Guangzhou Salvage Bureau has appointed SPT Offshore to install three suction pile jacket foundations at the CTGNE Yangxi Shaba Phase I offshore wind farm in China. SPT Offshore will perform the suction installation services including all related engineering preparations, such as suction installation
The Borssele Beta offshore substation topside will sail out from HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam to the installation site in the Dutch North Sea on 22 March, TenneT said. The 700MW offshore grid connection is scheduled to be operational on September 1. From then on, the 731.5MW Borssele III and IV w
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The global offshore wind industry installed a record 6.1GW of new capacity in 2019, bringing the total capacity to 29GW, according to the latest report by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The 6.1GW of new capacity in 2019 represents a 35.5% increase compared to the previous year, which saw 4.5
Mainprize Offshore has placed an order for two wind farm service vessels (WFSVs) with Walker Marine Design. According to Mainprize Offshore, the MO6 and MO7 WFSVs will be built by Shipbuilding Asia, representing the company’s first project with this shipyard. Following the success of the MO5, the ve
Irish offshore engineering company, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG), has won a contract to provide geotechnical and geophysical Owners Engineering services for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Hai Long 2 and 3 projects have consent for up to 1044MW of renewable electricity an
WSP in Australia has secured a contract to help design the onshore transmission network and grid connection of the Star of the South offshore wind farm. WSP will be supporting the power system studies, system integration and Front End Engineering Design of the onshore transmission assets for what is
Total and Simply Blue Energy have established a partnership to develop floating offshore wind projects in the Welsh waters of the Celtic Sea. The newly established joint venture, Blue Gem Wind, will focus on developing some of the first floating offshore wind projects with pre-commercial size, Green
Germany’s Amprion has secured a waiver from relevant authorities allowing the transmission system operator to skip the regional planning procedure for the sections of DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection systems between the North Sea coast (Hagermarsch) and the Emden area. Amprion can now st
Ørsted and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) have agreed to establish a joint venture company, Choshi Offshore Wind Farm K.K., to work together on the Choshi offshore wind project in Japan. The companies will submit a joint bid in the Round 1 auction once the Japanese government official
After being fully assembled onshore, the scaled-down version of the BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has been lowered into water, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. The BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) prototype is now ready to be transported to the installation site off Santander, Spain
Qingdao Hanhe Cable has delivered the first lot of 220kV submarine cable for the Jinwan offshore wind project in China. According to the China-based company, the cable was delivered on 5 March. In total, Hanhe Cable will provide 34 kilometers of 220kV submarine cable and 76.92 kilometers of 35kV sub
The second SeaMade offshore substation topside has been installed in the Seastar concession area in the Belgian North Sea. The wind farm’s first substation was installed in the Mermaid concession area at the beginning of March. Each with a weight of 1,200 tonnes, the substations transform the wind e
US energy company Dominion Energy has selected Ramboll to support the development and engineering aspects of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project off Virginia. The 2.6GW offshore wind farm is expected to enter service by the end of 2026. The Denmark-based Ramboll will, as the Owner’s En
