The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project. If approved, the Maryland Offshore Wind Project could generate between 1,100 MW and 2,200 MW of clean, renewable energy to the Delmarva Peninsula
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and board members of Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz officially inaugurated the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 on 29 September. Having 139 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.5 GW, Hollandse Kust Zuid is one of the largest offshore wind farms in the wor
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a public notice for the tender for the allocation of offshore wind development areas off the coast of the Tamil Nadu region, with 7,215 MW of capacity in the mix. The country issued the call for seven locations off the Tamil Nadu region
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded several contracts to power cable manufacturers NKT and Prysmian. Valued at around EUR 4.6 billion in total, the contracts include offshore wind farm export cables, onshore energy connections, and interconnection for an energy island. NKT
Crown Estate Scotland and the Crown Estate have forged a partnership to collect and share data that will provide a more comprehensive and integrated understanding of the UK’s seabed. The new arrangement is said to benefit its many users, the natural environment, and expedite the sustainable deployme
The wind turbine blade test centre Blaest in Aalborg, Denmark, inaugurated a new test rig on 26 September, in which the centre decided to invest after entering an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to test the company’s current range of offshore blades. The first blade is already being put through paces
ZF Wind Power has sent off the first powertrain for Vestas’s V236-15 MW offshore wind turbine, ahead of serial production starting next year. The Vesta’s powertrain is transported from Belgium to Denmark via inland waterways and seas. The Vestas V236-15 MW wind turbine features 115.5-long blades and
Vestas has received a firm order for 76 of its 15 MW wind turbines for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland from the project’s developer, a joint venture between Orlen and Northland Power. Vestas signed a conditional agreement for the 1,140 MW project last month and announced the receipt of
The 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan, being developed jointly by Northland Power and Mitsui & Co., has reached financial close for its 20-year TWD 117 billion (about EUR 3.4 billion) non-recourse green financing. According to Northland Power, the TWD 117 billion debt amount at closing c
Smulders has loaded out the first of the two Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) for the Moray West offshore wind farm at its yard in Newcastle, UK, readying the OTM for sail-out at the end of the next month. The company will load the second OTM onto a barge in the second half of October and [&helli
Certex UK has secured a major framework to supply statutory inspection and maintenance services on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the 5-year framework contract, Certex UK’s Great Yarmouth-based Engineering Services division will be responsible for the inspection and maint
The second floating wind turbine for the Provence Grand Large pilot project has set sail from Marseille Fos Port and is en route to its site offshore France. The Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind farm will feature three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on tensioned line floats a
NKT and Walsin Lihwa have held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kaohsiung Submarine Cable Factory, the first subsea power cable factory in Taiwan, expected to be fully operational in 2027. In February of this year, the Denmark- and Taiwan-based companies announced that they were forming a joint ven
London-based international investor and manager, John Laing Group, has acquired a stake in the transmission assets for the 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK, as part of a portfolio acquisition from HICL Infrastructure. John Laing Group has agreed to acquire HICL Infrastructure’s entire
