Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative operations of cable-laying vessels for the offshore wind market. The two Japanese companies plan to jointly research commercial opportunities in new subsea cable-laying demand, ma
Germany plans to auction off sites in its North Sea Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the purpose of producing green hydrogen offshore, with auctions expected to start as early as 2022. The Ordinance on Auctioning Sites for Alternative Energy Generation in the German Exclusive Economic Zone entered
Italy’s Prysmian Group has received the Notice to Proceed with the approximately EUR 200 million contract to supply a submarine power cable system for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Vineyard Wind 1 will consist of an array of 62 wind turbines installed offshore M
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired the rights for the Kattegatt wind farm project offshore Sweden from Agrivind AB. Situated off the coast of the Falkenberg municipality, the development stage project is anticipated to have an installed capacity of up to 260 MW. Once operational,
Great Yarmouth-based marine and engineering specialist Alicat has won a multi-million-pound contract with North Star Renewables to build a hybrid-powered daughter craft fleet to be used on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Following a competitive tender involving multiple UK shipyards, Alicat has
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project and TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. have signed a preferred supplier agreement for an onshore substation with an installed capacity of 1,044 MW. This is the only onshore substation built for offshore wind farms in Taiwan that exceeds 1GW, and this collaboration mar
A new Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) report has been launched to help Scottish companies understand and gain a foothold into the burgeoning global offshore wind market. Produced for SOWEC by Scotia Supply Chain, this guide aims to appraise current and prospective Scottish exporters of
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has completed the construction of two offshore substations for Ørsted which will be deployed at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The detailed engineering, procurement, and construction for the two 600 MW unman
Spain’s naval services provider Navantia and EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions SL have signed an agreement for the development and commercial exploitation of services devoted to the inspection, diagnosis, and monitoring of offshore wind farms around the world using and operating unmanned marine vehicle
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has submitted an environmental report for the 1.5 GW Skåne Havsvindpark wind farm project offshore Sweden. The submission of the report was preceded by surveys and a thorough environmental impact assessment (EIA), the developer said. Skåne offshore wind farm is
Seaway 7 has selected the Port of Blyth as the location for the storage and mobilisation of the inter-array cables for the 1,075 MW Seagreen 1 wind farm offshore Scotland. The Northumberland-based port has already started to receive cable into quayside storage tanks, designed and built by their in-h
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 500 million loan with Ørsted A/S to support its increased capex programme on renewable energy projects, and the conclusion of the Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm off the Dutch coast with a long-term commitment from EIB. “We’re very pleased with the commit
The total pipeline of offshore wind projects around the world now stands at 413 GW, new research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team has shown. The pipeline includes projects which are fully operational, under construction, consented or being planned. The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2 GW of
A consortium of TotalEnergies, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and RIDG has submitted a bid for an offshore wind project in an area west of the Orkney Islands as part of the ScotWind leasing round. The two-gigawatt proposal, named the West of Orkney Windfarm, has the potential to power more than
