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  • N-Sea to Connect German Offshore Wind Farm to Dutch Gas Platform

    13 April 2023
    Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial, termination, […]

  • Construction on Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm Resumes

    27 March 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, has announced that the construction works on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm are now resuming, saying the installation vessel Aeolus will be continuing pile and drilling installation operations on the remaining wind turbine positions. According to the AIS data, Van Oord’s jack-up vessel is en route to […]

  • World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Officially Opens

    23 August 2023
    Floating Wind, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy major Equinor, together with its partners, will inaugurate today the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, according to Reuters. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm will be officially opened today by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. Equinor’s partners on this project include Petoro, OMV, Vår […]

  • Italian Firm to Build Green Hydrogen Platform for CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord

    14 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    CrossWind has awarded Rosetti Marino an Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract for an offshore green hydrogen production and storage plant, located within CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Rosetti Marino said that the pilot plant, called the Baseload Power Hub and fully integrated into an offshore wind […]

  • 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 […]

  • DONG Energy’s Profit Surges on Wind Power

    4 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy recorded DKK 6.4 billion (EUR 860 million) net profit for the first six months of 2016, up 129% compared to DKK 2.8 billion net profit reported for the first half of 2015, largely driven by a strong growth in the company’s Wind Power division. The Danish energy company reported DKK 12.4 billion operating profit (EBITDA), a 19% increase compared to […]

  • Germany: EnBW Revenues Up by 4.4 Pct to 14.4 Billion

    9 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    In the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2012, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG increased its revenue by 4.4% to € 14.4 billion. A sharp fall in revenue in the electricity generation and trading segment (down 26.7%) was offset by equally sharp revenue growth in the electricity grid and sales segment (up 15.8%), gas […]

  • Developers Nominate 69 Offshore Wind Sites in Colombia

    3 March 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Colombian government has received nominations for 69 sites from the companies that pre-qualified last year to participate in the country’s first offshore wind tender. The area nomination procedure, whose deadline was 31 January, allowed the pre-qualified companies to propose sites to be evaluated and verified by the authorities, who will determine which of the […]

  • Two CWind CTVs Hired for London Array O&M

    11 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    CWind has been awarded a contract for the supply of two crew transfer vessels to the London Array offshore wind farm supporting operation and maintenance activities. London Array is located 20 km off the Kent coast in the outer Thames Estuary. Both workboats, the CWind Alliance and CWind Artimus, will be operating from Ramsgate in […]

  • Hornsea One Hits 1GW Operational Capacity Mark

    2 September 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has commissioned 147 out of the 174 7MW wind turbines on the Hornsea Project One, reaching 1GW of operational capacity at the world’s largest wind farm. The wind turbines are being installed at the site some 120 kilometres offshore Yorkshire by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern and A2Sea’s Sea Challenger. The […]

  • Construction Done on CIP’s Second Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

    5 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and China Steel Corporation (CSC) have organised a ceremony to mark the completion of the construction of the 300 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Zhong Neng offshore wind project was constructed by a team led by Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), CIP’s exclusive offshore wind development partner, and […]

  • Scotland Busy with Sectoral Marine Plans After Awarding 30+ GW of Offshore Wind Capacity

    3 August 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind

    After selecting 33 offshore wind projects through the ScotWind and Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing rounds, the Scottish government is now revising its original Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP) for offshore wind as part of its iterative plan review process and working on an SMP for INTOG. The final Sectoral Marine Plans are […]

  • Highlights of the Month – June 2019

    1 July 2019

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most read offshore wind news in the month of June. BREAKING: France Reveals Dunkirk Tender Winner France has selected the consortium of EDF Renouvelables, innogy and Enbridge to construct and develop the Dunkirk offshore wind project. Dunkirk Strike Price Is EUR 44/MWh The Dunkirk offshore wind farm will deliver electricity […]

  • EnBW Clears He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm for Takeoff, Sells Stake to Consortium

