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Fugro to Survey Nederwiek Wind Farm Sites Offshore Netherlands
Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II & III (noord). The contracts, awarded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), are part of the Dutch government’s Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030/31, which aims to accel
Bottlenecks Expected Until 2026 in Every Region Except China – GWEC Report
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has issued its annual offshore wind report, according to which 2022 was the second-best year for new capacity ever, with 8.8 GW connected to the grid around the world. The report also forecasts that a further 380 GW of offshore wind will be added by 2032, nearly hal
Maersk Supply Service Narrows Down Focus to Offshore Wind and OSVs
Maersk Supply Service will shift its focus to fewer business areas and regions in an effort to increase its presence in core markets, increase synergies in its operations, and improve profitability. Going forward, the company’s two core business areas will be offshore wind and offshore support vesse
Sri Lanka Offshore Wind Roadmap Launched, Two Sites Identified for First Project(s)
The World Bank Group has published the Offshore Wind Roadmap for Sri Lanka, commissioned by the Government of Sri Lanka and funded by the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and PROBLUE. The roadmap estimates the country’s locational offshore wind potential to be 56 GW and
Scale Up Smarter, Not Harder – Why Offshore Wind Ambitions Can Be Met More Efficiently if Turbine Growth Is Paused
The following article is a guest post by Fred van Beers, CEO Sif Netherlands B.V., & Anne Vedel, SVP Product Solutions & Integration, Vestas. The looming climate crisis and an acute need for independence from Russian oil and gas have massively accelerated European appetite for offshore wind. Governm
Piling Work at Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm Completed, 35 Wind Turbines Installed
The installation of the jacket foundation piles at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France has been completed and Van Oord’s vessel Aeolus, which was being used to perform the work, has now left the project site, Ailes Marines, the project development company wholly owned by Iberdrola, said on
Navantia and Windar Load Out Their First Batch of Moray West Monopiles
The joint venture between Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has loaded out the first XXL monopiles for the Scottish Moray West offshore wind farm. For the joint venture, which the developer Ocean Winds contracted to deliver 14 out of the total of 60 wind turbine monopiles, these are the firs
50Hertz Selects ZTT for Gennaker East Export Cable Connection
Zhongtian Technology Submarine Cable (ZTTSC) has secured an EPCI contract with 50Hertz for the eastern part of the grid connection for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The grid connection for the 927 MW offshore wind farm (OST-6-1), being developed by Skyborn R
Crowley, Morgan Stanley Form US Offshore Wind Pact
Crowley and Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), have formed a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States. The joint venture will combine Crowley’s end-to-end maritime and logistics capabilities thr
Bold Tern Installs Half of Changfang & Xidao Wind Turbines Offshore Taiwan
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel, Bold Tern, has installed 31 out of 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first wind turbine was installed in July 2022 by the jack-up vessel Bold Tern some 15 kilometres off the coast of Changhua
Rhode Island and Connecticut’s First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Enters Construction
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the 704 MW Revolution Wind project, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm which will feed electricity into Rhode Island and Connecticut’s grids. With the ROD in place, Ørsted and Eversource may now proceed
Portugal Zooms In on Three Offshore Wind Areas with 3.5 GW Capacity for Upcoming Auction
An inter-ministerial working group on offshore wind set up by the Portuguese government as part of the process of organising the country’s first offshore wind tender has narrowed down the initially identified areas to three that would be offered for development later this year. As reported at the be
Energinet Awards EUR 19.8 Million in Contracts for Studies of Denmark’s New Offshore Wind Areas
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded several contracts for surveys and studies for Denmark’s new offshore wind areas. Valued at a total of EUR 19.8 million, the contracts secured by GEO.xyz, WSP Danmark, DNV, and LiveLink Aerospace include cable route surveys, consultancy
CIP Commits to EUR 320 Million Investment in South Korean Offshore Wind Projects
On 21 June, in the presence of the Republic of Korea’s President Yoon Suk-Yeol, Managing Partner of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Jacob Baruël Poulsen, signed an Investment Notification Form with which CIP is committing to invest USD 350 million (approximately EUR 320.5 million) into off