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  • Vattenfall Links Vesterhav Nord to Danish Grid Despite Ongoing Blade Repairs

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

    All 21 wind turbines at Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord (North) offshore wind farm have delivered the first power and the 176 MW project is now connected to the Danish electricity grid. However, the blades on a single unit have been temporarily taken down for repairs after sustaining damage during the preparation of the offshore wind farm. […]

  • OX2, Ingka Investments Move to Build Energy Hub Offshore Sweden

    16 January 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to build the Neptunus offshore energy hub off the coast of Blekinge, in the south of Sweden. The Neptunus offshore energy hub is planned to comprise up to 207 wind turbines with a maximum height of 420 metres […]

  • US Greenlights First Offshore Wind Project to Connect to New York’s Grid

    14 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has been granted authorisation from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to link the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into New York’s transmission system. Approved on 1 March, the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) executed between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project, New York ISO (NYISO), and Consolidated Edison Company of New […]

  • Fugro Secures More Work on 3 GW Dogger Bank South

    25 April 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    RWE and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar have appointed Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, to carry out geotechnical seabed surveys at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind project sites in the UK. Located over 100 kilometres off the northeastern coast of England, the DBS offshore wind farm will be split across two sites, DBS East and DBS West, […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Charters Marco Polo Marine’s CTVs for Offshore Wind Projects in Taiwan, Korea

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwanese subsidiary company PKR Offshore has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will serve offshore wind projects in Taiwan and South Korea. The agreement will go into effect this year, including a CTV charter in Korea that will start in the fourth quarter of this […]

  • European Energy Gets Green Light for 240 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

    15 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the feasibility study report for European Energy’s Jammerland Bay (Jammerland Bugt) offshore wind farm, a 240 MW project off the Danish coast that is soon to be majority-owned by TotalEnergies. The feasibility study report now greenlighted by the DEA consists of an environmental impact report with associated annexes. The […]

  • Cadeler Inks Wind Turbine Installation Deal for Wind Scylla

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Denmark’s Cadeler has signed an offshore wind turbine installation contract for the vessel, Wind Scylla, with an undisclosed client. The contract has a value between USD 75 million and USD 150 million, including both the firm period and potential options. The installation work is planned to commence in 2025. During the project duration, spanning between […]

  • Empire Wind 1 Cleared to Start Construction

    23 February 2024
    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 Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York, the US. With this approval secured, the developer is planning to start the construction of Empire Wind 1 later this year. The approved plan includes the construction and operation […]

  • Keel Laid for Cadeler’s 20 MW Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    6 March 2024
    Vessels

    A keel-laying ceremony has been held for Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Wind Maker, at Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, in South Korea. Eneti, which merged with Cadeler last year, placed an order with Hanwha Ocean for two Gusto MSC NG16000X jack-up vessels in 2021. Wind Maker, formerly known […]

  • Australian Gov’t Initiates Consultation on Sixth Area for Offshore Wind Development

    20 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Australian Government has launched a consultation on an offshore wind development zone in the Indian Ocean off the Bunbury region in Western Australia (WA) that could host up to 20 GW of offshore wind. The Commonwealth is seeking feedback on a proposed area, which is 7,674 square kilometres and at least 20 kilometres from […]

  • 3E to Study Strike Prices for Belgian Princess Elisabeth Zone Tender

    26 October 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    3E, a Belgium-based technology and SaaS company for the wind, solar and energy storage industries, has been awarded a contract for a strike price study for the offshore wind tender(s) in the Princess Elisabeth zone. Under the contract signed on 20 October, 3E will analyse both the maximum strike price and the strike price range […]

  • South Korean Company Preferred Inter-Array Cable Supplier for 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind Farm

    16 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Taihan Cable and Solution has been selected as the preferred supplier of submarine cables for the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. On 4 October, Taihan signed a preferred supplier agreement with Anma Offshore Wind. Under the agreement, the South Korean company is responsible for supplying and constructing all inter-array cables used for the […]

  • Record-Breaking Vestas 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Now Type-Certified

    4 December 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has received a type certificate for its V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. The prototype was installed at the Østerild National test centre for large wind turbines in Western Jutland, Denmark in December 2022. Three months later, the wind turbine reached its nominal power rating of 15 MW. In August 2023, […]

  • OX2, Ingka Investments Expected to Apply for Second Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project in Sweden

    1 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X

    OX2 and Ingka Investments are expected to submit an application for another offshore wind-to-hydrogen project to the Swedish authorities, after the partners recently applied for a permit to build a similar project off the coast of Blekinge. The second energy hub combining offshore wind energy and green hydrogen production for which the partners are expected […]

