The 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France’s Mediterranean coast has secured EUR 85 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The financing contracts for the project were signed on 29 April. The floating wind farm, fully consented in February 2021, will comprise three
DEME Offshore US and Barge Master have entered into a long-term agreement to jointly develop a Jones Act compliant feeder solution for the upcoming offshore wind projects in the USA. The two companies said they will work closely together to develop motion compensation technology which will be deploy
As the Colombian Government launched the country’s Offshore Wind Roadmap on 3 May, BlueFloat Energy revealed it has seven offshore wind projects under development in the country. This is just half of what the company plans in South America since there are also seven projects the Spanish developer is
Ørsted is planning a world-first attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations. Together with Taiwanese partners, the company will test the concept in the tropical waters of Taiwan this summer. The aims are to determine whether corals can be successfully grown
Colombian producer of fertilizers, Monómeros, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Public Lighting of Barranquilla (APBAQ), which plans to build Colombia’s first offshore wind farm in the waters off the city of Barranquilla together with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Under
Equinor and BP have selected a consortium between Van Oord and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) for subsea rock installation works for their Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in New York. The consortium plans to start operations at the offshore wind farm sites in the mid-2020s, wit
Ørsted and Star Energy Corporation (SEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, have switched on the two onshore substations for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Following the first power in late April, the eneregisation of the 900 MW onshore substat
UK-based Offshore Design Engineering Limited (ODE) has been selected as the Owner’s Engineer for Vena Energy’s 384 MW Yokji offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the two-year contract, ODE will provide a range of services including basic engineering, wind turbine generators (WTG) package support
Spanish company EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions has been selected by the Lithuanian Energy Agency to perform hydrometeorological measurements to support the development of the first offshore wind farm in Lithuania. Under the tender requirements, EOLOS will deliver the services within 15 months from t
Ersg and Taylor Hopkinson have been selected to supply personnel to work on the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The two companies will supply temporary staff for the lifecycle of the project. “After a competitive tendering process, ersg are ecstatic to have been declared one of two exc
UK-based investment company Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has struck a deal to acquire a 7.75 per cent ownership interest in the Lincs wind farm offshore England. According to ORIT, the acquisition is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year once the needed consen
Enefit Green has contracted Ramboll for a preliminary design of the Hiiu offshore wind farm in Estonia, with the technical analysis of the project scheduled to be completed in August this year. Meanwhile, the environmental impact assessment for the up to up to 1.1 GW offshore wind farm is also near
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit have launched the first of the three crew transfer vessels (CTVs) dedicated to the operations and maintenance of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. On Thursday, 28 April, the launch of the vessel was attended by representatives of the French shipyard OCEA
After sending off the first tower sections for the Hywind Tampen wind turbines from its Bilbao factory at the beginning of March, Haizea Wind Group is nearing completion of its part of the project with eight towers manufactured so far. The 8-metre-diameter towers, the world’s largest in this respect
