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  • Third Jacket Installation Campaign to Begin at Neart na Gaoithe

    9 August 2023

    The third phase of the installation of wind turbine jacket foundations at the Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland is scheduled to start on or around 11 August, with the heavy lift vessel Thialf set to install eleven jackets within this campaign. The jackets will be brought directly to the site from the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Selects Global Wind Projects for Neart na Gaoithe Pre-Assembly Work

    16 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Global Wind Projects has been awarded a contract by Siemens Gamesa for the pre-assembly of 54 wind turbine towers for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, being developed by EDF Renewables and ESB off the coast of Scotland. Global Wind Projects said that this is the company’s first standalone offshore wind […]

  • Ørsted to Use Rutter’s Wave Prediction Tech on CTVs

    25 September 2023
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Ørsted has forged a partnership with Canada-headquartered Rutter to deploy the company’s wave prediction technology on selected crew transfer vessels (CTVs) worldwide within its contracted fleet. Under the partnership, Ørsted will deploy the wave prediction technology, sigma S6 WaveSignal, to selected CTVs worldwide within its fleet. The system’s primary function is wave prediction, which indicates […]

  • South Korean Duo Preferred Cable Supplier for Anma Offshore Wind Project

    6 October 2023
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution have been selected as preferred bidders for the supply of submarine cables for the Anma Offshore Wind project in South Korea. The collaboration between the two South Korean companies, LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution, involves the development of high-capacity submarine cables for the external […]

  • First ScotWind Project Files for Offshore Consent

    4 October 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, 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 offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for the 2 GW offshore wind farm, making this the first ScotWind project to apply for consent. The documentation includes applications under the Electricity Act 1989 and marine licence […]

  • Greencoat Renewables to Take Another Slice of German Offshore Wind Farm

    3 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ireland-based Greencoat Renewables has signed an agreement to acquire an additional 22.5 per cent stake in the 288 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany from an affiliate of Siemens Pension Trust. The transaction, expected to be completed in November, is valued at around EUR 168 million. Greencoat Renewables originally acquired an initial 22.5 per […]

  • Taiwan’s First Subsea Power Cable Factory Breaks Ground

    28 September 2023
    Business development, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    NKT and Walsin Lihwa have held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kaohsiung Submarine Cable Factory, the first subsea power cable factory in Taiwan, expected to be fully operational in 2027. In February of this year, the Denmark- and Taiwan-based companies announced that they were forming a joint venture that would facilitate the construction of the factory. […]

  • Vestas Receives 1.1 GW Offshore Wind Turbine Order from Poland

    28 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has received a firm order for 76 of its 15 MW wind turbines for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland from the project’s developer, a joint venture between Orlen and Northland Power. Vestas signed a conditional agreement for the 1,140 MW project last month and announced the receipt of a firm and unconditional […]

  • Global Floating Offshore Wind Project Pipeline Up by One-Third in a Year

    5 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The global floating offshore wind project pipeline has grown significantly in the last twelve months in terms of capacity from 185 a year ago to 244 GW now, which represents a 32 per cent increase, according to a new report published by RenewableUK. The pipeline includes projects at any stage: fully operational, under construction, approved, […]

  • Smulders Loads Out First Moray West OTM

    28 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has loaded out the first of the two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Moray West offshore wind farm at its yard in Newcastle, UK, readying the OTM for sail-out at the end of the next month. The company will load the second OTM onto a barge in the second half of October and […]

  • First Coastal Virginia Monopiles En Route to US

    27 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first eight monopiles for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, and are en route to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. On 21 September, the first eight monopiles for Dominion Energy’s CVOW project were loaded at the Rostock quayside. In […]

  • Energinet, 50Hertz to Set Up HVDC Converter Substations Supplier Qualification System

    27 September 2023
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Energinet and 50Hertz plan to establish a Supplier Qualification System (SQS) for the procurement of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter substations with the SQS mainly intended for interconnector and offshore wind-related projects such as the Bornholm Energy Island project. The scope of work of the supplier may cover development, design, engineering, relevant studies and reports, […]

  • SK Ecoplant to Install Jackets for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

    25 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    SK ecoplant has been selected as the preferred supplier for the transportation and installation of jacket foundations at the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the preferred supplier agreement, SK ecoplant will carry out the transportation and installation of 38 jackets to the project’s offshore construction site some 40 kilometres west of the […]

