Ørsted plans to launch two tenders covering transport and installation work on the 1 GW Baltica 3 and 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind projects in Poland in the coming weeks. The first tender will be launched in the second half of January or early February. The tender will cover the transport and inst
Tokyo-based PowerX, Inc. has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with DNV to collaborate on the technical assessment of the Power Transfer Vessel (Power ARK) and its battery system, as well as the potential development of a new class notation for Power ARK’s global implementation. Thro
Part of the OSI portfolio, has introduced a novel concept for a complete turnkey floating wind system which overcomes many of the design, procurement, manufacturing, and installation challenges faced by developers. The integrated floating wind system applies lessons learned from over 40 years of exp
Venice-based Repower Renewable S.p.A. plans to build a large-scale floating offshore wind farm in the Ionian Sea and connect it to Italy’s national grid. The wind farm is located southeast of the eastern coast of Calabria at a minimum distance of about 61.8 kilometres from Capo Rizzuto and 74.8 kilo
Jan De Nul has launched its next-generation floating offshore installation vessel Les Alizés at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Les Alizés will be the largest heavy lift vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet, able to install XXL offshore wind components in floating conditions and with ultra-low emissions,
Northland Power Inc. and RWE Renewables GmbH have agreed to co-develop a cluster of offshore wind projects in the German North Sea with a total gross capacity of 1.3 GW. The partners signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company through which they plan to jointly develop, construct, and o
Huisman has won a contract from Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes for the delivery of a 3,000mt Ringer Crane, with an option for a second unit. The crane setup has been optimised for operations in the wind industry. With the capability to lift components of 1,200mt at heights of up to 225m, and heavy s
The 399 wind turbines spread over nine zones in the Belgian North Sea produced approximately 6.77 TWh of electricity in 2021, a 0.6 per cent increase compared to 6.73 TWh of electricity generated in 2020. This corresponds to the annual electricity demand of almost two million households, or eight pe
The State of New York will make a USD 500 million investment in offshore wind, hold a new auction in 2022, and explore its floating wind potential, New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed in her 2022 State of the State. New York will invest up to USD 500 million in the ports, manufacturing, and supp
Vattenfall is working on a hydrogen demonstrator project named Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1), which involves installing hydrogen production equipment on one of the wind turbines at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) in Scotland. The company has already submitted a
James Fisher Renewables has won three multi-million pound 13-15-year contracts supplying specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) services to support informed decision-making for offshore transmission asset owners (OFTOs) at Thanet, Gwynt-y-Môr, and Humber offshore wind farms in the UK. The contr
The commissioning team working at Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms off Taiwan has completed power-on tests on the project’s second offshore substation (OSS). According to the developer’s social media update, the testing was completed on 1 January, following the same work done on
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have said that they are looking at early delivery of their two floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea, called Llywelyn and Petroc, which have grid connections secured and almost a year’s worth of bird surveys already completed. “As our joint venture has alread
BW Ideol AS has executed an investment agreement with Japan’s JERA and France’s ADEME Investissement to create an investment company for financing the co-development of floating offshore wind projects using BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool® technology over the next five years. BW Ideol will hold 51
