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  • BREAKING: Australia Awards First Offshore Wind Feasibility Licences, Major Developers Lined Up with 12+ GW in Generation Capacity

    1 May 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Australian government has awarded the first feasibility licences for offshore wind projects to six wind farms proposed to be built offshore Gippsland in Victoria, with a further six licences expected to be awarded, subject to First Nations consultation. The total capacity of Australia’s first six offshore wind projects to receive feasibility licences is around […]

  • LS Marine to Use Dong Fang Offshore’s SOV on South Korean Offshore Wind Projects

    14 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Korean company LS Marine Solution and Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see LS Marine chartering a service operations vessel (SOV) from DFO and participating in offshore wind project bidding in South Korea. According to LS Marine Solution, this will be the first time an SOV […]

  • Fugro to Start Geotechnical Survey Work at Dogger Bank South West Site

    24 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    The Fugro Quest vessel, operated by Fugro, is en route to the northeast coast of England to begin geotechnical survey work on the site of the proposed Dogger Bank South (DBS) West, one of two proposed DBS offshore wind farms. Fugro Quest, launched in 2022, left Falmouth on 23 July 2024 to initiate geotechnical assessments […]

  • New Heavy Lift Quay Supporting SeAH’s UK Monopile Factory to Go Into Operation This Summer

    12 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    A new quay in the UK’s Tees Valley that will support SeAH Wind’s new XXL monopile manufacturing facility is set to be operational in early summer 2024. Construction work on the first 450-metre phase of the South Bank Heavy Lift Quay, which started in 2021, is now complete, according to Teesworks Ltd, a private-public partnership […]

  • US Gets Its First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    15 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Construction has been completed and all twelve wind turbines have been powered up at the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, the 132 MW South Fork Wind. The project has started delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways, offshore New York, with commissioning in its final stage. “When I broke ground on […]

  • Ramboll to Design Foundations for 532 MW South Korean Offshore Wind Project

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

    Anma Offshore Wind Energy has selected Denmark-headquartered Ramboll for detailed foundation design and certification support for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. Ramboll has secured the contract for WTG Foundation Detailed Design of the wind farm’s 38 14 MW units, which will be supported on three-legged jackets with pre-installed pin piles. In […]

  • EDF Renewables Enters South Korean Offshore Wind Market

    3 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of EDF, has acquired 100 per cent of Shell Overseas Holdings Ltd.’s shares in West Sea Energy 1, which is exploring the development of a large-scale offshore wind project in South Korea. The France-based company acquired its first offshore wind project in South Korea, located in the southwestern county of Yeonggwang. […]

  • New York City’s Offshore Wind Terminal Under Construction

    11 June 2024
    Ports & Logistics, Project Updates

    Construction work on turning the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in New York City into an offshore wind hub started on 10 June. The SBMT redevelopment is being performed by Equinor, in cooperation with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and terminal operator Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SSBMT). Equinor, the owner/developer of […]

  • Equinor Contracts DNV to Verify Substation FEED Work for South Korean Floating Wind Farm

    16 April 2024
    Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has selected DNV to provide verification services for FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) of the substation for the 750 MW Firefly/Bandibuli floating wind farm in South Korea. Announcing the contract for the South Korean project, DNV said that designing and installing floating substations present distinct challenges, including the need for high-voltage dynamic cables and […]

  • Onshore Cabling Work for Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Starts

    15 April 2024
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Work on the onshore cable route for RWE’s offshore wind farm Thor has started near the onshore substation located south of Lemvig, Denmark. The activities, scheduled to be underway from mid-April until the end of October, are starting with horizontal directional drilling under the dune and a field immediately south of Tuskær. The landfall work, […]

  • Swedish County Recommends Gov’t Approval for 5.5 GW Aurora Offshore Wind Farm

    3 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The County Administrative Board of Gotland has suggested that the Government should issue a permit for the Aurora offshore wind farm, a project developed by OX2 and Ingka Investments, under the Act governing Sweden’s exclusive economic zone. If the government gives an approval, the first phase of the 5.5 GW offshore wind project could be […]

