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  • Greek Firm Completes Cable Installation for French Floating Wind Pilot Project

    25 April 2024
    Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Greece-based Asso.subsea has completed the cable installation, burial, and protection operations for the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project is located 17 kilometres off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, on a 100-metre deep site. The floating wind pilot project features three Siemens Gamesa 8 […]

  • Scottish Fire Safety System Provider Bags Contract with Ørsted for Nine Offshore Wind Farms

    13 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    Blaze Manufacturing Solutions, a Scotland-based fire safety system provider to the global energy industry, has signed a contract with Ørsted for nine North Sea offshore wind farms. The contract, signed earlier this year, covers fire protection and detection on Ørsted’s offshore wind farms, including Hornsea 1 and Hornsea 2 in the UK, for the next […]

  • First Hai Long Offshore Substation Sets Sail for Taiwan Strait

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

    The first of two offshore substations built for the Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind projects has set sail from Vung Tau, Vietnam, and is en route to the Taiwan Strait. A consortium comprising Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) is responsible for delivering the two offshore substations for […]

  • BOEM Publishes Final EA for Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease

    6 June 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized the environmental review of potential offshore wind lease activities in the Central Atlantic. BOEM announced on 6 June the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA), which considers possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind development off the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia coasts, […]

  • Ørsted, Simply Blue, Subsea7 Submit Application for 100 MW Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    14 May 2024
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, through their joint venture partnership in Scotland, have submitted an offshore consent application for the proposed 100 MW Salamander floating offshore wind farm, one of the 13 projects selected in Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. The floating wind farm, one of the five INTOG […]

  • All Foundations Installed at 960 MW He Dreiht Wind Farm Offshore Germany

    28 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel, Thialf, has installed all 64 foundations at EnBW’s 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Heerema Marine Contractors, headquartered in the Netherlands, was contracted by EnBW in April 2022 to install monopiles and transition pieces at the offshore wind farm. According to our previous news, […]

  • Ørsted Partners with Compatriot Company to Investigate Potential of Wave-Wind Combo 

    4 July 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has established a partnership with compatriot wave energy company Wavepiston to examine the potential for co-location of wave energy and offshore wind in Denmark. The collaboration will analyze the benefits of combining offshore wind and wave energy to optimize energy yield from the natural resources in Danish waters. According to Wavepiston, […]

  • Export Cable Installation Completed at 30 MW EolMed Floating Wind Farm in France

    30 May 2024
    Cables, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has completed the installation of the export cable for the 30 MW Gruissan/EolMed floating offshore wind project in France. In 2021, Prysmian signed a contract with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (EPCI) of an export submarine power cable system. The […]

  • Ireland Joins Forces with EIB for Offshore Wind Port Upgrades

    13 September 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish Department of Transport have established an advisory cooperation to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies for the development of port infrastructure for offshore wind projects in Irish waters. Signed by the Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan, and EIB Vice President Ioannis Tsakiris, […]

  • US Opens Public Consultation on 15 GW Offshore Wind Energy Area in Gulf of Maine

    27 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine. The WEA spans the federal waters off Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire and includes eight potential leasing areas that could house 15 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. The […]

  • ‘World’s First’ In-Situ Generator Swap on Floating Wind Turbine Completed Offshore Scotland

    20 September 2024
    Floating Wind, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A generator on a turbine at the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland has been replaced, in what is being claimed as the “world’s first” in-situ major component exchange at a floating offshore wind farm. The work on the Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbine was carried out using an offshore support vessel […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • SBM Offshore, Technip Energies Establish Joint Venture Dedicated to Floating Wind

    5 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    French Technip Energies and Dutch SBM Offshore have established Ekwil, a 50/50 joint venture company focused on floating offshore wind energy. According to the companies, Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a range of “series production” floating offshore wind solutions to meet the growing needs of energy customers worldwide. “It’s just a question […]

  • 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 […]

