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  • Enefit Green Opens Tender for Metocean Survey Campaign at 1 GW Estonian Offshore Wind Site

    22 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain

    Estonia-based renewable energy developer Enefit Green is currently running a competitive tender for a meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) campaign at the company’s Liivi offshore wind site in the Estonian part of the Gulf of Riga. The tender, first issued in mid-July with a submission deadline date set to 1 August, has now been prolonged until […]

  • China’s Deep-Sea Floating Wind Platform Heads Offshore

    27 March 2023
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    China’s “first” deep-sea floating wind platform has set sail from Zhuhai in south China’s Guangdong province to Wenchang, Hainan province. The platform, named CNOOC Guanlan, is owned by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and is China’s first offshore wind power project with a water depth of over 100 meters and an offshore distance […]

  • UK and South Korea Help Secure Millions for World’s Largest Monopile Factory

    27 November 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF) and South Korea’s export credit agency Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) have helped SeAH Wind to secure GBP 367 million in Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC UK financing to build the world’s largest wind monopile manufacturing facility. UKEF and K-Sure have secured support worth GBP 367 million for South Korean manufacturer […]

  • South Korean Company Preferred Inter-Array Cable Supplier for 532 MW Anma Offshore Wind Farm

    16 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Taihan Cable and Solution has been selected as the preferred supplier of submarine cables for the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. On 4 October, Taihan signed a preferred supplier agreement with Anma Offshore Wind. Under the agreement, the South Korean company is responsible for supplying and constructing all inter-array cables used for the […]

  • Brazilian State Signs Offshore Wind MoU with Neoenergia

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

    Neoenergia, Iberdrola’s renewable energy development arm in Brazil, and the Rio Grande do Norte Government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of offshore wind projects. The MoU was signed 14th edition of Brazil Windpower and the ceremony was attended by Neoenergia’s director of Hydraulics and Offshore, Marcelo Lopes, and the governor of […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dogger Bank A Substation Topside Sails Out of Thailand

    23 May 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside for Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, has been completed at Aibel’s yard in Thailand and is now on its way to Haugesund, Norway, where it will undergo further work. The topside is expected to arrive at the yard […]

  • Geophysical Campaign Completed for Canary Islands Floating Wind Farm

    13 May 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Greenalia has completed the geophysical survey for its 50 MW Parque Eólico (PE) Gofio floating offshore wind project in Spain. The campaign was conducted off the coast of San Bartolomé de Tirajana in the Canary Islands, where Greenalia expects to install its first floating wind farm. The results of this campaign have confirmed the analysis […]

  • Asia’s New Offshore Wind Vessel Provider Sets Up European Headquarters

    22 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Cyan Renewables, a pure-play offshore wind farm vessel owner that was recently launched in Singapore, has established an office in Denmark, which will be the company’s regional headquarters for operations in Europe. The news comes only a few days after Cyan Renewables’ parent company Seraya Partners announced the launch of the new company, saying this […]

  • Shell to Join Danish Energy Island Consortium

    21 June 2022
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Shell has signed a Letter of Intent to join the VindØ consortium of PensionDanmark, PFA, Andel, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in developing and building what could potentially be Denmark’s first energy island. The Letter of Intent contains the general terms and conditions for Shell’s participation and co-financing of the project. It is part of the […]

  • Estonia’s Latest Offshore Wind Lease Auction Attracts Zero Bids

    9 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The auction for Saare 3, Estonia’s third offshore wind farm area, received no bids, as announced by the country’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) on July 4th. In its most recent offshore wind tender, Estonia aimed to grant the Saare 3 sea area, covering 20.1 square kilometres, with a starting bid price of […]

  • Sif Soon to Start Empire Wind 1 Monopile Production

    28 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Sif Group is planning to commence the production of monopile foundations for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project next month at its Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. The first steel plates for the 810 Empire Wind 1 wind farm have been delivered at Sif’s Maasvlakte site, and the first transition piece (TP) is currently […]

  • US Wind Begins Surveys Offshore Maryland

    12 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    US Wind has kicked off oceanographic survey activities within the lease area offshore Maryland where it plans to build its MarWin offshore wind project. The team will be collecting data until July to inform project design, including foundation type, turbine location, and cable burial routes. The geophysical survey operations will be conducted along a tartan-pattern […]

