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  • Finland Unveils 17-Point Action Plan to Promote Offshore Wind

    22 August 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    On 20 August, Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment published an action plan focused on advancing the offshore wind industry in the country. The plan outlines 17 proposals, emphasizing that the development of offshore wind farms will be driven by market conditions. In October 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment appointed a […]

  • Sweden Rejects 13 Offshore Wind Farms, Greenlights Vattenfall’s Poseidon Project

    4 November 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Swedish government has rejected 13 applications to build offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defence concerns while approving one project on the west coast, being developed by a joint venture between Vattenfall and Zephyr. On 4 November, the Swedish government announced that 13 submitted applications to build offshore wind farms in […]

  • WindEurope CEO: ‘Yet Again Sweden Is Bottom of the Class on Offshore Wind’

    6 November 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    After the Swedish government rejected 13 offshore wind projects due to defence concerns, the European wind energy industry organisation, WindEurope, issued a press release saying the decision was “highly problematic”. “Yet again Sweden is bottom of the class on offshore wind. The Swedish Government has been unhelpful on offshore wind for many years. But a […]

  • US Offshore Wind Port Developer Lands USD 50 Million Investment

    30 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Ports & Logistics

    Homecoming Capital, an investor in zero-emission infrastructure, has made an initial USD 50 million (approximately EUR 46.2 million) commitment to Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a developer of US offshore wind port infrastructure. Under the agreement, CET will leverage Homecoming’s investment to execute early-stage development work on a portfolio of newbuild and redeveloped offshore wind ports […]

  • Vestas Lands Conditional Order for 1.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

    1 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas has signed a conditional order agreement with Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, to supply V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The agreement is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 72 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines, and […]

  • Fugro Lands Long-Term Offshore Wind Support Contract with Van Oord

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Dutch geo-data specialist, Fugro, has been awarded a long-term contract to provide construction support to its compatriot Van Oord for offshore wind farms across Europe for three years, with an option to extend. Under the contract, multiple remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems, construction equipment, personnel, and associated services will be deployed on Van Oord’s vessels […]

  • Hellenic Cables Lands Inter-Array Deal for US Offshore Wind Project

    18 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Greece’s Hellenic Cables, the cable segment of Cenergy Holdings, has signed a partnership agreement with Leading Light Wind, one of the largest offshore wind farms in the US, to supply some of the project’s inter-array cables. Under the agreement, Hellenic Cables will supply 65 kilometres of 132 kV inter-array cables, a part of the offshore […]

  • NMDC, Vingroup Team Up on Offshore Wind in Vietnam

    1 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom

    NMDC Group and Vingroup have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the two companies collaborating on sustainable coastal land development and offshore wind projects in Vietnam. “Through this collaboration, we will undertake large-scale coastal protection, land reclamation projects, and the development of offshore wind and renewable energy in Vietnam, employing our advanced […]

  • 50Hertz Awards LanWin3 Converter Contract

    19 July 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    The transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded the consortium comprising Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of Cobra IS, and Siemens Energy a EUR 2.9 billion contract to design, build, and install two electrical conversion stations. The consortium’s scope of work consists of supplying an offshore converter for the LanWin3 grid connection project in the North […]

  • Port of Argentia Lands Deal to Handle Turbine Blades for US East Coast Offshore Wind Farms

    19 September 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    The Canadian Port of Argentia has secured a contract to receive and store wind turbine blades that eventually will be transported and installed at offshore wind farms along the eastern coast of the US. The arrangement with Scan Global Logistics, a global transportation and logistics company headquartered in Denmark, will see 220 wind turbine blades […]

  • Mammoet Launches ‘World’s Strongest’ Land-Based Crane That Can Handle Large Offshore Wind Turbine Components

    30 August 2024
    Technology

    Mammoet has launched the SK6000 ring crane, said to be the world’s strongest land-based crane, at its Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands. According to the company, the new crane supports the continued constructability of next-generation offshore wind turbines and foundations. The new crane has a maximum capacity of 6,000 tonnes and can lift components of […]

  • CS Wind to Pour USD 200 Million Into New Factory in Vietnam

    11 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Dong Tam Group and South Korea’s CS Wind have signed a cooperation agreement to lease land for a wind power manufacturing facility in Long An, Vietnam, with a total investment of USD 200 million. The manufacturing facility will be located in Southeast Asia Industrial Park built by Dong Tam Group in the province’s Can Giuoc […]

