The County Administrative Board of Uppsala has recommended that the Swedish government grant a permit under the Act on the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (SEZ) for Deep Wind Offshore’s planned Olof Skötkonung offshore wind farm. “Offshore wind is the fastest tool the Government has to bring large-s
The joint venture between Ørsted and PGE has awarded Acteon’s geo-services business line, UTEC, a structural monitoring contract for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, which the joint venture is building in Poland. Under the contract, Acteon is responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, in
The offshore substation (OSS) for the Sunrise Wind project, a new offshore wind farm Ørsted is building in the US, has been installed and is now undergoing commissioning work. The OSS was installed by Saipem’s heavy lift installation vessel Saipem 7000 in the first half of September, according to in
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea South-East Power (KOEN) to explore KOEN’s potential participation in the development of Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind project in South Korea. Located approximately 70 kilometres off the coast of Incheon, the 1.4 GW project is t
More than half of the total 100 wind turbines are now in place at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The project’s SG 14-222 DD wind turbines are being installed by Cadeler’s vessel Wind Peak, which put the first turbine in place in March. Wind Peak, operating from the port of Hull, is c
The consortium between Denmark’s Semco Maritime and Vietnam’s PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) has secured an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the offshore substation of the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Following ext
The first batch of monopile foundations for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland has rolled off the factory floor. A total of 111 monopiles are planned to be installed at the Baltica 2 site, 107 for wind turbines and four for the offshore substation. The units are up to 100 metres [&
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s steelmaking giant POSCO Group to explore a partnership on the 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind project. Under the agreement, POSCO Group will explore supplying high-strength steel for offshore wind foundations and towers while coll
NjordIC has been awarded a contract to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services for the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. NjordIC will provide a full range of UXO consultancy services, including the interpretation of geophysical data, supervision and support during UXO ide
Ørsted has chosen the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields as the marshalling base for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The Denmark-headquartered Cadeler will use the 100,000-square-metre site to marshal secondary steel components for the offshore wind farm before
All 72 monopile foundations have been installed at RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea. The monopiles are around 100 metres in length and weigh up to 1,500 tonnes each. The units were shipped from the heavy-lift terminal in Eemshaven, in the Netherlands, to the Thor construction si
Synera Renewable Energy has signed a contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) for the transportation and installation of 35 turbine foundations and the offshore substation, as well as scour protection works for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Among the fleet to be deployed by CDWE
Nexans has completed the final export cable campaign at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The operation, which involves the installation of
Offshore construction has kicked off at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West Site VI offshore wind farm in the Netherlands with the start of eco-friendly scour protection works. Van Oord’s subsea rock installation vessels Nordnes and Bravenes have been deployed to install scour protection, which prevents
