The installation vessel Bold Tern has left the Port of Taichung in Taiwan loaded with the first sets of turbines for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project, according to an update the vessel owner Fred. Olsen Windcarrier posted on social media. The vessel arrived in Taiwan last month, after und
The installation vessel Saipem 7000 and the jacket foundation for the Saint-Brieuc wind farm’s offshore substation have arrived in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc ahead of installation work, which will begin once the topside – currently en route to the project site – also arrives in the French bay. After th
NKT has signed a turnkey contract with ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola, for the production and installation of the export power cables for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, NKT will be responsible for the design and manufact
The UK Government has awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) to five offshore wind projects at a strike price of GBP 37.35/MWh each. One of the five offshore projects, which have a total generation capacity of 7 GW, is Ørsted’s Hornsea Three, for which the developer says is the world’s single bigge
Two companies have submitted applications to the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for maritime concessions to build floating wind farms in the Tyrrhenian Sea, offshore Sardinia, with one of the projects proposed to have an installed capacity of more than 3 GW. This is an excerpt from
Fugro has started soil investigations off the Danish west coast, where RWE will build the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, located approximately 22 kilometres from the port of Thorsminde. Up to three research vessels will be deployed to acquire geotechnical data from the seabed, which is necessary to i
Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments, both subsidiaries of Shell, have taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build Holland Hydrogen I, which is said to be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200 MW Holland Hydrogen I electrolysis plant will be con
Hellenic Cables has been awarded an Exclusivity and Capacity Agreement (ECA) for the supply of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the ECA, Hellenic Cables will supply approximately 140 kilometres of 66 kV
Endiprev has started working on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany under a contract with Siemens Gamesa, the project’s wind turbine supplier. Throughout the next six months, Endiprev will perform installation and finishing works for Siemens Gamesa on the Kaskasi offshore wind farm, loc
TotalEnergies, the France-headquartered oil & gas and energy major, has multi-gigawatt offshore wind plans in Denmark. There, the company is eyeing the development of a minimum of 1.3 GW and a maximum of some 5.8 GW of offshore wind through two projects. This is an excerpt from a Premium article pub
The first of the total of 33 Vestas 4.2 MW wind turbines has been installed at the Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm in Japan, the country’s first commercial-size, fixed-bottom wind project. After the installation vessel Seajacks Zaratan finished placing all the 33 monopile foundations at their respe
Berwick Bank Wind Farm Limited, the project company set up by SSE Renewables for the development of its Berwick Bank project in Scotland, has filed an application for an electricity generation licence with the UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority. Following the submission of the application, Ofg
Ocean Winds (OW), a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has confirmed its intent to maximise the developable area of the project site for which it won the development rights in the ScotWind auction. Across the 429-square-kilometre site, Ocean Winds plans to build out its Caledonia
Siemens Gamesa and wpd have signed a Master Supply Agreement, including a 20-year service agreement, for the 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The wind turbines will have a nominal power of 8.6 MW and can reach up to 9 MW with the Power Boost option engaged. Located 15 kil
