Vineyard Wind has appointed Caela Howard as the Fisheries Liaison for Connecticut. Howard, who has most recently worked with fisheries in Connecticut and Rhode Island, will in her new role serve as the primary point of contact for fishing industry representatives in Connecticut. According to Vineyar
Australian engineering company Worley has entered the offshore wind operations and maintenance market through the acquisition of the UK-based 3sun Group Ltd . Worley acquired 100% of shares in the offshore wind energy installation, inspection and maintenance business for an enterprise value of GBP 2
RWE Renewables has acquired a pipeline of up to 4 offshore wind projects in Poland with a total generation capacity of more than 1.5 gigawatts. The company has acquired the shares in the project companies from private owners and developers. RWE intends to further develop, build, and operate the proj
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first monopile for the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. Van Oord will place a total of 77 monopiles for the Borssele III & IV and two for the innovation site Borssele V. The Borssele III & IV wind farm will be built 22 [&h
Atkins, together with law firm K&L Gates LLP, has released an updated Offshore Wind Market Handbook to help guide investors through technical and regulatory issues in the US offshore wind market. The US offshore wind market has quickly evolved over the last year, with extensive updates in policy and
Offshore wind produced nearly 17 billion kWh of renewable energy in Germany in the first three quarters of 2019, representing a 31% increase compared to the previous year. The figures were released by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research BadenWürttemberg (ZSW) and the German Association
TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking site preparation work for the onshore substation that will collect electricity from the Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore wind project. In the tender, TenneT is looking for a contractor to prepare the site in Wijk aan Zee on which the onshore substation for Holla
ProCon Wind Energy has begun electrical outfitting works for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Danish company secured a contract in August to carry out the outfitting of 40 E-modules/Internal cages for Smulders. ProCon said that the electrical outfitting takes place at Smulders’ site i
Global offshore wind capacity may increase 15-fold and attract around USD 1 trillion of cumulative investment by 2040, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency. This is driven by falling costs, supportive government policies and some remarkable technological progress, s
Siemens Gamesa and EnBW have put the Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Bibby Wavemaster Horizon into operation in the Port of Hamburg. The 90-meter-long SOV will service the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms in the North Sea. “Offshore wind energy already supplies reliable clean electrici
Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) and MidOcean Wind (MOW) have entered into a joint venture to build and operate support vessels for the U.S. offshore wind industry. According to the parties, the Connecticut-based joint venture signals a new chapter of cooperation which began in late 2018 when BSO and
Denmark’s Rønne Harbour on the Island of Bornholm is ready to receive the wind turbines for Vattenfall’s 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm after completing the necessary upgrades. The Rønne Harbour was selected as the departure point for the 72 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines in June 2018. To enabl
Italian classification society RINA has carried out a full appraisal of the construction drawings and plans and is carrying out statutory and class certification of Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel Leonardo Da Vinci. The new vessel is being built by Vard, a Fincantieri company, at one of its shipy
Transmission system operator TenneT has started construction work in Emden, Germany at the site of the onshore converter station which will be part of the DolWin6 grid connection. The foundation work for the converter station in Emden will continue over the next six months with one thousand piles up
