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  • TenneT Issues Offshore Wind Contract Notices

    11 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has issued contract notices related to offshore grid connection systems in the German North Sea. In one of the contract notices, TenneT is seeking geotechnical and geophysical survey services at the BalWin platform locations. The contract covers the execution of geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations in order to obtain subsoil information […]

  • US Opens Gulf of Mexico to Offshore Wind

    9 June 2021
    Authorities

    The US Department of the Interior will assess potential opportunities to advance offshore wind development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Request for Interest (RFI) in the Federal Register on Friday, 11 June to assess interest in potential offshore wind development in […]

  • Claxton Engineering Joins Boskalis Offshore Taiwan

    18 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Boskalis has selected Claxton Engineering Services for the internal dredging services scope on the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan. Boskalis is responsible for the transportation and installation of the wind farm’s 62 three-legged jacket foundations and the accompanying pin-piles. The Dutch company will carry out the work in a joint […]

  • Awind Orders CSOVs, Targets Offshore Wind

    9 March 2021
    Vessels

    Norway’s Awind AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS, has signed newbuild contracts for two purpose-built, walk-to-work Commissioning, Service, and Operations Vessels (CSOVs). The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2023 from China Merchants Industry, Hong Kong. In addition, Awind AS has secured an option agreement for up to […]

  • ST3 Offshore for Sale After Entering Bankruptcy

    25 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Polish manufacturer of steel foundations for offshore wind farms, ST3 Offshore – which declared bankruptcy in March 2020 – has been put up for sale by the Official Receiver of the company in insolvency. A tender has been issued for the sale of ST3 Offshore with a reserve price of the company amounting to PLN […]

  • DEME to Transport and Install Dutch Offshore Substations

    18 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Offshore has secured a contract for the transport and installation of substations for the Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. Under the contract awarded by the joint venture ENGIE Solutions-Iemants, DEME will also supply and install scour protection for the two substations. Installation of the scour […]

  • StormGeo on Weather Forecasting Duty Offshore Japan

    3 February 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Kajima Corporation has contracted StormGeo for the provision of weather forecasting services for the first multi-turbine offshore wind farm in Japan. Acting on behalf of the project owner, the Akita Offshore Wind Corporation, Kajima Corporation tasked StormGeo with providing the Akita and Noshiro wind farm with weather, wave, and typhoon forecasting in support of the […]

  • France Launches Floating Offshore Wind Tender

    30 April 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    France has launched a tendering procedure for a commercial floating offshore wind project off the south of Brittany with a capacity of up to 270 MW. Interested parties have until 1 July, 12 AM local time, to express their interest in participating in the competitive dialogue procedure and submit their applications, Commission de régulation de […]

  • Dong Fang Offshore Buys Pacific Constructor

    13 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has bought the subsea multi-purpose vessel Pacific Constructor from Swire Pacific Offshore to strengthen its fleet serving the offshore wind sector in Taiwan, as well as in the Asia Pacific region. Pacific Constructor, renamed to Constructor 1, is on its way to Taiwan, where it […]

  • 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 […]

  • Vattenfall Greenlights Danish Offshore Wind Farms

    15 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has taken the final investment decision for Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord, adding 344 MW of electricity capacity to the Danish energy system towards 2023. With the final investment decision at a value of EUR 769 million, Vattenfall and its suppliers will initiate the last stage of the development of the two offshore wind […]

  • Japan Launches Third Offshore Wind Auction

    10 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Japan has launched an auction to select the developer of up to 356 MW of offshore wind capacity in the Happo-Noshiro zone off Akita prefecture. The auction opened on Friday, 10 December, and the deadline to submit bids for the development of projects at the Happo-Noshiro zone is 10 June 2022. The winner is expected […]

  • Polish Offshore Wind Farms Power Ahead

    1 February 2024
    Authorities, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk has issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. This allows the project’s investors, Polenergia and Equinor, to continue the project and start working on the building permits. “With his decision, the Regional Director […]

  • Lithuania Opens Second Offshore Wind Tender

    15 January 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has opened the country’s second offshore wind tender which, same as the first one, is looking for a developer of a 700 MW offshore wind farm. Interested developers now have until 15 April to register and submit their documents and offers, which will then be undergoing evaluation until 27 […]

