Northumberland County Council has granted outline planning permission for the Berwick Bank offshore wind project’s onshore transmission infrastructure and grid connection. The decision by Northumberland County Council approves the onshore export cables, converter station, and associated grid connect
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has made available the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind project. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbines, up to five offshore substation platforms located at a maximum of 149 position
RWE has selected Thyborøn Port as the offshore construction base for its 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. Thyborøn will be the home port for the project’s service vessels and the control centre for managing marine logistics and traffic throughout the offshore construction phase. In additio
On 6 November, the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved the financing for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, being developed by Polenergia and Norway’s Equinor. According to a recent social media post by EIB vice president Teresa Czerwińska, the funds will be used to redu
Production of the last transition piece (TP) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, is underway at Smulders facility in Hoboken, Belgium. The consortium comprising Sif and Smulders was awarded contracts for the manufacture of all monopiles an
The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Republic of Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has launched an offshore wind roadmap for the country that outlines the potential for up to 7 GW of capacity to be installed by 2040. The Government of Türkiye has set a target of 5 GW ins
Norwegian company Entrion Wind has been issued a US patent for its Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopile, which combines fixed and floating platform technologies. The technology can extend the water depths for monopile foundations to up to 100 metres, according to the company. Entrion Wind plans
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and offshoreWIND.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors are n
The construction of the operations & maintenance (O&M) base for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm has officially started with a ground-breaking ceremony at the Port of Thorsminde. The construction works on the new base are scheduled to take around twelve months. A team of 50 to 60 people will work from
The UK Planning Inspectorate has submitted its recommendation report on Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the existing 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex, to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who now has three months to issue a decision. The inspectorate clo
Vårgrønn has agreed to acquire a 27.4 per cent stake in the 288 MW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm from PGGM Infrastructure Fund, marking its entry into the German market. Following the deal closing, Vårgrønn and EnBW will own 27.4 per cent and 50.1 per cent, respectively, with EnBW responsible for oper
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables for the 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind project in the UK. The deal is worth between USD 150 million and USD 300 million, as per Subsea7’s def
The Gippsland Dawn offshore wind project, being developed by BlueFloat Energy, has been granted Major Project Status (MPS) by the Australian Government. Gippsland Dawn is one of 16 projects nationwide to receive this recognition and the second offshore wind project being developed to hold this statu
