The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) is inviting companies to express their interest in carrying out a wind resource assessment of the Hollandse Kust (west) wind farm zone. Companies that are interested in executing this assessment can announce their interest until 9 August by sending an email
Vattenfall Wind Power AB and Ziton A/S have signed an extension of their current framework agreement which will see Ziton providing jack-up vessels for major component replacements at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms for one additional year. As a result, the framework agreement will expire in Novemb
Offshore wind developer Parkwind and marine contractor Jan De Nul have kicked off offshore seabed preparation works in the Belgian North Sea for the 219MW Northwester 2 wind farm. Jan De Nul has just finished the offshore scour protection works on the wind farm’s 23 turbine locations. At each locati
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has reported an 18.4 percent increase in wind power generation in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period a year earlier, mainly due to the addition of new capacity. During the last twelve months, Vattenfall has commissioned the 97MW Aberdeen Bay (EOWDC)
The UK Crown Estate has presented a revised tender design for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, which will make at least 7GW of new seabed rights available to the market, is designed on the basis of a three-stage tender process, involving a pre-qualification stage (PQQ) t
The Dutch PGGM Infrastructure Fund has increased its stake in the 367MW Walney offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea to 24.8 percent. The Dutch pension fund had had a 14.9 percent interest in the wind farm through the Offshore Partners Walney Holdco Limited (OPW) consortium with the Ampère Equity Fund
Siemens Gamesa has conditionally received a record wind turbine order for 1,714MW from Ørsted and Eversource encompassing three US offshore wind projects. The signed conditional contract is the largest US offshore wind power order to date, Siemens Gamesa said. It covers the supply, delivery, and ins
The State of New York has selected Bay State Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource Energy, and Equinor to develop two separate offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of around 1.7GW. Sunrise Wind Bay State Wind’s Sunrise Wind was selected to negotiate a 25-year offshore wind r
Prysmian Group will provide ”Made in France” cable technologies for the first large-scale French offshore wind farm. Prysmian did not name the project, but rather said that the wind farm is being developed by the French company EDF Renewables and Canada’s Enbridge. The project in question is most li
US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has warned that it would be very challenging to move forward the Vineyard Wind 1 project in its current configuration if the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not issued within the next four to six weeks. As reported earlier, the Bureau of Ocean E
Work to construct a new offshore construction and operations base for Triton Knoll has officially started at Grimsby’s Royal Dock as UK based contractor Tolent gets started on site. Having been awarded the contract last month, Tolent has now begun work to construct control room, office and warehouse
Dutch energy company Eneco has signed an agreement with Windpark Fryslân to purchase all the power generated at the Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands for a period of 15 years. The Fryslân wind farm will produce 1,500 GWh of energy annually. To use the power as locally as possible, compa
Van Oord has installed the last jacket foundation on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm and delivered it to client ScottishPower Renewables. This marks the marine contractor’s completion of its work for this 714MW UK wind project. As the main contractor, Van Oord transported and installed all 10
JGC has, on behalf of Siemens, completed the construction of high voltage equipment containers for the Moray East offshore substation platforms. JGC fabricated eight of twelve containers at its site in Thurso and have also supported Siemens with other offshore projects in the UK. From Thurso, the co
