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Eneti Orders Second 20 MW Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Eneti Inc. has entered into a binding agreement for the construction of the second next-generation wind turbine installation vessel with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). Eneti has exercised an option it held with DSME for the construction of the WTIV. The contract pri
Spain’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Presses Forward
Spain’s Greenalia has obtained the authorization in terms of aeronautical easements by AESA (State Aviation Safety Agency) for the assembly of four 12.4 MW wind turbines at the Gofio floating wind farm off the Gran Canaria. With this permit, Greenalia has the approval for Gofio floating offshore win
Siemens Energy and Iemants to Build Moray West Offshore Substations
Moray West has selected the Siemens Energy/Iemants consortium for the supply of the project’s two offshore substation platforms using Siemens Energy’s Offshore Transformer Module (OTM®) technology. The contract is subject to the award of a Contract for Difference in 2022 and financial close for the
UK Port Set for Revival with Plans to Recycle Old Rigs into Foundations for Floating Wind Farms
UK’s Ardersier Port, which was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world employing up to 4,500 workers, is now set to be transformed into Europe’s first fully circular energy transition facility where old oil rigs will be recycled to make foundations for floating offshore wind farms
Vattenfall Surveying Hydrogen Pipeline Route at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall has contracted Fugro to carry out a geoscience survey and subsequent data processing and reporting for a proposed hydrogen pipeline route connecting the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) and Aberdeen Port. The route runs from a proposed landfall in Nig
EDF to Bid in Norwegian Tender with Deep Wind Offshore
EDF Renewables has partnered with the Norwegian Independent Power Producer (IPP) Deep Wind Offshore to bid in the offshore wind auction in Norway, where the new 50/50 joint venture will submit applications for the development of two commercial-scale projects in the tendered areas, Utsira Nord and Sø
RWE Wins Danish ‘Luck of the Draw’ Offshore Wind Tender
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities and the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) have announced that Thor Wind Farm I/S (owned by RWE AG, RWE Renewables GmbH, and RWE Renewables Management UK Limited) has won the tender for the 1,000 MW Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to da
Deepest Fixed Bottom Offshore Wind Farm Ready for First Turbines
Cadeler’s jack up Wind Osprey has arrived at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool to load the first batch of Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines to be installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Wind Osprey is expected to arrive at the installation site some 27 kilometres off the Angus coast wi
TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating
The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. The fully assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, w
Poland Gets EU’s Green Light to Prolong Renewable Energy Support Scheme
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the prolongation of an existing scheme to support electricity production from renewable sources in Poland. The measure was initially approved in 2017 with a budget of approximately EUR 9.4 billion (PLN 40 billion), and was set to expire
Ørsted Clears German Offshore Wind Farms for Takeoff
Ørsted has taken the final investment decision (FID) on the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and the 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 are expected to be commissioned in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Jörg Kubitza, Managing Director for Ørsted
Cadeler Picks Huisman Cranes for X-Class Offshore Wind Installation Vessels
Cadeler A/S has signed a contract with Huisman to design and construct two >2,000 t Leg Encircling Cranes (LEC) for the two Cadeler X-class vessels scheduled to be ready by the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, respectively. The identical Leg Encircling Cranes have a 155-metre long boom, capabl
BW Ideol Acquires Ownership Stake in EolMed Floating Wind Farm
BW Ideol has signed an agreement to acquire a 5 per cent ownership in the 30 MW EolMed floating wind pilot project offshore France’s Mediterranean coast. The project is progressing towards final investment decision (FID) with an expected start of construction in early 2022, BW Ideol said. The floati
Hyundai Heavy’s Hi-Float Floating Wind Foundation Gets Bureau Veritas Nod
Bureau Veritas has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its design and development of the Hi-Float floating offshore wind turbine foundation. Hi-Float is designed to support a 10 MW wind turbine with proven semi-submersible and mooring technolo