  • Dutch King Inaugurates 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid Offshore Wind Farm

    29 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch King Willem-Alexander and board members of Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz officially inaugurated the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 on 29 September. Having 139 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.5 GW, Hollandse Kust Zuid is one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. The subsidy-free 1.5 GW wind farm, […]

  • TenneT’s 900 MW DolWin6 Goes Into Operation

    26 September 2023
    Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has commissioned the 900 MW DolWin6 offshore grid connection, bringing the transmission capacity in the German North Sea to 8,032 MW. DolWin6, TenneT’s 13th German offshore grid connection, has now been officially handed over to the TSO for regular operation after several weeks of trial operation by Siemens Energy. […]

  • 1.1 GW Polish Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Financial Close

    25 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 1.1 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland, being developed jointly by the Polish energy company Orlen and Canadian Northland Power, has reached financial close for its 20-year CAD 5.2 billion (around EUR 3.6 billion) non-recourse green financing. The project’s total capital costs are said to be CAD 6.5 billion (around EUR 4.5 […]

  • AI Tech Tracking Seabirds at Aberdeen Bay Offshore Wind Farm

    14 September 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Innovation, Project Updates, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Vattenfall, Norwegian AI technology start-up Spoor, and British Trust for Ornithology have teamed up on a project that will test AI technology in tracking 3D flight paths of seabirds flying near the wind turbine blades at the Aberdeen Bay Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland. The project has already started, with four cameras already installed and […]

  • First Wind Turbines Being Installed at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    20 July 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The jack-up vessel Blue Tern has arrived at the offshore construction site of the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland as the installation of the project’s wind turbines has now begun. Earlier this month, the crane vessel Thialf completed the second phase of the installation of wind turbine jacket foundations. The work on […]

  • Ocean Winds, Rio de Janeiro Form Offshore Wind Partnership

    18 September 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to collaborate on developing offshore wind projects within the state. The MoU focuses on developing socioeconomically and environmentally sustainable offshore wind projects in the State of Rio de Janeiro […]

  • Sif Solidifies Offshore Wind Deal with South Korean Company

    20 September 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    The Netherlands-based Sif Group has signed the final agreement with GS Entec to provide support to the South Korean company with manufacturing foundations for the Asian market. The two companies inked a framework agreement for a strategic partnership in July last year. Under the agreement, Sif grants GS a ten-year mutual exclusive license for the Asian region […]

  • RWE Applies for Rampion 2 Development Consent, Reduces Number of Offshore Wind Turbines

    13 September 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Last month, RWE and its project partners submitted an application for the development consent order (DCO) for the Rampion 2 offshore wind farm in the UK. The Planning Inspectorate accepted the application for examination on 7 September and will start the examination process within three months. Also in this article: The process at the Planning […]

  • First Turbine Up at Scotland’s Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

    21 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines which will make up the Scottish 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm is now installed, the joint venture between EDF Renewables and ESB said on 21 July. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s vessel Blue Tern loaded components of four turbines at the project’s marshalling […]

  • Ørsted Extends Its Offshore Wind Collaboration with Hitachi Energy

    7 September 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Hitachi Energy and the Danish renewable energy developer, Ørsted, have extended their long-standing collaboration for offshore wind farms for three more years. Under the extended framework agreement, Hitachi Energy will continue to support Ørsted’s global offshore wind farms. At a visit to Hitachi Energy’s factory in Ludvika in Sweden, Ørsted’s country head of Sweden, Sebastian […]

  • Bold Tern Installs Half of Changfang & Xidao Wind Turbines Offshore Taiwan

    23 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel, Bold Tern, has installed 31 out of 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first wind turbine was installed in July 2022 by the jack-up vessel Bold Tern some 15 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. The project aims […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation to Soon Begin at Neart na Gaoithe

    3 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The installation of wind turbines that will make up the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm is scheduled to begin in the coming days, on or after 7 July. The first batches of turbine components have already been delivered to the Port of Dundee and the installation vessel Blue Tern, currently in the Port of […]

  • Half of Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Turbines Installed

    18 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has installed 31 out of 62 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. The first wind turbine was installed in May on position number SB44, located in the northern part of the offshore construction site. The wind turbines are manufactured […]