UK renewable energy provider Good Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted for its Walney 1 and Walney 2 offshore wind farms. Under the two‑year agreement, the largest deal of this kind for Good Energy, the UK company will purchase 200 GWh of electricity each year, around one-s
XOCEAN is set to begin a geophysical survey of a potential offshore export cable corridor for the proposed Bellrock floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. According to a Notice to Mariners, the survey campaign is scheduled to commence no earlier than 26 July and is expected to take around 60 days
NKT’s new cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, which will be able to run on both methanol and HVO/marine diesel oil, is on its way from Romania to Norway to undergo the next phase of construction. The official keel laying for the vessel took place in January 2025, some two months after the first
Fallpipe vessel (FPV) Flintstone is about to commence rock installation work at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, owned by SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Vårgrønn. The vessel, owned by DEME, will supply, transport, and install scour protection at various locations on
DEME has been awarded a contract by the Zeevonk joint venture, comprising Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), to transport and install foundations for the first phase of the 2 GW Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea. Under the contract, which remains subject to a
Hanwha Ocean has started construction of the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project off the coast of South Jeolla Province. The construction kick-off was marked with a ground-breaking ceremony that took place on 16 July in Shinan County. Located off Uido Island in Shinan, the offshore wind farm has
Ocean Winds has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the Moray Firth, around 40 kilometres off the coasts of Wick and Banff. The developer submitted consent applications to Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish gove
Cadeler has taken delivery of Wind Ace, the company’s eleventh wind installation vessel and second of three A-class newbuilds. Cadeler’s A-class vessels are capable of conversion from the installation of XXL foundations to the installation of wind turbine generators within a short period of time, th
RWE has achieved a milestone in the construction of the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm after installing 36 of the 72 turbines off Denmark’s west coast near Jutland. Each individual turbine from manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts, stands around 148 metres above sea level
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the delivery of its second cable-laying vessel (CLV) ahead of the planned schedule, following the acquisition from Norwegian DOF Group. Taihan reported in May that it had acquired the 2016-built Skandi Connector from DOF, representing the second of
Nadara has appointed Aker Solutions to undertake electrical infrastructure studies for the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm through its consultancy arm Entr and wholly owned subsidiary Unitech Power Systems. The work will support the development of a high-level electrical infrastructure concept for Bellr
Renewable energy consultancy OWC, Korea Leading Energy Management (KLEM), and OEG have entered into a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind balance of plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) services in South Korea. Under the collaborative framework, KLEM
Principle Power has been awarded the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support contract for the 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in the French Mediterranean operated by Ocean Winds (OW) in partnership with la Banque des Territoires. The agreement with EFGL covers the three W
The Floating Axis Wind Turbine (FAWT) consortium of six Japanese companies has installed an experimental low-cost next-generation floating wind turbine in the bay of Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The concept aims to make a fully domestic supply chain of offshore wind possible. The demonstrat
