192 results found for 'centre manche 1'

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  • ABL Secures Work on French Offshore Grid Connections

    9 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Energy and marine consultancy company, ABL, has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 offshore substations in France. Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 are part of two offshore wind projects – Appel d’Offre 4 (AO4) […]

  • French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offshore wind projects. The work scope consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and […]

  • BlueFloat Pinpoints Location, Layout of Taiwan’s First Floating Wind Farm

    9 August 2024
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy has identified an exact location for the first phase of its Winds of September floating wind project off Hsinchu City, Taiwan, as the developer plans to enter Winds of September Phase 1 into the floating demonstration programme which the Taiwanese government is expected to launch later this year. Winds of September Phase 1, […]

  • Avangrid Shareholders Approve Iberdrola’s Takeover

    27 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Avangrid’s shareholders have approved Iberdrola’s acquisition of the remaining 18.4 per cent of Avangrid’s capital, through a merger operation. The acquisition was supported by approximately 99 per cent of the votes cast, compared to just 1 per cent of votes cast against. The percentage of support amongst the voting shareholders, if the votes of Iberdrola […]

  • Ørsted Adds Acteon to Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Team

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Pulse Structural Monitoring, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has signed a contract with Ørsted Taiwan to provide measurement and associated data acquisition systems for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company, which is part of Acteon’s Geo-services business line, will be responsible for the […]

  • Equinor, Ørsted Sign New Empire Wind 1, Sunrise Wind Contracts with New York State

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The State of New York and the developers of Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind projects, Equinor and Ørsted, have signed Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) Purchase and Sale Agreements for the two projects the developers re-bid in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation and were awarded capacity. Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind […]

  • UK Boosts Sixth CfD Auction Budget, Earmarks GBP 1.1 Billion for Offshore Wind

    31 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has decided to increase the budget for the next Allocation Round 6 (AR6) to GBP 1.5 billion, including GBP 1.1 billion for offshore wind. The funding uplift represents more than a 50 per cent increase on the budget previously set in March this year. At the beginning of this year, the UK […]

  • EnBW, TotalEnergies Win in 2.5 GW German Offshore Wind Auction as RWE Bows Out

    24 June 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency has awarded 2.5 GW of offshore wind across two areas in its latest auction that saw two bidders collectively pay EUR 3 billion for the opportunity to develop in the North Sea. EnBW has secured the 1 GW N-12.3 area in the German North Sea. The company won the site at […]

  • Corio’s Offshore Wind Projects in Philippines Move Forward

    26 July 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Corio Generation’s offshore wind projects in the Philippines have received green lane certification from the Philippine Board of Investments, which is expected to simplify the permitting process for the company’s upcoming projects. The UK-headquartered company explained in a social media post that the certification will benefit from expedited processing of permits and licenses, primarily for […]

  • First-Ever SOV Built in US Christened in Louisiana

    13 May 2024
    Vessels

    Ørsted and the US shipbuilder Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) officially christened the first-ever US-built service operations vessel (SOV), ECO Edison, at the Port of New Orleans on 11 May. The construction of the vessel started in March 2022 at ECO’s shipyard in Louisiana, where ECO marked a 50-per cent completion milestone in April last year. […]

  • BOEM Clears BP to Test Suction Bucket Foundations at Beacon Wind Project Site

    7 May 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the testing of suction bucket jacket foundations at the Beacon Wind offshore wind lease area, owned by BP, which filed an application to perform the tests last year together with its then-joint venture partner Equinor. In March 2023, the Beacon Wind joint venture submitted a […]

  • Hitachi, Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Seal French Offshore Substation Contract

    29 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and the Hitachi Energy – Chantiers de l’Atlantique consortium will sign a contract for the construction of the first offshore substations and DC converter stations for two offshore wind farms that will be built off Ile d’Oléron (AO7) and Normandy (AO8). The 1 GW Ile d’Oléron wind […]

  • Subsea7’s Backlog Remains ‘Robust’ with High Tendering in Subsea and Offshore Wind

    25 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of USD 10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured USD 7.4 billion of contract awards […]

  • Global Maritime Finishes MWS for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a in Taiwan

