Ideol and Elicio have partnered ahead of Crown Estate Scotland’s upcoming offshore wind leasing round to offer to co-develop floating wind farms off Scotland. On October 31, the two companies informed that they were preparing a joint offer for ScotWind leasing, adding that they aim to co-develop flo
The Hywind Tampen developers have signed contracts with Kværner, Siemens Gamesa, Subsea 7 and JDR Cable Systems for the construction of the floating offshore wind farm that will power the Gullfaks and Snorre oil & gas platforms in Norway. Under the contracts worth NOK 3.3 billion (EUR 322.5 million)
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine coordination services during the construction of the Triton Knoll offshore wind project. SMC will provide some 30 site technicians to maintain the offshore foundations and assets, including statutory inspections and tes
Norwegian offshore service company Aibel has won a contract to deliver converter platforms for the 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Aibel will deliver two converter platforms for the 1.2GW Creyke Beck A and the 1.2GW Creyke Beck B projects, with an option for a third platform for the 1.2GW T
Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order for the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in Taiwan from partners Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and Swancor Renewable Energy. The project, located in Miaoli county, will consist of 47 units of the SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine and construc
TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking site preparation work for the onshore substation that will collect electricity from the Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore wind project. In the tender, TenneT is looking for a contractor to prepare the site in Wijk aan Zee on which the onshore substation for Holla
Jan De Nul’s new offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire will have its debut on the 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. With a lifting capacity of over 3,000 tonnes and standing taller than the Eiffel tower, Voltaire is the largest of its kind in the world, Jan De Nul said. The Vol
TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking a certifying authority for the Hollandse Kust Noord, Hollandse Kust West Alpha and Hollandse Kust West Beta platforms. The tender concerns the certification of the three platforms, each comprising a 700MW AC offshore substation, primary for the execution phase
Rostock-based EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has received an order from Van Oord for the production of 89 monopiles for the 382.7MW Windpark Fryslȃn nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. In total, EEW SPC will process over 19,000 tons of steel for this order between January 2020 and September
CSBC DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has signed a Balance of Plant (BOP) Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) for the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Under the BOP package, CDWE is in charge of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of foundations, inter-arr
All projects that secured Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the UK’s third allocation round have signed their contracts, according to Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). In total, six offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 5,466MW were selected in the CfD Allocation Round 3, with the st
Partrac has secured a contract to supply, install and maintain navigation and metocean equipment at the Triton Knoll offshore wind project in the UK. The UK-based company will supply and install 12 buoys to demarcate the offshore construction site and act as navigation aids to mariners. It will also
MHI Vestas has entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 wind turbines for the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSE Renewables, was awarded exclusive development rights by
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) is planning to issue a tender in November for geophysical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. The selected company will be in charge of carrying out a geophysical survey required to obtain the soil information at a part of the Ijmuiden Ve
