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  • Brookfield Buys Into Ørsted’s Four Operational Offshore Wind Farms in UK

    30 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Global investment firm Brookfield has bought minority stakes in four UK offshore wind farms owned and operated by Ørsted for around GBP 1.75 billion (approximately EUR 2.1 billion). The buy-in, which Brookfield is pursuing through Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V, will see the investment firm acquiring 12.45 per cent in Hornsea 1, Hornsea 2, Walney Extension, […]

  • Tekmar’s Cable Protection Systems for Dogger Bank A Delivered

    30 July 2024
    Cables, Grid Connection

    Tekmar Group has completed its role in the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm by supplying essential cable protection systems (CPS) for the project’s inter-array cables. This month, Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, achieved a significant milestone with the installation of all inter-array cables at […]

  • RWE Eyes Floating Wind Opportunities in Portugal, Backs Port of Setúbal as Hub

    26 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics

    RWE is collaborating with the Port Authority of Setúbal to facilitate enhancements in its port infrastructure in support of Portugal’s industrialisation objectives linked to the development of floating offshore wind energy. Through a Letter of Support, RWE and the Port of Setúbal will explore the potential of the port, located south of Lisboa, to become […]

  • Irish TSO Awards EUR 300 Million Multi-Party Survey Contract for Phase Two Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has awarded a multi-party framework agreement for surveys that the TSO will perform at the offshore wind area(s) the Irish government will put up for tender next. The companies that secured long-term contracts, valued at EUR 300 million in total, are Fugro, RINA Consulting, UTEC (an Acteon company), and […]

  • European Offshore Wind Substations to Require USD 20 Billion Investment by 2030, Rystad Energy Says

    19 June 2024
    Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy

    According to a recent report from Rystad Energy, continental Europe will see the installation of 137 offshore substations over the coming decade, with an estimated total investment of USD 20 billion (approximately EUR 18.6 billion). According to the report, over 120 substations will be installed between 2024 and 2030 at a cost of around USD […]

  • Northern Offshore Services Launches First I-Class CTV with Volvo Penta Propulsion System

    4 September 2024
    Technology, Vessels

    Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has launched Impresser, the first of its I-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and the first commercial ship to be equipped with Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform. The 34-metre-long CTV began operating in a UK offshore wind farm on September 1. Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform is said to enhance the efficiency, […]

  • Hollandse Kust West Beta Substation Jacket En Route to Site Offshore Netherlands

    20 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust West Beta substation has left the Smulders yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and is now being transported to the offshore wind farm site, approximately 53 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee. On 16 May, the 49-metres-high jacket left the yard in Vlissingen, after Smulders completed the […]

  • UK Unveils GBP 50 Million Fund to Boost Offshore Wind Supply Chain

    24 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    The Crown Estate has initiated a Supply Chain Accelerator to stimulate early-stage investment in the UK offshore wind supply chain. The accelerator is a new GBP 50 million (approximately EUR 58.7 million) fund created to accelerate and de-risk the early-stage development of projects linked to offshore wind. An initial GBP 10 million round of funding […]

  • RWE, Masdar Award Geophysical Surveys Contract for DBS West Offshore Wind Farm

    16 May 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Masdar have signed a contract with marine technology and data acquisition company, Ocean Infinity, for 3D ultra high-resolution seismic (UHRS) geophysical surveys at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) West offshore wind farm in the UK. Located over 100 kilometres off the northeastern coast of England, DBS will be split across two sites, DBS East […]

  • 500 MW Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm Fully Up and Running

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

    The 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm, owned by Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint venture between the French company EDF Renouvelables; EIH S.à.rl, owned by Enbridge Inc. and CPP Investments; and Skyborn Renewables (formerly wpd offshore), is now fully operational. The inauguration ceremony was held by the project partners and Roland Lescure, French delegated […]

  • 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 […]

  • Port San Luis, CET to Assess Offshore Wind O&M Port Potential in California

    25 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The US Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a developer of offshore wind port facilities across the US, to jointly evaluate the feasibility of an offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) port facility in California’s San Luis Obispo Bay. Project evaluation is expected to […]

  • New York Gives Final Go-Ahead for Empire Wind 1 Construction to Commence

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

    Norway’s Equinor has received final approval from the New York State Public Service Commission to begin construction on its 810 MW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on 16 May. The Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) issued on 16 May authorized the construction and operation of transmission facilities for […]