    10 April 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    In February 2024, Global Maritime completed its task of providing marine warranty services (MWS) for the installation of 111 wind turbines on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Ørsted awarded the MWS contract to Global Maritime Singapore in March 2021. The Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project is […]

  • UK’s Sixth Contracts for Difference Round Open

    28 March 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    On 27 March, the UK Government opened the sixth allocation round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme which will continue until 19 April 2024. The round will see a range of renewable technologies, including offshore wind compete for the government’s support. Applications may be submitted via National Grid ESO’s EMR Portal. The results […]

  • European Energy Gets Green Light for 240 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark

    15 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the feasibility study report for European Energy’s Jammerland Bay (Jammerland Bugt) offshore wind farm, a 240 MW project off the Danish coast that is soon to be majority-owned by TotalEnergies. The feasibility study report now greenlighted by the DEA consists of an environmental impact report with associated annexes. The […]

  • UK Set to Provide Record GBP 800 Million Support for Offshore Wind Projects

    7 March 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK government has revealed the budget of over GBP 1 billion (approximately EUR 1.2 billion) for this year’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 6 (AR6) with the majority of it, GBP 800 million (around EUR 936 million), earmarked for offshore wind. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) confirmed that over […]

  • Establishment Permit Application Submitted for Danish Little Belt South Offshore Wind Project

    4 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has initiated a public consultation on the 165 MW Lillebælt Syd (Little Belt South) offshore wind farm, planned to be built in the Little Belt strait between the islands of Als and Helnæs. On 7 February 2024, the DEA approved the feasibility study report for the project and said that, […]

  • Seatrium to Build Third Offshore Wind Project in Netherlands for TenneT

    19 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    A consortium led by Seatrium and GE Vernova will be constructing its third offshore wind project in the Netherlands for Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT, with the construction work commencing on 1 June 2024. In March 2023, Seatrium was awarded a five-year framework cooperation agreement with GE Vernova by TenneT for the supply three […]

  • France Selects EDF and Maple Power to Build 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    27 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, a special purpose company of EDF Renouvelables and Canada’s Maple Power, has won the tender to build and operate the 1 GW Centre Manche 1 wind farm project offshore Normandy, France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie was one of the six pre-selected candidates in this tendering round. The other developers […]

  • Iberdrola Preparing Two East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects for UK’s Sixth CfD Round

    23 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola’s company in the UK, is getting the East Anglia One North and East Anglia Two offshore wind projects ready for the upcoming auction round for Contracts for Difference (CfD). This is according to project updates Iberdrola published as part of its financial results for 2023. Iberdrola says “good progress is being made […]

  • RTE Seeks UXO Survey Squad for Two French Offshore Wind Projects

    18 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable routes of the Centre Manche 1 & 2 (AO4 auction) and South Britanny (AO5 auction) offshore wind farm grid connection projects. The aim of the surveys is to identify potential locations of UXOs in the corridors envisaged for […]

  • French TSO Issues Contract Notice for Two Offshore Grid Connections

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a contract notice seeking the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of four HVDC converter stations and two connected offshore platforms. The contract also includes all of the necessary civil works and associated maintenance contracts. The French government will award two projects that aim […]

  • Vattenfall, Skyborn and Banque des Territoires Submit Bid for Center Manche 2

    8 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vattenfall, Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd), and Banque des Territoires have jointly applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France. Center Manche 2 has a capacity of 1,500 MW and is located in an area off Barfleur, near the 1.05 GW Centre Manche 1 (AO4) project, […]

  • France Reveals Potential Developers of Two Offshore Wind Farms

    27 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France has selected candidates who will participate in the competitive dialogues for the two offshore wind farm projects located off the Ile d’Oléron (AO7) and Normandy (AO8). The two wind farms will have a combined capacity of 2.5 GW. The candidates selected to participate in the tendering procedure for the 1 GW Ile d’Oléron wind […]

  • TotalEnergies and RWE Strike Again Offshore France

    17 January 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    TotalEnergies and RWE have applied for the competitive bidding procedure for the Center Manche 2 (AO8) offshore wind project in Normandy, France. The bid was placed as part of the partnership between the two companies aimed at jointly responding to calls for tenders for the development of wind projects off the coast of Normandy. The […]