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  • Ørsted Kicks Off Offshore Construction of 920 MW Taiwanese Wind Farms

    18 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has commenced the offshore construction for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, located 35-60 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County, Taiwan. Greater Changhua 2b and 4 were awarded in June 2018 as part of Taiwan’s first competitive price-based auction, which had no mandatory local content requirements. In July […]

  • Vattenfall Shines More Light on Hollandse Kust Zuid 1 & 2 Win

    3 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The industry has been waiting for Vattenfall to give out more information on its Hollandse Kust Zuid 1 & 2 zero-subsidy bid after the company won the Dutch tender in March, especially since Ørsted – world’s leading offshore wind developer and one of the first to have unsubsidised projects in the pipeline – decided to pass on bidding to build the offshore wind farm. 

  • BREAKING: Norway to Open New Offshore Wind Lease Areas

    8 June 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Norway will open up new areas for the development of offshore wind projects, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru said. The move is a response to the demands from the local industry which last year recorded an NOK 11 billion (around EUR 1.1 billion) international turnover in goods and services related to […]

  • SCALDIS SMC: Lifting at a higher level

    27 October 2015

    Based in Antwerp, Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors has just celebrated its 20th anniversary as an offshore marine contractor, specialising in transportation and installation works, civil constructions and salvage jobs. Since entering the offshore renewable market in 2007, there has been no looking back for Scaldis. The company has played a role in nearly all […]

  • RWE Recruits New Applicants for Its Wales Wind Farm Apprenticeship Scheme

    2 July 2013
    Training & Education

    RWE npower renewables (RWE NRL) is expanding its highly popular Wales wind farm apprenticeship programme with a second round of recruitment for new candidates. The Apprentice Scheme, first launched by RWE NRL in partnership with Grwp Llandrillo Menai, is the first of its kind in Wales and was fully supported at the official opening in […]

  • 50Hertz Awards Contract for Ostwind 4 Offshore Grid Connection in Germany

    16 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    UAE-based Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, has secured a contract to build and install Ostwind 4, a 2 GW offshore wind grid connection in Germany. Ostwind 4 will connect Baltic Sea offshore wind farms to the national grid using high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. This will mark Germany’s first deployment of a 525 […]

  • Thousands of Lobsters Settle at Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm

    4 December 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and the Whitby Lobster Hatchery have released 2,500 juvenile lobsters at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK in what the wind farm developer says is an industry-first project, through which more than 15,000 lobsters are planned to be released at Triton Knoll. The first batch of 2,500 juvenile lobsters was settled […]

  • RWE Cleared to Begin Construction on Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm in Spring 2025

    31 October 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has granted RWE the offshore construction permit for its Thor offshore wind farm, enabling RWE to begin construction at sea in spring 2025. RWE said that good progress is already being made on land, with the laying of cables and the construction of an onshore substation in the municipality of […]

  • Nordsee One Marks One Year of Commercial Operation

    21 December 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    German 332MW offshore wind farm, Nordsee One, entered full commercial operation on 21 December 2017 and its owners – Northland Power (85%), innogy (13.5%) and Enova (1.5%) – are now celebrating the project’s first year of operation.

  • Vattenfall, Metsähallitus Award Geophysical Survey Contracts for Finnish Offshore Wind Farm

    11 July 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall and Metsähallitus have awarded GEOxyz and Arctia contracts to provide geophysical surveys for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland. Vattenfall became a Metsähallitus project partner for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in December 2022. The surveys involve mapping a 280 square-kilometre offshore wind farm area and two alternative corridors for the export cables […]

  • Brunvoll Racks Up Propulsion and Manoeuvring System Orders

    17 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norway-headquartered Brunvoll has received orders for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring packages for Purus Wind’s new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) and for ESVAGT and Hav Design’s Service Operations Vessel (SOV), respectively. Purus Wind and VARD selected the Norwegian company as the supplier of CSOV propulsion and manoeuvring packages. The delivery is for two […]

  • Iberdrola, World Bank Eyeing Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Projects in Emerging Markets

    8 January 2024
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola and the World Bank, through its private sector investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), have signed a EUR 300 million loan agreement to develop renewable energy projects in countries dependent on fossil fuels, including Morocco, Poland and Vietnam. IFC has already allocated a first tranche of EUR 170 million for the support of […]

  • CIP Joins NorSea, Parkwind Floating Offshore Wind Alliance, Targets Utsira Nord Bid

