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EGS Wraps Up Offshore Survey at Skipjack Wind

23 December 2022

Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

EGS has completed an offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey for Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland’s Delmarva Peninsula, USA. EGS was contracted by Ørsted to conduct, process, and interpret high-resolution geophysical and hydrographic survey data of the nearshore sections of the export cable routes for Skipjack Wind, currently in development. […]

Seabed Suitable for Lithuania’s First Offshore Wind Farm

21 December 2022

Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical and seismic surveys through an international […]

Huisman Crane for Cadeler’s Latest Offshore Wind Vessel

13 December 2022

Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore has awarded Huisman a contract for the design and construction of a 3,000+mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) that will be installed on Cadeler’s second F-class jack-up vessel. The contract award follows this year’s order of a similar crane for Cadeler’s first F-class vessel. With this crane, Cadeler will be capable of […]

Norwegian Company to Power Data Centres with Offshore Wind

23 November 2022

Business & Finance

Norwegian energy company Earth Wind & Power (EWP) is set to offtake up to 400MW of excess and pre-grid offshore wind power to supply electricity to data centre infrastructure in Northern Europe. According to EWP, the project would support Europe’s growing demand for data processing power. “It is a proud moment for Earth Wind & […]

Evonik Back at EnBW for More Offshore Wind Power

2 February 2023

EnBW and the German chemicals company, Evonik, have signed a second power purchase agreement from the planned He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The first power purchase agreement for 100 MW of the wind farm’s 900 MW capacity was signed last year. The second agreement now adds a further 50 MW of power. As a result, […]

Rovco Partners with HOM for Wind Work Offshore Japan

9 November 2022

Contracts & Tenders

UK-based Rovco and Horizon Ocean Management (HOM) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for through-life subsea asset integrity and balance of plant survey solutions for the Japanese offshore wind market. The agreement will see both parties work together to analyse the Japanese offshore wind market and develop a better understanding of the demand in […]

COWI Secures New Offshore Wind Contract in Ireland

4 October 2022

Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

COWI has been selected by Statkraft as Owner’s Engineer for the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind farm. The company will support Statkraft in preparing an auction application for the first offshore competition under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) in Ireland. COWI’s scope of work will include foundation concept design, electrical design, construction, […]

Scandinavians Develop New Scalable Floating Offshore Substation

22 September 2022

Business & Finance, Technology

Denmark-based Semco Maritime and ISC Consulting Engineers and Technip Energies’ affiliate Inocean, based in Norway and Sweden, have presented an offshore wind substation concept that involves floating technology and scalability. The three companies have now entered into a partnership that will combine Semco Maritime and ISC’s offshore wind and bottom-fixed substation engineering and construction experience […]

Siemens Gamesa Tripling Offshore Nacelle Plant in Taiwan

21 September 2022

Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on what the wind turbine maker describes as ”a massive expansion of its successful offshore nacelle facility” in Taichung, Taiwan. Already the largest production facility of its kind in Taiwan, the Siemens Gamesa offshore nacelle plant will be expanded to more than triple the plot area up to 90,000 square […]

Finnish Company Eyes Demerger of Offshore Wind Projects

8 March 2024

Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Research & Development

Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli will conduct a full demerger, transferring its wind farms to a new firm of the same name, while Tahkoluoto Offshore Oy will take ownership of the Tahkoluoto demonstration and extension project as part of efforts to strengthen offshore wind production. To prepare for a significant rise in energy production and investments in […]

New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Completed

22 February 2024

Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

The twelfth and final wind turbine has been installed at South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm. A couple of days ago, South Fork Wind, the joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, said via social media that the final wind turbine set sail to the project site from the State Pier Terminal in New […]

Recyclable Blades Ordered for French Offshore Wind Farm

29 August 2022

Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

The development consortium behind the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm has ordered several sets of Siemens Gamesa’s new recyclable wind turbine blades. Ten of the 64 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines will feature the new RecyclableBlades which were unveiled by Siemens Gamesa last September. The blades are made up of a combination of […]

Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

23 August 2022

Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) consortium has submitted a development consent application to Marine Scotland for the 100 MW Pentland floating wind project. The floating wind project is being developed by Highland Wind Limited, which is majority-owned by a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) with Hexicon as a minority shareholder. Project […]

First Made-in-Taiwan Jacket Foundations Head Offshore

15 August 2022

Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

Ørsted and Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS) have loaded out the first batch of jacket foundations fully manufactured in Taiwan out of the Port of Kaohsiung. The first six jacket foundations will be transported to the 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a wind farm in two shipments this week, Ørsted said. There, they will be […]

France Selects Offshore Wind Areas in South Atlantic

29 July 2022

Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

The French government has selected the areas for the implementation of two offshore wind farms off the coast of the South Atlantic following a public debate. To take into account the conclusions of the public debate, the government has decided to target two development areas. For the first wind farm, the government will launch a […]

TotalEnergies Joins Two Floating Offshore Wind Consortia

11 May 2023

TotalEnergies has announced that it is joining two consortia led by Ocergy and Esteyco which recently were awarded Phase One of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize by the US Department of Energy (DOE). OCG-Wind Full Cycle is a project by Ocergy that is being developed in Oakland, California. The company, one of whose […]

California Outlines Options for Permitting Offshore Wind Projects

11 May 2023

Authorities, Business development

The Californian Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted a report describing various options for a coordinated, comprehensive, and efficient permitting and environmental review process of offshore wind projects off the Californian coast. The report, titled Assembly Bill 525 Offshore Wind Energy Permitting Roadmap, was developed in response to Assembly Bill 525 which was signed into law […]

NJBPU Launches Second Offshore Wind Transmission Solicitation

27 April 2023

Authorities, Grid Connection

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has requested PJM Interconnection (PJM), New Jersey’s regional grid operator, to include New Jersey’s current public policy of 11 GW of offshore wind by 2040 into PJM’s Regional Transmission Expansion Planning (RTEP) using their State Agreement Approach (SAA). This will be the State’s second use of the SAA […]

Northland Power Names Wind Projects Offshore Scotland

23 March 2023

Wind Farm Update

Canada’s Northland Power has unveiled new names, brands, and websites for its two Scottish offshore wind projects. The two proposed projects, located off the coast of the Outer Hebrides, are named Spiorad na Mara and Havbredey. Working in partnership with Stornoway-based LOOM Graphics, Northland conducted local research, consultation, and engagement, to ensure the names reflected the rich […]

Floating Offshore Substation Project Secures EUDP Funding

22 March 2023

Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

Semco Maritime, ISC Consulting Engineers, Aalborg University, Energy Cluster Denmark, and Norway and Sweden-based Inocean have secured funding to further develop a floating offshore substation (FOSS) concept. The parties announced their collaboration in 2022 and are now set to further accelerate floating offshore substation development through funding from the Energy Technology and Demonstration Program (EUDP). […]

Poland Sets 8GW by 2035 Offshore Wind Goal

8 November 2018

Authorities, Business & Finance

Poland plans to develop 8GW of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea by 2035 and will soon pass a law to this effect, Polish State Secretary for Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, said.

Korea Floats Solar-Offshore Wind Combo Project

31 October 2018

Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has announced a 4GW solar-offshore wind complex with the Saemangeum reclaimed land area in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do Province, at its centre.

Njord Offshore to Take Charge of Formosa 1 SATV

11 October 2018

Business & Finance, Vessels

Njord Offshore Ltd has secured a contract to manage a new purpose-built service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV) for Siemens Gamesa at the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan.