G-Tec has started geophysical survey work for ELWIND, an offshore wind project that Estonia and Latvia will build together. The Belgian company’s survey vessel Karina has been investigating the seabed in the ELWIND offshore wind farm areas in Estonia and Latvia since early September, with the work e
The Brazilian government has taken the next step towards realising its plan to establish a regulatory framework that will facilitate planning and permitting offshore wind projects, as the country’s National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved a resolution to form an Offshore Wind Working Group (GT
The first of two platforms for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm, developed by Skyborn Renewables, has been moved out of the construction hall at the Smulders yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. OSS Darß, which was transported out of the construction hall in September, currently weighs 3,800
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, is scheduled to place the offshore substation (OSS) topside on top of the jacket foundation that the vessel recently installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. In August, Sleipn
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) have identified two sites off Akita City and Hibikinada Sea as promising offshore wind areas, while three sites off Chiba, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima have been marked as prepara
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for its new semi-submersible floating wind turbine design, named SnapWind Float. The AiP from ABS comes shortly after the design was issued an Approval in Principle by the Korean Register (KR). The SnapWind Float, de
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
DEME has secured a contract for the transport and installation of inter-array cables on the 900 MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, owned by RWE (51 per cent) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49 per cent). Under the contract, the Belgian offshore construction specia
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has begun the construction of its second submarine cable manufacturing facility, which will, once operational, deliver a production capacity nearly five times greater than the company’s first submarine cable plant. The Dangjin Submarine Cable Plant 2 is located a
The 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm in France, developed by EDF, Enbridge, and CPP Investments, has been officially inaugurated. The Provence Grand Large floating wind project has been operating for many months, supplying electricity to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. I
JERA has transferred a portion of its ownership interests in Japan’s Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm, through its renewable energy subsidiary JERA Nex, to a newly established investment company formed by Hokkaido Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power. Following the transfer on 30 Septemb
RWE has entered into a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the British Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives and the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, for electricity produced by the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Under the PPA, RWE will supply Co-op with a total
Norway’s Goodtech has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide the SCADA and control room solution for the operation centre of Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. Goodtech will deliver the Central Control Room solution, which includes a common SCADA system for monitoring and situation
The first monopile has been installed at the Windanker offshore wind project site in the German Baltic Sea, marking the start of construction on Iberdrola’s third large-scale offshore wind project in the region, the company said via social media on 1 October. The monopiles are being installed by Van
