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Asso.subsea to Install Cables at Danish Offshore Wind Pair
Vattenfall has awarded Asso.subsea with a contract for the transportation, installation, protection and commissioning of the 66 kV export and inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind projects in Denmark.
Most Advanced Offshore Wind Project in Australia Gets State Funding
Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, has entered a AUD 43.1 million (around EUR 27.7 million) partnership with the Victorian government to progress key development activities and kick-start a local offshore wind industry. This partnership will see the Star of the South invest
Equinor Progresses with Wind Farm Extensions Offshore UK
On behalf of Sheringham Shoal Extension and Dudgeon Extension partnerships (SEP and DEP), Equinor has published a summary of its phase two consultation, which took place in the summer of this year. SEP and DEP will double the capacity of the existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms
LM Wind Power Targets Zero Waste Turbine Blades by 2030
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, plans to produce zero waste blades by 2030. The company said it would play a central role in supporting its customers to develop fully circular wind turbines that generate less waste during their production. In practice, LM Wind Power’s vision of zero w
Italy Receives 64 Expressions of Interest to Build Floating Offshore Wind Farms
Italy’s Ministry of Ecological Transition has received 64 Expressions of Interest (EoI) for the development of floating offshore wind projects off the country’s coast. The Ministry is working at encouraging the development of a new generation of floating offshore wind farms, and the first round of b
Heerema Unlocking Baltic Sea with Thialf Crane Modifications
Heerema Marine Contractors is modifying cranes onboard Thialf to enable this world’s second-largest semi-submersible crane vessel to enter the Baltic Sea and work on the Arcadis Ost I offshore wind farm. Heerema Fabrication Group is fabricating the structures needed for the modification of Thialf’s
Vestas Suffers Cyber Security Incident
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has been impacted by a cyber security incident. The incident occurred on Friday, 19 November. As a response, IT systems were shut down across multiple business units and locations to contain the issue, the company said. Vestas has since, together with external
Novel Lifting Tool Passes Offshore Tests
Seaqualize, Van Oord, and the nautical research institute MARIN have trialled Seaqualize’s inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the Delta600. The offshore lifting tool underwent 62 hours of offshore testing in the Dutch North Sea, Seaqualize said. Delta600 was tested for fixed-to-floating, floati
Dogger Bank Wind Farm Starts Building O&M Base
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has officially broken ground for its net-zero carbon Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at the Port of Tyne, the UK. At 3.6 GW, the Dogger Bank wind farm will become the biggest in the world when operational in 2026, and be capable of providing around 5 per cent of the UK’s
Jan De Nul, LS Cable Complete First Subsea Cables for Dutch Offshore Wind Farms
LS Cable & System and Jan De Nul have completed the first lot of submarine power cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind projects in the Netherlands.
Keppel Secures Another Big Offshore Wind Contract
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd’s, a wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Ltd, has secured a contract from a renewable energy company for the construction of two offshore substation topsides worth around SGD 110 million (around EUR 71.6 million). Keppel O&M’s work scope comprises the engineering, procur
Major Finnish Offshore Wind Project Moves Ahead
Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus is launching wind measurements for the proposed Korsnäs offshore wind farm. The wind measurements will be carried out in Maalahti and are part of the plans to build the offshore wind farm with a capacity of between 1.3 GW and 2 GW 15 kilometres off the we
Offshore Wind Contracts Abound in November
A significant number of contract notices seeking services within the offshore wind industry has been issued over the past several weeks. The work required spans several European markets and covers offshore investigations, certification services, vessel services, offshore maintenance, electricity out
Construction Starts on First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm
Vineyard Wind has broken ground for its 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project in Barnstable, Massachusetts, setting the US on a road to its first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which is also the first such project in the Americas region. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 18 November at Covell