  • Eneti’s Seajacks Lands More Work for Newbuild Jack-Up

    24 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Eneti has unveiled that Seajacks UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, signed a contract with an undisclosed client to transport and install turbines. With mobilization commencing in the second quarter of 2027, the contract will be performed by one of Eneti’s two NG16000X wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) currently under construction at Hanwa Ocean […]

  • Aker Solutions, Principle Power Win FEED Deal for 1 GW South Korean Floater

    15 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Haewoori Offshore Wind 2 and 3, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner’s (CIP) floating offshore wind projects in South Korea, have awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Aker Solutions and Principle Power for the floating foundations. Haewoori 2 and 3 are planned to have a capacity of 500 MW each. The floating offshore wind projects […]

  • OX2 and IKEA Owner Receive Permit for 5.5 GW Swedish Offshore Wind Farm

    3 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The County Administrative Board of Gotland has granted a Natura 2000 permit for the 5.5 GW Aurora offshore wind farm in Sweden, being developed by OX2 and the investment arm of IKEA parent, Ingka Group. When granting the project Natura 2000 permit, the County Administrative Board agrees with other authorities that the wind farm can […]

  • Vesterhav Syd Offshore Wind Farm Connected to Danish Grid

    9 January 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has commissioned all wind turbines at the offshore wind farm Vesterhav Syd in Denmark, which is now fully operational and feeding power into the Danish grid. Vesterhav Syd (South) is part of Vattenfall’s 344 MW Vesterhav duo, whose Vesterhav Nord (North) wind farm the company expects to connect to the grid during the first […]

  • BP Considering Suction Bucket Foundations for US Offshore Wind Farm

    5 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The Beacon Wind offshore wind project in the US could feature suction bucket jacket foundations as the developer – a joint venture between BP and Equinor which is in the process of moving towards BP taking full ownership of Beacon Wind – requested approval to perform suction bucket tests as part of the site investigation […]

  • Simply Blue, NORCE, Exceedence Back FASTWIND Project

    27 November 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Software developer Exceedence, Simply Blue Group, and Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) have joined forces to support a project called FASTWIND (Financial Analysis using Satellite Technology for Offshore Wind Energy) which aims to use satellite data from European Space Agency’s (ESA) satellite network to conduct resource management and energy yield analysis. Funded by ESA, FASTWIND is […]

  • Equinor Forms Union Alliance for New York’s First Offshore Wind Hub

    28 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    Empire Wind and the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity (BCTC) have signed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SMBT). The revitalized SMBT will play a key role in Equinor’s development of the Empire Wind offshore wind project as a staging and assembly […]

  • CIP Sets Up New Fund to Back 10 GW of Renewables in Middle-Income Countries

    5 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a new fund, which has a target size of USD 3 billion, intending to enable more than 10 GW of renewable energy capacity. Announced during COP28, the Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II) will be focused on developing and building offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, energy storage, […]

  • US Gives Revolution Wind Green Light to Start Offshore Construction

    21 November 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Revolution Wind, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm serving Rhode Island and Connecticut, has secured the final approval needed from the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to move the project toward the start of offshore construction. Revolution Wind, being developed by Ørsted and Eversource, has received approval of the project’s […]

  • Six Energy Companies Unite to Accelerate Offshore Wind Development in Philippines

    20 December 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Six energy companies have joined forces and formed the Philippine-based offshore wind industry organisation to provide expertise and technical resource to accelerate the development of offshore wind projects in the country. The organisation, named Pilipinas Offshore Wind Energy Resource Inc. (POWER), is formed by the following energy companies: Acen Corporation (ACEN), The Blue Circle (TBC), […]

  • Octopus Energy Creates GBP 3 Billion Offshore Wind Fund

    17 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Octopus Energy’s generation arm has launched a dedicated fund with Japan’s Tokyo Gas to invest GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.5 billion) in offshore wind globally by 2030. The fund, set up with a GBP 190 million (about EUR 217 million) cornerstone investment from Tokyo Gas, will invest in the development, construction, and operational stage […]

  • Vestas Flagship 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Installed Near Danish Port

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order from Thyborøn-Harboøre Vindmøllelaug I/S af 2002 for a V236-15.0 MW wind turbine to be installed directly on the waterfront in the Port of Thyborøn in the northwestern part of Denmark. The order comprises one V236-15.0 MW wind turbine and includes supply, delivery, and commissioning of the unit. The order […]