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  • Prysmian to Work on French Offshore Wind Projects

    3 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide power grid asset management services for Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp, and Calvados wind farms offshore France. Under the contract, Prysmian Group will provide inspection, maintenance, and repair services for the submarine export cable links connecting the three offshore wind farms near the […]

  • High Offshore Wind Demand Lifts Fugro

    28 October 2022
    Business & Finance

    Fugro has reported a revenue of EUR 480.2 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 17.4 per cent compared to EUR 378 million in Q3 2021, said to be supported by high demand for offshore wind solutions. The increase in revenue was fuelled by ongoing high client demand across markets, most notably […]

  • Baltica Offshore Wind Farms Power Ahead

    20 October 2022
    Environment, Grid Connection, 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 Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 in the Polish Baltic Sea, to be implemented in two stages. This allows the project’s investors, PGE and Ørsted, to continue the project and […]

  • Wind Measurement Campaign Starts Offshore Vietnam

    27 September 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Mainstream Renewable Power and its partner AIT Corporation have installed a Light Detection and Ranging system (LiDAR) unit at the 500 MW Ben Tre offshore wind farm in Vietnam. The LiDAR was placed on a fixed platform and deployed in Vietnam’s East Sea, 40 kilometres from the coast of Ben Tre Province at water depths of […]

  • Kaskasi Offshore Substation Topside Touches Down

    28 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The 1,400-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed on its monopile foundation at the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, RWE, the owner and developer of the project, said. The topside was installed by the heavy lift, DP 2 installation vessel Gulliver, operated by DEME’s subsidiary Scaldis Salvage & Marine […]

  • New Jersey Postpones Offshore Wind Solicitation

    2 March 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) will release the third solicitation for New Jersey’s offshore wind development by January 2023, rather than the previously anticipated September 2022. The 1,200 MW solicitation is expected to close by the end of 2023 and the project or projects awarded are scheduled to come online by 2030. […]

  • Ørsted Powers Greater Changhua Offshore Substation

    1 March 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The commissioning team of Ørsted has energized the offshore substation and export cable of the Greater Changhua 2a offshore wind farm. According to the developer’s social media update, this represents a “big step” for the upcoming wind turbine installation and power transmission preparations. During the testing of the Greater Changhua offshore substations, which happened last […]

  • Dutch Industrial Park to Run on Offshore Wind

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    USG Industrial Utilities (USG) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco for a portion of electricity generated at the Fryslân wind farm located in lake IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. Starting January 2022, some 350 GWh of electricity generated at the Fryslân wind farm will be supplied to USG each year to power Chemelot industrial […]

  • Ampelmann Cracks US Offshore Wind Market

    21 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann has signed its first contract in the US offshore wind market under which the company will provide a Walk-to-Work (W2W) gangway system to the marine transportation and towing company, Otto Candies. Under the contract, Ampelmann will provide an E1000 motion-compensated system to facilitate operations during the construction of Ørsted’s South […]

  • Brazil Reviewing 55 Offshore Wind Applications

    21 April 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    There are currently 55 offshore wind projects totalling more than 133 GW undergoing licensing process to obtain environmental investigation authorisation in Brazil, according to the government’s latest update, which also shows more European developers have offshore wind plans in the country, on top of the three recently reported oil majors: TotalEnergies, Shell, and Equinor. This is an […]

  • Vestas Signs Offshore Wind MoU in Brazil

    21 April 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte to support the development of wind projects off the state’s coast. The objective of the MoU, signed in March, is to share technical knowledge so that governmental institutions can improve their studies of feasibility of […]

  • Two Siem Offshore’s Vessels Deployed in Taiwan

    31 March 2022
    Vessels

    Siem Offshore has deployed two vessels on offshore wind projects in Taiwan, according to the company which just announced it had signed a contract for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Siem Sapphire. For Siem Sapphire, the company said it will support walk-to-work operations and provide accommodation in relation to commissioning of an offshore […]

  • Saint-Brieuc Offshore Substation Ready for Installation

    14 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside and jacket foundation for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm have been loaded out onto vessels at their yards in Belgium and the Netherlands, respectively, and will soon be transported to France. The load-out of the 3,400-tonne topside took place on 11 June at the assembly yard of Smulders’s joint venture partner […]

