Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a call for the supply of all required work to manufacture up to 50 monopile foundations for two nearshore wind projects in the Danish North Sea. The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers the civil engineering manufacturing of up to 50 transition p
Onshore works for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan started on 23 July, according to a press release from the general contractor TECO Electric & Machinery. The onshore construction officially commenced by breaking ground in Lugang township of Changhua County, where the offshore win
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy will reveal the results of the tender to develop the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm site on Wednesday, 29 July. The results of the subsidy-free round will be revealed after the closing of the Dutch stock exchanges, Ruud de Bruijne,
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is seeking an entity to certify site studies carried out for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone in the Dutch North Sea. RVO has been requested to prepare and collect all site data required for commercial developers to prepare competitive bids. As part of
The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has entered into a contract to provide technical advisory services for the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm in Vietnam. RCG’s Richard Clarkson has been appointed Project Director for the 78 MW project, which is due to start permanent construction works in Septembe
Polish energy company PKN Orlen has submitted an environmental report for its offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea. PKN Orlen, through its subsidiary Baltic Power, holds a license to build wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea with a maximum total capacity of up to 1,200 MW. The proposed area cover
Spanish energy company Iberdrola is finalizing the selection of the main contractors for the Baltic Eagle and Wikinger Süd offshore wind projects in the German Baltic Sea. The 476 MW Baltic Eagle and the 10 MW Wikinger Süd were selected in the second public tender organised by Germany’s Federal Netw
Siemens Gamesa has secured a contract to provide wind turbines and long-term operation and maintenance services for the 78 MW Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm in Vietnam. The Hiep Thanh wind farm will be located between one and three kilometres off the coast of Tra Vinh Province. The wind farm will fe
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Vietnamese companies Asiapetro and Novasia Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Binh Thuan People’s Committee for the development of a 3.5 GW offshore wind project off the coast of the Binh Thuan province in Vietnam. The project, ca
Site investigation work at East Anglia Hub is expected to start in July, according to Iberdrola, the parent company of ScottishPower Renewables, which will build the 3.1 GW project in the UK. The site investigation operations will mark the first deployment of personnel and contractors on the project
The consortium behind the 700 MW Akita Yurihonjo wind farm is moving forward with the project after the proposed construction area was designated a ”promotion zone” by the Japanese government. Earlier this month, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Land, Infra
The first batch of pin piles for the Formosa 2 jacket foundations have been offloaded at the Port of Taichung and are now waiting for installation, which is about to start soon. Each of the pin piles – produced by EEW Korea, EEW KHPC and EEW Malaysia – is up to 78.9 metres long, has […]
Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT’s) vessel Hawk arrived at the Port of Nigg on 21 July, carrying nine jacket foundations for Moray East wind turbines and one for the project’s offshore substation. The jackets will now be offloaded at Global Energy Group’s site in Nigg and will go through final prepar
Vattenfall has appointed UXOcontrol as specialist contractor to complete the unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification campaign for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project. When construction is completed, the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone will cover an area of 225 km2 with water dep
