Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has awarded Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs) under the first phase of Poland’s offshore wind development scheme. The projects, with a combined potential capacity of 1,440 MW, are located in the Bal
DEME’s first service operation vessel (SOV), Groene Wind, is currently undergoing sea trials in Turkey. Built by Cemre Shipyard, the 60-metre SOV has already been signed up for a multi-year contract with Siemens Gamesa. She will be deployed for the maintenance of the 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind far
Danish government has designated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s wind-to-hydrogen pilot project currently under development nearby the company’s Danish headquarters in Brande as an official regulatory energy test zone. The test zone permit gives Siemens Gamesa dispensation from electricity regulat
The service operations vessel Esvagt Dana has returned to the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea to support Siemens Gamesa during maintenance work. Esvagt and Siemens Gamesa entered into a 95-day agreement with an option of a further three months. The vessel provided support in Bal
TÜV SÜD has won a contract for wind condition analysis and annual energy production (AEP) assessment services for the next phase of the Southwest Offshore Wind Project in South Korea. The project, developed by the state-owned Korea Offshore Wind Power and also known as Seonam Offshore Wind Farm, is
Ten wind turbine generator (WTG) technicians Ørsted Taiwan recently recruited have departed for training in the UK, the company reported on 5 May. The team of ten technicians, who will be on their training secondment in the UK until the end of the year, were recruited in January, when the offshore w
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Aegir has started installing jacket foundations at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind project site in Taiwan. The vessel is currently installing the jacket for one of the two offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms. Aegi
Siemens Gamesa has highlighted strong opportunities for the wind industry in green hydrogen production, which is reinforcing the growing global wind energy capacity expected to be installed over the next decade. The growth in global wind energy capacity, including a sharp increase in offshore wind i
Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH has issued a call for tenders for the Balance of Plant (BOP) services for the 402 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The work scope includes maintenance and troubleshooting for the offshore substation, monopiles and transition pieces, as well as subsea ins
Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind project, will use what the developers say is ”a revolutionary platform design, unveiling the world’s first unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore substation.” When complete in 2026, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm will become th
The Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ocergy to evaluate how their foundation technology can be deployed for this project offshore Scotland. Last month, Simply Blue Energy joined forces with S
Ørsted and the cable protection systems (CPS) manufacturer Tekmar are jointly trying to identify the root cause of the inter-array cable issue identified at the Race Bank wind farm offshore UK earlier this year. As reported earlier, Ørsted flagged the issue in its Q1 2021 interim report, saying that
PanGeo Subsea is working with Jan De Nul in Taiwan on a cable depth of burial survey at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm, with PanGeo’s sub-seabed 3D acoustic imaging technology being used for the campaign. According to the subsea imaging technology company, which delivered its Sub Bottom Imager (SB
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus is starting the installation of the first of 62 jacket foundations for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm project. The 496 MW wind farm is located 16.3 kilometres off the coast of Brittany, France. Van Oord is using the port of Cherbourg as the pin pil
