German energy company EnBW and its project partner, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), have published the conditions of entry and the specific flight tasks for the Offshore Drone Challenge (ODC) for the first time. As part of the Offshore Drone Challenge, drone manufacturers and service providers ar
RWE has selected Siemens Gamesa’s RecyclableBlade for 44 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines to be installed at the Sofia offshore wind power project off the east coast of the UK. In total, 132 individual recyclable blades will be installed at the 100-turbine offshore wind project. This is the maxim
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The main objective of the study is to identify gaps in capabilities of existing marine operation methodologies and equipment, to e
Vestas has completed the sale of its converters and controls business, marking the transfer of the company’s three converters and controls factories to KK Wind Solutions (KK). Following the acquisition, KK becomes a world leader within converter and controls for the wind industry, adding 600 employe
A consortium of Dutch companies has launched a government-backed project to explore the synergies between offshore wind, offshore solar and hydrogen production at sea for improved sustainability of North Sea renewable energy projects. The four-year project, dubbed Solar Enhanced North Sea Energy Hub
Luna Innovations (Luna) has been awarded a contract to provide monitoring services for the largest offshore wind project in the United States, Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Luna’s EN.SURE long-range power cable sensing system will be used to monitor the wind farms’
Saipem and Seaway7 have entered into a commercial collaboration agreement to jointly identify, bid and execute fixed offshore wind projects. Saipem and Seaway7 will pursue selected projects where the combined utilisation of the companies’ complementary assets, technologies, products, and competencie
Damen Shipyards Group has announced that the company is currently working on delivering two High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore transmission projects with the first one being 70 per cent completed at its Damen Shipyards Mangalia (DSMa) facility in Romania. DSMa, the group’s largest facility,
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has opened a qualification period for a tender seeking technical consultancy services for the power equipment of the artificial island Denmark plans to build in the North Sea. The North Sea Energy Island will connect 3 GW of offshore wind capacity
F.lli Righini was recently selected by Heerema Marine Contractors for the supply of an innovative Monopile Lifting and Upending Tool that will be delivered in 2024. The Scope of Work includes Engineering, Fabrication and Testing of this tailor-made equipment that will be employed by Heerema Marine C
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project and EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) have held a ceremonial first cut of steel for pin piles fabrication for the offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Hai Long and EEW KHPC signed a contract for pin piles fabrication in October 2022. Under the contract, EEW KHPC w
EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) has produced its heaviest monopile to date which is part of the order for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the USA. The German monopile manufacturer broke its own record, which was set in July 2022, when the company produced a 1,421-tonne mono
Siemens Gamesa has started the production of the first 108-metre wind turbine blade at its factory in Hull, the UK. The B108 IntegralBlades are one of the key components of Siemens Gamesa’s flagship offshore wind turbine – the SG 14-222 DD. ”Over the past year, we’ve doubled output at the Hull facil
Sif Holding has made a Final Investment Decision to construct the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The construction of the EUR 328 million facility is expected to start in April 2023, Sif said. The plant will be built at the 62-hectare Maasvlakte