  • Thor Offshore Wind Farm Homeports in Thyborøn

    8 November 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    RWE has selected Thyborøn Port as the offshore construction base for its 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. Thyborøn will be the home port for the project’s service vessels and the control centre for managing marine logistics and traffic throughout the offshore construction phase. In addition, secondary steel structures will be handled from […]

  • Cable Production Kicks Off for TenneT’s 2 GW Grid Connection Projects

    31 May 2024
    Cables, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German […]

  • First Onshore Link Completed for 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    7 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of four directional drills under the coastline, beach, and seabed in the Lubiatowo area, Poland, has been completed, paving the way for connecting the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm to its onshore substation. PKN Orlen, which is developing the project together with Canada’s Northland Power, confirmed that the first onshore connection […]

  • Dominion Buying Iberdrola’s US Offshore Wind Lease Area North of CVOW Project Site

    9 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid, and Virginia Electric and Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have signed an agreement under which Dominion will acquire the Kitty Hawk North Wind offshore wind lease area. The site, located some 40 kilometres north of the under-construction Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, would be renamed CVOW-South, […]

  • EIB Backs 1,440 MW Polish Offshore Wind Projects

    8 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    On 6 November, the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved the financing for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, being developed by Polenergia and Norway’s Equinor. According to a recent social media post by EIB vice president Teresa Czerwińska, the funds will be used to reduce emissions and air pollution, expand […]

  • Aker Solutions to Design Underwater Substations for 2.8 GW Floating Wind Farm off Sicily

    12 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Technology

    Aker Solutions has won a contract from Renexia to design the underwater substations for the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean Sea. Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Aker Solutions, marking their first involvement in an offshore wind project in the […]

  • GE to Test 15.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype in Norway

    5 July 2024
    Business development, Industry, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The US-headquartered GE Vernova plans to install a prototype of its next-generation 15.5 MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine in Gulen, Norway, following a NOK 331 million (approximately EUR 29 million) funding approval from Enova, a government-backed agency. The funds from Enova have been secured by Wergeland Group and Georgine Wind, which is owned by GE […]

  • Statkraft Plans to Build 2.1 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    21 October 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Statkraft has submitted a planning application to the Swedish Ministry of Climate and Economic Affairs for the 2.1 GW Baltic Offshore Delta North offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The proposed offshore wind farm includes up to 105 turbines in an area far out at sea to ensure low to no visibility from land. […]

  • Ocean Winds Picks Certification Partner for Polish Offshore Wind Project

    22 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed an agreement with Bureau Veritas Poland for the certification of the up to 500 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project. The certification will include a comprehensive assessment of the project at every stage of implementation, including design, production, installation, transport, and commissioning. The BC-Wind […]

  • Vard Receives Another CSOV Order from Norwind Offshore

    8 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Vard, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has signed a contract for the design and construction of a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Navigare Capital Partners. The new unit, based on the VARD 4 19 design, will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027 from Vard’s shipyard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Tailor-made […]

  • Japan Identifies Three New Offshore Wind Preparation Areas

    1 October 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has designated three new areas as offshore wind preparation zones. The three areas that were designated as preparation areas are Akita City, Akita Prefecture, East Side of Wakayama Prefecture, and West Side of Wakayama Prefecture (floating wind). These regions have been identified as preparation zones for establishing […]

  • Deme and Allseas Install îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier Offshore Substation

    14 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Deme and Allseas have installed the offshore substation at the 496 MW îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Deme installed the pin piles for the jacket foundation and transported the jacket and the topside to the project site. Once at the offshore site, the jacket and the topside were transferred to Allseas’ […]

  • Dutch and Polish Companies Secure Work on Equinor, Polenergia’s Offshore Wind Projects

    16 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Supply Chain

    Polenergia and Equinor have signed a contract with Tele-Fonika Kable S.A. (TFKable) for the supply of onshore cables and accessories for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. In addition, the companies selected the Dutch firm Visser & Smit Hanab to perform horizontal drilling in the landfall area for the two […]

  • TenneT Launches EUR 3 Million Offshore Cable Survey Tender

    18 October 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Dutch offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has opened an application period for a EUR 3 million tender for surveys of cables installed in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. Work will start in 2025 and will be performed on the export cables at the Borssele and the Hollandse Kust offshore wind farm zones […]