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• Carillion Bags Rampion OWF Contract

  

  28 May 2015

  Business & Finance, Grid Connection

  Carillion has been awarded a contract to design, supply and install 160km of 150kV cable and associated jointing accessories for the Rampion offshore wind farm. The project will involve the installation of cable over a distance of approximately 26km from landfall near Shoreham on Sea to Bolney, West Sussex. As part of the project, Carillion […]

• Windpark Fryslân Transformer Station Starts Taking Shape

  

  15 April 2020

  Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

  The transformer station of the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind project has started taking shape at Breezanddijk in the Netherlands. According to the project developer, work is being done on the 382.7 MW wind farm despite the coronavirus situation. Located south of the Afsluitdijk and some six kilometers off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 4.3MW […]

• Fugro Carrying Out Geophysical Surveys at RWE’s New Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Sites

  

  5 October 2022

  Wind Farm Update

  Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West. The survey campaign, which started in May this year, will be underway until 31 October, subject to weather conditions, and is now being performed from the Fugro Frontier vessel after Fugro […]

• New York City Greenlights Empire Wind O&M Base Design

  

  2 February 2024

  Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

  The New York City Public Design Commission (PDC) has approved Equinor’s design for the offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) building that the developer of the Empire Wind projects plans to build at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT). The O&M base would be New York’s first-ever purpose-built facility of this kind, according to Equinor. […]

• Fugro Bags Offshore Wind Contracts in South Korea and US

  

  22 April 2021

  Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

  Fugro has been awarded contracts in the offshore wind sector in South Korea and the U.S., according to the company’s results for the first quarter of 2021. In South Korea, Fugro has won a contract for a site investigation programme for a floating offshore wind farm. The company did not disclose any further details about […]

• Deepwater Wind Gets Geotechnical Offshore New England

  

  26 September 2018

  Vessels, Wind Farm Update

  US-based GZA GeoEnvironmental has begun a multi-million dollar offshore geotechnical engineering program for Deepwater Wind in Rhode Island Sound at the sites of the proposed South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind projects. Working from a 200-foot class lift boat mobilized earlier this month from Quonset Point, Rhode Island, a 28-person GZA-led crew is now taking and […]

• Moray East Transition Pieces Being Made Under Andalusian Sun

  

  20 November 2019

  Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

  Spain’s Tecade has won a contract to manufacture 20 transition pieces (TPs) for the 950MW Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The EUR 12.7 million contract has been secured through Navantia and through Nervión Industries, the company said. Work on the units has already started at Tecade’s plant in the Port of Seville. Tecade […]

• Construction Starts on Mammoth Offshore Wind Monopile Factory in UK

  

  8 July 2022

  Business & Finance, Industry

  Construction works on the new offshore wind foundation factory in the UK, which will produce XXL monopiles, started on 7 July. The new facility, located at Redcar’s Teesworks, is being built by SeAH, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, and will produce between 100 and 150 monopiles per year. The monopiles […]

• South Korea Awards Nearly 1.9 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

  

  19 December 2024

  Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

  South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) has awarded a total of 1,886 MW in capacity across four fixed-bottom offshore wind projects and one floating wind project. The projects that were awarded: the 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind (both phases), the 500 MW Taean (Vena Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), the 104 MW […]

• Van Oord Vessel to Start Windpark Fryslân Work

  

  20 January 2020

  Vessels, Wind Farm Update

  Van Oord’s crane vessel Werkendam has arrived at the IJsselmeer to start working on the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm project. The vessel will be involved in the construction of an artificial island off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân said. With a land area of 2ha and a submerged, shallow water area of 25ha, the […]

• Australia: Oceanlinx Awaiting State Government Approval

  

  3 January 2013

  Australia’s first 1MW wave energy converter is awaiting for the State Government’s approval, writes The Border Watch. Namely, the New South Wales based Oceanlinx is planning to deploy its wave energy device offshore Port MacDonnell. The wave energy plant will be located approximately 4 kilometres off the coastline, with a 20 square metre concrete unit […]

• Ørsted, Eversource Team Up with US Fishermen

  

  20 May 2021

  Contracts & Tenders

  Ørsted and Eversource have signed a contract with Sea Services North America, whose partner fishermen in the US Northeast region will provide support vessels and monitoring services during construction of the Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind offshore wind farms. According to the joint venture partners behind the three offshore wind projects, this is the […]

• BayWa r.e. and Ulsan City Sign Floating Offshore Wind MoU

  

