SSE has re-issued a contract notice for offshore and nearshore geotechnical survey works at the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
The Buss Terminal Eemshaven has received the first shipment of wind turbine tower sections for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind project.
France’s Minister of Ecology François de Rugy has signed the letters approving re-negotiated feed-in-tariffs for six offshore wind projects selected in the country’s first two tendering rounds.
Following a delay of several months, France has launched a tender for the development and operation of a wind farm offshore Dunkerque.
Archaeologists working for Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group developing Norfolk’s largest offshore wind farms, have recovered evidence in the North Sea which is hoped will tell a more detailed story of ‘Doggerland’, the submerged landscape which was flooded more than 8,000 years ago.
First power on all 56 turbines at Borkum Riffgrund II offshore wind farm has now been achieved and the German project will soon enter commercial operation.
International consulting group COWI has increased its presence in the USA for the consultancy contract with Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts – the first major US offshore wind energy project.
Japanese wind turbine maker Hitachi and Taiwan’s Changhua County Government have entered into a memorandum of understanding to use the Changhua Port and its facilities and land as an operations and maintenance base for the Changhua offshore wind farm.
33 of 84 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines have now been installed on the Beatrice offshore wind farm and are exporting power to the Scottish grid, SSE plc said.
The UK Planning Inspectorate has appointed the Examining Authority for Vattenfall’s application for the Thanet Extension development consent order (DCO).
Siemens has selected Sollatek to provide stabilisers for the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s onshore substation.
The assembly of the wind turbine towers destined for the Norther offshore wind farm has begun at the Port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands.
Denmark’s HOFOR has bought back a 50% stake in the 40MW Middelgrunden offshore wind farm from Ørsted.
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has started the production of the turbines for the 200MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm.
