Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has signed a contract with DEME Offshore to deliver grouting services for the installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, where the first turbine foundation was recently installed. The wind farm, first such project
On 14 May, Sumitomo Electric Industries reported that it was awarded an export cable supply contract for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The news comes a few months after Ofgem ruled in favour of Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc which had filed an Exceptional Event claim for the project’s export cable failu
StormGeo and Vissim have been contracted to provide vessel management and weather forecasting services for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The collaboration between StormGeo and Vissim will see live, on-site measurement data from Vissim’s wave devices being sent to StormGeo, which the
Ørsted has awarded a Marine Warranty Services (MWS) contract to Global Maritime Singapore, which will provide the services for the wind turbine installation phase at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. “This project will expand our footprint in the growing Offshore Wind market
UK oil major BP and the German energy company EnBW will be taking part in the upcoming ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland. The companies have now launched a bespoke online portal for the Scottish engineering and supply sector, as they aim to expand their partnership’s offshore wind portfolio
CSBC DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has contracted the engineering company Ramboll to deliver the full jacket foundation design for the 1,044 MW Hai Long wind farm offshore Taiwan. The Hai Long Offshore Wind Project consists of two licensed areas – Site 19 and Site 18. Ramboll will perform the FEED an
The US State of Massachusetts and the state’s utilities have issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) to procure at least 400 MW and up to 1,600 MW of offshore wind capacity. Bidders are allowed to offer proposals from 200 MW to up to 1600 MW, the RfP said. This is the state’s third offshore wind [&helli
Saipem has awarded TEXO Engineering and Fabrication a fabrication contract for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm. Under the contract, for which TEXO said was multi-million-pound, the company will fabricate temporary steel structures at two of its sites, in Blyth and Dundee. The structure
The walk-to-work (W2W) vessel Island Diligence has started working at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany. Under a contract Island Offshore recently signed with a joint venture company owned by Stadtwerke München and Vattenfall, Island Diligence is providing accommodation and tra
Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions (formerly Shell New Energies) has selected ERSG and Light Source People for global staffing services for its offshore wind business. Following a tendering procedure, Light Source People has been appointed as an official supplier to provide contractors and perman
Six offshore wind projects under development in the UK, with a total installed capacity 5.5 GW, have passed their Milestone Requirement (MR), Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) reported. The MR is the first significant milestone for projects awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs), as it requires d
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a charter period extension contract for the Brave Tern jack-up vessel on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. To facilitate Brave Tern‘s stay on the Yunlin project for a while longer, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is doing some re
Equinor and Vårgrønn, a joint venture (JV) between Eni and HitecVision, have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly apply for offshore wind acreage in Norway at one of the two areas the country opened last year. The partners said they would jointly prepare and submit an application to the Norwe
Following the Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) for Hai Long 2A in 2019, Hai Long Offshore Wind Project has now signed a new PSA with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy that covers the Hai Long 2B and Hai Long 3 projects. The agreement from 2019 was signed for 300 MW at Hai Long 2A, and with Hai [&hel
