The UK Planning Inspectorate has now sent a recommendation for the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm application to the Secretary of State, a little over a year after RWE applied for development consent and three months after the Inspectorate completed its examination. With the Planning Inspectorate’s r
Ingka Investments has completed its acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in OX2’s Finnish offshore wind projects that have a potential capacity of about 6 GW. On 12 May, the Swedish developer OX2 revealed that an agreement had been inked with Ingka Investments for the sale of 49 per cent of three offs
Equinor has entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Wergeland Group as the preferred supplier for the fabrication of foundations and the assembly of turbines for floating offshore wind. At the same time, Equinor and partner Vårgrønn confirm which floater concept will be developed for the
New England states, New York, and New Jersey have formally requested federal support to establish an interregional transmission planning collaborative, which would see the US Department of Energy (DOE) leading the states in planning activities for interconnections in the Northeast US and assessing o
Hammerfest Energy and Varanger Kraft have decided to join the Blåse Energi consortium focused on developing floating offshore wind projects in Norway. According to the press release, Hammerfest Energi and Varanger Kraft will contribute with expertise around grids and grid planning, as well as dialog
ABL has been awarded a marine warranty surveyor (MWS) contract for the EolMed floating offshore wind project in France, where the consultancy will provide MWS services during the offshore construction of the wind farm. ABL’s office in Paris will support the developer Qair with MWS services covering
Iberdrola Deutschland and SHS – Stahl Holding Saar, an operational management holding company that performs tasks for the two major steel companies in the German state of Saarland, Dillinger and Saarstahl, have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.
The Netherlands-based Twentsche KabelFabriek (TKF) has been awarded a cable supply contract from Ørsted for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The contract scope includes the supply and termination of close to 200 kilometres of inter-array cables and other cables inc
The 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm has produced its first green power and delivered it via TenneT’s offshore grid to the Dutch mainland. “We often talk about milestones along a project’s journey, and CrossWind has had a number to date, but to have the wind turbines generating green e
OX2 has signed a letter of intent with Ecopelag to investigate the possibilities for large-scale cultivation of blue mussels at the Aurora offshore wind farm in Sweden. The Aurora offshore wind farm is located approximately 20 kilometres south of Gotland and 30 kilometres east of Öland, within the S
RWE has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique, as the preferred supplier of two offshore substations for the first phase of its Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two
The Navantia-Windar consortium has started shipping the remaining jacket foundations for the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. Each batch will comprise four jackets of the 38 that
Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel Voltaire has arrived in the port of Able Seaton, UK, from where it is set to start installing GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in early July. Jan De Nul took delivery of Voltaire from China’s COSCO Shipping Shipyard at the end [&
BadaEnergy has signed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with KEPCO Engineering and Construction (KEPCO E&C) for the onshore power supply system of the Ulsan Gray Whale 3 offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the contract, KEPCO E&C will perform as the FEED contractor for onshore cabl
