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  • US Could Soon Give Go-Ahead to Another Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is expected to soon announce its decision on whether to approve the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm as the federal agency has now completed the environmental analysis of the project, which Ørsted and Eversource plan to build offshore Rhode Island. BOEM issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) […]

  • Energinet Awards EUR 19.8 Million in Contracts for Studies of Denmark’s New Offshore Wind Areas

    12 July 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded several contracts for surveys and studies for Denmark’s new offshore wind areas. Valued at a total of EUR 19.8 million, the contracts secured by GEO.xyz, WSP Danmark, DNV, and LiveLink Aerospace include cable route surveys, consultancy services for a number of marine environmental studies, and radar analysis. […]

  • AFRY talks about its increasing presence in offshore wind

    5 July 2023
    Business development, Grid Connection, Industry, Innovation, Research & Development, Transition

    AFRY and its increasing global presence in Offshore WindIn the past three decades AFRY has actively participated in over 400 wind power projects worldwide, contributing to a total of over 70GW of renewable energy. In this interview, Mariska Jongbloed will engage in a conversation with Peter Plug, Head of Renewables and Thermal Power at AFRY, […]

  • OWC to Acquire Danish Offshore Wind Consultancy Company

    26 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Offshore Wind Consultants, an ABL Group company headquartered in London, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Denmark-based offshore wind consultancy, Delta Wind Partners (DWP). The acquisition, expected to close in the third quarter, is said to expand OWC’s technical offering in wind turbines and in consultancy at […]

  • HeliService Taking Delivery of First Offshore Wind Helicopters in US

    27 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Dublin-headquartered aircraft lessor LCI has started delivering helicopters that will be leased under long-term arrangements to HeliService USA and be used on offshore wind projects. These are the first dedicated offshore wind helicopters in the United States. The offshore helicopter transport provider based in Rhode Island, US, is leasing two AW169 helicopters, one of which […]

  • Ørsted Gets Tax Break for New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Farm, Shell-EDF JV Calls for Same Treatment for All Current NJ Projects

    7 July 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that will ease Ørsted’s tax obligations related to the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1 project, the state’s first offshore wind farm and the largest so far approved for construction in the US. Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell and EDF Renewables which is […]

  • EDF Renewables and Simply Blue Enter Floating Offshore Wind Partnership in Ireland

    31 May 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

    EDF Renewables Ireland has entered into a partnership with Simply Blue Group to develop the Western Star and Emerald floating offshore wind projects. The 50:50 joint venture partners will now seek to progress the two projects to meet the Irish Government’s targets to have 2 GW of floating wind in development by 2030. According to […]

  • Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind Enters Federal Permitting

    30 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate its eleventh offshore wind environmental review with Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind 1 and 2 wind farms, proposed to be built offshore Massachusetts and connected to the grid in New York and Connecticut. BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an […]

  • Shell and Ocean Winds Joint Venture Seeks to Terminate and Rebid US Offshore Wind Contracts

    6 June 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Wind Farm Update

    SouthCoast Wind, the developer of an offshore wind lease area off the coast of Massachusetts, has started discussions with this US state’s representatives and utilities to terminate its existing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) citing ”material and unforeseen supply chain and financing cost increases affecting the whole offshore wind industry.” The SouthCoast Wind, a 2.4 GW […]

  • Survey Activities Ramping Up on Equinor and BP’s New York Wind Site

    19 June 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Two survey activities are planned to start this month at the Empire Wind offshore wind farm site located about 20 miles south of Long Island. The first is a short-term underwater sediment survey campaign, planned to begin in late June. The sediment survey experts will sample the seabed along the proposed Empire Wind 1 and […]

  • LS Cable & System Preferred Supplier for 400 MW Korean Offshore Wind Project

    7 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has been selected as the preferred bidder for the supply of subsea cables for the country’s 400 MW Shinanwui offshore wind project, being developed by Hanwha Engineering & Construction. The Shinanwui (Sinan Ui) offshore wind farm will be built in the southeastern sea area of ​​the Ui-Do island, in Sinan […]

  • Second Hollandse Kust West Alpha Subsea Cable In Place

    22 June 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul, together with its partner LS Cable & System, has completed the installation of the second subsea cable for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm grid connection off the coast of Egmond aan Zee for TenneT. The subsea cable installation was carried out by the cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton, the work […]

  • Crown Estate Reports Record Profit as UK Round 4 Offshore Wind Option Fees Start Pouring In

