All transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. With all 80 monopiles and 68 wind turbines now in place – 52 of which are already feeding clean electricity into the grid – the project has moved into its final installation phase. Major offshore const
Polenergia and Equinor have received offshore and onshore construction permits for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms the two companies will build together in Poland. The two projects, set to be built in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, approximately 37 and 22 kilometres from the coas
This is an op-ed piece by Liz Burdock, Founder and CEO of Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. When I started Oceantic Network 11 years ago, I was motivated by the confident belief that offshore wind would be an economic and environmental game-changer for the U.S
The 31st and last Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbine has been installed at the 300 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan. Full production of the wind farm is expected later this year, according to a social media post by Joris Hol, CEO of Zhong Neng and Fengmiao Phase I offshore wind farms at [&
Vattenfall has launched a tender for helicopter transport services for its offshore wind farms in Denmark and Germany. The offshore wind owner/developer is looking for a helicopter service for the transport of personnel and equipment for troubleshooting offshore wind turbines at its Horns Rev 1 and
The three-phased Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan has reached several key offshore construction milestones over the past few months, including the installation of the jacket foundation for the offshore substation at Hai Long 3. There are now also 108 pin piles installed at 36 wind turbine locat
Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation has acquired an equity stake in EEW Offshore Wind Holding, one of three new holding companies EEW Group founded to organise its business more efficiently, according to the German foundation manufacturer. According to EEW Group, Sumitomo’s stake has been in commercial
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has officially started production at its expanded nacelle assembly facility in Taichung, Taiwan, from where the company will deliver the nacelles for the 14 MW wind turbines that will be installed at the Hai Long offshore Wind farm, starting in the second quarter of 2
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has granted a motion submitted by Ørsted on 1 July, requesting the BPU vacate the orders issued for the two Ocean Wind projects offshore New Jersey after the developer cancelled the projects last year. On 14 August, the BPU accepted Ørsted’s motions to
Construction work on converting a former oil- and coal-fired power plant site in Salem, Massachusetts, into a terminal serving the offshore wind industry has started. On 15 August, Crowley Wind Services, the company managing the redevelopment and the new terminal’s operator, held a groundbreaking ce
Geotechnical survey work is set to start this month at the West of Orkney Windfarm site offshore Scotland. The survey to ascertain sub-seabed characteristics at the project site will be carried out by Geo using the survey vessel Connector, starting on or around 30 August. The campaign will take appr
Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponem
A new report, prepared by global energy consultancy Xodus and published on 14 August, says that the UK, as the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, can help unlock the full potential of New Zealand’s offshore wind industry. With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand holds vast offshore
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has allowed Vineyard Wind to resume certain limited additional activities at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm site. These include the installation of towers and nacelles but not (yet) the installation of the wind turbine blades. BSEE
