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Thor OWF Wind and Metocean Campaign Completed
Akrocean has completed a one-year wind and meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) campaign for the Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. The company retrieved its floating LiDAR from the project site in the Danish part of the North Sea earlier this summer and delivered wind and metocean data to t
Hollandse Kust (Noord) OSS Jacket Taking Final Shape
TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore jacket foundation is nearing completion at the Vlissingen yard of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG). With the roll-up completed, and the two-part cable deck now installed, the jacket is now entering the final stages of fabrication, SLPE, the designer of the jac
Zero-Subsidy Bids Rule Offshore Germany, RWE and EDF Named Winners
Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has selected RWE Renewables and EDF Renewables as the winners of the tender to develop up to 958 MW of offshore wind capacity across two sites in the North Sea and one site in the Baltic Sea. RWE Renewables placed zero-subsidy bids to develop offs
Iberdrola Reveals Massive Offshore Wind Power Play in Taiwan
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has announced three new offshore wind development projects in Taiwan with a combined potential capacity of approximately six gigawatts. The projects are named Da-Chung Bu Offshore Wind (大中部離岸風電), Guo-Feng Offshore Wind (果豐離岸風電) and Ju-Dao Offshore Wind (菊島離岸風電) and wil
Ørsted and T&T Group Forge Offshore Wind Alliance in Vietnam
Ørsted and Vietnam’s T&T Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch a strategic collaboration on offshore wind in Vietnam. The collaboration between Ørsted and T&T is said to bring together a multi-GW pipeline of greenfield offshore wind projects located off the coasts of the Bi
Singapore’s Mooring Solutions Specialist Diversifying into Floating Wind
Singapore-based provider of mooring solutions Mooreast Asia has decided to diversify into the floating wind market and has, for this purpose, acquired an upgraded water-front facility in Singapore that will more than double its capacity. The company will use the new facility for components fabricati
Using AIS monitoring to reduce the risk of subsea cable failures caused by external factors
By Siddharth Uppal, Product Manager Service & Installation at NKT Meeting our energy targets – the importance of subsea cables for offshore wind farms and interconnecting power grids Subsea power cables are critical infrastructure for the transmission of renewable energy globally. Growing demand for
GWEC Expects Record Year in Offshore Wind Installations
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) expects 2021 to be the new record year for new offshore wind capacity installed globally. Last year, 6.1 GW of offshore wind capacity were installed globally, a slight decrease from a record 6.24 GW in 2019. With China’s offshore wind sector rushing to install 7
FLOTANT Validates Dynamic Cable Design for Floating Wind
The consortium behind the FLOTANT project has completed the validation of a dynamic cable concept for deepwater floating wind projects. As part of the dynamic cable scope, consortium partners Hellenic Cables and ITA have completed the design and engineering of a braided armor for the protection of t
Estonia and Latvia Ramping Up Work on Joint 1 GW Offshore Wind Project
A decision on selecting specific areas for further development within the Elwind offshore project could be adopted in early 2022, according to the Ministry of Economic of Latvia, which announced on 8 September that Hendrikson & KO and Pondera Consult were awarded a contract for a pre-feasibility stu
ABB, Aker Solutions Join Forces on Offshore Wind
ABB and Aker Solutions have added offshore wind to a strategic alliance agreement the two companies signed in 2016 for seabed solutions for oil and gas. The updated agreement, which now also includes offshore fish farming, covers electrical and control for seabed solutions and offshore wind, power-f
GIG Enters Irish Offshore Wind Market, Buys a Relevant Status Project
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm, in Galway, Ireland. Sceirde Rocks is a proposed 400 MW offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough energy to power the equivalent of up to 295,000 homes
Sembcorp Marine Adds Iv-Offshore & Energy to Sofia Offshore Substation Team
Iv-Offshore & Energy b.v. has signed the main contract with Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard Pte Ltd (SMIY) to supply engineering and procurement services for the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter platform of RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm. Sofia offshore wind farm, located off th
New Players Target 5.4 GW of Wind Capacity Offshore Scotland
Invenergy and floating production specialist BW Offshore have formed a joint venture to develop up to 5.4 gigawatts of offshore wind as part of the first ScotWind leasing round in Scotland. The joint venture will focus on developing both floating and fixed foundation offshore wind projects off the N