  • Navigare Capital Invests in Offshore Wind Fleet

    25 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Danish maritime assets investor Navigare Capital has made its first investment in the offshore wind support vessel segment through a majority investment in its partnership with Norway’s Norwind Offshore. Five purpose-built vessels, equipped with battery-hybrid propulsion and power management systems, will join the fleet during 2022-2025, Navigare Capital said. Back in October, Norwind Offshore ordered […]

  • Operation Zero Gathers Offshore Wind Majors

    12 November 2021
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    The UK Department for Transport and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have unveiled the Department’s ‘Operation Zero’, which aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) vessels working in the North Sea’s offshore wind farms. At an event as part of COP26 in Glasgow, the UK Maritime Minister Robert Courts […]

  • OWC Wins Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    19 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC), an AqualisBraemar LOC Group company, has been appointed as one of the owner’s engineers on the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company will provide technical advisory and coordination services throughout the development and construction phases of the 1 GW wind farm located 50-70 kilometres from Taiwan’s shore. “Hai […]

  • Shell Gauging Offshore Wind Opportunities in Brazil

    23 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Following the news that Shell had launched Shell Energy in Brazil, saying that the business would produce and market clean electricity from solar and wind power plants, OffshoreWIND.biz contacted the company to find out if offshore wind was part of its wind power plans in the country, given its growing offshore wind portfolio in Europe […]

  • German Offshore Wind Yield Drops in 2021

    14 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    German offshore wind farms produced 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2021, a 10.75 per cent decrease compared to the record-breaking 26.89 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. The wind farms in the North Sea generated around 20.3 TWh of electricity in 2021, the transmission system operator TenneT said. This is some 10.8 per cent […]

  • Allianz Makes First Offshore Wind Investment

    6 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz Insurance Companies, has signed an agreement to purchase a 25.2 per cent stake in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands from the chemicals producer BASF. This is the first offshore wind and first equity renewables investment of Allianz in the Netherlands, the global […]

  • Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Launched in Ireland

    9 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    A new project aiming to advance development of green hydrogen production powered by offshore wind has been launched in Ireland. The H-Wind project, led by UCC MaREI Research Centre, is being co-funded by Science Foundation Ireland and four industry partners: Gas Networks Ireland, DP Energy, ESB, and Equinor. The project will look to position green […]

  • Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm Set for Surveys

    24 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The survey of the seabed cable system and all of the turbine jacket foundations is about to start at the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The 18.5 meter survey vessel CWind Alliance will conduct the survey for approximately two months. Survey equipment to be used includes multi bean echo sounders, sonar, and […]

  • TotalEnergies to Bid in Scotland’s Offshore Wind Auction

    16 June 2021
    Business & Finance

    TotalEnergies has teamed up with the consortium between Green Investment Group (GIG) and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) to bid in the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round. GIG and TotalEnergies have been partners in the offshore wind sector for a while now. In February, they secured seabed lease rights in the UK Round 4 leasing […]

  • Ørsted Ramps Up Construction Offshore Taiwan

    7 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of wind turbine foundation pin piles has been installed at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm offshore Taiwan, Ørsted said. In total, 333 turbine foundation pin piles will be installed at the site located in Taiwan Strait, some 35 to 50 kilometres off Changhua County. The pin-piles will […]

  • Cable Connection Needed for German Offshore Platform

    2 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be commissioned by 2027, the BorWin6 offshore […]

  • Equinor Dishes Out Offshore Wind Contracts

    1 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy major Equinor has awarded Nokia and NetNordic, and separately Origo Solutions with contracts to provide services on the company’s offshore wind farms. Origo Solutions will be responsible for the complete delivery of the common Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which will be used to operate wind farms from Equinor’s new UK […]

  • Sleipnir to Install Sofia HVDC Offshore Platform

    12 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract with Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine to transport and install the HVDC offshore converter platform for the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The platform will be fabricated at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, while Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir is expected to carry out the offshore installation in 2024. Located at […]