Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited (OWFL) has finished 24 months of digital aerial surveys across the 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind project site area, located approximately 80 kilometres southeast of the Aberdeenshire coast. The surveys were conducted by HiDef Aerial Surveying Ltd from March 2
The world’s first unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore substation has been installed at what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank, off the UK. The substation is the first of three platforms, supplied by Aibel, to be installed at Dogger Bank, which is
After recently awarding EUR 23 billion worth of contracts for eleven offshore grid connections, the German-Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has now signed a new, EUR 7 billion contract with a consortium of Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore for three more such projects in Germany. U
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted have chosen Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as the supplier of wind turbines for its Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. The agreement covers the design, manufacture, delivery, transport, installation, commissioning, and service of 107 14 MW wind turbines
Huisman and Siemens Gamesa have developed a solution to stabilise wind turbine blades during installation, but also nacelles and tower segments. The solution, called the Travelling Load Stabilising System, is universally applied in heavy-lifting cranes and can mitigate operational downtime and incre
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and Iberdrola Deutschland have signed a long-term power supply contract, with electricity to be sourced from the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm currently under construction in the German Baltic Sea. Based on this power purchase agreement (PPA), Salzgitter Flachstahl, part
Finnish welding specialist Pemamek has won an order to supply PEMA production automation solutions to the Dutch offshore wind monopile foundation manufacturer Sif Holding. The delivery includes PEMA plate joining lines for XXXL monopile foundation manufacturing and extensive service agreements. Acco
China-based CIMC Raffles has secured an order to build a 1,600-tonne wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for CRCC Harbour & Channel Engineering Bureau (CRCC-HCEB). CIMC Raffles said that the jack-up vessel will be China’s most advanced fourth-generation self-propelled WTIV. The vessel will be 13
Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-headquartered offshore wind vessel owner established last year by investment management company Seraya Partners, has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions for the design of a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIVs) for offshore wind. The FFIVs will
Eneti and the offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding indicating their intention to form a joint venture company that will engage in offshore wind foundation installation activities. The move marks Transocean’s entry into the offshore wind mark
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited bids to build and operate Power-to-X projects with a deadline for applications set to 1 September. Through the tender – the first of this kind in both Denmark and the world – the country has made available DKK 1.25 billion (approximately EUR 167.7 million)
DNV has published an update of its service specification for project certification, DNV-SE-0190, with the new edition now being the world’s first document which addresses the certification of energy islands and offshore wind farms in Poland, according to the certification specialist. The new Appendi
Ørsted and the infrastructure division of Spanish Acciona have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore options for floating wind foundations, including using carbon-neutral materials and industrialising the fabrication of concrete foundations. Under the MoU, the two companies’ focus wi
Huisman has secured a contract from Havfram Wind to deliver a 3,000mt+ Leg Encircling Crane for Havfram Wind’s second NG-20000X wind turbine installation vessel (CIMC). The jack-up has recently been ordered CIMC Raffles. Huisman’s contract follows an earlier order in December 2022 for an identical c
