Singapore-based marine and offshore engineering group Sembcorp Marine has landed a contract with Jan De Nul to fabricate 15 jacket foundations for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Located four kilometres offshore Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait, the 376MW Formosa 2 will be Taiwan’s lar
The nacelle of the prototype GE Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine has been installed on its tower at Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam. As seen in this screenshot taken from a live webcam feed, the final tower section and the nacelle were installed by a heavy-lift crane tandem at Sif’s facilit
The 962-ton Northwester 2 offshore high voltage station has completed its journey from Aalborg, Denmark to the Port of Oostende in Belgium. The Port of Oostende will be a temporary home to the substation prior to the installation at the site some 48 kilometres north-west of Oostende. The substation’
UK wind turbine maintenance company Boston Energy will make Rhode Island the home of its US operations, the Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced. The Board of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation has also approved Boston Energy to receive tax credits under the Qualified Jobs Tax Credit pro
Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm Services Corp. (TOWSC) and SeaZip have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on providing services within the offshore wind market in Taiwan. TOWSC, an offshore wind farm O&M service provider, and SeaZip, a Dutch crew transfer vessel specialist, will joint
All 31 MHI Vestas 8.4MW monopile foundation wind turbines have been installed on the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Northland Power said. The commissioning of the installed wind turbines is ongoing. The wind farm’s remaining two MHI Vestas wind turbines will be inst
South Korea’s Jeju Hanlim Offshore Wind Co. has selected Dutch engineering consultancy Pondera and Korean engineering company Hanmi Global to provide owner’s engineering services for the Jeju Hanlim offshore wind project. The Jeju Hanlim project is the third offshore wind project in the Korean water
MarineSpace Limited has been awarded a place on the UK environmental impact assessment (EIA) framework agreement for Ørsted Wind Power A/S. Via this framework, the UK-based environmental and planning consultancy will be eligible to provide Ørsted with offshore environmental impact assessment and con
A bipartisan group of US East Coast state governors has urged the Trump administration to expeditiously complete the environmental review of the Vineyard Wind so that a Record of Decision for the offshore wind project can be issued by March 2020. In a letter sent to the US Department of Interior and
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is looking for an operator for the FINO 1 research platform in the German North Sea. BMWi is extending the operational life of the FINO1 platform until 31 July 2023, with an optional one-year extension. The future operator must ensure th
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has issued a contract notice for technical inspection and testing services on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender is divided into two lots and it covers the Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Hohe See, and Albatros offshore wind farms. L
German research institutes Fraunhofer IFAM and DFKI Robotics Innovation Center have opened a test centre for maritime technologies on the Heligoland Island and in the sea area offshore. The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) and the German Research Instit
Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has received several advanced offers for various substantial core parts of its business. Senvion is entering final stages of the mergers and acquisitions process and will present the investor concepts to the creditors’ assembly for a vote on 10 Septemb
Titan Wind Energy has acquired an Ambau GmbH facility in Cuxhaven in Germany, marking the company’s entry into the offshore wind turbine foundations manufacturing market. Titan Wind Energy is a global supplier of towers for onshore wind turbines, having its European headquarters in Varde, Denmark, u
