Steelwind Nordenham has loaded out the final three monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project at its port facility in Germany. Over the course of 26 shipments, all 78 monopiles that the company produced were successfully delivered. The first of the monopiles was installed offsh
Ignitis Renewables has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Ocean Winds to acquire full ownership of the Curonian Nord offshore wind project in Lithuania. Ignitis Renewables, an Ignitis Group subsidiary, plans to acquire 49 per cent of Ocean Winds’ shares at a nominal price in the company devel
Vattenfall is preparing an invitation to tender for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, according to early information that emerged on a European tender website. Meanwhile, the participants of the RAVE (Research at Alpha VEntus) initiative have kicked off finalRAVE, a sub-project with a focus on th
Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of subsea export cables on the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm. SRE has also selected the Belgian offshore construction contractor for export cables on its Formosa 6 offshore wind project. Under the contract for Fo
All 37 turbines have been installed at Taiwan’s 532 MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind farm, while installation of the 36 turbines at Hai Long 3 is scheduled for completion next year. To produce the 14 MW turbines required for the approximately 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project, Siemens Gamesa expanded i
The permit decision for the Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture of TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Gulf Energy Development, has been postponed by the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. A decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) application was
G-Tec has started geophysical survey work for ELWIND, an offshore wind project that Estonia and Latvia will build together. The Belgian company’s survey vessel Karina has been investigating the seabed in the ELWIND offshore wind farm areas in Estonia and Latvia since early September, with the work e
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, is scheduled to place the offshore substation (OSS) topside on top of the jacket foundation that the vessel recently installed at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. In August, Sleipn
DEME has secured a contract for the transport and installation of inter-array cables on the 900 MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, owned by RWE (51 per cent) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49 per cent). Under the contract, the Belgian offshore construction specia
JERA has transferred a portion of its ownership interests in Japan’s Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm, through its renewable energy subsidiary JERA Nex, to a newly established investment company formed by Hokkaido Electric Power and Tohoku Electric Power. Following the transfer on 30 Septemb
RWE has entered into a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the British Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives and the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, for electricity produced by the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Under the PPA, RWE will supply Co-op with a total
The first monopile has been installed at the Windanker offshore wind project site in the German Baltic Sea, marking the start of construction on Iberdrola’s third large-scale offshore wind project in the region, the company said via social media on 1 October. The monopiles are being installed by Van
RWE is marking ten years since the official inauguration of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK. Located 8 kilometres off the East Yorkshire coast, the 219 MW offshore wind farm became fully operational in 2015. It was inaugurated on 30 September 2015 by Andrea Leadsom MP, who was the Mi
Pacifico Energy Korea has secured approval for an Electricity Business License (EBL) from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) for its 420 MW Myeong Ryang offshore wind project. Pacifico Energy Korea is currently developing the 3.2 GW Jindo offshore wind project cluster, consisting of
