Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched a tender for preliminary geophysical investigation of offshore wind sites in Zones 3 and 4 of the German North Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contract, covering work in 2027 and 2028, will enable collecting seabed and subs
Taiwan’s Energy Administration is processing the termination of the administrative contract for the 700 MW Youde offshore wind project, developed by Shinfox Energy. According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA), the Energy Administration confirmed on 24 August that the developer had not completed
Tokyo Electric Power Company Renewable Power (TEPCO RP) has begun the environmental assessment process for a planned offshore wind farm of up to 420 MW off Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, one of the areas included in Japan’s first fixed-bottom offshore wind auction round, which was originally secured by a
Ho Chi Minh City’s Standing People’s Committee has reviewed a feasibility study for an offshore wind development proposed to have an installed capacity of 6 GW. Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Cong Vinh chaired a meeting on 20 August with relevant departments to hear
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has granted Ventyr, a consortium of JERA Nex BP and Ingka Investments, a twelve-month extension of the deadline for submitting a license application for the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) project, Norway’s first commercial offshore wind farm. Ventyr submi
A fire was reported on a wind turbine at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan on 8 August after the turbine’s system detected an abnormal condition and automatically stopped its operation. Ørsted said the wind farm team observed the fire shortly after the automatic trip and ext
Van Oord has completed the installation of all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The foundation installation campaign, which started in May, covered 107 monopiles for the project’s wind turbines and four foundations for the offshore substat
Danish utility SONFOR is seeking a new partner to take the project forward at the 165 MW Lillebælt Syd offshore wind farm after TotalEnergies decided to withdraw from the development. SONFOR is taking over the majority stake in Lillebælt Vind A/S, the company behind the project, and will use the com
Ørsted expects three of its offshore wind farms currently under construction to reach full commissioning in the second half of 2026, with Borkum Riffgrund 3 in Germany, Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan, and Revolution Wind in the US all approaching completion. The updates were provided by Ørsted
Pacifico Energy Korea has been selected as the sole developer of the 2.13 GW Jindo Offshore Wind Integrated Cluster Phase 2 in South Korea, the US-based renewable energy company said on 20 August. The cluster will comprise Pacifico’s Manho and Jindo Baram offshore wind projects. The selection follow
Sif has loaded out the final monopiles for Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms, currently under construction in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. Located approximately 37 and 22 kilometres from the coastline near Ustka and Łeba, the two sites will together comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD
Ørsted is developing a new offshore wind project with a potential capacity of up to 2 GW in Taiwan, with the development now entering the environmental assessment process. Named Dadu II, the project would cover approximately 234.6 square kilometres of sea area off Changhua County, with the nearest p
China Three Gorges’ (CTG) 800 MW Jiangsu Rudong offshore wind project has generated and delivered more than 10 TWh of electricity since reaching full operation in 2021. The milestone was reached on 11 August, according to information shared by CTG. The project, located in the Yellow Sea off Rudong C
Arenko has been selected by Ørsted to deploy its Nimbus optimisation, asset management and trading platform at the 300 MW/600 MWh Iceni battery energy storage system (BESS) that will be part of the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The BESS project is scheduled to enter operations in th
