All monopiles and almost half of the transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project site, with wind turbine installation expected to start this month and the project anticipated to produce first power at the beginning of next year. The offshore wind
Shell New Energies, a subsidiary of Shell, has voluntarily withdrawn from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, bringing an end to its participation in the US offshore wind market. The company has assigned its 50 per cent outstanding membership interests to its existing partner, EDF, with an immediate effe
Vattenfall has received the green light from Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for the construction and operation of the Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea. On 29 October, BSH granted planning approval for Vattenfall’s 630 MW Nordlicht 2, which will be built in ar
Both offshore substations, the first ever in Polish waters of the Baltic Sea, have been installed at the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm, developed by a joint venture between ORLEN Group and Northland Power. OSS West and OSS East are located approximately 20 kilometres from the shore of Chocz
IX Renewables has signed a cooperation agreement with Asia Cement Corporation (ACC) for the 180 MW Rui Li 1 floating offshore wind project in Taiwan. According to IX Renewables, this adds new momentum to a sector that has, until recently, been slowing, as the country works to advance its energy tran
Oxan Energy, together with its partners Ocean Connect Energy and SNOW, has renamed the Saare 1 offshore wind project to Avara, which the companies plan to build 60 kilometres off the Estonian coast. Covering an area of 88 square kilometres and designed to deliver up to 900 MW capacity, the name Avar
Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has completed its 700 MW offshore grid connection programme with the grid readiness certification now in place for the Hollandse Kust West Beta connection, the company said on 28 October. The certification marks the completion of the last three 700 MW
The offshore substation topside for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been installed, with commissioning work expected to start at the beginning of November. According to a weekly notice of operations issued by ScottishPower Renewables, which is building the 1.4 GW offshore wind farm, the
Oga Katagami Akita Offshore Green Energy has signed a contract with Kajima Corporation for the manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and installation of turbine foundations for the company’s offshore wind project in Japan. The contract covers the core construction of the wind turbine foundatio
The first of the two 85-kilometre export cables for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm has been installed by Enshore Subsea using the cable laying vessel (CLV) CMOS Installer. Operating from the Port of Blyth, the vessel laid the 220 kV, three-phase cable manufactured by Ningbo Orient Wires &
South Korea’s Haesong Offshore Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to introduce Smart Fault Locator (SFL) technology for submarine cable fault detection. The Haseong Offshore Wind 1-3 projects are managed and funded by Copenhagen Infrastr
