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  • New Heavy Lift Quay Supporting SeAH’s UK Monopile Factory to Go Into Operation This Summer

    12 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    A new quay in the UK’s Tees Valley that will support SeAH Wind’s new XXL monopile manufacturing facility is set to be operational in early summer 2024. Construction work on the first 450-metre phase of the South Bank Heavy Lift Quay, which started in 2021, is now complete, according to Teesworks Ltd, a private-public partnership […]

  • Asso.subsea Completes Fécamp Inter-Array Cable Work Offshore France

    18 December 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Asso.subsea has completed the inter-array cable installation and protection operations for the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm offshore Normandy, France. Asso.subsea was contracted by Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group to execute the seabed preparation, installation, and protection works, involving four different vessels and various subsea tools. According to the company, the project was characterised by very hard […]

  • New York Unveils Plans About Upcoming Offshore Wind Solicitation

    17 November 2023
    Authorities, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has revealed that expedited offshore wind solicitations for the state will be held early next year. The forthcoming Requests for Proposals will be released on 30 November 2023. Final proposals will be due on 25 January 2024, with award announcements expected by the end of February 2024. These solicitations support […]

  • Significant Offshore Wind Growth Brings Fugro Strong Start of the Year

    26 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, reported a 9 per cent revenue growth for the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was EUR […]

  • Victoria Releases Updated Strategy to Boost Offshore Wind Industry

    14 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Victorian Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has issued the Offshore Wind Implementation Statement 3 which outlines the parameters for the proposed support package for the first tranche of offshore wind projects in Victoria, Australia. The first tranche of offshore wind projects in Victoria will be run through a competitive auction process to be rolled out […]

  • US Company Boosts Survey Capabilities on West Coast

    6 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    The international marine environmental consulting and survey company, CSA Ocean Sciences, has been granted a non-exclusive General Offshore Geophysical Survey permit which allows the firm to conduct low-energy marine surveys within a three-mile zone from the mean high tide line along California’s coast. The permit, granted by the California State Lands Commission (CSLC), allows CSA […]

  • AquaVentus: Imminent Start of North Sea Auction is Essential for Hydrogen Ramp-Up

    22 January 2024
    Outlook & Strategy

    Jörg Singer, chairman of German offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative AquaVentus has called for a timely tender for the expansion of offshore electrolysis, saying that the imminent start of the auction for the Noth Sea region SEN-1, a 100 km2 area in the North Sea designated for hydrogen production, is a central prerequisite for the ramp-up of […]

  • Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm Fully Connected to German Grid

    5 December 2023
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm is now supplying its full capacity to the German electricity transmission grid, according to the transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz. 50Hertz built the submarine and onshore cable connection to the Lubmin substation and worked with the wind farm operator Parkwind to construct the offshore platform. Parkwind’s 257 MW […]

  • German and Dutch North Sea Yields 30 TWh of Offshore Wind Energy

    29 January 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Offshore wind farms in the German and Dutch North Sea generated over 30 TWh of renewable power, according to the German-Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. The TSO transmitted around 19.24 TWh of wind energy from the German North Sea to land in 2023 and another 11.54 TWh entered the Netherlands, which is an increase […]

  • Ørsted Greenlights 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    21 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has taken the final investment decision (FID) on what the company says is the world’s single largest offshore wind farm, the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3, which is expected to be completed around the end of 2027. In July 2022, Ørsted was awarded a contract for difference (CfD) for Hornsea 3 at an inflation-indexed strike price of […]

  • BREAKING: Australia Awards First Offshore Wind Feasibility Licences, Major Developers Lined Up with 12+ GW in Generation Capacity

    1 May 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Australian government has awarded the first feasibility licences for offshore wind projects to six wind farms proposed to be built offshore Gippsland in Victoria, with a further six licences expected to be awarded, subject to First Nations consultation. The total capacity of Australia’s first six offshore wind projects to receive feasibility licences is around […]

  • Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm Moves Forward

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

    Ignitis Renewables, an international green energy company, has prepared an environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme for the first offshore wind farm in Lithuania. The EIA itself will be prepared on the basis of this programme, said the company. “When we develop renewable energy projects, the environment is inevitably affected, but to achieve a balance between […]

