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  • Construction Starts on World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    1 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The construction has started on the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, at Kværner Stord in Norway, Equinor said. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga started the cutting robot on the project’s first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kværner’s assignment will include building eleven floating concrete hulls […]

  • EDF and CEI Finalize Chinese Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    2 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    EDF Group and China Energy Investment Corporation (CEI) have signed the final joint venture agreements for offshore wind projects in China. The two parties reached financial closing and the new company is now building and operating 502 MW of offshore wind projects off the coasts of Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai. This includes the 302 […]

  • All Foundations Up at Zhuhai Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm

    26 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    All turbine foundations have been installed at the Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind project in China. To remind, the first of the project’s 55 MySE5.5MW turbines was installed on 6 May at the site located in the southern part of Sanzao Island, Zhuhai City. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by Guangdong Yudean […]

  • US to Conduct Fisheries Research to Guide Offshore Wind Development

    21 May 2020
    Authorities, R&D

    Four US institutions have received USD 1.1 million in grants to conduct fisheries studies which will guide the ongoing development of the offshore wind industry in North America. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) (USD 496,688), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (USD 200,000), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) (USD 400,000) […]

  • Germany Raises 2030 Offshore Wind Target to 20 GW

    12 May 2020
    Authorities

    German federal government, the coastal states, and the transmission system operators have signed a joint agreement to raise Germany’s offshore wind capacity target from 15 GW to 20 GW by 2030. Following the meeting of the energy ministers last week, the final work on the agreement has now been completed. With the agreement, all parties […]

  • UK: 81 Per Cent of People Support Offshore Wind

    8 May 2020
    Authorities, Environment

    The latest Public Attitudes Tracker in the United Kingdom has shown 81 per cent of the public chooses offshore wind as one of the preferred renewable energy sources. Wave and tidal energy also bode well with 80 per cent, and 77 of surveyed people back onshore wind. Overall, 82 per cent people are in favour […]

  • Enbridge Selling Part of Stake in French Offshore Wind Projects

    7 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Enbridge is selling 49% of its 50% stake in Éolien Maritime France (EMF), the developer of three offshore wind projects in France, to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). After the transaction closes, through its investment in EMF, Enbridge will own equity interests in the Saint-Nazaire (25.5%), Courseulles-sur-Mer (21.7%), and Fécamp (17.9%) offshore wind projects […]

  • Jan De Nul and Huisman Elevate Offshore Lifting Game

    29 April 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    Huisman cranes onboard Jan De Nul’s next-generation installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés, will feature a specially designed type of clamp – the Universal Quick Connector (UQC). For these cranes, which will be the largest in their class, Huisman developed the UQC based on the expertise of Jan De Nul’s operational and engineering team. The […]

  • Geotechnical Survey Wraps Up at Oriel Offshore Wind Project

    20 April 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Geoquip AS has completed a geotechnical survey campaign at the Oriel offshore wind project in Ireland. The month-long campaign complements the geophysical survey completed by Alpha Marine in August last year. Data collected during these surveys contributes to the foundation design, as well as also the future wind farm layout. According to Parkwind, the outbreak […]

  • Energinet Seeks Environmental Consultancy for Hesselø Offshore Wind Project

    7 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment

    Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the project that will have an installed capacity of between 800 MW and 1,200 MW. The duration of the […]

  • Iberdrola Secures Stake in Eight Swedish Offshore Wind Projects

    23 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Iberdrola has entered into an agreement with Swedish renewables company Svea Vind Offshore, which will allow the Spain-headquartered company to take a majority stake in up to eight offshore wind projects in Sweden. The eight projects are in various stages of development, with the first of them planned to begin operating from 2029. This could […]

  • New Jersey Opens 2.4 GW Offshore Wind Solicitation

    11 September 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    New Jersey has opened the application window for this US State’s second solicitation of offshore wind capacity. This second solicitation seeks to award between 1,200 MW and 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy, potentially tripling the State’s committed capacity from 1,100 MW to 3,500 MW. The application window opened on 10 September and will close […]

  • European Energy Moving Ahead with Danish Offshore Wind Pair

    19 August 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    European Energy is set to begin the development phase of its Omø South and Jammerland Bay offshore wind projects in Denmark. The first steps of the development phase will follow in the coming weeks with the preliminary inspections of the seabed at the project sites, which will help detemine the final project designs. European Energy […]

