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  • EEW Korea to Supply Pin Piles for 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) has signed a preferred supply agreement (PSA) with Anma Offshore Wind for the fabrication and supply of pin piles for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. In this project, EEW KHPC plans to manufacture and supply 60 pin piles, a substructure that supports a 14 […]

  • All Turbines Installed at French Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

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

    The 71st and final wind turbine was installed on 25 March at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, the first project of this kind to be built in Normandy. According to EDF Renouvelables, the last wind turbines that were installed are expected to produce electricity in the coming weeks, after testing is completed. The […]

  • Denmark Reveals New Bornholm Bidding Zone

    18 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is establishing a new bidding zone that will enter into force with the commissioning of Bornholm Energy Island, the agency announced on 18 December. The bidding zone is being established based on a structural congestion identified by Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator (TSO), in the electricity transmission grid that […]

  • Edda Wind Takes Delivery of SOV Newbuild, Destined for Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm

    3 April 2024
    Vessels

    Offshore wind service vessel company, Edda Wind, has taken delivery of a newly built service operation vessel (SOV) from Spain’s Astilleros Balenciaga. The SOV C416, later to be renamed Edda Goelo, was delivered to Edda Wind on 26 March. C416 is of Salt 0358 design and the sister vessel of Edda Brint, delivered from Astilleros Balenciaga shipyard in […]

  • TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha Topside Sails Away

    6 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore substation has left Equans fabrication yard in Hoboken, Belgium, and is on its way to its final destination in the Dutch North Sea. The offshore transformer platform is being constructed by a joint venture between Iemants, a subsidiary of Smulders, and Equans (formerly known as ENGIE), […]

  • Seaway7 Picks Inter-Array Cable Supplier for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

    16 January 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Greece’s Hellenic Cables has signed a contract to supply inter-array cables for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind farms in Poland. Hellenic Cables was appointed by Seaway7 as the key subcontractor for the design, manufacturing, testing, and supply of approximately 205km 66 kV submarine inter-array cables and related accessories for the Polish offshore […]

  • COWI Moves from FEED to Detailed Design on South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    7 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    After completing the work as the owner’s engineer delivering the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Anma offshore wind project in South Korea, COWI has been awarded a detailed design contract for the 532 MW offshore wind farm. The Denmark-headquartered company has delivered FEED design for the wind turbine foundations and will now work on the […]

  • Inch Cape Onshore Substation Work Kicks Off

    23 January 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Civil engineering contractor, Careys is set to start work at the brownfield site of the former Cockenzie coal-fired power station on the East Lothian coast as the next phase of the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm substation gets underway in Scotland. Contracted by Siemens Energy, Careys will be responsible for the construction of […]

  • Vestas Rolls Out First Locally-Assembled Offshore Wind Turbine Rotor Hub in Taiwan

    3 November 2023
    Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has, together with Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Farm, completed the first locally assembled offshore wind turbine rotor hub in Taiwan. At the core of the offshore wind turbine rotor hub is the hub casting, manufactured just a few kilometres away by Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group (YGG) at their Taichung […]

  • Scots Greenlight Slimmed-Down Turbine Plan for 100 MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s offshore consents. The variation includes a reduction in the number of turbines, which will be deployed within a smaller area while maintaining 100 MW capacity. Pentland floating offshore wind farm is being developed by Highland Wind Limited which is majority-owned […]

  • Brazil Could Soon Approve 22 MW Pilot Offshore Wind Project in Rio Grande do Norte

    8 April 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) expects to receive a licence for a pilot offshore wind project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the second half of this year. ISI-ER filed an application with the country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) at the beginning of 2023, […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Issues Offshore Wind Tender Teaser

    26 February 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Research & Development

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to publish a European tender in the first half of April for geotechnical surveys of the Huibertgat and Ballonplaat sites in the Netherlands. The objective of the tender is to conclude an agreement with one or more tenderers who can carry out geotechnical investigations at the nearshore Huibertgat and […]

  • Bureau Veritas to Provide Component Quality Control for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    9 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Bureau Veritas has been awarded a contract to provide Quality Control services for the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the contract, Bureau Veritas will provide Quality Control services during the fabrication, manufacture, and installation of all major components, including wind turbines, offshore and onshore substations, foundations and cables (both array and export), […]

