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  • Yooshin, Pondera Performing Consultancy Work for Korean 600 MW Offshore Wind Project

    27 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates

    Wando Geumil Offshore Wind, the company developing the 600 MW Wando Geumil offshore wind farm in South Korea, whose majority shareholder is KOEN (Korea South-East Power Company), has awarded a contract for operations & maintenance (O&M) strategy consultancy services to Yooshin Engineering Corporation. Yooshin has subcontracted Pondera Consult to support the work that aims to […]

  • EEW Ready to Dispatch First Pin Piles for Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm

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

    EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) has loaded out the first twelve pin piles for the jacket foundations that will be installed at the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The first batch of pin piles, whose load-out took place at the quayside in the port of Gwangyang on 31 January, will soon […]

  • Thai Conglomerate Invests in 740 MW Wind Projects Offshore South Korea

    13 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thailand-based multinational conglomerate B. Grimm Power (BGRIM) has decided to expand its renewable energy business through investments in Nakwol Wind and Hanbit Wind, two offshore wind projects in South Korea that have a combined installed capacity of 740 MW. According to the CEO of BGRIM, Harald Link, B. Grimm Power Korea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore to Use Spoor’s AI Bird-Tracking Tech in Sweden, South Korea

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Environment, Floating Wind, Innovation, Technology

    After completing the first full-year bird survey in Norway using the AI bird-tracking technology developed by the Norwegian start-up Spoor, Deep Wind Offshore will introduce the technology to the Swedish and South Korean offshore wind markets. Spoor has been tracking birds at the Utsira Nord floating wind area in Norway on behalf of Deep Wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • SeAH Wind Goes on Recruitment Spree for UK Monopile Factory

    22 January 2024
    Jobs & Recruitment

    South Korea’s SeAH Wind has started its large-scale drive to recruit for positions including welders, platers, roll bending machine operatives, mechanical and electrical technicians, supervisors, and general operatives for its XXL monopile manufacturing facility on Teesworks, the UK. Applications will be accepted via the company’s dedicated recruitment website where individuals can sign up for job […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore Reveals 70-Turbine Wind Farm Project Offshore Sweden

    26 December 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Norway-headquartered Deep Wind Offshore is submitting a permit application for the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm off the south coast of Sweden. Located in the Gulf of Bothnia, northeast of Gävleborg and Uppsala counties, the Olof Skötkonung wind farm will include a maximum of 70 wind turbines. The planned wind farm project […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ulsan Floating Offshore Wind Association Ink Cooperation Agreement with South Korean Fishing Communities

    24 April 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Ulsan Floating Offshore Wind Association, representing five offshore wind developers, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ulsan Floating Offshore Wind Power Fishermen’s Countermeasures Committee and Ulsan Suhyup (National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives) to cooperate on offshore wind developments in Ulsan, South Korea. On 23 April, the parties involved gathered at the Ulsan […]

  • Equinor, Wood Thilsted Sign Long-Term Foundations Agreement

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Wood Thilsted has signed a five-year framework agreement with Equinor for turbine foundations engineering. The framework agreement covers engineering studies (feasibility, concept, pre-FEED, and FEED), general engineering support, and specialist studies. It also includes detailed engineering and management of project contractors. “We are delighted to be appointed onto this framework agreement with one of our […]

  • 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, […]

  • RWE and Partners Secure 684 MW Japanese Offshore Wind Site

    13 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    RWE Offshore Wind Japan Murakami-Tainai K.K. has been selected in a consortium together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui) and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) to deliver a 684 MW commercial-scale offshore wind project in Japan. The Japanese Government has appointed the consortium to develop, construct, and operate a fixed-bottom offshore wind farm off […]

  • 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 […]

  • Octopus Energy Buys Stake in 660 MW Wind Farm Offshore UK

    27 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Octopus Energy’s generation arm has taken a 12.5 per cent stake in the 660 MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm located in England. Octopus Energy bought the stake in Walney Extension from AIP Management, the investment manager for Danish pension fund PKA and PFA. The wind farm features 87 wind turbines, each taller than the […]

  • Octopus Energy Forays Into German Offshore Wind Market with Butendiek Acquisition

    13 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Octopus Energy’s generation arm has made its first offshore wind investment in Germany with the acquisition of a 5 per cent stake in the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm from Ewz, the Zurich Municipal Electric Utility. Located 32 kilometres west of Sylt Island in the North Sea, the Butendiek offshore wind farm features 80 […]

  • Ørsted Secures Exclusive Access to Lower-Emission Steel from Dillinger

    13 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Ørsted will be offered the first production of lower-emission steel from German-based Dillinger, subject to availability and commercial terms and conditions. The steel plates are intended to be used for offshore wind monopile foundations in future projects. Under a large-scale supply agreement entered into in 2022, Ørsted will procure significant volumes of regular heavy plate […]

  • CIP, SK E&S Achieve Financial Close on South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    11 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 99 MW Jeonnam I offshore wind farm in South Korea, being developed jointly by SK E&S and Danish Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has reached financial close. The construction completion of the wind farm is expected by the end of 2024. Jeonnam Offshore Wind Power was founded in 2020 as a 51-49 joint venture between […]

  • Deep Wind Partners with Hydepoint for Offshore Wind Hydrogen Production

    31 January 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Power-to-X, Research & Development

    Norway-headquartered Deep Wind Offshore has entered into a collaboration with Hydepoint to explore offshore hydrogen production from offshore wind. EU has set a target of 200 million tonnes of hydrogen produced from renewable energy by 2030. The European Commission launched an action plan that could ensure growth in wind power to reach its climate goals. […]

  • 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 […]

  • TotalEnergies Teams Up with Corio and Rise on US Offshore Wind Project

    23 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Industry, Onshore Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies has partnered with Corio Generation and Rise Light & Power (Rise), a New York-based electricity producer, for the joint development of the Attentive Energy offshore wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey. Corio and Rise took respective stakes of 27.7 per cent and 16.3 per cent in the Attentive Energy […]