 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission has cleared, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Osaka Gas, and a subsidiary of RWE AG, all three established in Japan, to develop a 684 MW offshore wind project in Japan. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, […]

  • Vestas Charters CSOV for Asia Pacific Offshore Wind Operations

    20 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vestas has signed a framework agreement with Marco Polo Marine which finalises the previous Memorandum of Understanding between Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwan-based subsidiary, PKR Offshore, and Vestas Taiwan, for the maiden deployment of a new Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) on offshore wind projects in the Asia Pacific region. The new CSOV, which can accommodate […]

  • Cadeler and Eneti Wrap Up Merger

    22 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Cadeler and Eneti have rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange as one entity, marking the merger of the two companies and creating a leading offshore wind installation firm. Following the business combination of Cadeler and Eneti, the combined group will be named Cadeler and be headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices across […]

  • UK Company Buys CTV Owner CWind

    11 October 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK-based Inspirit Capital has acquired crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner CWind from Global Marine Group. CWind completes approximately 60,000 crew transfers annually, utilising its fleet of CTVs, including the world’s first hybrid surface effect ship, CWind Pioneer. The company provided services at wind farms throughout the UK and Europe including London Array, Thanet & Kentish […]

  • Van Oord Awarded Two New Offshore Wind Contracts Worth More than Half a Billion Euros in Total

    8 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been awarded contracts for Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan valued at more than EUR 500 million. For the Baltic Power offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea, Van Oord will transport and install 78 foundations, including 76 monopile […]

  • French Company to Take Over Correll Group

    8 December 2023

    The French company, SPIE, has revealed the plan to take over UK-based offshore wind engineering, installation, and maintenance services company, Correll Group. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Skelton, Correll Group stands out for its knowledge in the connection and testing of submarine high-voltage cables for the interconnection of wind farms, said SPIE. According to […]