The first of three offshore substation jacket foundations has departed from the Danish Port of Esbjerg and is en route to the US, where it will be installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. In 2021, a consortium comprising Semco Maritime and CS Wind Offshore (previously B
The Voivode of West Pomerania has issued two construction permits to RWE for its 350 MW F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind farm in Poland. The permits cover the construction of offshore wind turbines along with inter-array and telecommunications cables and an offshore substation for the F.E.W Baltic II
ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group, has awarded an export cable contract for East Anglia Two (EA2), a 960 MW offshore wind farm in the UK, to Nexans. Under the contract, Nexans will supply and install approximately 100 kilometres of 275 kV high-voltage subsea export cables and 55
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the up to 2 GW Maryland offshore wind farm. The approval represents the agency’s completion of the final permit in US Wind’s federal permitting application. “After more than four years of rigo
Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyundai Steel to cooperate on the proposed Hanbando offshore wind project in South Korea. Under the MoU, Ocean Winds and Hyundai Steel will explore various ways to develop a suita
DEME Offshore has contracted JDR Cable Systems, part of the TFKable Group, for cable installation and commissioning work on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 2.6 GW CVOW, developed by Dominion Energy, is the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States. Und
Ocean Winds has extended its operations and maintenance (O&M) long-term contract with Principle Power for the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic project, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm. Since the project’s first WindFloat unit was installed in 2019, Principle Power has provided
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the New York Bight offshore wind area. The ROD specifies environmental measures expected to be applied to the development of projects in the six lease areas that BOEM awarded in 2022. Set to be published in the
Work on Finland’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is moving forward, with geophysical surveys being carried out to examine the seabed at the Korsnäs site. In July 2024, the project’s developers, Vattenfall and the Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus, selected GEOxyz and Arctia to
Norwegian Vard has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the methanol fuelling system of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) currently under construction for North Star. The AiP is awarded by Lloyd’s Register and applies to two of the vessels designed and under construction for No
The first batch of four jacket foundations, manufactured by Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has set sail from Vietnam. The units will be installed at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. To celebrate this milestone, PTSC and others held a special ceremo
The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, owned by ScottishPower and Ørsted, has passed ten years in operation since its commissioning in 2014. Built and operated as a 50/50 partnership, the 389 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm was commissioned in 2014, with its 108 Siemens 3.6 MW turbi
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Flagship Fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Sino-American Silicon Products and its renewable energy subsidiary, Sustainable Energy Solution (SES) for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind p
First TP-less monopile for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project has been completed at Dajin Heavy Industry’s Penglai facility in China. In a recent social media update, Dajin Heavy Industry announced that the Nordseecluster project represents a major milestone for the company, as it is their
