Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometre cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The survey, conducted using uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), took place over a span of 13 months, in water depths ranging from the shor
Deep Wind Offshore Korea has secured a Public Waters Occupancy and Use Permit for its Admiral Lee offshore wind project in South Korea. “This achievement marks an essential step forward in our mission to advance renewable energy development in South Korea. The permit allows us to complete offshore l
Preparatory and trial operations for offshore construction are underway at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm site in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, with several vessels involved, including Van Oord’s heavy-lift ship Svanen, in advance of the upcoming monopile installation work. Van Oord’s he
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) in Decem
Geotechnical survey works are scheduled to commence at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK in February 2025. The geotechnical seabed investigations, which include boreholes and cone penetration tests (CPTs), will be conducted using survey vessels Connector, Geoquip Saentis, and Geoqui
RWE has given the consortium of Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy the full notice to proceed on the offshore and onshore substations for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East offshore wind projects in the UK. Aker Solutions has provided work for the projects under a limited notice to proceed announced
Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a joint venture owned by Corio Generation and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has submitted a consent application for Sceirde Rocks Windfarm to Ireland’s planning authority, An Bord Pleanála. The developer says the project is the first offshore wind farm proposed fo
The second wind turbine installation campaign is about to start at the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site off the coast of Fife, Scotland. According to a notice to mariners from the project, Fred Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern is scheduled to commence the work on or aroun
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate an environmental review of the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic offshore wind lease area, located offshore New York and New Jersey and owned by Vineyard Offshore (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), which plans to build its Excelsior Wind project t
Dajin Heavy Industry has shipped the last ten monopiles of the total 36 the company was contracted to produce for the Danish Thor offshore wind farm from its Penglai facility in China. The monopiles, each weighing over 1,100 tons will be delivered to the Port of Eemshaven, Dajin said in a social med
Ventyr Energy (Ventyr Energi), a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has selected Ramboll for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind farm in Norway. This month, Ramboll will start with the basic foundation design f
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has contracted the Dutch offshore construction company Van Oord and the joint venture between Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME and Taiwan’s largest shipbuilder CSBC for installation work at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Van Oord’s
Tahkoluoto Offshore Oy, the developer of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project in Finland, has scrapped plans for a demonstration project that involved the installation of two 15 MW wind turbines. The purpose of the demo phase was to pilot large-scale offshore wind turbines, foundation