  26 November 2021

  Business & Finance

  BayWa r.e. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ulsan City, South Korea, for the development of floating offshore wind projects off the coast of Ulsan. According to BayWa r.e., floating wind enjoys high levels of public support in Ulsan City, in part due to the city’s major Song Cheol-ho promoting the industry and […]

• Top News of the Week Sep 28 ‒ Oct 4, 2015

  

  4 October 2015

  Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Preparing for Take-Off Seajacks Scylla, which is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year, is nearing its trip to Europe from Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) Geoje Yard in South Korea. Study Shows Installation Method Strongly Influences Fatigue Damage of Foundations ECN (Energy research Centre of the […]

• Underwater Life Surveys Completed for Two Multi-Gigawatt Projects Offshore Åland

  

  11 August 2023

  Business development, Environment, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

  OX2 and Finland’s Ålandsbanken Fondbolag have completed underwater nature field surveys of two of its Noatun offshore wind projects near Åland in the Baltic Sea. The project team said it had used innovative methods to explore the underwater environment where the Noatun Norra (Noatun North) and Noatun Södra (Noatun South) offshore wind projects are planned. According […]

• UK: Friends of the Earth Conditionally Supports Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

  

  8 May 2012

  Environment

  The environmental group Friends of the Earth, from Brighton and Hove, said it supports the plans for the Rampion offshore wind farm proposed by E.ON, as long as the company is willing to avoid destructive impact on the South Downs National Park, reported Brighton and Hove News. The group said that the wind farm is needed immediately to reduce […]

• Canada: SRM Projects to Examine Tidal Power Feasibility

  

  7 November 2012

  R&D

  SRM Projects Ltd. has submitted an application to examine the feasibility of tidal power in south Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows. The engineering company will start with a community meeting in Campbell River on November 22 to get a public response on their planned activities, which will be completed in about five years. SRM Principal […]

• 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 […]

• South Boats Launches ‘MCS Zephyr’ Latest Wind Farm Support Vessel (UK)

  26 April 2011

  South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announces the launch and commissioning of its 44th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MCS Zephyr’. The vessel is a South Catamaran 18m and is the first of a two boat order from Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. to be delivered. ‘MCS Zephyr’ is the first vessel in the world […]

• European Energy Gets OK for Danish Offshore Wind Pair

  

  26 May 2020

  Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

  European Energy has received the approval of the environmental impact assessments (EIA) for its Omø South and Jammerland Bay offshore wind projects in Denmark. With the approvals, European Energy said it is now ready to start the development phase of the two projects. ”We are very satisfied to receive the authorities’ approvals of both projects […]

• Ørsted and OEG Renewables Form Offshore Wind Pact in US

  

  22 April 2024

  Contracts & Tenders, Equipment

  OEG Renewables, part of OEG Energy Group Limited, has entered the US offshore wind market after signing a multi-year framework agreement with Ørsted. The multi-year agreement gives OEG Renewables’ topside division exclusivity for all temporary power scopes Ørsted have during commissioning on their projects. This agreement has begun immediately with the provision of temporary power […]

• BLIX Backs Northland Power’s Offshore Wind Portfolio

  30 April 2021

  Business & Finance

  Northland Power has awarded BLIX Consultancy with a framework agreement to assist with the development of its worldwide offshore wind portfolio. BLIX will provide tender support, feasibility studies, EIA expertise, LCOE optimization, owner’s engineering services, and contracting and procurement support. Under the agreement, the Netherlands-based company will also provide site data analysis, site investigation scoping […]

• Swedish County Recommends Gov’t Approval for 5.5 GW Aurora Offshore Wind Farm

  

  3 June 2024

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

  The County Administrative Board of Gotland has suggested that the Government should issue a permit for the Aurora offshore wind farm, a project developed by OX2 and Ingka Investments, under the Act governing Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. If the government gives an approval, the first phase of the 5.5 GW offshore wind project could be […]

• UK: Navitus Bay Consultation Deadline Getting Close

  

  12 April 2012

  The deadline for consultation responses for the first stage of formal consultation on the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park is April 17th. Eneco is still in the early stages of the project and will be holding further stages of consultation towards the end of this year and start of next year. They welcome and encourage […]

• Cable Production Kicks Off for TenneT’s 2 GW Grid Connection Projects

  

  31 May 2024

  Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

  The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German […]

• DNV Joins 1.5 GW Chujin Offshore Wind Project in Korea

  

  26 October 2022

  Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

  Elenergy Co Ltd, a Korean renewable energy development company, has appointed DNV as owner’s engineer for the 1.5 GW fixed-bottom Chujin offshore wind project. When completed in 2027, the Chujin plant will be the largest commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the country, DNV said. As the owner’s engineer, DNV will drive the pre- Front End […]