Tokyo-based JFE Engineering Corporation has produced what it says is Japan’s first domestically manufactured monopile for an offshore wind farm. The monopile is destined for the 315 MW Oga–Katagami–Akita project, owned by a consortium consisting of JERA Nex BP, Electric Power Development (J-POWER),
TotalEnergies Gas & Power Limited has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for electricity produced by the Walney 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the UK. The company signed the PPA with Offshore Partners Walney (OPW), which holds a 24.8 per cent ownership stake in Walney 1 & 2, major
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched a tender for preliminary geophysical investigation of offshore wind sites in Zones 3 and 4 of the German North Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contract, covering work in 2027 and 2028, will enable collecting seabed and subs
Taiwan’s Energy Administration is processing the termination of the administrative contract for the 700 MW Youde offshore wind project, developed by Shinfox Energy. According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA), the Energy Administration confirmed on 24 August that the developer had not completed
Tokyo Electric Power Company Renewable Power (TEPCO RP) has begun the environmental assessment process for a planned offshore wind farm of up to 420 MW off Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, one of the areas included in Japan’s first fixed-bottom offshore wind auction round, which was originally secured by a
The State Government of Victoria has launched Australia’s first offshore wind auction, opening a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for the state’s first 2 GW of offshore wind capacity. Developers can now bid for contracts for projects off the Gippsland coast, with projects to be assessed on value f
Norwegian company Glamox has secured a contract to supply marine lighting for 35 wind turbine foundations at the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company will provide more than 900 marine luminaires for the transition pieces of the turbines under an agreement with ProCon Taiwan and SK oce
Ørsted, on behalf of the joint venture with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, which is building the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea, has selected Northern Helicopter for the provision of medevac services during the project’s construction. The contract, valued at a little ov
MacGregor has received DNV certification for floating-to-floating (F2F) personnel transfers using its Horizon gangway following a sea acceptance test. For F2F operations, the gangway uses a purpose-designed flap at its tip instead of the docking head used for conventional fixed-structure landings. L
Ho Chi Minh City’s Standing People’s Committee has reviewed a feasibility study for an offshore wind development proposed to have an installed capacity of 6 GW. Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Cong Vinh chaired a meeting on 20 August with relevant departments to hear
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has granted Ventyr, a consortium of JERA Nex BP and Ingka Investments, a twelve-month extension of the deadline for submitting a license application for the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) project, Norway’s first commercial offshore wind farm. Ventyr submi
A fire was reported on a wind turbine at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan on 8 August after the turbine’s system detected an abnormal condition and automatically stopped its operation. Ørsted said the wind farm team observed the fire shortly after the automatic trip and ext
Jan De Nul has installed all 23 foundation elements for the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island, being built 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast. The project is now entering the next phase of construction, according to the company. Developed by Belgium grid operator
Van Oord has completed the installation of all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The foundation installation campaign, which started in May, covered 107 monopiles for the project’s wind turbines and four foundations for the offshore substat
