MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a conditional agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. for the assembly of high voltage switchgear in Taiwan. Taiwanese manufacturer Shihlin Electric Co. is included in the agreement as an integral part of the production, MHI Vestas said, adding that the con
Bladt Industries has loaded out the offshore substation destined for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. According to Bladt, the substation will soon leave its facility in Aalborg, Denmark, for the project site in the Belgium part of the North Sea. The 235t transformer was installed on the offshor
KEPCO Engineering & Construction Company (KEPCO E&C) has appointed K2 Management to help it deliver the first floating offshore wind farm in Korea for the developer, Ulsan consortium. The project, in the pre-feasibility phase supported by the Korean government, is expected to be approximately 200MW
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessels have completed the installation of the first two turbines at the EnBW Albatros offshore wind project in the German North Sea. According to the company, Blue Tern installed the first turbine this morning and a few hours later Brave Tern installed the second u
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all 20 turbine foundations at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Seaway Yudin began installing the foundations at the beginning of June at the project site some 6km off the west coast of the Miaoli district in the Taiwan Strait. Germany’s
Non-intrusive magnetometer surveys and a side-scan sonar (SSS) survey have been carried out at the Tra Vinh offshore wind farm in Vietnam. The survey area, located within the Duyên Hải district, comprised a 300m corridor, 4km long, with the main transmission line at its center, for a total surface o
Japan’s Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI) and Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCO) have signed an agreement to collaborate on an offshore wind project in Ishikari Bay. GPI is currently developing a 112MW wind farm at Ishikari Bay New Port. The wind farm is located 1.5-3 kilometres off the
The BorWin3 offshore wind grid connection in the German North Sea has started transmitting power. According to Petrofac, the 900MW project has begun converting three-phase electric power generated by offshore wind farms into direct current and transmitting it 160km back to shore into the German nati
UK-based Tekmar Energy Limited has secured two contracts within Taiwan for the supply of its TEKLINK® cable protection system and associated accessories. The combined value of the two contracts is circa GBP 4 million. Further details on the contracts will be provided in due course, Tekmar said. The
Global Wind Service (GWS) is carrying out the inspection of the MHI Vestas turbines at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Danish company said it is inspecting and certifying ladders, davit cranes, nacelle cranes, hooking on points, lifts, fall arrests, first aid kits and stretchers a
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has named Carrie Cullen Hitt as its first Executive Director and has welcomed GE Renewable Energy to the Board of Directors. “The Consortium is very fortunate to have Carrie Cullen Hitt accept the position as Executive Director. Thi
The reduction in the energy supply from the Hornsea One offshore wind farm on 9 August was caused by a lightning strike, an initial report from National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) has revealed. Following the lighting strike, Hornsea One immediately de-loaded from 799MW to 62MW, the rep
A group of U.S. senators and representatives are calling on federal agencies to move ahead with the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts, after the delay of its Federal Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Senators of Lo
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has released a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 2,000MW of offshore wind power. This RFP represents the US state’s first solicitation dedicated specifically to offshore wind development. It builds off of multi-resource sol
