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  • Vestas and OutSmart to Run First Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    8 April 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    NoordzeeWind has selected Vestas and Dutch-German OutSmart to operate and maintain the Egmond aan Zee wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Egmond aan Zee is the Netherlands’ first offshore wind farm, consisting of 36 Vestas V90-3.0 MW wind turbines located ten to eighteen kilometers off the Dutch coast. Originally built as a demonstration project […]

  • ZPMC Launches China’s Largest Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    30 October 2017
    Vessels

    Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) launched a new self-propelled offshore wind installation vessel on 28 October. The vessel, named Longyuan Zhenhua 3, has a lifting capacity of 2,000t and a maximum lifting height of 120m.

  • Fécamp Wind Turbine Components Gathering at Cherbourg Assembly Site

    28 February 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    The first components for wind turbines which will spin at the Fécamp offshore wind farm are being transported to the storage and assembly site at the Port of Cherbourg, France, ahead of the installation at the offshore site that is scheduled to start in the late Spring.  The 497 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm will […]

  • Construction Begins on China’s Qingzhou 4 Offshore Wind Farm

    9 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    MingYang Smart Energy and partners have launched the construction of the 500 MW Quingzhou 4 offshore wind project in the South China Sea. The project, located off the coast of Yangjiang in Guangdong Province, will feature 25 MingYang’s MySE 11-230 and 18 MySE 12-242 offshore wind turbines. MingYang will also deliver a floating turbine for […]

  • Danish Energy Agency Releases Nearshore Wind Tender Material

    6 May 2015
    Contracts & Tenders

    With the publication of the contract notice in February, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) officially launched the tender of nearshore wind farms totaling 350 MW in up to six sites. The six sites are Vesterhav Nord, Vesterhav Syd, Sæby, Sejerø Bugt, Smålandsfarvandet and Bornholm. This is now followed by the preliminary tender documents, which are […]

  • France’s Calvados Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction Phase

    22 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Construction activity has started on the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The start of the construction phase follows the finalisation of financing agreements between the Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) consortium of EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd, and its financial partners. The Calvados offshore wind farm, also known as Courseulles-sur-Mer, will comprise […]

  • More Work for Fugro at RWE’s Thor Offshore Wind Project

    19 October 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, has been appointed by RWE to complete a geophysical survey off the Danish coast, where RWE will build the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. Up to three survey vessels will be deployed to carry out a detailed pre-construction survey including a search for unexploded ordnance (UXO) up to approximately 34 kilometres […]

  • New Jersey Opens Solicitation for Offshore Wind Transmission Solutions

    16 April 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Regional grid operator PJM Interconnection, on behalf of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), has launched solicitation for qualified developers to submit potential transmission solutions that would help deliver offshore wind energy to the existing power grid in New Jersey. The 120-day solicitation period, launched on 15 April, will enable NJBPU to evaluate […]

  • LOC Nets Another Offshore Wind Contract in Far East

    2 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    A couple of days after securing a marine warranty job on a Vietnamese project, and on top of the recently won contracts for offshore wind farms in China and Taiwan, LOC Group informed it was also awarded a contract for the Zhanjiang Wailuo II and X offshore wind farms in China. Under the contract, which […]

  • European Developer Seeks Installation Vessels for Offshore Wind Projects

    23 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Energy company Vattenfall has issued contract notices seeking vessels to transport and install wind turbine foundations and wind turbines at two offshore wind farms. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:

  • E.ON and Kyuden Mirai Form Offshore Wind Partnership in Japan

    23 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    German energy company E.ON and Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop offshore wind projects in Japan. The cooperation is focused on fixed bottom projects and starts with a study to jointly select a project for development, construction and operations in the Kyushu area, the southernmost island of Japan. The companies […]

  • Australia Putting Wind Projects Offshore Victoria on Fast Track

    21 October 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Australia’s federal government and the Victoria state government plan to fast-track Victorian Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) and offshore wind development in an effort to create new energy jobs across Victoria, unlock cleaner, cheaper and more secure energy, and put downward pressure on prices. The Commonwealth and Victoria have signed an agreement to jointly fund Victorian […]

  • Iberdrola Building Offshore Wind Powerhouse in German Baltic Sea

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola has been awarded the rights to construct two offshore wind farms totalling 486MW in German waters in the Baltic Sea.

