Cumulative global capex spend in the offshore wind sector is expected to hit USD 1 trillion by 2031, but investors will no longer only be competing on price alone, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. Offshore wind is poised to become one of the key technologies powering the decarbonisation
RWE has submitted applications for location permits for all the eleven areas the Polish Government has offered for offshore wind development since the application period opened for the first sites in 2021. The Germany-based company said that by applying for all the eleven areas it wanted to strength
US-headquartered Plug Power Inc. has received an electrolyser order from H2 Energy Europe for the 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark. According to Plug Power, this is the world’s largest electrolyser order to date. Plug’s 1 GW electrolyser technology will enable the production of up t
Offshore wind service provider C-Bed will deploy its walk-to-work (W2W) service operation vessel (SOV) Wind Innovation on the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The operations and maintenance (O&M) service contract will commence in June. The company secured full activi
Ørsted plans to launch a tender for the supply of cable protection systems (CPS) for the 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 wind farms offshore Poland in late May/early June. Ørsted will use the Achilles Utilities Nordics and Central Europe (UNCE) qualification system for procurement. The Baltica 3 wind
Ørsted has selected Belgium-based Smulders to manufacture the secondary steel components for the TP-less foundations of the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Smulders will manufacture and supply the secondary steel elements for the 23 TP-less foundations and one offs
Bourbon Subsea Services has signed an EPCI contract for the floating electrical hub, inter-array cables, as well as anchoring and mooring systems for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind farm in France. “BOURBON’s scope of work will consist in the complete farm offshore installation, and includes the deta
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted have removed the tender lot for the Baltica 2 offshore substation topsides from the call launched in September last year and will now consider how to re-tender it while they continue the process for the other lot under the existing tender. This is an excerpt
Greeencoat UK Wind has agreed to acquire a net 12.5 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for a total cash consideration of approximately GBP 400 million (EUR 470 million). The acquisition is expected to complete in the third quarter of
German energy company RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) sites VI and VII. The areas are located in the North Sea, about 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast. The sites will each deliver more than 760 MW of offshore wind capacity. In addition, RWE’s
Baltic Power, the joint venture between PKN Orlen and Canadian Northland Power, has signed a deal to lease a port of Łeba site where it plans to build an operations and maintenance (O&M) base that will serve the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm. This move follows after Baltic Power launched a
Ørsted and TotalEnergies have joined forces to jointly submit bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders, Hollandse Kust West VI and VII, with the aim to achieve net positive impact on biodiversity and the Dutch energy system. The Hollandse Kust West (Holland Coast West) wind farms are located app
TenneT has awarded the NRG consortium of Denys, Alsema and Van Vulpen with the contract to install the link between the offshore cables for the wind farm Hollandse Kust (west Beta) and the transformer station in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. NRG will install 2.5 kilometres of high voltage undergrou
The Netherlands-based Marine Coordination Services (MCS) and DHSS have joined forces to provide support for the operators working in the offshore wind industry. According to MCS, the company serves as a link between the planning and the execution of offshore activities. The company’s maritime contro
