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COWI to Design Foundations for 15 MW Empire Wind Turbines
Empire Offshore Wind has awarded the engineering consulting group, COWI, with a contract to deliver a turnkey design for the wind turbine foundations for the Empire Wind 1 and 2 projects off the coast of Long Island, New York. This is COWI’s largest offshore wind engineering contract in the US to da
Sweden Launches Major Offshore Wind Push, Targets 120 TWh Annually
The Swedish government has launched a search for new sea areas suitable for the development of offshore wind farms to support the country’s newly established plan of generating up to 120 terawatt-hours of electricity annually from this renewable source. The government has now decided on Sweden’s fir
Hawaiian Company to Develop New Mooring Method for Grid-Scale Floating Wind Turbines
Makai Ocean Engineering, an ocean technology and engineering firm based in Hawaii, US, will develop new mooring and anchoring methods for grid-scale floating offshore wind turbines and hydrokinetic systems, according to the US Department of Energy, which just awarded the company USD 849,952 to devel
Dogger Bank Debut for Proserv Cable Guard
DEME Offshore has contracted Proserv Controls for the delivery of the monitoring system for inter-array cables for the first two phases of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Proserv will supply its Electro Cable Guard (ECG) cable monitoring system (CMS) for Dogger Bank A and B, integrating appli
Construction Starts on New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm
South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has approved the final investment decision (FID) for the project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm. This final investment solidifies the companies’ commitment to the 132 MW offshore wind farm. The FID also marked th
Fécamp Gravity-Based Foundations Rise, Saipem 7000 to Handle Them
The first of the 71 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm has been completed at the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France. The consortium of Bouygues Construction, Saipem, and Boskalis is in charge of supplying and installing the foundations for the 500 MW wind farm located b
UK Monopile Factory Changes Location, New Address at Teesworks
SeAH Wind Ltd will build a GBP 200-300 million UK XXL monopile manufacturing facility at Teesworks and not at Able UK’s Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the South Bank of the Humber as initially planned. SeAH Wind Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, has not spe
Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Picks Q&I Services Provider
Bureau Technical Services has announced that they will support the UK-based Sofia offshore wind farm project with quality and inspection services activity. According to the company, its initial involvement is the export cables package at Prysmian’s Pikkala factory in Finland, where Bureau Technical
First Taiwan-Flagged CSOV Completes Harsh Weather Trials
Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has completed harsh weather demonstrations at the offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with the first Taiwan-flagged commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Orient Constructor. The trials, conducted in early Januar
Danish Marine Survey Specialist Exits US Offshore Wind Market
Denmark-headquartered marine survey provider, Survey Association, has decided to exit the US offshore wind market. Survey Association has been involved in the offshore wind markets in Europe and Japan for more than two decades. In 2020, the company formed a strategic alliance with Charles Taylor Mar
Eni Completes Dogger Bank C Stake Buy
Italian oil and gas major Eni has completed the aquisition of a 20 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm in the UK. Eni bought the stakes from Equinor (ten per cent) and SSE Renewables (ten per cent). Eni is already a partner with SSE Renewables and Equinor on […]
First Offshore Wind Turbine in Mediterranean Stands
Van Oord’s jack-up MPI Resolution has installed the first wind turbine at the Beleolico wind farm offshore Italy. This is the first wind turbine to be installed on a commercial offshore wind farm anywhere in the Mediterranean sea. The 30 MW Beleolico, also known as the Taranto offshore wind farm, wi
UK Greenlights Vattenfall’s 3.6 GW Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone
The UK Government has awarded planning consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm. Both projects in Vattenfall’s proposed Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone, including the sister project Norfolk Boreas, have now been approved. ”Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas are industry leading proje
Macron: France to Build 50 Offshore Wind Farms by 2050
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will have around 40 GW of offshore wind capacity in operation by 2050. This capacity corresponds to around 50 offshore wind farms, President Macron said in a speech at GE’s steam turbine factory for nuclear power plants in Belfort. The offsh