Windpark Fryslân has achieved the financial close for the 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. Ten banks and the province of Fryslân are jointly financing Windpark Fryslân, which is being built south of the Afsluitdijk, six kilometers off the Frisian coas
Dogger Bank Wind Farms, which is developing what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm when built, has unveiled GE Renewable Energy as its preferred turbine supplier. Under the new deal, GE Renewable Energy will supply Dogger Bank with the Haliade-X turbine, bringing the world’s most po
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a tender for preliminary geotechnical site investigations on the Thor offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The Thor offshore wind farm is located west of the peninsula Jutland and ca. 20km to 45km west of the coastal village Thorsminde. The wa
All 31 monopile foundation wind turbines have been commissioned at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm, according to Northland Power. The commissioning phase of the 31 MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbines began in early June, with all the planned work said to be completed ahead of schedule. As reported, the
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has postponed the decision deadline for the Hornsea Project Three development consent order application until 31 March 2020. The decision deadline was postponed from 2 October to 31 March 2020 to allow for additional infor
Triton Knoll has given an update on the construction of the two offshore substations destined for the 860MW offshore wind project. According to Triton Knoll, a transition piece for the offshore substation has left the construction hall at Smulders’ Wallsend facility in the UK. The company has now co
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has started construction work on Bernhard Schulte Offshore’s third Ulstein-designed offshore wind vessel at Ulstein Verft. As reported earlier, the partially built service operations vessel (SOV) left the Crist shipyard in Poland en route to Norway ear
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG by Sage Holdings S.à.r.l, ultimately indirectly controlled by Macquarie Group Limited. Ocean Breeze owns and operates the BARD Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Macq
UK-based DeepOcean has, on behalf of Hengtong Group, completed export cable installation for the first floating wind farm project in the Atlantic Ocean, the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic. DeepOcean’s scope of work included project management, engineering, and execution of all marine activities associated
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has decided that a Strategic Environmental Assessment must be completed prior to submission of final bids for the Thor offshore wind farm. In addition to this, comprehensive environmental assessments are still to be carried out prior to final bids. Later, the winner of
All 16 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines have been installed on the 112MW Albatros offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, EnBW said. This marks the completion of the turbine installation on the largest offshore wind project in Germany which includes the 71 wind turbines on the neighbouring Hohe
DEME Offshore has awarded Norway’s OHT with a contract to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to Scotland. OHT will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication ya
Offshore wind projects selected in the third Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 3 will be delivered at a strike price as low as GBP 39.65/MWh, a near 30% reduction compared to the second CfD auction held in 2017. For the first time renewables are expected to come online below market pri
NKT has entered a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) as the main contractor for delivery and installation of high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to the Doggerbank Creyke Beck A and B offshore wind farms. With a combined capacity of 2,400MW, the wind farms are being developed as a j