  • OPSB Okays Icebreaker Project, Lists 33 Conditions

    22 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has approved the construction of the Icebreaker offshore wind project in Lake Erie, but with certain conditions. Under the terms of the conditioned certificate, Icebreaker must comply with 33 conditions prior, during, and after project construction, as well as during operations. Among the conditions, the 20.7 MW project must […]

  • BOEM Further Delays Vineyard Wind EIS Decision

    13 August 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has further delayed the publication of the Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts. In July, BOEM announced it is postponing the issuance of the Vineyard Wind FEIS saying it is not yet prepared to do so. Now, BOEM stated in its public […]

  • Ørsted’s German Offshore Wind Farms Breeze Past 10 TWh Mark

    3 July 2019
    Grid Connection

    Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in the German North Sea have produced and delivered over 10 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity since the first wind farm started producing in February 2015. The Danish energy company owns and operates four wind farms in the German North Sea with a combined capacity of nearly 1.4GW. “With our four […]

  • Senvion to Deliver 32 Wind Turbines for Trianel Borkum II

    28 September 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Senvion has signed a conditional contract to deliver 32 of its 6.2M152 offshore wind turbines and accompanying services for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm.  The turbines will be installed in water depths from 25 to 35 meters and, with a power upgrade, will produce around 800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every year, […]

  • WFW Advises CIP on OffshoreMW Acquisition

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on the acquisition of 100% of OffshoreMW, which holds a 675km² offshore wind energy lease off the coast of Massachusetts.  Outside the US, CIP already owns stakes in two offshore wind farms – the 588MW Beatrice in the UK and the 402MW Veja Mate in Germany, with […]

  • New Consortium Ensuring German Energy Transition

    7 April 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    A consortium behind a project called “ENSURE – New Energy Network Structures for the Energy Transition” has been selected by German federal government as one of four Copernicus projects. The consortium, led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, consists of core partners E.ON, RWTH Aachen University, TenneT TSO, Siemens and ABB, and 15 other partners. The ENSURE project aims […]

  • Damen Lays Keel for Bibby WaveMaster 1

    1 April 2016
    Vessels

    Dutch shipbuilder Damen on Thursday laid the keel for the Bibby WaveMaster 1 at its yard in Galati, Romania. Ordered by Bibby Marine Services in January 2016, the Bibby WaveMaster is the first Damen service operations vessel. Continuing on from the first steel cutting in February, the initial stages of vessel fabrication are on schedule, Damen said. “We are dealing […]

  • Siemens 7MW Turbine Duo Undergoing Final Tests

    16 February 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens has recently installed a second SWT-7.0-154 turbine for field testing, with both 7MW prototype turbines currently undergoing grid performance, quality and safety trials. Siemens’ flagship offshore wind turbine received final type certification from DNV GL in January, the final milestone in the development process, allowing customers to make final investment decisions for offshore projects. Since many of the […]

  • DNV GL Wraps Up Windfloat Atlantic Technical Due Diligence

    8 November 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL has completed a lenders’ technical due diligence on the 25MW Windfloat Atlantic floating wind farm project in Portugal.

  • Reach Subsea Nets IMR Deal for Dudgeon, Hywind OWFs

    27 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, has awarded Reach Subsea with a contract for survey and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) works at Dudgeon and Hywind offshore wind farms, which Reach Subsea will execute together with MMT.

  • Kriegers Flak OSS Topsides Touch Down in Baltic Sea

    4 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heavy lift vessel Rambiz has installed the Kriegers Flak substation topsides in the Danish Baltic Sea, Energinet reports.

  • SgurrEnergy Reveals Hywind Role

    20 January 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, acted as technical advisor for the investment in the 30MW Hywind floating wind farm being developed by Statoil off Scotland. Located off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Hywind is the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore wind farm. Consisting of five Siemens SWT6MW-154 wind turbine generators, the wind […]

  • Rhenus Offshore Logistics, Vroon Back Gemini Corrosion Protection Campaign

    24 July 2017

    Rhenus Offshore Logistics B.V. took over the overall logistics concept for personnel and materials for a corrosion protection campaign at two platforms – Buitengaats and ZeeEnergie – at the Gemini offshore wind farm, where the company worked together with Vroon Offshore Services.