The UK Government has launched the application window for the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme and set the deadline for submitting interest by noon 18 June. The government issued its call at the beginning of March for what is a new funding scheme to support the development of tec
Spanish manufacturer of rolled rings euskalforging has won a contract to deliver flanges for the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm. Under the contract, euskalforging will roll, heat treat, machine, and deliver flanges for all the 95 monopile foundations and transition pieces of the Dogger Bank
RES has won a contract to provide control point, balancing, and asset monitoring services during commissioning and early operations at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. RES’ 24/7/365 Control Centre, based in Glasgow, will work as the interface between Moray East and National Grid to
Vard and North Star Renewables have signed contracts for the design and construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) which will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The signing of the contracts follows the recent news on the Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables winning the
Jörss – Blunck – Ordemann (JBO) has selected OES Group as the partner for the design of the cathodic protection system for the He Dreiht offshore wind project. The German Jörss – Blunck – Ordemann won a contract in February to provide a detailed design of wind turbine substructures and foundations f
Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) and RWE have signed another long-term power purchase agreement for electricity generated at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. Under the new PPA, RWE will deliver 190 GWh of electricity generated at the 288 MW wind farm every year from 2025 onward. Back in November 20
Scottish offshore wind developer SSE Renewables is holding an online event to meet businesses and highlight future supply chain opportunities for two offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of over 4 GW. The supply chain events will give businesses of all sizes, across a range of disciplines
Ørsted and MDE Consultants have signed a four-year framework agreement for the provision of personnel for Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in Germany. The wind farms include Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3, both located in the German sector of the North Sea. Under the agreement, which started on 1 Ma
Vineyard Wind has chosen DEME Offshore US for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 project site, located some 24 kilometres off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. For the project, DEME Offshore US will team up with FOSS Maritime Company, a U.S. maritime se
RWE has awarded Van Oord with a contract to carry out the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and the inter-array cables for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm. Sofia is sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the No
Germany’s Amprion Offshore GmbH has started the bidding process for the awarding of converters and cables for DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections. The wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dortmund-based transmission system operator Amprion expects to award the contracts in summer 2022. The 900 M
WIKING Helikopter Service and Vattenfal have signed a contract extension for 24/7 Helicopter Emergency Rescue Service for the Sandbank and DanTysk offshore wind farms in Germany. Operating from its Base in Wilhelmshaven, WIKING Helikopter will continue using its high performance (Performance class 1
Northland Power Europe has extended the charter contract for the wind farm service vessel WINDEA Six with Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) for a further five years. Northland Power chartered WINDEA Six in 2018 to transport service technicians and freight to the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located 40
The UK-based company Geowynd has signed a contract with Ørsted for the provision of consulting and engineering services for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Geowynd will provide numerical analysis and advanced soil parameterisation for monopile foundation design at the Borkum Ri