  • Baltic Power Issues Operations and Maintenance Tender

    24 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Baltic Power, a joint venture between Poland’s Orlen Group and Canada’s Northland Power, has launched a request for information (RFI) as part of the tender process for operations and maintenance (O&M) work for the 1.2 GW offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. The work scope has been divided into the following areas: above-water wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • Siemens Energy, Smulders Deliver Moray West Offshore Substation Topsides

    2 November 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders and Siemens Energy have sent off the first of the two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Moray West offshore wind farm from the Smulders yard on the Tyne at Wallsend. The second OTM has also been loaded onto a barge and is ready to be transported to Scotland. The OTMs have been delivered […]

  • EnBW Inks He Dreiht Power Purchase Agreement with Deutsche Telekom’s PASM

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

    Power and Air Condition Solution Management (PASM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with EnBW for power from the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the PPA, PASM will source 100 MW from the new wind farm in the German North Sea. […]

  • WATCH: First Production Line at ‘World’s Largest Monopile Factory’ to Go Live in July

    15 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The first production line at the new manufacturing halls Sif is building at its Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam is scheduled to go into operation in July 2024, according to the Dutch manufacturer, which is building the new halls as an extension to its existing facilities.  Sif made the final investment decision (FID) to build […]

  • US Company Bags French Offshore Wind Farm Gig

    30 January 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    US-based Zupt has been awarded its first major offshore wind farm development project from a Tier 1 energy contractor off the northwest coast of France. Under the contract, the company will provide instrumentation and survey support during the installation of 64 wind turbine monopiles at the project’s site. Zupt’s role will revolve around integrating a […]

  • First Coastal Virginia Transition Pieces Begin Journey to US

    29 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first transition pieces (TPs) for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have been loaded onto the heavy load carrier, Sun Rise, and are en route to the US East Coast. On 24 April, MV Sun Rise left the quayside of CS WIND Offshore (previously known as Bladt Industries) in Aalborg, […]

  • DNV Kicks Off JIP on Standards for Offshore Wind Concrete Floaters

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

    DNV has secured partners to launch a new project to enhance technology development and prepare for scale/industralisation of concrete substructures for floating offshore wind. With the launch of a new joint industry project (JIP), called Concrete FLOW, DNV aims to optimise requirements for concrete floaters, specifically tailored for floating offshore wind farms. The project encompasses […]

  • Petrobras to Assess Offshore Wind Pilot Project in Rio Grande do Norte

    30 April 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras and the government of Rio Grande do Norte have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study for a pilot offshore wind project in the state. The MoU foresees that the Brazilian state will promote actions such as aligning the project with state programmes and policies, supporting […]

  • Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm to Power Green Hydrogen Production in Germany

    31 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    In an announcement on acquiring a further stake in the German Butendiek offshore wind farm earlier this month, Ireland-based Greencoat Renewables said that the project had signed one of the largest renewable energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in Germany. It has now been revealed the electricity under that PPA will be used to produce green hydrogen. […]

  • Vattenfall and BASF Deepen Offshore Wind Farm Partnership Ties

    22 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall and BASF have agreed the sale of 49 per cent of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms to BASF. Nordlicht is Vattenfall’s second major offshore wind project in which BASF is participating as a partner. In 2021, BASF acquired almost half of the shares in the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in […]

  • All Saint-Brieuc Wind Turbines Stand Complete

    18 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 62 wind turbines have been installed at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France, developed by Ailes Marines, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Iberdrola. The first wind turbine was installed in May on position number SB44, located in the northern part of the offshore construction site while the last SG 8.0-167 DD unit […]

  • UK ESO Unveils GBP 58 Billion Grid Investment Plan to Reach 86 GW of Offshore Wind by 2035

    20 March 2024
    Grid Connection, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Great Britain’s electricity system operator (ESO) has proposed a GBP 58 billion (approximately EUR 68 billion) investment in the electricity grid. The proposal outlines a vision for incorporating an additional 21 GW of offshore wind into the grid by 2035, which would bring the country’s total offshore wind capacity to a potential 86 GW. The […]