  • Jan De Nul and Hitachi Shift into Overdrive Offshore Taiwan

    13 August 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed nine of the 21 jacket foundations at the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration offshore Taiwan. Offshore installation vessel Aegir, which Jan De Nul Group chartered from Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors, is installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some ten kilometres off the […]

  • WindEurope: Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects Slide in 2019

    7 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    EUR 6.1 billion was invested in four European offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of around 1.4 GW in 2019, marking the lowest amount invested and the capacity financed in a year since 2012, according to a report by WindEurope. The four wind farms that reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2019 are […]

  • Van Oord Reports Drop in Numbers, Believes in Offshore Wind

    23 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Van Oord has reported a revenue of EUR 571 million in its offshore wind business unit in 2019, a 23.6% decrease compared to the EUR 706 million in 2018. Van Oord states that this decrease in offshore wind activities was driven by the smaller number and size of projects currently under construction. Overall in 2019, […]

  • Northland Power Buys South Korean Offshore Wind Developer

    25 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Canadian energy company Northland Power has signed an agreement to acquire the South Korean offshore wind developer Dado Ocean Wind Farm. Dado Ocean has multiple early-stage offshore wind development sites in Chodo-ri and Sonjuk-ri of Yeosu City, 35 kilometres off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, and together these projects will be developed over […]

  • Tekmar Hang-Off Clamps for Scottish Offshore Wind Project

    15 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Tekmar Energy has secured a contract to provide 221 sealed and non-sealed hang-off clamps for an offshore wind project in Scotland. Tekmar said that the work will be done for a major offshore wind project on the Scottish east coast, but the name has not been disclosed. According to the UK-based cable protection specialist, this […]

  • Australian Govt Seeks Input for Offshore Wind Regulatory Framework

    7 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Australian Government is seeking feedback on the proposed regulatory framework for offshore wind and other offshore clean energy technologies. The government is developing the regulatory framework to enable the exploration, construction, operation and decommissioning of offshore wind and other clean energy technologies and associated infrastructure in Commonwealth waters beyond three nautical miles from the […]

  • MO4 and Seaqualize Take Home Offshore Wind Innovation Awards

    12 December 2019
    R&D, Technology

    MO4 and Seaqualize have been declared winners of the Offshore Wind Innovation Award 2019, Offshore Wind Innovators said. During the Q-meeting of Van Oord and Siemens Gamesa, the audience of 240 wind energy professionals awarded Seaqualize with the public prize. The prize of the professional jury went to MO4. MO4 has developed a software that […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Bundles East Anglia Offshore Wind Trio

    26 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables is planning to combine the East Anglia One North, East Anglia Two and East Anglia Three offshore wind projects into one single delivery program known as the East Anglia Hub. The three projects will produce 3.1GW of renewable energy and will be procured together to leverage their scale with a continuous installation program, […]

  • East Anglia Offshore Wind Farms Cleared for DCO Review

    25 November 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted applications for orders granting development consent submitted by ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia ONE North and the East Anglia TWO offshore wind farms. The UK Secretary of State has decided to accept these applications for examination. ScottishPower Renewables submitted the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the two […]

  • WoodMac: APeC to See 19GW of New Offshore Wind by 2030

    22 November 2019
    R&D

    Up to 19GW of new offshore wind capacity is expected to be added in APAC excluding China (APeC) over the next 10 years, according to Wood Mackenzie. According to Wood Mackenzie’s report, the success of future offshore wind in APeC will depend on costs coming down. Currently, the average offshore wind levelized cost of electricity […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out New Subsidy Scheme for Offshore Wind

    15 November 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Danish government has agreed on a new subsidy scheme for the Thor offshore wind project. With the new scheme, the government said a stable settlement price is guaranteed for the power generated by the offshore wind farm and support is provided based on the difference between the agreed price and market price. This means […]

  • ABB HVDC Gear for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    30 October 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ABB has secured a contract to supply its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Light® converter systems to connect the Dogger Bank offshore wind project to the UK transmission network. In the first-ever use of the HVDC technology in the UK’s offshore wind market, ABB will supply technology with one of the smallest environmental footprints, due to the […]

  • Last Turbine Stands at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    3 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The final Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbine has been installed at the 1,218MW Hornsea One offshore wind farm located 120 kilometres off Yorkshire, UK, Ørsted said. The final unit completes the 174-strong array of turbines dotted over 407 km2 of North Sea. Now the final turbine is installed, the project will undergo a period of commissioning, […]