PGE and Ørsted have signed a lease agreement with Istrana sp.z o.o. for the future T5 terminal in the Port of Gdansk that will be used for the storage, pre-assembly, and offshore installation of turbine components for Baltica 2, the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in Poland. The lease
Polenergia and Equinor have signed a contract with Tele-Fonika Kable S.A. (TFKable) for the supply of onshore cables and accessories for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. In addition, the companies selected the Dutch firm Visser & Smit Hanab to perform horizontal drilling in t
The European Commission (EC) has approved a EUR 682 million Belgian scheme to back the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. This approval sets the stage for the auction, planned to be launched on 28 October, for the first 700 MW wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zo
More than half of the advanced foundation components for the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm have already been built, as the project gears up for offshore construction in 2025. Ørsted selected Riggs Distler & Company, a union construction solutions firm with offices in Mt. Vernon and Saugerti
CASC has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa that will see the Northern Ireland-based engineering company working on offshore wind turbine preassembly projects worldwide. In August, CASC secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa for quayside mobilisation for wind turbine pre-assembly work
Nexans, a French manufacturer of subsea power cables, has unveiled a EUR 90 million investment to build new and upgrade existing facilities to support the growth of offshore wind in Europe. The investment will begin in 2025 and run through 2026 when the work is planned to be completed. The funding w
The US Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) has issued a funding call for up to USD 1.25 million to set up a consortium that will identify standardised offshore wind transmission equipment specifications to support coordinated procurement in the US. Managed by GDO and ConnectWerx, the
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish Department of Transport have established an advisory cooperation to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies for the development of port infrastructure for offshore wind projects in Irish waters. Signed by the Irish Minister for the Environmen
Danish Minister of Environment Magnus Heunicke, Vattenfall’s Head of Wind Helene Biström, and Country Manager for Vattenfall Denmark Anne Mette Traberg officially inaugurated the two offshore wind farms Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd on 12 September. The Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore w
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Renexia to design the underwater substations for the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean Sea. Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Aker Solutions, markin
Archer Wind has ordered TP-Products’ bolted connections for the floating wind foundation which will be installed as part of the Culzean pilot project. The one-turbine, 3 MW pilot is owned and developed by TotalEnergies and will power the Culzean gas platform in the UK North Sea. TotalEnergies has co
DEME Group has laid the first export cable for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, while also reaching a milestone by installing the 70th monopile foundation at the site off Virginia Beach in the US. As previously reported, Dominion Energy selected the consortium
In the quest to bring down the cost of offshore wind, Norwegian companies are innovating on several fronts, including cutting-edge floating foundation designs. Most wind energy experts agree: Floating offshore wind holds great promise, but costs must drop dramatically if floating solutions are to be
A consortium of GE Vernova and Seatrium has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction work on TenneT’s IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore converter platform, one of the first Dutch 2 GW grid connection projects. The first steel was cut at Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard shipyard in Singapore