  • Fraunhofer IWES Studying German Bight Offshore Wind Clusters

    12 November 2019
    R&D

    Fraunhofer IWES has commenced a project focused on investigating how the wind conditions in the German Bight could change if offshore wind farms are expanded on a large scale. The X-Wakes “Interaction Between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters With the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer” research project is funded by […]

  • Teco, China Steel Team Up for Taiwanese Offshore Wind

    23 July 2015

    Teco Electric & Machinery has officially established a joint venture with China Steel (CSC) in order to produce offshore wind turbines. The joint venture is to tackle Taiwan’s 4,000 MW installed offshore wind capacity target by 2030. According to Taiwanese media, Teco will contribute by integrating key wind power turbine components, while CSC will bring production of steel […]

  • Japan Expands Offshore Wind Development into Exclusive Economic Zone

    13 March 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The Japanese Government has passed an amendment to the “Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas”, expanding the area for setting up offshore wind to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Japanese government aims to deploy 10 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 30-45 GW by 2040, including floating wind, as part […]

  • SSE Renewables Calls On Ireland to Raise Offshore Wind Ambitions

    17 February 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has called on the Irish Government to expand its renewable energy ambition and increase its current 5 GW target of installed offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at the Irish Renewable Energy Summit at Croke Park, Dublin, the company’s Director of Development Maria Ryan said the offshore wind was key to addressing the […]

  • French Offshore Wind Tender Enters Competitive Dialogue Stage

    25 January 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has opened a competitive dialogue process towards selecting the developer of an offshore wind farm off the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. The process will be carried out in three phases: the selection of applications, competitive dialogue, and tender submissions and the selection of a winner. The procedure is scheduled […]

  • The Netherlands: Experts Discus European Supergrid at EWEA Offshore Wind

    30 November 2011

    A European offshore supergrid – with interconnections between European countries and to offshore wind farms in Europe’s seas – is the vision, but there are big and significant barriers to achieving that vision. ‘We don’t have an interconnected European network today, and we don’t have an offshore grid,’ Ana Aguado from Friends of the Super […]

  • UK Offshore Wind and CCS Colocation Projects Kick Off

    28 November 2023
    Business development, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Storage

    The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (the Forum), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed to inform the best approach to test and demonstrate the colocation of offshore wind and CCS activities in […]

  • Massachusetts to Procure Additional 2.4 GW of Offshore Wind by 2027

    30 March 2021
    Authorities

    Massachusetts will procure an additional 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy by 2027, adding to the U.S. state’s previous solicitation that secured 1,600 MW of offshore wind capacity to be installed by 2027. Adding new offshore wind capacity is based on a bipartisan bill signed into law by the state’s Governor Charlie Baker on 26 […]

  • RWE Looks for Offshore Wind Farm Foundation Developer (Germany)

    16 December 2011

    Essen based renewable energy developer, RWE Innogy​, is looking for a contractor to design, fabricate and supply up to 54 foundations for Innogy Nordsee 1 offshore wind farm. The contractor will deliver at least 44 and maximum 54 certifiable foundations. Each foundation will consists of four piles, a substructure (jacket) and a transition piece. Contractor will […]

  • Australia Working Towards Declaring Next Offshore Wind Zone

    15 August 2023
    Authorities

    The Australian federal government has launched consultation on a new offshore wind zone off the Illawarra in New South Wales (NSW), where a Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) was also declared by the NSW state government at the beginning of this year. The proposed offshore wind area has the potential to house up to 4.2 GW […]

  • Victoria Releases Updated Strategy to Boost Offshore Wind Industry

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

    Victorian Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has issued the Offshore Wind Implementation Statement 3 which outlines the parameters for the proposed support package for the first tranche of offshore wind projects in Victoria, Australia. The first tranche of offshore wind projects in Victoria will be run through a competitive auction process to be rolled out […]

  • CIP’s Second Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan Produces Power

    26 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan, jointly developed by Taiwan-based China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has produced first power. A third of the project’s wind turbines are now in place, CIP said in a press release on 26 June. Offshore installation work is expected to be […]

  • 14 Bidders Competing for New York Offshore Wind Area

    28 October 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified 14 companies as legally, technically and financially qualified to participate in the upcoming commercial wind lease sale of 79,350 acres offshore New York, including industry leaders such as DONG Energy, innogy and Iberdrola’s Avangrid Renewables. The lease sale has also attracted EDF Renewable Development, Statoil Wind US, wpd offshore Alpha, Deepwater […]