This year is set to be one of the busiest for offshore wind developers and governments around the world as a multitude of new sites are scheduled to be awarded for offshore wind farm construction. From the much longer list of auctions coming up in 2023, each bearing national and/or global significan
Equinor and Polenergia have selected Hitachi Energy to deliver electrical systems infrastructure for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. Under the awarded contract, Hitachi Energy will be responsible for the electrical system design for the whole offshore wind farm
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has narrowed down the list of offshore wind projects selected in the latest allocation round and has now awarded capacity to seven out of the initially chosen ten future offshore wind farms. On 14 December, MOEA announced that ten projects were selected i
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has launched a tender for the provision of several floating LiDARs that will be installed at the new offshore wind farm sites in Denmark. The tender, valued at a total of EUR 13 million, includes multiple floating LiDARs per site for both deploymen
The Finnish Government has given consent regarding research permits to the Swedish developer Eolus Vind for Wellamo and Tuulia offshore wind projects in the Bothnian Sea. The construction of offshore wind farms requires an environmental impact assessment (EIA), during which Eolus investigates the di
The Norwegian Government has awarded Vard Group and the Ocean Charger project partners NOK 38 million (approximately EUR 3.6 million) for the development of offshore charging solutions. The Ocean Charger project’s primary goal is to develop and demonstrate an offshore charging solution for battery-p
Spain-based euskalforging has won a contract to produce rolled rings for the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm offshore France. Under the contract, the company will manufacture rolled rings for 61 transition pieces that will be installed on the offshore wind project located 11.6 kilometr
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has acquired a stake of up to 9.5 per cent in German offshore wind developer and operator Skyborn Renewables. PIF said that the investment is in line with its goal to achieve sustainable returns and unlock promising economic opportunities globally. “This i
German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 525 kV cables covering seven onshore and offshore grid connection projects currently under development, as well as future projects. The
TenneT has awarded DHSS, the Dutch offshore energy logistics provider, with storage and port logistics contracts for Dutch offshore activities. DHSS signed two long-term contracts with TenneT. One for the provision of storage and warehousing activities for its substation spare parts and the other fo
SeaMar has been contracted by Van Oord to deploy guard vessels on the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The guard vessels are present within the 125 km2 total surface area of the wind farm and are keeping close contact with the coast guard and project teams to
Danish and Belgian transmission system operators, Energinet and Elia, have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for the Triton Link interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the
Fugro Netherlands Marine has won a contract to carry out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and identification campaign at the 900 MW EnBW he Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The He Dreiht offshore wind farm will be built some 90 kilometres northwest of the island of Borkum and ab
NR Marine Services has placed an order with Diver Marine for a new crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the offshore wind industry. The newbuild will be a first-of-class Diverse Marine 27-metre CTV featuring a traditional catamaran hull form that has been CFD tested, the company said. The vessel, t
