Belgium-based offshore wind developer Otary has revealed plans to submit a bid in the upcoming tender in the country. In preparation to participate in the tender, the company is now looking for value propositions in multiple project areas to boost its proposal. In October last year, Belgium’s Counci
EDS HV Group (EDS), a subsidiary of James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables), has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to provide high voltage support services at the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. EDS will support the management of the high voltage network and the electrical safety duri
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been awarded a contract by Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. VPI will manufacture and deliver the low cable hang-off system to secure the inter-array cables in the
Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on what the wind turbine maker describes as ”a massive expansion of its successful offshore nacelle facility” in Taichung, Taiwan. Already the largest production facility of its kind in Taiwan, the Siemens Gamesa offshore nacelle plant will be expanded to more than t
Only a single port on the island of Ireland, Belfast Harbour, is ready to be used to construct offshore wind farms according to a new National Ports Study published by Wind Energy Ireland at its Annual Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Dublin. The report, produced by Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, i
Barcelona-based WinDecom has unveiled a new vessel design for the installation of the next-generation XXXL monopiles that weigh up to 5,000 tonnes. According to the company, the shortage of installation vessels has increased, and with the availability of wind turbines of up to 20 MW by 2030, radical
The Marine Energy Test Center (METCentre) has been licensed to test four new offshore wind turbines on the Norwegian west coast. According to METCentre, agreements have already been signed with companies for the expanded test capacity and the offshore wind turbines are expected to be installed by 20
Spain’s Naturgy and Equinor have unveiled the 200 MW Floating Offshore Wind Canarias (FOWCA) project located in the maritime area of eastern Gran Canaria. The FOWCA project, which would be connected to the Barranco de Tirajana substation of Red Eléctrica Española, will be developed using semi-subm
The Canadian Province of Nova Scotia has set a target to auction off 5 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. This is the first concrete move toward planned offshore wind development in the country which has seen significant activity in the marine energy sector (tidal and wave energy) over the past sev
DEME’s installation vessel Innovation has completed the initial campaign to install eleven monopile foundations at Dogger Bank A, the first of three 1.2 GW phases that comprise Dogger Bank Wind Farm, and now pre-mobilisation is underway for Seaway Strashnov to continue with the construction work on
Sweden-headquartered SeaTwirl has published a white paper that outlines the possibility of ‘dramatically’ increasing the power density on offshore wind farms by placing the company’s vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) closer together. The white paper, which was commissioned by SeaTwirl from Dr. Pabl
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has selected Per Aarsleff A/S to join in on a project to test new foundation installation methods on offshore wind farms. The project aims to make the first offshore tests of three new offshore installation technologies, which are currently under development, o
Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine has announced that it will build, own, and operate a Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) to meet the rising demand for support vessels required to service the offshore wind farm industry in Asia. Once completed by the end of the first quarter of 2024, the
NKT is set to produce the HVDC power cables for the Dogger Bank C offshore wind project using low-carbon copper, representing the world’s first. The initiative is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of the cables by more than 35 per cent. The low-carbon copper cathodes are sourced from the Bolid
