The first monopile foundations for Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm have arrived at Port of Teesworks in the UK from Bilbao, Spain, where Haizea Wind Group is producing the monopiles for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW project. Six XXL monopiles, of the total 197 that Hornsea 3 will comprise, arrived in two batches, wi
CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has delivered all transition pieces (TP) the Chinese company was contracted to manufacture for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm. CWHI said on 10 February that it completed the load-out and on-time departure of the final batch of TPs for Inch Cape from
CS Wind Offshore has received the Final Notice to Proceed for the Nordlicht 2 transition pieces (TPs) from Vattenfall, which made the full final investment decision (FID) for its Nordlicht offshore wind projects in January. For the 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster, CS Wind Offshore will deliver 68 TPs for t
The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has started work on the third offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2 GW programme, having cut the first steel for the Nederwiek 2 platform, which will be installed in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The cutting of the steel was celebrated on 5 February at ship
Vattenfall has contracted Pfisterer for the supply of electrical connection technology for the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in Germany. The German manufacturer of cable accessories said on 9 February that the contract value is “in the high single-digit million range”. Under the contract, Pf
Cadeler’s service and maintenance unit, Nexra, has signed a firm contract valued at more than EUR 20 million for the execution of an operations and maintenance (O&M) campaign in Taiwan, the company said on 9 February, leaving the client unnamed. The campaign, which will be performed across two offsh
China Three Gorges (CTG) has commissioned the 20 MW wind turbine recently installed offshore, the first turbine of this generation capacity to be installed at sea, according to the Chinese company. The wind turbine was connected to the grid and started operation on 5 February. The 20 MW model, which
MacGregor will supply a 400-tonne active heave compensated (AHC) subsea crane for a new floating wind construction vessel (FWCV) that Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry is building in China for the South Korean company HANA Shipping. MacGregor is scheduled to deliver the crane at the end of 2027, with the
CAPE Holland, a Venterra Group company, has secured a contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) to supply its CAPE VLT-640 Tandem Vibro Lifting Tool for the installation of pin piles for the offshore wind turbine and substation jacket foundations at the Fengmiao 1 project site in Taiwan. CDWE,
The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened a public consultation on a draft ministerial order that will set the regulatory bases for the country’s first (floating) offshore wind tender. The consultation runs from 4 February to 24 February 202
A supply chain analysis from the offshore wind industry in Norway has found that the country’s offshore wind suppliers generated a combined turnover of more than NOK 60 billion (over EUR 5 billion) in 2024. The report, LeverandørKRAFT (SupplierPOWER), was prepared by the Confederation of Norwegian I
Mammoet has signed an agreement with Seatrium for the load-out of three substations for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind grid connection programme. In 2023, TenneT signed a five-year Framework Cooperation Agreement with the GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium and awarded the consortium with contracts for thre
TotalEnergies has contracted Fugro to perform geotechnical surveys for the NordSee Energies 1 (NSE1) offshore wind farm at the N-12.1 site in Germany, where survey work is already underway. Investigations will be carried out at around 140 locations, reaching depths of up to 50 metres below the seabe