  • Ørsted and OEG Renewables Form Offshore Wind Pact in US

    22 April 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment

    OEG Renewables, part of OEG Energy Group Limited, has entered the US offshore wind market after signing a multi-year framework agreement with Ørsted. The multi-year agreement gives OEG Renewables’ topside division exclusivity for all temporary power scopes Ørsted have during commissioning on their projects. This agreement has begun immediately with the provision of temporary power […]

  • 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 […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore to Use Spoor’s AI Bird-Tracking Tech in Sweden, South Korea

    22 March 2024
    Business development, Environment, Floating Wind, Innovation, Technology

    After completing the first full-year bird survey in Norway using the AI bird-tracking technology developed by the Norwegian start-up Spoor, Deep Wind Offshore will introduce the technology to the Swedish and South Korean offshore wind markets. Spoor has been tracking birds at the Utsira Nord floating wind area in Norway on behalf of Deep Wind […]

  • New York’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground

    18 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 17 July, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction of Sunrise Wind, the state’s largest offshore wind project, developed by Ørsted. The groundbreaking at the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport on Long Island officially kicked off the start of the 924 MW Sunrise Wind project which is said to support […]

  • South Koreans Aim for Global Supply with Opening of New Offshore Wind Cable Plant

    5 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 square metres behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phase, which focuses on producing inter-array cables, was […]

  • Vattenfall Links Vesterhav Nord to Danish Grid Despite Ongoing Blade Repairs

    12 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 21 wind turbines at Vattenfall’s Vesterhav Nord (North) offshore wind farm have delivered the first power and the 176 MW project is now connected to the Danish electricity grid. However, the blades on a single unit have been temporarily taken down for repairs after sustaining damage during the preparation of the offshore wind farm. […]

  • Cadeler Secures Vessel Capacity for 2029 Wind Turbine Installation Campaign

    15 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Denmark-headquartered Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement to transport and install wind turbine generators (WTGs). An undisclosed client has signed an agreement with Cadeler to secure vessel capacity for a wind turbine installation campaign scheduled to start in 2029. According to the company, the effectiveness of the agreement is contingent upon the undisclosed client’s […]

  • 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, […]

  • First Steel in Water at Ørsted and Eversource’s Two-State Offshore Wind Project

    16 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource’s Revolution Wind offshore wind farm has achieved its “steel in the water” milestone with the installation of the project’s first turbine foundation offshore the US. Located approximately 15 miles (about 24 kilometres) south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles (approximately 51 kilometres) southeast of the Connecticut coast, Revolution Wind is […]

  • Estonia Starts Permitting Process for Enefit’s 2 GW Offshore Wind Duo

    6 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has initiated the permitting process for a 2 GW offshore wind project in the Gulf of Riga, developed by Liivi Offshore, a project company owned by Enefit Green. As reported throughout the past few years, Enefit Green has been developing the 1 GW Liivi offshore wind farm […]

  • US Greenlights First Offshore Wind Project to Connect to New York’s Grid

    14 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has been granted authorisation from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to link the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into New York’s transmission system. Approved on 1 March, the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) executed between Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project, New York ISO (NYISO), and Consolidated Edison Company of New […]

  • Vineyard Wind 1 Becomes Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in the US

    26 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Vineyard Wind 1 project is now delivering more than 136 MW to the electric grid in Massachusetts, making it the largest operating offshore wind project in the US. Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind project in the US, now has ten turbines in operation totalling approximately 136 MW, enough to power 64,000 […]

  • The Crown Estate Issues Invitation to Tender for Pre-Qualified Celtic Sea Floating Wind Bidders

    13 August 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the conclusion of […]

  • First Turbine Up at 704 MW Revolution Wind Project in US

    4 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 65 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The Revolution Wind offshore wind farm will utilise 65 Siemens Gamesa turbines, the same 11 MW turbine model used at the recently completed South Fork Wind. Once in operation, the […]

  • Elia Awards HVAC Contracts for World’s First Energy Island

    20 June 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Belgium’s transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has awarded contracts to several companies for high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) components of Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island. The artificial energy island will be built some 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast, within the Princess Elisabeth offshore wind farm zone, and span about five hectares above […]