    23 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Wind Farm Update

    EnBW has made the final investment decision (FID) for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in the German North Sea, clearing the way for the start of construction of the company’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 MW. EnBW secured the contract in 2017 in the first offshore tendering […]

  • EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Pick Floating Tech for Norwegian Offshore Wind Project

    4 July 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, R&D, Technology

    EDF Renewables and Deep Wind Offshore are cooperating with Moreld Ocean Wind for the floating solution at the offshore wind development on Utsira Nord in the Norwegian North Sea. EDF Renewables has been working with Deep Wind Offshore on the first offshore wind projects in Norway since 2021. This work includes producing a competitive bid […]

  • Belgium: GeoSea’s Jack Up Platform Returned Back to Base

    6 April 2012

    Today GeoSea’s owned jumbo jack up platform Goliath returned back to base port after installing 120 tubular piles for the offshore wind farm Borkum (formely known as Borkum West II) during the worst meteorological months of the year. The German Bight is renowned for its potentially harsh wave and weather conditions which make offshore construction […]

  • Fishermen’s Energy to build wind turbines off Atlantic city coast (USA)

    20 August 2010
    R&D

    Fishermen’s Energy is coming to Atlantic City and will more than likely have employees and offices in Gardner’s Basin. This is the company that will develop six wind turbines 2.8 miles off the coast of Atlantic City as a demonstration project.

  • Louisiana, California Join White House-Led Partnership to Fast Track Offshore Wind Deployment

    23 February 2023
    Authorities

    The US states of Louisiana and California have joined the White House-led Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, established last year to enable collaboration on building a strong domestic supply chain, advancing the industry’s rapid development, and helping accelerate the country’s offshore wind targets. In June 2022, US President Joe Biden joined East Coast governors to […]

  • Offshore Construction on Dutch Trailblazer to Start in June

    5 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall plans to start the first offshore construction activities on the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the Dutch North Sea in June. This is when the first ships will sail out to deliver rocks for scour protection to the wind turbine locations. Rocks will be placed to protect the monopiles against […]

  • Bold Tern Heads to Borkum Riffgrund 2 with MHI Vestas Turbine Gear

    3 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has left the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark loaded with the first set of MHI Vestas 8MW turbine components for Ørsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • 50 Turbines Stand at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm

    12 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    50 of the 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two, soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. DEME Offshore’s jack-ups Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are transporting the turbines from Siemens Gamesa’s facilities in the Port of Hull and installing them at […]

  • 300 MW Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Connects to the Grid

    8 April 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 300 MW Zhuhai Golden Bay offshore wind farm in China has been fully connected to the grid. The project comprises 55 MingYang MySE5.5MW turbines, which can survive a super typhoon of 17th grade, the turbine supplier said. MingYang added that it had delivered all the turbines in a record-breaking 5 months despite Covid-related challenges. […]

  • Renewable Strategy Deploys Maintenance Software on Formosa 1

    30 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Renewable Strategy Limited (RSL) has deployed computerized maintenance management software on the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan.

  • Vattenfall Gets Dutch Paperwork in Order

    20 September 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s permits to develop the Hollandse Kust (zuid) I&II wind zones in the Dutch North Sea have received an irrevocable status following a withdrawal of two complaints against the award decision.

  • MHI Vestas Keeping Busy in Belfast (Video)

    3 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has shared a video showing an overview of activities at the Belfast Harbour which serves as the pre-assembly site and the load-out port for the Burbo Bank Extension project. The video shows the arrival of the main components of the 32 V164-8.0 MW wind turbines, the first of which was recently installed at the […]

  • VIDEO: Construction of Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2013

    RWE’s Nordsee Ost wind farm will be erected in 22 to 25 metre deep water, 35 kilometres northwest of the island of Heligoland and 40 kilometres west of Amrum, covering a total area of some 24 square kilometres.  First foundations at the wind farm site have already been installed by the offshore installation vessel Victoria […]