DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cables for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cables will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. In total, Living Stone installed two 34-kilometer expo
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to start an environmental review of the Sunrise Wind project offshore New York, the US Department of Interior (DoI) said on 30 August. The project, developed by Ørsted and Eversource, is proposed to be built in a lease area in federal waters appr
The developer of the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm is considering Tisbury Marine Terminal as a base for its operations and maintenance (O&M) activities, according to the latest documents available on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s website. Namely, the Commission is currently reviewin
21 of the 80 monopile foundations have been installed at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire wind farm off the Guérande peninsula in France, EDF Renouvleables said. The turbine foundations are being installed by DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation which installed the first unit at the site between 12 and
Ireland’s energy company ESB is exploring the capabilities of the monopile hammer market for an offshore wind project in the UK whose foundations are planned to be installed using this kind of equipment. ESB has issued a market consultation notice inviting companies to discuss their capabilities to
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Timi gas development project offshore Malaysia which will feature a wellhead platform powered by a solar and wind hybrid renewable power system. SSB is developing the Timi project jo
GE Renewable Energy has inaugurated the logistics hub dedicated to the construction of France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm – the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire. The logistics hub in the Nantes-Saint-Nazaire Port was officially inaugurated by the French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Barbara Pompil
Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carryi
The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the construction site of the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project, being built by Ørsted in the Taiwan Strait, some 35 to 50 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. According to earlier information, Heerema Marine Contrac
Siemens Gamesa has started the serial production of the SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm at its facilities in Cuxhaven, Germany. This is according to 8.2 Consulting AG, the company selected by Vattenfall, the developer of the project, to supervise th
A little more than 1.6 GW of offshore wind capacity became operational worldwide in the first half of 2021, which demonstrates a slowdown in global offshore wind growth likely caused by the impacts of COVID-19, according to the latest update by World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) published in its Global
Ryder Geotechnical has completed site-specific assessment (SSA) at the turbine locations of the first two phases of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Ryder completed a geotechnical zonation assessment to classify the 190 turbine locations in terms of geotechnical risk to the upcoming jack-up op
Chinese Guangzhou Salvage Bureau has installed all monopile foundations at the nearshore sites of the Hiep Thanh and Tra Vinh V1-2 wind farms in Vietnam. The construction specialist started installing the foundations in March and completed the work at the beginning of this month, putting 30 monopile
Siemens Gamesa has signed a guarantee facility worth EUR 500 million with EKF and Danske Bank to back the delivery of offshore and onshore wind turbines from its order book. The guarantee facility will reinforce Siemens Gamesa’s ability to keep pace with growing future orders and allow the wind turb
