Vattenfall and Dutch AI infrastructure company Project Enki have joined forces on the potential development of offshore AI data centres that would be connected directly to offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The initiative, which also involves ABB, is currently in a feasibility phase assessing the
The first electricity generated by the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm has been fed into the German grid. The first power export comes just weeks after the installation of the project’s first wind turbine, RWE said on 22 July, and added that the installation of the remaining turbines is ongoing,
UK renewable energy provider Good Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted for its Walney 1 and Walney 2 offshore wind farms. Under the two‑year agreement, the largest deal of this kind for Good Energy, the UK company will purchase 200 GWh of electricity each year, around one-s
DEME has been awarded a contract by the Zeevonk joint venture, comprising Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), to transport and install foundations for the first phase of the 2 GW Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea. Under the contract, which remains subject to a
Hanwha Ocean has started construction of the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project off the coast of South Jeolla Province. The construction kick-off was marked with a ground-breaking ceremony that took place on 16 July in Shinan County. Located off Uido Island in Shinan, the offshore wind farm has
Ocean Winds has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the Moray Firth, around 40 kilometres off the coasts of Wick and Banff. The developer submitted consent applications to Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish gove
RWE has achieved a milestone in the construction of the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm after installing 36 of the 72 turbines off Denmark’s west coast near Jutland. Each individual turbine from manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts, stands around 148 metres above sea level
Electricity generated by the Baltic Power offshore wind farm has entered Poland’s national power grid, marking the first time the electricity generated by offshore wind turbines is added to the country’s energy mix. 54 of 76 turbines have already been installed at Poland’s first offshore wind farm,
Global offshore wind engineering company Wood Thilsted and COP Frontier, a sister company to offshore wind developer Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), have launched NeretekTM, a new company established to unlock the potential of deepwater offshore wind at low cost. Industry veteran Jonathan Cole h
The EEW Group is expanding its South Korean plant, EEW KHPC, in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do Province, to meet the growing demand for offshore wind foundations in Southeast Asia and further expand its capacities. The production site is already specialized in the manufacture of foundation components with
Ignitis Renewables has received a positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) decision for its 700 MW Curonian Nord offshore wind farm in the Lithuanian sector of the Baltic Sea. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lithuania issued the decision based on the project’s EIA report, which assessed
JERA Nex BP has completed the acquisition of Sumitomo Corporation’s stakes in the Belgian offshore wind farms Northwester 2 and Nobelwind. The transaction gives JERA Nex BP full ownership of the 219 MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm through the acquisition of Sumitomo’s 30 per cent stake. The comp
The second export cable installation campaign for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland has been completed, the cable supplier Orient Cable (NBO) said via social media. The export cables were installed by Enshore Subsea, with NBO now moving onto the next stage of works, including offshore joi
DEME installed the first monopile at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea on 1 July, marking the start of offshore construction on Vattenfall’s 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster. The Belgian contractor is responsible for transporting and installing the monopile foundations and tran
