A total of 33 out of 61 monopile foundations have been installed at the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France, surpassing the halfway mark. The first monopile foundation, supplied by China’s Dajin Heavy Industry, was installed by DEME’s installation vessel, Innovation, in June 2024
Ocean Winds has completed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Caledonia offshore wind farm and has started the process of submitting applications for its 2 GW Scottish project. The project’s first consent application is for the onshore transmission works (substation and underground cab
The first batch of suction bucket jacket foundations, which will be installed at the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, have arrived at the Port of Taichung in Taiwan. The initial batch of foundations has arrived from HSG Sungdong in South Korea, the supplier of 33 units for the 920 MW G
Philippine renewable energy holding company Alternergy Holdings Corporation (ALTER) has acquired full ownership of three offshore wind projects in the Philippines which the company owned together with Shell. Through its subsidiary Alternergy Wind Holdings Corporation, Alternergy bought Shell’s 40 pe
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
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 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
A Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) buoy has been deployed at the Parque Nordés offshore wind project site in Spain, which is being developed jointly by BlueFloat Energy, Plenitude, and Sener. A FLiDAR detection buoy was installed in the area where the Parque Nordés floating wind project
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
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
After a delay in the construction of the onshore substation that also delayed the project’s commercial operation date, the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US has faced a challenge with the installation of one of the offshore substation monopiles. This is according to the information shared
Van Oord, using its jack-up vessel Aeolus, has installed 34 of the total 100 monopiles at the Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK, according to a Notice to Mariners issued on 29 October. Aeolus installed the first monopile at the Sofia project site, located on Dogger Bank in the central North Se