  • Delaware Passes Bill to Facilitate 1.2 GW Offshore Wind Solicitation

    1 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Delaware’s State Senate has passed a bill that enables the US state to issue an offshore wind solicitation to procure 1.2 GW of offshore wind generation capacity and in participate in regional offshore wind transmission planning. The Senate adopted the Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 (Senate Bill 265) on 30 June, with the legislation […]

  • Petrobras to Explore Potential Wind Pilot Project Offshore Rio de Janeiro

    19 June 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Brazilian state-run oil company, Petrobras, has signed a Protocol of Intentions with the Rio de Janeiro state government to conduct joint studies to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind pilot project. According to Petrobras, the agreement establishes cooperation mechanisms, aligns the project with state programmes and policies, and stimulates actions to improve the […]

  • DEME’s Innovation Installs First Monopile at 488 MW French Offshore Wind Project

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

    DEME’s installation vessel, Innovation, has installed the first monopile foundation at the îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Arriving in the Port of La Rochelle on 26 May, the vessel set sail for the project area loaded with two monopile foundations and two transition pieces, which will then be used to attach […]

  • First Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW Turbine Stands at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

    22 April 2024

    Moray West, an offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, Scotland, has installed the first of 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines. Supplied with “Power Boost”, each turbine can generate up to 14.7 MW output. The 882 MW wind farm is being developed by Ocean Winds. The pre-assembly activity of the 60 […]

  • Taiwan’s First Far Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Project Inaugurated

    25 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project was officially inaugurated at an event in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan, on 25 April 2024. With a total installed capacity of 900 MW, the project is in operation and fully connected to the grid, making it the largest in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region, said […]

  • Dutch Nearshore Wind Farm Completed

    20 March 2024
    Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Almost one year after installation started, the 24th and final nearshore turbine of Windplanblauw wind farm in the Netherlands has been installed. With both onshore and nearshore turbines now completed, the project is counting down to its official inauguration in August. Windplanblauw is a wind farm repowering project of Vattenfall and SwifterwinT, a local initiative […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Resumes Wind Turbine Installation at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

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

    Wind turbine installation at the Yunlin offshore wind farm site in Taiwan has resumed with two wind turbines already installed in this year’s campaign and 36 of the project’s total 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW units in place so far. The wind turbines are being installed by the vessel Seajacks Zaratan. “Following weeks of hard […]

  • Belgium to Launch Tender Next Month for First Offshore Wind Farm in Princess Elisabeth Zone

    16 September 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The European Commission (EC) has approved a EUR 682 million Belgian scheme to back the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. This approval sets the stage for the auction, planned to be launched on 28 October, for the first 700 MW wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone. The […]

  • Malta Kicks Off Offshore Surveys as Gov’t Pinpoints Two Floating Wind Areas – Video

    23 August 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    InterConnect Malta (ICM), a government entity responsible for Malta’s energy interconnection projects with Italy and offshore renewable energy, has appointed Fugro Italia to survey two areas which the Maltese government plans to put out to tender for floating wind development. Fugro has now started the survey campaign. The two areas are located within Malta’s Exclusive […]

  • GE Vernova: ‘Manufacturing Deviation’ Led to Vineyard Wind 1 Blade Failure; Earlier Incident at Dogger Bank A Caused by Installation Error

    25 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call on 24 July. Strazik also pointed out that a blade event that happened on a […]

  • SSE Buys Power from 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

    17 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    SSE Energy Markets has signed a long-term route-to-market power purchase agreement (PPA) with Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Renewables and ESB, to offtake electricity from Scotland’s 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm. SSE Energy Markets will offtake 50 per cent of the offshore wind farm’s electricity output and associated […]

  • Ocean Winds, Eneco, and Otary to Jointly Bid in Belgian Offshore Wind Tender

    12 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy

    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, Eneco, and Otary have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly compete in the tender for the offshore wind Princess Elisabeth concessions in Belgium. The consortium was formed to compete in the upcoming tenders for the Princess Elisabeth Zone, with the first one expected in […]