Ocean Wind and EEW have broken ground for the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, New Jersey, U.S. The start of construction marks a significant milestone in delivering the largest industrial offshore wind manufacturing facility in the U
The acceleration of deepwater offshore wind development is being held back by a singular focus on floating wind, while innovative fixed-bottom or buoyant foundations provide an immediate route to large-scale, cost-effective deployment at many high resource sites, Enterprize Energy said in its latest
The Copenhagen-based Vento Maritime has secured a contract to provide weather services for Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms. Under the contract, the Danish company will provide the services for nine of Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms located in the North Sea, Irish Sea and Baltic Sea. According to
JDR Cables will supply, test and terminate the 66 kV export cable for the Leucate floating offshore wind project in France, the company revealed after news that it had secured the contract in a consortium with DEME’s SDI. JDR will design and manufacture the dynamic and static cables to link the floa
The Bold Tern jack-up vessel has installed 24 wind turbines at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The 100-turbine project is now one installation away from reaching a quarter of its wind turbines in place. The 24th Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW unit was installed on 17 April, according to M
New Power Partners has secured a contract to provide HOFOR with consultancy services for the Aflandshage and Nordre Flint offshore wind projects in Denmark. Together with Lautec Group and Blue Power Partners, New Power Partners will consult on the WTG package within sourcing and procurement, constru
Only six EU coastal member states submitted their final Maritime Spatial Plans (MSPs) by 31 March, while 16 countries failed to meet the EU’s deadline. WindEurope said that the 16 member states must submit their MSPs as soon as possible and align them with EU climate goals, allocating enough space f
DEME’s French subsidiary SDI has secured an EPCI contract in a consortium with JDR Cables for the export cable that will connect the Leucate floating offshore wind project to the power grid. The contract awarded by Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) represents DEME’s first floating offshore win
Amazon has announced nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects including a 350 MW offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland. The US technology company said that the wind farm is Amazon’s largest in the UK. The project is also the largest corporate renewable energy deal announced
Geoscientists from the University of Leeds are studying seismic data gathered by surveys to improve the lifespan of offshore wind turbines in the North Sea. Using high-resolution seismic reflection data, the team is gaining a detailed picture of the sedimentary environments preserved below the seabe
Wind energy costs, including both offshore and onshore wind, could decline 37–49 per cent by 2050, resulting in costs 50 per cent lower than predicted in an analysis in 2015, according to a new study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and published in Nature Energy. In the same study performed
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) held a final close on its global greenfield renewables energy fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), one year after the start of fundraising. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap of EUR 7 billion having reached the target fund size of E
CrossWind has awarded Quanta with a contract to supply personnel to the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Quanta will focus on delivering quality management and inspection professionals for the 759 MW wind farm. “We are delighted to be working with CrossWind on this exci
RWE Renewables has selected ALL NRG to service the high voltage systems at the Arkona and Amrumbank West offshore wind farms in Germany. Under the recently signed contracts, the Danish high voltage specialist will provide HV and MV maintenance at the two projects. “We are very proud that RWE has cho
