The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the air quality permit for the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project, following a remand from the federal Environmental Appeals Board regarding the EPA’s initial permit decision. The permit, which was granted to the developer in September 202
The first eight foundations for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm in Germany have been offloaded at the Buss Terminal in the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The foundations, of the TP-less monopile type, were delivered by Dajin Heavy Industry which manufactured them at its Penglai facili
UK Planning Inspectorate has completed the examination of the development consent order (DCO) applications submitted by a joint venture between BP and EnBW for Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms. The examination period for the 1.5 GW Mona project closed on 16 January with the Examining Authority ha
The first of three offshore substations has been installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, located 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, the US. The 3,907-metric tonne lift marks the completion of the installation of the first topside onto the jacket, which was
Cadeler held a naming ceremony for its second P-class wind installation vessel at the COSCO shipyard in Qidong, China, on 12 March. Named Wind Pace, the jack-up is the seventh wind installation vessel in Cadeler’s fleet and will see its first deployment immediately after delivery on an offshore wind
Scotland’s Highland Council has given its backing to the offshore plans of the West of Orkney Windfarm project, being developed by TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG). The offshore plans contain detailed information on how the proposed wind farm wil
EnBW is laying the first submarine cable of the internal wind farm cabling that connects all 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines of the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. Seaway7 has been commissioned with the task. In 2022, EnBW awarded the company an engineering, procurement, installation, and commi
Deep Wind Offshore Korea has secured a Public Waters Occupancy and Use Permit (PWOP) for the up to 1.5 GW Abalone offshore wind farm. According to Deep Wind Offshore, the approval marks a crucial step forward, allowing the developer to advance with further offshore investigations and accelerate proj
RWE has awarded Denmark’s Global Wind Service (GWS) a contract for the installation of secondary structures at the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Global Wind Service will be responsible for the installation of 72 secondary structures on the monopile foundations. Installation of th
As part of the pre-construction works at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK, Ørsted will carry out a geophysical survey campaign, starting in late March/early April, to investigate the physical characteristics of the seabed. The data acquired from the campaign will be used for detail
ABL has been contracted by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. ABL’s scope of work covers the marine transportation and installation of the 107
The joint venture between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies and PTTEP has signed an agreement with a consortium of Equitix and Kyuden Group to sell the offshore transmission assets of the Seagreen Phase 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Seagreen 1 transmission assets transmit electricity from the of
Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has been awarded a contract for soil investigation services for Parkwind’s Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm in Australia. Fugro will execute offshore geotechnical investigations to support the Blue Mackerel project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex. For th
