On 13 March, the state-owned Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Batangas provincial government to explore the development of an offshore wind integration port in the province. Under the agreement, PNOC will take the lead in conducting explorato
The offshore substation (OSS) of the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind project has been installed at its designated location 47 kilometres off the southwest coast of Taiwan. The OSS components were transported to the site by Boskalis’s vessels Mighty Servant 3 and Transshelf, and the installat
The French Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC) has launched a consultation on proposals for the country’s tenth offshore wind call for tenders (AO10), which is expected to award around 9 GW of capacity. A call for tenders is set to be launched in the upcoming months, aimed at awarding
ProCon Wind Energy has awarded Glamox a contract to light Thor, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, with its LED marine lighting. The contract will see Glamox install lights on 72 wind turbine foundations for the project being constructed by RWE. The external and internal lights use Glamox’s secon
On 19 March, Shinfox Far East Energy announced that the company installed the first jacket foundation at the 300 MW Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. The jacket, taller than a 20-storey building and heavier than 10 Boeing 747s, will provide solid support for
Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak is en route to the site of the Sofia offshore wind farm with the first set of Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD turbine components. The vessel departed the port of Hull on 20 March, according to the available AIS data, and is heading towards th
Hellenic Cables, in a consortium with Asso.subsea, has been awarded a turnkey contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm. Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, and supply 32 kilometres of submarine cables f
Sany has received an order to supply its turbines to Guangdong Energy Group’s 200 MW Jieyang Shibeishan offshore wind farm in China. This is Sany’s first offshore wind turbine order. The company will deploy 14 offshore units of 13.6 MW and one 10 MW unit. “This milestone project represents SANY’s fi
Edda Wind, through its subsidiary West Energy, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with a holding company established by Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Älvtank for all outstanding shares in Puerto de Llafranc S.L., the registered owner of the
Offshore wind will be key to the EU’s ambitious plans to double its share of renewables, but challenges including grid connections and supply chain issues may hinder the rapid progress required to achieve this target. Michel Maaskant, Sector Sales Specialist for Offshore Renewables at Aggreko, explo
Etermar Energia has been awarded a contract by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) for the delivery of secondary foundation structures for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The contract, which marks Etermar Energia’s first major deal in the offshore wind industry, include
The Jasmund offshore substation topside, built for the German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, has been rolled out at the HSM Offshore Energy yard in Stormpolder, the Netherlands. The substation topside weighs 5,300 tonnes, and its dimensions are 68x37x21 metres. The HSI consortium, compr
Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has launched an integrated monitoring platform to safeguard offshore and onshore cables and support their continuous operation by identifying and mitigating potential threats, including fishing accidents and deliberate damag
Two applications have been submitted to build an offshore wind farm on the Saare 7 site in Estonia, with the auction for the area scheduled for June 2025. OÜ Utilitas Wind and Sunly Wind OÜ each filed their own competing application for the Saare 7 area, which covers approximately 158.9 square kilom
