A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be
The onshore control room for the world’s largest floating wind farm, and the first to power oil & gas platforms, has been officially opened in Bergen, Norway. This is the first offshore wind control room in Norway, according to Ole Arild Larsen, Manager Operations Hywind Tampen at Equinor. The 94.6
French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a contract notice for the construction, delivery, and subsequent operations and maintenance of an offshore substation that will deliver electricity from the Dunkirk offshore wind farm to the grid. The procurement pr
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semisubmersible crane vessel Balder has replaced Saipem 3000 at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, taking over the installation of piles for the project’s jacket foundations. Balder arrived at the project site in October to install the first ten jacket f
TECO Electric & Machinery has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to construct an onshore substation for the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, TECO will construct an onshore substation in the Changhua Binhai Industrial Zone, Changhu
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a transmission line that will deliver electricity from the Sunrise Wind farm off the coast of Long Island, to the existing electrical grid in New York State. The 25-mile offshore/onshore transmission line will carry electricity from the wind
Irish energy provider Energia Renewables has finished seabed surveys for the North Celtic Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Following the award of a Foreshore Licence in September 2021, the geophysical and geotechnical surveys started in April 2022 and were comp
The case between the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the developers of the Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind offshore wind projects has reached beyond the state lines as it raised questions in Rhode Island, where Mayflower Wind filed an application for part of the project’s
Energy giant Shell, China’s China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and France’s Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC) have cancelled a project to build a demonstrator floating wind farm offshore France, according to local media reports. Shell has cited ”technical, commercial and financial challe
Avangrid has notified the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) that it decided to continue with the power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its Commonwealth Wind project that are currently undergoing review and approval proceedings. However, the developer has kept its position that under
Equinor has picked Denmark-based COWI to serve as Owner’s Engineer for the Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea. Under the agreement, COWI’s personnel will be integrated into Equinor’s own project development team so as to provide management and technical follow-up services. The con
The Lithuanian government has approved amendments to the Renewable Energy and Electricity Laws which define the tender conditions for the development of a second offshore wind farm of up to 700 MW in the Baltic Sea. If the amendments approved by the government are approved by the Seimas (Parliament)
Fugro has signed a contract with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, for geotechnical site investigation for the North Sea I offshore wind development. The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4 GW by 2030, and the geo-data acquired by Fugro will be used to inf
ABL Group has signed a framework agreement to provide engineering and marine services to support the construction as well as operations & maintenance (O&M) campaigns for Iberdrola’s German offshore wind farms. Iberdrola has awarded the framework agreement to ABL’s local operation in Germany, specifi
