Van Oord has wrapped up the rock installation works at the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, owned and developed by Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power. Using its vessels Bravenes and Nordnes, Van Oord installed a total of 300,000 tonnes of rock that wil
The 315 MW Oga–Katagami–Akita offshore wind project in Japan has received a certificate of conformity from Bureau Veritas Japan, confirming that the design of its wind power generation facilities complies with Japanese technical standards and regulatory requirements. The offshore wind farm, set to b
The first electricity generated by the Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm has been fed into the German grid. The first power export comes just weeks after the installation of the project’s first wind turbine, RWE said on 22 July, and added that the installation of the remaining turbines is ongoing,
UK renewable energy provider Good Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted for its Walney 1 and Walney 2 offshore wind farms. Under the two‑year agreement, the largest deal of this kind for Good Energy, the UK company will purchase 200 GWh of electricity each year, around one-s
XOCEAN is set to begin a geophysical survey of a potential offshore export cable corridor for the proposed Bellrock floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. According to a Notice to Mariners, the survey campaign is scheduled to commence no earlier than 26 July and is expected to take around 60 days
Fallpipe vessel (FPV) Flintstone is about to commence rock installation work at Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, owned by SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Vårgrønn. The vessel, owned by DEME, will supply, transport, and install scour protection at various locations on
Hanwha Ocean has started construction of the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project off the coast of South Jeolla Province. The construction kick-off was marked with a ground-breaking ceremony that took place on 16 July in Shinan County. Located off Uido Island in Shinan, the offshore wind farm has
Ocean Winds has secured offshore consent from the Scottish government for its 2 GW Caledonia offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the Moray Firth, around 40 kilometres off the coasts of Wick and Banff. The developer submitted consent applications to Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish gove
RWE has achieved a milestone in the construction of the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm after installing 36 of the 72 turbines off Denmark’s west coast near Jutland. Each individual turbine from manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts, stands around 148 metres above sea level
Nadara has appointed Aker Solutions to undertake electrical infrastructure studies for the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm through its consultancy arm Entr and wholly owned subsidiary Unitech Power Systems. The work will support the development of a high-level electrical infrastructure concept for Bellr
Principle Power has been awarded the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support contract for the 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in the French Mediterranean operated by Ocean Winds (OW) in partnership with la Banque des Territoires. The agreement with EFGL covers the three W
OranjeWind, the joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies, has signed a Port & Agency Services agreement with Clarkson Port Services BV for the construction and commissioning phase of its OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Various port locations are involved during this phase, where
