Half of the total of 61 wind turbines that the French offshore wind farm Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier will comprise are now in place, according to Ocean Winds, which is building the 488 MW project in a joint venture with Banque des Territoires, Sumitomo, and Vendée Energie. Located in the French Atlan
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has completed the installation of the pin piles and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Three offshore substation at the offshore wind farm’s site in the UK. According to a weekly notice of operations from the developer, Sco
Century Wind Power has delivered all three-legged jacket foundations for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The delivered wind turbine jacket foundations are the largest and heaviest ever produced for a Taiwanese offshore wind farm, according to Hai Long Offshore Wind. Each stands ov
An unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey campaign has commenced at Ocean Winds’ 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm site in Poland. The aim of the work is to ensure safety during the future installation of transmission cables connecting the BC-Wind offshore wind farm with the mainland. Thanks to these test
Enefit Green has agreed with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to terminate their partnership in the development of the Liivi Bay offshore wind farm in Estonia. The decision follows thorough joint discussions on the offshore wind outlook in Estonia and assessment of the current market and regulatory cond
The Latvian Investment and Development Agency has issued a call for tenders for a study for the development of the preliminary technical design (Pre-FEED), conceptual design and technical design (FEED) of ELWIND offshore wind farms. The tender is open until 8 September, and the estimated value of th
Ørsted plans to launch a rights issue with pre-emptive rights for existing shareholders to raise DKK 60 billion (around EUR 8 billion) in gross proceeds, most of which will go to funding the construction of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project in the US, which the company cannot partially divest a
The offshore substation for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) has been installed at the site in Taiwan. The topside, which left Vietnam in July, was placed on top of its jacket foundation by Shinfox Far East Energy’s SFE Hercules. The launching ceremony for the offshore subs
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) does not expect the Round 5 Request for Proposals (RFP) for offshore wind to be issued until next year, at the earliest, due to uncertainty at the federal level. In a letter to the state’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU), dated 7 August, DOER
Five of the 76 planned Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines have been installed at Baltic Power, the first Polish offshore wind farm, jointly developed by Orlen and Canada’s Northland Power. The installation of each turbine is preceded by the deployment of monopile foundations and transition pieces, a stage
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) is providing a GBP 500 million (approximately EUR 576 million) finance guarantee to support the development of ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. EIFO was invited exclusively by Iberdrola to participate in the of
EnBW has issued a tender inviting bids for periodic subsea inspection services at its offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and North Sea. The maximum value of the framework agreement is EUR 6 million. The contracts are expected to run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2031, with the option of up to [&h
The consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has delivered the last monopiles to Iberdrola for the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The monopile foundations have been produced at the factory that both companies operate jointly at the Navantia Seanergies sh
Dutch Fugro has secured a geotechnical site investigation contract for the 700 MW Youde offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, Fugro will deliver comprehensive geotechnical services to support the development of the Youde project, owned by Shinfox Energy. “By leveraging our ISO-accredited