  • OEEC 2024: A Lot to Talk About

    24 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Clean Fuels, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Research & Development, Storage, Transition

    In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding renewable energy target for […]

  • First Turbines Up at 476 MW Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

    7 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    First Vestas V174-9.5 MW turbines have been installed by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. According to the AIS data available online, the vessel Blue Tern is currently in the Port of Rønne, Denmark, for the next loadout of wind turbines which will be installed […]

  • Akrocean Wins French Offshore Wind Data Collection Gig

    2 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Operating for the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), Météo-France has selected Akrocean to collect offshore wind, wave, and current data for potential offshore wind farm sites in France. The framework contract won by Akrocean includes several measurement campaigns that will be conducted on all the French coastlines over four years, according to the […]

  • Japanese Start Building UK’s First HVDC Cable Factory

    15 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric has kicked off the construction of its subsea cable factory in Scotland, set to supply critical elements for the reinforcement of the UK electricity transmission grid and for connecting renewable energy production facilities to the grid. Sumitomo Electric held the groundbreaking ceremony together with its subsidiary Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables on 14 […]

  • ZTT Completes Gode Wind 3 Submarine Cable Work Offshore Germany

    7 May 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    ZTT Submarine Cable & System has finished the installation and termination of the 155 kV submarine cable connecting the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to the DolWin kappa offshore converter platform in Germany. In 2020, TenneT contracted ZTT Submarine Cable & System to link the 253 MW offshore wind farm to the DolWin kappa […]

  • JDR’s Chief Strategy Officer: ‘Look at Floating Wind’

    19 August 2024
    Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Industry

    JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with offshoreWIND.biz. In this article: The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already delivered […]

  • Assembly of ‘Largest Floating Wind Turbine on French Atlantic Coast’ to Start This Spring

    23 February 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain

    Construction work on Eolink’s 5 MW floating wind turbine that will be installed at the French SEM-REV test site off the coast of Le Croisic is set to begin this Spring following the arrival of the first components at the Port of Brest on 20 February. The floater, which will be installed offshore as part of […]

  • Bulgarian Offshore Wind Bill Passes First Parliament Reading, Faces Strong Opposition

    21 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    An offshore renewable energy bill that was introduced in the Bulgarian Parliament in December 2023 is expected to soon be up for a second reading, after passing the first reading last month. The bill, which aims to facilitate offshore wind build-out in the Bulgarian sector of the Black Sea, is seeing a backlash from the […]

  • Royal IHC and Kalypso Team Up to Build Jones Act Cable Laying Vessel

    15 April 2024
    Vessels

    Kalypso Offshore Energy, an emerging contractor for the offshore wind industry in the US, has signed a Letter of Intent with Royal IHC to build America’s first Jones Act-compliant cable laying vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market. The collaboration between Kalypso and Royal IHC aims to fill a gap in the nation’s vessel capabilities […]

  • DEME Wins ‘Most Extensive’ Cabling Contract in Company’s History

    18 April 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Cable solutions provider Prysmian has selected DEME to provide the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. This is the most extensive cabling award in DEME’s history and marks the company’s first project involving Prysmian’s 525 kV HVDC cable technology, featuring increased transmission capacity, […]

  • Plans Submitted to Link 6 GW of Offshore Wind Farms to New Jersey Grid

    5 April 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Research & Development

    National Grid Ventures (NGV) and Con Edison Transmission have submitted plans for building a transmission infrastructure that will connect offshore wind power to the New Jersey electricity grid. The project, named the Garden State Energy Path, proposes laying underground cables that will enable the delivery of approximately 6 GW of offshore wind power from its […]

  • Prysmian Completes Neart na Gaoithe Cabling Job Offshore Scotland

    5 April 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has concluded the installation of submarine and land power cables to connect the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid. The offshore wind project is now in the testing and commissioning phase and the system is scheduled to go live during 2024. Prysmian designed, supplied, and […]

  • All Turbines Installed at French Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

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

    The 71st and final wind turbine was installed on 25 March at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, the first project of this kind to be built in Normandy. According to EDF Renouvelables, the last wind turbines that were installed are expected to produce electricity in the coming weeks, after testing is completed. The […]