  • Australia Advances Offshore Wind Plans in Gippsland

    22 December 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy has made preliminary decisions on the granting of feasibility licences for offshore wind projects in Commonwealth waters off the Gippsland region in Victoria. The government received 37 feasibility licence applications for the 15,000 square kilometre zone. Back in December 2022, Christopher Bowen, the Minister for Climate Change and […]

  • Denmark Launches Massive Offshore Wind Auction

    22 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Green Hydrogen, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Supply Chain

    Denmark has opened a new offshore wind tender, the country’s largest ever, offering a minimum of 6 GW of new capacity spread over six wind farms, with the overplanting option allowing for 10 GW or more of new capacity to be added. The Danish Energy Agency published the tender for the wind farms located in […]

  • Australia’s Port of Newcastle Wants in on Offshore Wind

    19 April 2024
    Ports & Logistics

    Australia’s Port of Newcastle could accommodate, with required investments, all stages of development of floating offshore wind projects in the Hunter offshore wind zone and across Australasia, a study commissioned by the port has shown. The 1,854 km2 Hunter offshore wind zone area has been identified to accommodate 5 GW of offshore wind development, which […]

  • Spain and Norway Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW) and Spain’s Basque Energy Cluster have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration between the supply chains in Norway and the Basque Country. The agreement was signed at the WindEurope Annual Event 2024 in Bilbao this week. These two offshore wind nations have different strengths that will create valuable […]

  • Binhai South H3 Offshore Substation Stands

    11 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of a jacket foundation and an offshore substation topside at the 300MW Binhai South H3 offshore wind farm in China’s Yellow Sea has been completed, Huadian Heavy Industries said. Huadian Heavy Industries is the main EPC contractor for the construction and installation of a part of the project’s facilities and equipment. Developed on […]

  • Prysmian to Connect French Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has secured a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to develop two submarine and land export cable systems for the Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract worth more than EUR 150 million, Prysmian will provide the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of two HVAC 225kV three-core extruded export […]

  • Poles Target Offshore Wind Development Declaration

    27 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) and the Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society (PTMEW) have established a cooperation to support the development of the offshore wind sector in Poland. The aim of the collaboration is to establish a multilateral Declaration of Cooperation for Polish Offshore Wind Energy Sector Development, which would be signed by the […]

  • UK Starts Offshore Transmission Network Review

    16 July 2020
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The UK has launched a review into the existing offshore transmission regime to address the barriers it presents to further significant deployment of offshore wind. The current approach to designing and building offshore transmission was developed when offshore wind was a nascent sector and industry expectations were as low as 10 GW by 2030. The […]

  • Partrac Backs Irish Offshore Wind Projects

    14 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Partrac has provided metocean survey and consultancy services for three offshore wind projects currently under development in Ireland. Partrac said it had provided scoping and planning of hydrographic and metocean surveys, and the deployment and servicing of floating lidar and metocean measurement equipment in support of site characterization and feasibility studies. The company was also […]

  • Autonomous Offshore Wind Guard Vessel Introduced

    7 July 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    A consortium comprising C-Job Naval Architects, LISA, SeaZip Offshore Service, Sea Machines, MARIN, and eL-Tec elektrotechnologie has unveiled a concept design for an Autonomous Guard Vessel (AGV), to be used for surveillance of offshore wind infrastructure, from wind farms to substation platforms and cable routes. The vessel, whose design was introduced on 7 July, is […]

  • Aegir Suffers Dropfall Incident Offshore Taiwan

    18 June 2020
    Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir has experienced a dropfall incident off the coast of Taiwan. The incident occurred on 15 June at 16:42 local time. No one was injured and no environmental impact was reported, only the piling frame and pin pile suffered minimal damage, Heerema said. The exact cause is yet […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultants Names APAC Head

    12 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Offshore Wind Consultants has appointed Tom Whittle to the newly created role of Asia Pacific regional director. Whittle, previously OWC’s country manager in Taiwan, has worked as a project director, project manager and package manager on a number of offshore wind projects in the UK, Europe and Asia, the company said. The APAC regional director […]