The Offshore TSO Collaboration (OTC), an initiative established in 2022 that gathers transmission system operators (TSOs) from the European Northern Seas, says that a unified and efficient offshore grid development strategy is needed for the North Sea to maximise benefits for Europe’s energy securit
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has opened an investigation into whether Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd was charging excessive prices for reducing power output on the request of the National Energy System Operator (NESO) as part of the grid-balancing mechanism. The Moray East offshore wind farm,
The Victorian government will launch an offshore wind auction in September of this year and expects to award contracts by the fourth quarter of 2026. This is according to the Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Statement 4 (IS4), released by Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambros
The Lithuanian government has approved the proposed changes to the terms of the tender for the country’s second offshore wind farm, for which the tendering process was paused in January so the government could re-evaluate the conditions. The proposed modifications of Lithuania’s second offshore wind
Energy and marine consultancy company ABL will provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm during the entire construction period of the 1.1 GW project in Scotland. ABL will act as marine warranty surveyor for the transport and installation of the jacket and mon
Sunly and Valorem Group have signed an agreement with Deep Wind Offshore which will see the three partners jointly developing the Tuul Energy offshore wind project in Estonia. The project is a large-scale offshore wind farm planned to be built west of Saaremaa Island, Estonia, where Deep Wind Offsho
Euroports Group and the partners behind the Noatun offshore wind project, OX2 and Ålandsbanken Fondbolag, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to establish Koverhar Harbour in Hanko, Finland, as a logistics hub for the construction of the Noatun North offshore wind farm, with an option to use the hu
The first suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundation has been installed at the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farm site in Taiwan, where wind turbine installation is also set to begin soon. The foundations are being installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir, which was als
RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction
The European wind industry has proposed a New Offshore Wind Deal for Europe that calls on the governments to auction at least 10 GW of new offshore wind capacity per year, in total, from 2031 to 2040, while the industry has committed to reducing the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) by 30 per cen
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Yangjiang Fanshi II offshore wind project in China. As part of this initiative, ZTTSC will deploy a 500 kV three-core AC submarine cable system, stretching 92 kilometres to tran
Luxcara has signed an inter-array cable contract with Twentsche Kabelfabriek BV (TKF) for the Waterkant offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under this contract, TKF will be responsible for the 66 kV inter-array aluminum core cables and accessories, totalling 130 kilometres. The supply scope
ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to the Dutch company HSM Offshore Energy for the offshore substation and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. HSM Of
The final Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbine has been installed at the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland. The installation of the 54th wind turbine was completed in the early hours of this morning (7 April) at the site located some 15.5 kilometres off the Fife coast. The work was
