Baltic Power, a joint venture between Polish PKN Orlen and Canadian Northland Power, has launched a tender for the preparation of documentation, implementation of an investment process, and the construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base which will serve the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore
Norway-based Akastor ASA and IKM Industrial Group have joined forces to launch an operations & maintenance (O&M) company targetting developers, operators, sub-suppliers, and owners of offshore renewables infrastructure, including offshore wind farms. The company, named Føn Energy Services, will prov
EDF Renewables has launched a new green hydrogen project in Teesside, UK, which will be powered by offshore wind and solar energy. The Tees Green Hydrogen production centre will be based in the vicinity of the former Redcar steelworks. The project will use green electricity from EDF’s nearby operati
James Hunt (Interconnectors & Cables Lead, Xodus) and Matt Blythe (Co-Founder, Continuum Industries), explain why offshore wind developers need to understand how more detailed and early optioneering on marine export cable routes can generate financial value at EVERY stage of their project The first
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ulsan City, Ulsan Port Authority, and Sejin Heavy Industries & Construction to cooperate on Ulsan’s plan to develop a 9 GW floating offshore wind complex by 2030. According to the MoU, Ulsan City, Sejin Heavy
Holland Shipyards Group has completed the upgrades to the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel, Rotra Mare, extending it from 141.6 metres to 153.2 metres to make room for the ever-growing turbine parts. The manager of the vessel, Amasus Shipping, commissioned Holland Shipyards Group to extend the heavy
The wind turbines of the 16.8 MW Irene Vorrink nearshore wind farm, one of Vattenfall’s oldest wind farms in the Netherlands, will be dismantled after 25 years in operation. The 28 wind turbines of the Irene Vorrink wind farm, named after the Dutch politician Irene Vorrink who passed away in 1996, a
Denmark’s Copenhagen Energy A/S has set in motion the plan to develop an offshore wind farm with a capacity in excess of 3 GW off Western Australia. Leeuwin Offshore Wind Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Copenhagen Energy, is proposing the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Lee
The Mayor of the Colombian city of Barranquilla, Jaime Pumarejo, is set to sign an agreement with the Danish offshore wind investor/developer Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for a 350 MW offshore wind project. Mayor Pumarejo said: “We are going to sign a memorandum of understanding with Cop
The 4,800-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed at the 1,075 GW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. At 40 metres long, 45 metres wide, and 15 metres high, the topside will collect and manage the power generated by the 114 Vestas 10 MW wind turbines before transferring it ashore via
The first wind turbine components, a number of tower sections, for the 450 Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm have arrived at the Port of Dundee in Scotland. Jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB and under construction 15 kilometres off the coast of Fife, NnG will comprise 54 Siemens Gamesa
CWind Taiwan, a joint venture between CWind and International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC), has acquired a new crew transfer vessel (CTV) to support the offshore wind market in Taiwan. The vessel, named CWind Pesanach, has already joined CWind Taiwan’s fleet and will be supporting an o
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have secured a 40-year maritime concession for the 1,350 MW Odra Energia floating wind project offshore off the southern coast of the province of Lecce, Italy. The Odra Energia wind farm will comprise 90 wind turbines installed in the Ionian Sea, between 12 kilo
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services on all three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, off the UK northeast coast. Under the contract, SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination personnel service to support constructio
