Siemens Gamesa has installed 50 per cent of the recyclable blades at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, with the turbine manufacturer continuing installation throughout the rest of the year. According to RWE, the company and Siemens Gamesa have achieved the first-ever large-scale installation
The Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) for the Hollandse Kust West Beta cables have been completed in the Dutch North Sea. The substation will connect the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed by RWE and TotalEnergies, to the onshore electricity grid. The testing of two 220 kV export cable systems for p
China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has completed the delivery of all 45 TP-less monopiles for the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. Dajin started manufacturing the monopiles at its Penglai facility in China in November 2024. The units are around 85 metres long o
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has started work on the onshore substation for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. CIP held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project on 20 August. The Danish company was awarded capacity for the wind farm in the fir
All foundations and almost 70 per cent of wind turbines have been installed on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The project’s offshore substation is also scheduled to be installed over the coming days. In an update provided as part of its H1 2025 results, Ørsted, which owns the proj
The first foundations have been installed at the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm site in US federal waters off the coast of New York, and the project’s offshore substation (OSS) is also set to be installed soon. In its report for the first half of the year, the Sunrise Wind owner and developer, Ørst
DNV has signed a two-year contract with South Korea’s Kolon Global Corporation to provide owner’s engineering services for the 400 MW Wando Jangbogo offshore wind project. DNV’s scope of work comprises advisory services on turbine selection, including project management support, tender preparation,
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), using its heavy lift vessel Green Jade, has completed the installation of all jacket foundations at the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The 1,022 MW Hai Long comprises two offshore wind farms, split into three sites: Hai Long 2a (294 MW), Hai Long 2b (224 MW
The third and final floating wind turbine that will be installed at the site of the Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in France has been assembled at Port-La Nouvelle. The 10 MW turbine, provided by Vestas, has been mounted on Principle Power’s WindFloat semi-submersible floating
The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two ploughs, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planne
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has vacated the offshore renewable energy certificate (OREC) order issued in 2021, which approved the 1,509.6 MW Atlantic Shores Project 1 as a Qualified Offshore Wind Project (QOWP), as per the request recently filed by the developer. Atlantic Shores
Half of the total of 61 wind turbines that the French offshore wind farm Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier will comprise are now in place, according to Ocean Winds, which is building the 488 MW project in a joint venture with Banque des Territoires, Sumitomo, and Vendée Energie. Located in the French Atlan
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has completed the installation of the pin piles and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Three offshore substation at the offshore wind farm’s site in the UK. According to a weekly notice of operations from the developer, Sco
Century Wind Power has delivered all three-legged jacket foundations for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The delivered wind turbine jacket foundations are the largest and heaviest ever produced for a Taiwanese offshore wind farm, according to Hai Long Offshore Wind. Each stands ov