    2 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have announced that they will join NorSea and Parkwind in a partnership dedicated to developing floating offshore wind projects in Norway. In doing so, the companies will further strengthen their consortium initially targeting the 1.5 GW Utsira Nord tender. The partners said that the group aims to participate when Norway realises […]

  • 496 MW French Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Stage

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) consortium, comprising Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, has reached the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France and thus moved the project into the construction stage. The first offshore operations will take […]

  • Ørsted Awards Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Subsea Cable Contract

    26 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    LS Cable & System has signed a subsea cable agreement with Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer headquartered in Denmark, for Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind projects in Taiwan.  The contract announcement follows Ørsted’s final investment decision, taken in March 2023. The wind farms are now under construction and are set to […]

  • Purus Wind Orders Two CSOVs from Vard, Signs Options for Two More

    16 May 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Vard has signed a contract for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for the UK-based Purus Wind. The hull for the first vessel will be built in Vard in Romania for outfitting, commissioning, and delivery from one of Vard’s yards in Norway. The second vessel will be built at Vard […]

  • Construction Starts on CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm

    18 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm has commenced with the first monopile installed at the site some 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The HKN’s monopiles will be installed by Van Oord for which the company was awarded a contract in 2020. […]

  • Ramboll, Primo Marine Win Consultancy Work on Subsea Cable Routes for Danish Energy Islands

    24 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Danish engineering company Ramboll and its Dutch counterpart Primo Marine have been awarded contracts for consultancy services on the subsea cable routes for the two energy islands planned to be established in Denmark. The contracts, valued at a total of EUR 828,362 and awarded by the transmission system operator Energinet, cover consultancy services regarding external […]

  • Irish Investor Forays into Offshore Wind

    4 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Irish investment company Greencoat Renewables PLC has signed an agreement to acquire 50 per cent of the 312 MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. Greencoat Renewables will acquire the stake from Kirkbi A/S (31.5 per cent) and William Demant Invest A/S (18.5 per cent) for a total cash consideration of around EUR […]

  • DNV GL to Study Biodiversity Options for Nordic Offshore Wind Projects

    26 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D

    DNV GL will investigate how to best accommodate biodiversity in offshore wind projects in the Nordic region under a contract the company was recently awarded. Nordic Energy Research, a platform for cooperative energy research and policy development under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers, has selected DNV GL through a competitive tender looking for research […]

  • Horns Rev 2 Hits 10 TWh Production Mark

    5 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Horns Rev 2 has produced 10 billion kWh of electricity since its commissioning in 2009. The 209 MW Danish offshore wind farm reached the milestone on 4 February. Located in the North Sea some 30 kilometres off the Danish west coast, Ørsted’s wind farm was expected to supply clean energy corresponding to the annual power consumption […]

  • AquaVentus Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Plan Moves Forward with AquaSector Project

    23 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE, Shell, Gasunie and Equinor have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaSector project, the first large-scale German offshore hydrogen park and part of the AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative. AquaSector involves installing approx. 300 MW electrolyser capacity to produce up to 20,000 tonnes of offshore green hydrogen per year, […]

  • Ramboll to Design Foundations for 1,440 MW Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    26 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Equinor and Polenergia have signed contracts with Denmark-headquartered Ramboll for the design of foundations for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the contracts, Ramboll will provide engineering services for 100 monopiles for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III projects. “Thanks to the signed agreement, we are […]

  • Highland Council Greenlights West of Orkney Windfarm Onshore Plans

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Highland Council has approved the onshore plans of the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm project, being developed by TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) in Scotland. The onshore application for planning permission in principle was approved on 4 June and outlines the underground cables and electrical infrastructure required to connect […]

  • GE Haliade – X Prototype Gets a Power Boost

    22 October 2020
    R&D, Technology

    GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X prototype, the world’s most powerful wind turbine operating to date, has been optimized and is now operating at a 13 MW power output. During the following months, the prototype operating in the Port of Rotterdam will undergo a series of tests to perform different types of measurements and obtain its type […]

  • Parkwind Taps Bladt for Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Substation

    27 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Parkwind and Bladt Industries have signed an agreement for the design, fabrication, and installation of the Arcadis Ost 1 substation in the German Baltic Sea. Bladt Industries is to deliver the complete substation for Parkwind, with Semco Maritime and ISC Engineering as key partners. Semco Maritime will be responsible for the design and implementation of […]