Iberdrola, TotalEnergies, and Norsk Havvind have jointly responded to the call for tenders for the development of floating and bottom-fixed wind projects for a cumulated capacity of 4.5 GW at two offshore sites in southern Norway. The consortium said it will leverage in its offer the proven technica
South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System and Canadian offshore wind developer Northland Power have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in the South Korean offshore wind market. LS Cable & System was recently selected as a preferred supplier of submarine cables f
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, through the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has launched a tender for geophysical investigations in an extended area in the North of the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (WFZ), where an additional 2 GW of offshore wind capacity could be acco
The Dutch UXO consultancy NjordIC has been contracted by EnBW to provide UXO services for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. Under the contract, which will start in the first quarter of 2022 and run until the third quarter of the year, NjordIC will provide a UXO desk study consisting of
Siemens Gamesa has awarded Global Wind Service Taiwan (GWS) with the pre-assembly scope for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The 900 MW project is developed by Ørsted and is the first large-scale, far-offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project’s 111 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wi
TÜV Rheinland has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa for inspections of service lifts and cranes on the manufacturer’s offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas. The company will inspect the service lifts and cranes of the wind turbines that are maintained by Siemens Gamesa o
Vineyard Wind has selected Semco Maritime as the preferred supplier for maintenance of the foundations and electric service platform (ESP) for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, and has also signed an agreement which will see Semco Maritime setting up a service and maintenance hub in New Bedfor
MingYang Smart Energy has secured a contract for a floating offshore wind project in Europe, for which the company will supply its 11 MW hybrid drive offshore wind model. This is the second wind turbine supply contract for the Chinese manufacturer in Europe, following the Taranto offshore wind farm,
Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) have submitted several joint proposals for offshore wind power transmission in New Jersey in response to the solicitation the regional electricity grid operator PJM Interconnection is conducting on behalf of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (
Fred. Olsen Renewables and Vattenfall, who have placed a joint bid in the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with two Orkney offshore service providers, Green Marine and Leask Marine, and Orkney Harbour Authority. According to the developers, the agre
RWE Renewables has awarded RINA with a contract for Cable Verification Services & OCP (Offshore Converter Platform) construction site quality assurance services for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The offshore wind farm’s 220-kilometre export cable route will house ±320 kV high-voltag
Siemens Energy will supply the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for the Sunrise Wind project in New York together with Aker Solutions, which revealed it had won the contract in its third quarter results earlier today. For Siemens Energy, as well as for Aker Solutions, this is t
Aker Solutions has won a contract for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project in the US, valued at more than NOK 3 billion (approx. EUR 309 million / USD 358 million). Under the contract secured with Ørsted and Eversource, the company will provide the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission s
Vattenfall has opened a tender for offshore wind geotechnical and geophysical site investigation works, looking to enter into framework agreements with multiple contractors. Site investigation operations will be carried out during the development/construction phase of the developer’s offshore wind f