    29 June 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has reported a record net revenue profit of GBP 442.6 million (around EUR 512 million) for the financial year 2022/23 thanks to earnings from option fees that the developers of the Round 4 offshore wind farms started paying this year. Offshore wind has also boosted the value of The Crown Estate’s wider […]

  • South Korea Starts Wind Training Programme with BZEE Standard

    5 July 2013
    Training & Education

    The development of wind energy, both onshore and offshore, in South Korea is gathering pace and the demand for qualified service and maintenance personnel for wind parks is growing. With this development in mind, Husum-based BZEE signed a cooperation agreement with the vocational training college Korea Polytechnic III based in Chuncheon City in July 2013. […]

  • Skåne County Greenlights OX2 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    8 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The County Administrative Board of Skåne has awarded the Triton offshore wind farm permission to be built in accordance with a regulation concerning Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. The wind farms’ developers, OX2 and Ingka Investments, welcomed the decision, and if the government gives final approval, the construction of the project could start in 2027. Last year, […]

  • JDR to Supply Cables for French Floating Offshore Wind Project

    14 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    JDR Cable Systems (JDR) has been awarded the contract to supply, test, and terminate the 66 kV dynamic inter-array cables (IAC) for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France. JDR will design and manufacture the 66 kV dynamic cables, with the cable cores being produced at TFK’s Bydgoszcz plant in Poland. The assets […]

  • Pondera Cracks Estonian Offshore Wind Market

    8 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Pondera is assisting Saare Wind Energy with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and the required research for the Saaremaa offshore wind project in Estonia. The Saaremaa wind farm will comprise a maximum of 100 turbines at an area covering up to 200 km2 south-west of the Estonian island Saaremaa. The location of the area, which […]

  • Samsung Heavy Unveils 9.5 MW Floater, Targets Korea’s Giant Floating Wind Project

    20 July 2021
    Technology

    South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled a 9.5 MW large-scale floating wind platform on 19 July, saying the company is eyeing both domestic and international markets for its new technology. Among the first projects SHI targets for its Tri-Star Float platform, for which the company has now received DNV’s Approval in Principle (AiP), […]

  • 1.5 GW Swedish Offshore Wind Farm Homeports in Ystad

    16 June 2023
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have signed a Letter of Intent with Ystad Port to build an operations and maintenance base that will serve the Triton offshore wind farm in Sweden. Under the agreement, the parties will investigate the possibilities of constructing offices and storage buildings as well as access to the quay and equipment in […]

  • Van Oord Takes Stake in Estonian Offshore Wind Developer

    20 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has acquired a stake in the Estonian offshore wind developer Saare Wind Energy. Saare Wind Energy is developing the Saaremaa offshore wind farm at an area covering up to 200 square kilometres south-west of the Estonian island Saaremaa. The area could facilitate an offshore wind farm of over 1,000 MW. The development of […]

  • Offshore Surveys Starting at Shell & Ocean Winds’ Lease Area Off Massachusetts

    13 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Furgo, using its vessel Fugro Explorer, will perform a geotechnical survey campaign at the SouthCoast Wind lease area offshore Massachusetts, formerly known as Mayflower Wind, where the joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds plans to install up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity. A geophysical site investigation is also scheduled to start soon. […]

  • RWE Selects Chantiers de l’Atlantique for Two Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations

    19 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique, as the preferred supplier of two offshore substations for the first phase of its Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, Nordseecluster A and Nordseecluster B, each comprising two offshore […]

  • Van Oord Joins Estonian Offshore Wind Project

    29 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord and Saare Wind Energy have entered into an agreement to jointly develop the Saaremaa offshore wind project in Estonia.

  • Jan De Nul’s Giant Jack-Up Vessel Arrives in UK for Dogger Bank Wind Turbine Installation

    19 June 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel Voltaire has arrived in the port of Able Seaton, UK, from where it is set to start installing GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in early July. Jan De Nul took delivery of Voltaire from China’s COSCO Shipping Shipyard at the end […]

  • South Fork Wind Onshore Cable System All Done

    16 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The onshore cable system for the South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm under construction, has been completed. Crews have demobilized all equipment from the project’s cable route and completed restoration, including “edge to edge” repaving of the Town roads and reseeding of the grassy shoulders, Ørsted and Eversource, the owners and developers […]

  • Vroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied

    2 September 2016
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind farm offshore substations off Germany, the company announced via social media. The operations are performed […]