Dominion Energy has shared a photo showing the completion of the two Siemens Gamesa turbines at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. Located 27 miles off Virginia Beach, the Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 units are the first wind turbines installed in U.S. federal waters. Acc
Belgium has surpassed Denmark in terms of the installed offshore wind capacity and is now ranked fourth in the world, Belgian Offshore Platform (BOP) said. Following the commissioning of the 219 MW Northwester 2 wind farm in May, Belgium now has 1,775 MW of installed offshore wind capacity, compared
LOC Group has won a contract to provide marine warranty services (MWS) for the first phase of the Dong Hai 1 intertidal project in Vietnam. The scope of the services will be for the loadout, transportation and installation of 13 Vestas V150-4.0 turbines, the inter-turbine MV cables and link bridge s
DEME’s cable laying vessel Living Stone has completed the cable burial activities at the SeaMade offshore wind farm site in the Belgian sector of the North Sea. The vessel started the inter-array cable laying works in April and connected the first cables to one of the project’s offshore substations
Siemens Gamesa has selected TÜV NORD to certify the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, the SG 14-222 DD. The turbine model has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 222 meters. The Hanover-headquartered technical services provider is responsible for the certification of the SG
The new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Windea Jules Verne arrived in Eemshaven on 29 June, according to the vessel’s AIS data and social media posts from DHSS. The vessel will soon start working at the Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany, under a charter with GE Renewable Energy, whose 66 Haliade 1
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has secured five new contracts for offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Ampelmann secured the contracts with Norwegian companies BOA, Volstad, Olympic Shipping, Siem Offshore and DOF. The Dutch company will provide two A-type and three E1000 systems, which w
Following the first load-out of the jacket foundations built by Samkang M&T for the TPC Phase 1 wind farm in Taiwan, the South Korean manufacturer has now shared a video showing the process. Back in May, Jan De Nul completed the load-out of the first four of the 21 jacket foundations built for the 1
French offshore wind developer Ailes Marines has awarded Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) with a contract to provide vessel inspection services to support the construction of the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm. SMC will be providing up to three local Accredited Vessel Inspectors (AVIs) to the pr
Jutal Offshore Oil Services has been awarded a contract for an offshore wind farm in Europe, according to a recent press release from the company. The China-based company informed its wholly owned subsidiary Jutal Offshore Oil Services (Zhuhai) won several new contracts, including one for the constr
Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has installed the second and final turbine at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project in the U.S. The two Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 units, which are the first wind turbines installed in U.S. federal waters, will now undergo acceptance testing
A new study in Denmark, published on 26 June, says that every 1 GW of offshore wind set up in Denmark secures 14,600 full-time jobs. The study, released by Danish Shipping, Danish Energy and Wind Denmark, has investigated what investments in offshore wind can create in terms of employment throughout
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue a tender for the development of an integrated ground model for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in July. This integrated ground model should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, RVO said. The deliverables of th
The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recommended the UK government to deliver plans to decarbonise the power system to reach an emissions intensity of 50 gCO₂/kWh by 2030, including at least 40 GW of offshore wind, with a clear timetable of regular auctions. In its Reducing UK emissions: 202
