Crown Estate Scotland has selected 13 out of a total of 19 applications with a combined capacity of around 5.5 GW in the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to at
SAL Heavy Lift and Jumbo Shipping have held a steel-cutting ceremony for two Orca-class heavy lift vessels at WuHu Shipyard in Wuhu, China. The two Orca newbuilds will be exclusively involved in the transportation of offshore wind turbine components in a long-term commitment with Siemens Gamesa Rene
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has announced that it is planning to conduct a pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and commence cable lay out for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations, within the wind farm’s site in Scotl
LS Cable & System (LS C&S) has won a contract, worth approximately KRW 110 million (about USD 85 million), to supply submarine cables to Taiwan Power Corporation (TPC) for an offshore wind farm planned to be built in Changhua County, Taiwan. By winning this contract, LS C&S secured the rights to sup
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started installing pin piles at the Zhong Neng wind farm off Taiwan, marking the start of the offshore construction on the project. DEME’s Apollo loaded the first set of pin piles, produced locally by CTCI-Machinery, earlier this week. CDWE is in charge of trans
The second telescopic leg crane has been installed onboard Seaway 7’s next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Seaway Ventus, which is under construction at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Nantong, China. In the coming weeks, the mechanical crane assembly works and reev
OX2 has initiated the development of the Neptunus offshore energy hub in the southern Baltic Sea which is estimated to have a total installed capacity of 1.9 GW. Located about 50 kilometres off the coast of Blekinge in the Swedish economic zone, the energy hub is planned to produce both electricity
EnBW has made the final investment decision (FID) for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in the German North Sea, clearing the way for the start of construction of the company’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 MW. EnBW secured the contract in 2017 in the first
RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm, located around 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland in the German North Sea, officially commenced regular operation in the presence of Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. With an installed capacity of 342 MW, Ka
The largest European center for sea trials entirely dedicated to floating wind power and marine renewable energies, called the OPEN-C Foundation, has been set up in France by major industry players. The creation of OPEN-C Foundation has been announced by 10 public and private founders including Ifre
Equinor and Polenergia have completed geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farms, located in the Polish Baltic Sea. The seabed surveys were carried out by a fleet of ten vessels owned by different contractors along a 1,000-kilometre section for
The SG 14-236 DD prototype, Siemens Gamesa’s largest ever wind turbine, has produced its first power and delivered it to the grid. With 115-metre-long blades and a rotor diameter of 236 metres, the turbine’s capacity of up to 15 MW with Power Boost allows it to produce 30 per cent more energy than i
A major collaboration between universities and energy companies has made “vital” improvements to offshore wind turbines, which could help them generate more renewable energy and reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels. The GBP 7.7 million partnership between the Universities of Sheffield, Durham, H
Canada’s Northland Power has unveiled new names, brands, and websites for its two Scottish offshore wind projects. The two proposed projects, located off the coast of the Outer Hebrides, are named Spiorad na Mara and Havbredey. Working in partnership with Stornoway-based LOOM Graphics, Northland con
