Glamox has won contracts to light the turbine foundation transition pieces for the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, being developed by Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) on behalf of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Glamox will provide approximately 920 marine-certified LED l
The developers of the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US have completed the integration of all installed GE Haliade-X 13 MW turbines into its Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS). The system activates the FAA-required lighting only when planes are within a specified distance of wind t
Spain’s Haizea Wind Group has rolled out the first monopile for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The monopile will now undergo its surface treatment before being shipped to the offshore wind farm project, located approximately 120 kilometres off the Norfolk Coast in the North
The offshore jacket foundation and substation platform have been installed at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm site in the North Sea. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) and its 68-metre jacket foundation are now in position 21 kilometres from the Angus coast, Scotland, having been
Taihan Cable & Solution has won a turnkey contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the 532 MW Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. The contract, valued at approximately KRW 181.6 billion (about EUR 113 million), is planned to run until the end of 2028. Under the contract,
According to a new market report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), there are now 83 GW of offshore wind capacity installed globally, with 48 GW more in the construction phase worldwide as of May this year. “Our report finds that there is now already 83 GW of offshore wind installed worldwi
The Scottish government has granted a consent order for SSE Renewables’ Berwick Bank in the UK, which, if fully developed, would become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The Section 36 consent determination by Scottish ministers approves the project’s main offshore wind array in the outer Firt
The consortium of Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has shipped the first batch of jacket foundations from Spain for the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm. The first four jackets are currently en route to their destination in France. The four-legged jackets were manufactured at Nav
The substation platform and jacket foundation for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm have departed from the Smulders yard in Wallsend, Newcastle, and are en route to their site off the Angus coast in Scotland. The Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) and its jacket foundation sailed at sun
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has secured a 500 kV submarine cable contract for Shenzhen Energy’s 500 MW Honghai Bay VI offshore wind project in China. The engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract encompasses 94 kilometres of 500 kV 3-core HVAC submarine cables
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has rescinded and de-designated all Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The WEAs are areas in the US federal waters that BOEM previously identified as suitable for wind energy development and, following a multi-stage proce
Dutch company IQIP has been awarded a contract by DEME to deploy its Hydrohammer IQ6 spread for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. IQIP’s Hydrohammer IQ6 spread will be deployed together with the PULSE technology, which is a noise mitigation add-on that uses
SeAH Wind has commenced commercial production for its inaugural project, delivering monopile foundations for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The milestone was marked by cutting the first steel plates. This signifies the beginning of operations at SeAH Wind’s facility on Teess
Geotechnical surveys have commenced for the Lillebælt Syd offshore wind farm in Denmark, owned by TotalEnergies, European Energy, and Danish utility company SONFOR. In the coming months, a jack-up will conduct test drilling for the eleven turbine locations at the Lillebælt Syd wind farm site. The pu