  • Malaysian Fabrication Company Enters Offshore Wind Market with IJmuiden Ver Alpha Contract

    29 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract for its first offshore substation high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform required for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The Malaysian contractor confirmed the award from Petrofac on 29 November and […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Farms Power Ahead

    1 February 2024
    Authorities, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. This allows the project’s investors, Polenergia and Equinor, to continue the project and start working on the building permits. “With his decision, the Regional Director […]

  • Eolus Files Revised Application for 1 GW Wind Project Offshore Sweden

    28 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Sweden-based Eolus has submitted a permit application to build the 1 GW Blekinge offshore wind farm in southern Sweden. The application for an environmental permit has been submitted to the Land and Environment Court in Växjö, according to the developer. An application was sent to the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise to conduct investigations on […]

  • BOEM Proposes Fewer Turbines for Ørsted’s 924 MW Offshore Wind Project

    12 December 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project. In the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), issued on 11 December, BOEM proposes an alternative layout for the offshore wind farm with fewer turbines. With the final EIS now released and set to be published in the […]

  • Smulders, Neptun Werft Join Forces to Build Offshore Converter Platforms in Germany

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

    The Meyer Group, which includes Neptun Werft in Warnemünde, Germany, is joining forces with the Belgian company Smulders to build offshore converter platforms at the Warnemünde site. The two companies will jointly form Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables and Neptun Smulders Engineering, which will take over the design and manufacture of the platforms. The contemplated joint […]

  • Project to Retrofit CTV with Hydrogen Fuel Cells Kicks Off

    16 November 2023
    R&D, Vessels

    A project to retrofit a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with hydrogen fuel cells, to cut CO2 and NOx emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has kicked off. Phase 1 of Project Verdant, supported by the UK’s national innovation agency Innovate UK, is now underway involving a preliminary design and feasibility study. If the concept is […]

  • Finland Denies 16 Offshore Wind Bids

    6 May 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Finnish government has issued a negative decision on 16 applications for exploitation rights concerning offshore wind power in the exclusive economic zone saying that many of the areas located in the Gulf of Bothnia overlap each other. The applicants who received a negative decision are Halla Offshore Wind Oy and Laine Offshore Wind Oy […]

  • N-Sea Picks UK Firm to Provide ‘World’s First DNV-Approved’ Cable Repair Equipment

    29 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands-headquartered subsea solutions provider N-Sea has handed out a contract to Osbit, a UK-headquartered offshore wind equipment specialist and a Venterra Group company, for the delivery of a suite of equipment to enable the repair and lay of offshore cables. According to Osbit, this equipment consists of a novel dual concentric carousel, a tower […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • ABP Plans to Turn Port Talbot Into a Floating Wind Hub, Upgrade to Cost GBP 500 Million

    9 November 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    ABP plans to invest around GBP 500 million (approximately EUR 573 million) to upgrade a site in Port Talbot and turn it into a major floating offshore wind hub. The investment is part of a sustainability strategy ABP launched in February, which sets out the port operator’s plans to achieve net zero from its own […]

  • Floating Wind Brings Associated British Ports, Taiwan International Ports Corporation Together

    9 November 2023
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics

    Associated British Ports (ABP) and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in floating offshore wind. Under the MOU, ABP and TIPC will share information and experience on floating wind-related port facilities and explore future business collaboration opportunities. The agreement was signed at the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal […]

  • 2 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project Advances with Onshore Planning Application

    7 November 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the West of Orkney Windfarm, comprising Corio Generation, TotalEnergies, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for onshore works for the 2 GW offshore wind farm. The onshore application provides detailed information on the proposed cable landfills on the North Caithness coast, 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 […]

  • Dorsalys to Build Onshore Substation for 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

    25 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has commissioned Dorsalys to build an onshore substation which will enable the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm to be connected to its grid. The transformer station, located on land three kilometres from the subsea cable landing point, is scheduled for delivery in spring 2025. The substation […]