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Gwynt Y Mor Readies for Export Cable Corridor Survey Following Cable Issues
The Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in the UK is set to undergo a pre-construction survey of its export cable corridor, following a series of export cable issues. Titan Endeavour will carry out the work, starting around 15 April and scheduled to take up to seven days, subject to weather conditions. T
Saipem 7000 Leaves Seagreen for Maintenance, Wind Turbine Installation on Stand-By
21 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The turbines have been installed on all available 21 jacket foundations, and the installation activity will recomm
Shell, ScottishPower Begin Next Chapter of Their 5 GW Floating Wind Story in Scotland
Shell and ScottishPower have signed option agreements with Crown Estate Scotland for their two floating wind farms that have a combined capacity of 5 GW. ScottishPower also has a third, bottom-fixed offshore wind project that secured seabed lease rights in the ScotWind leasing round. The floating wi
Philippines Launching Offshore Wind Roadmap
The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines and the World Bank Group will virtually launch the country’s first Offshore Wind Roadmap on 20 April. The World Bank Group and DOE have worked closely to prepare this first-of-its-kind roadmap, which aims to tap the country’s 178-gigawatt offshore wi
Bureau Veritas and Korean Register Forge Floating Alliance in Korea
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore and Korean Register (KR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on floating offshore wind development in Korea’s East Sea. The two companies aim to share technologies, information, and experiences in the field of floating offshore wind farms in the E
Offshore Wind Industry Council Launches Online Educational Modules
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has launched a series of online modules to support those new to the offshore wind industry by covering topics from project inception to decommissioning. The publicly available online modules explain how offshore wind farms are planned, the consenting process
RIDG Signs Its First Offshore Wind Seabed Agreement
Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), TotalEnergies, and Corio Generation have signed an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for their 2 GW offshore wind project, West of Orkney Windfarm, which was selected in the ScotWind leasing round at the beginning of this year. “This is a
Tender for 700 MW Dutch Offshore Wind Site Pushed Back
Tendering process for one of the offshore wind areas the Dutch Government planned to auction this year has been postponed and will be launched at a later time, with the specific timeline expected to be announced later this year. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site
EDF Renewables, DP Energy Pinpoint Celtic Sea Site for 1 GW Floating Wind Project
EDF Renewables UK and DP Energy have revealed more details about the location of their Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea, which could have up to 1 GW of installed capacity. The Gwynt Glas wider search area is 70 kilometres off the coast of Pembrokeshire and 45 kilometres fr
Hollandse Kust West Alpha Substation Starts Taking Shape
Smulders has announced that both parts of the jacket for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (West Alpha) substation were upended at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The first part was upended last week, while the second one was upturned on 11 April. Assembly work is expected to continue with th
BlueFloat, Falck and Ørsted Seal ScotWind Leases
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have signed option agreements for their two joint projects selected in the ScotWind offshore leasing round, and another option agreement for a third project for which the partnership secured a lease in a consortium with Ørsted. The two leases secured by Falck Re
Fugro Gets Call for 3 GW Offshore Wind Sites in the UK
Fugro has won a contract with BP and EnBW to carry out a geotechnical site investigation campaign at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea. Fieldwork will run from May to September at the site located approximately 30 kilometres off the coast of North Wales and North West Engla
RWE Submits Six Offshore Wind Applications in Poland
RWE Renewables has submitted applications for six offshore location licenses for the development of wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The Polish government has offered eleven new areas in total for the development of offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 10 GW, as well as energy islands
Natural Power Lands Neart na Gaoithe Control Centre Contract
Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has been appointed by EDF Renewables and ESB to act as the control point for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. Opened in 2018, Natural Power’s ControlCentre will provide NnG with out-of-hours system monitori