SSE has agreed to sell its 25.1% non-operating stake in the 367 MW Walney offshore wind farm to Greencoat UK Wind. The stake equates to 92 MW of capacity and the total consideration is GBP 350 million. The sale marks the first stage in SSE’s plans to dispose of GBP 2 billion of assets by […]
On 28 August, the 72nd and final foundation including a monopile and a transition piece was installed at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind site in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea. The monopile foundations, installed by Van Oord’s havy lift vessel Svanen, were manufactured by EEW SPC in Germany, whil
The first shipment of wind turbine blades for the Windpark Fryslân project has been unloaded at the TMA Terminal in the Port of Amsterdam, TMA Logistics said. Located in the IJsselmeer Lake and some six kilometres off the Frisian coast, the 382.7MW Windpark Fryslân will comprise 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.
As announced in July, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has now issued an invitation to tender for geotechnical soil investigations at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ), located some 62 kilometres off the Dutch coast. The tender is divided into two lots, one to be awarded for seabed Co
SeaRenergy Offshore has signed a framework agreement with Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum for client representative services. Under the two-year deal, SeaRenergy will provide client representatives for the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. Most recently, the company said it c
Nordic renewable energy company Cloudberry Clean Energy AS has offered to acquire 100 % of the shares in Scanvind2 AS. Scanvind2 is developing the Rewind Vänern wind power project in the shallow waters of Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden. The current development plan includes 16-17 turbines with a
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched consultation on marine renewables such as floating wind to see how the government could support marine energy projects. On 28 August, BEIS invited input from developers and other interested parties on how project cost
We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of August 2020. Ørsted Recruiting 23 Offshore Wind Turbine Technicians Ørsted has launched a recruitment campaign for 23 wind turbine technicians, who will work out of the East Coast Hub in Grimsby on the company’s offshore wi
Vattenfall has issued a tender for installation works on two wind farms in the Danish North Sea – Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord. The tender is divided into three lots and covers the installation of the foundations, the cables, and the wind turbines. The contracts are scheduled to run from July 20
Energy major Total and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) have signed a series of agreements to co-develop an initial 2.3 GW portfolio of floating offshore wind projects in Korea. The portfolio consists of five projects, three in Ulsan totaling 1.5 GW and two in South Jeolla Province totaling
Dominion Energy has selected Huisman to deliver the crane for what will be the first U.S. Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. The crane will be able to lift 2,200 tons and will allow the installation of the new generation of offshore wind turbines. The vessel is expected to enter
Smulders has completed the fabrication of transition pieces (TPs) for the Taiwanese Yunlin offshore wind project. The company loaded out the last two of the total 40 TPs on 31 August, thus marking the final step in its part of the project. Currently, the final batch of nine transition pieces is stan
Van Oord has installed all 72 monopiles at Vattenfall’s 605 MW wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea. The last monopile was en-route to the installation site, after completion at EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock, on 24 August, the German company said. Van Oord’s heavy lift installation ve
Jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla has installed 25 out of the 100 wind turbine jacket foundations at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Chartered by DEME Group, Seajacks Scylla installed the 25th jacket foundation at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 29th August
