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SeaTwirl Chooses Westcon Yards to Manufacture and Install Its 1 MW Floater in Norway
Swedish floating wind technology developer SeaTwirl has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Norwegian shipyard Westcon Yards for the manufacture and offshore installation of the 1 MW S2x floating wind turbine at a site in Norway. At the beginning of this year, SeaTwirl was granted a five-year conc
Vena Energy to Launch 1.8 GW Wind Projects Offshore Taiwan
Vena Energy, a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has announced that it will launch two offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.8 GW to participate in auctions under Taiwan’s Phase 3 offshore wind zonal development. The first offshore wind project, called Wei-Na, wi
Maersk Supply Service, Stiesdal to Offer Combined Solutions to Floating Wind Developers
Maersk Supply Service and Stiesdal Offshore have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their expertise and offer integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) solutions for foundations and moorings to floating offshore wind project developers. The new partnershi
Lamprell Inks USD 200+ Million Deal for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm
UAE-based offshore construction and fabrication specialist Lamprell has signed a contract worth over USD 200 million for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The deal, first agreed upon in March, has now been officially signed with the wind farm’s developers Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint vent
Equinor, BP and WCS to Continue Tracking Large Whales in New York Bight Until 2028
Empire Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Equinor and BP, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have extended their agreement on monitoring large whales in the Empire Wind lease area, located in the New York Bight off the southern coast of Long Island. In 2019, Equinor (the sole owner of the
BlueFloat, Energy Estate to Increase Greater Gippsland Capacity to 2.1 GW
Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have expanded the proposed capacity of the Greater Gippsland wind project offshore Australia from 1,275 MW to 2,085 MW. Initially, the two companies planned to develop a 1.3 GW bottom-fixed offshore wind project located off the coast of the Gippsland re
RWE Wins German Offshore Wind Tender with Zero-Subsidy Bid, Vattenfall Expected to Step In
RWE Renewables Offshore HoldCo Four GmbH has won the tender to develop a 980 MW offshore wind farm in the N-7.2 zone in the German North Sea. RWE proposed to build an offshore wind farm in the N-7.2 area without government subsidies. ”The zero-cent bid further confirms the attractiveness of investme
123-Metre Wind Turbine Blade Rolls Out in China
China-based Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group Co., Ltd. (LZ Blades) has rolled out a 123-metre long blade which the company claims is the world’s longest wind turbine blade. The blade, which will be adapted to be installed on 16 MW offshore wind turbines, weighs 50 tonnes, exceeds 5 met
Nexans Completes Seagreen Export Cable Works
France-headquartered Nexans has completed the installation of all the subsea cables and onshore cables on the 1,075 MW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Nexans has supplied and installed three 65-kilometre offshore export cables and three 20-kilometre onshore export cables for which the company
TenneT Starts Tendering Procedure for Offshore Cable Systems
Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has opened a qualification period for a tender for the supply and installation of HVAC cable systems in the N-3.7 and N-3.8 wind areas offshore Germany. The scope of the intended contract includes design, engineering, production, delivery, proje
China Dominates Offshore Wind Rankings, Global Operating Capacity at 55 GW – WFO
6,759 MW of offshore wind capacity went into operation during the first six months of 2022 compared to 1,627 MW during the same period a year earlier, World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) said in its Global Offshore Wind Report HY1 2022. This growth was mainly driven by China which installed 5.1 GW of ne
Geophysical Survey Needed for 2.5 GW Baltica Offshore Wind Farms
Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-3 and Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-2 have issued a tender for a geophysical and 3D Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (UHRS) survey at the 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 wind farms offshore Poland. The tender is divided into two separate lots. Lot 1 covers a 3D UHRS survey of
Vestas 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Sports TTTech Industrial Gear
A scalable distributed control system (DCS) by TTTech Industrial has been integrated into the world’s first 15 MW wind turbine, the Vestas V236-15.0 MW. TTTech Industrial and Vestas have been working together for more than ten years. TTTech Industrial’s DCS is being integrated into thousands of Vest
Ørsted Issues Green Bonds, Secures Nearly EUR 2 Billion
Ørsted has issued green bonds of nearly EUR 2 billion after securing investor commitment for nominal EUR 900 million and GBP 950 million (about EUR 1.1 billion) to finance its global build-out of renewable energy and its green growth ambition of reaching approximately 50 GW of installed capacity by