UK-headquartered North Star has named and delivered its latest service operation vessel (SOV), completing its fleet of vessels chartered for long-term service at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. The Grampian Tweed is the fourth SOV introduced ahead of schedule to support the Dogger Bank of
Rasmus Errboe, Ørsted’s current Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer, has been named Group President and CEO and will assume the role held by Mads Nipper for the last four years on 1 February. “The renewable energy market has fundamentally changed since January 2021. The impacts on our business o
Vattenfall and BASF have signed contracts with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) and CS Wind Offshore for component supply and with DEME and Jan De Nul for installation services for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farms in Germany. Germany’s EEW SPC will manufacture 112 monopile
Norway-headquartered DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea survey contract for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Under the contract, DeepOcean will carry out geophysical seabed surveys of the export and inter-array cable
Navantia UK has acquired the British shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and its operations across four sites: Belfast in Northern Ireland, Appledore in the South West of England, and Methil and Arnish in Scotland. The British subsidiary of the Spanish shipbuilder and offshore wind foundation manufacturer r
Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) have taken the final investment decision (FID) on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Located approximately 40 kilometres off the Polish coast near Ustka, Baltica 2 has a 25-year inf
Haventus, the owner of the Ardersier Port in the Moray Firth, Scotland, has submitted a scoping report to the Highland Council for a proposed extension to its port. Haventus is looking to expand its Ardersier Energy Transition Facility onto nearly 200 acres of land next to the current site. Subject
Vattenfall has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with LyondellBasell (LYB), one of the world’s largest plastic producers, for its Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the PPA, LyondellBasell will buy 450 GWh of electricity generated by Nordlicht 1 each year for 15 years, starting i
Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable (TFK) and the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the construction of a cable laying vessel (CLV) for the installation and maintenance of subsea cables in offshore wind farms, mainly in the Baltic Sea. On 28 January, the two
Greece’s Motor Oil and Terna Energy, a subsidiary of Masdar Group, have teamed up for the development of the first offshore wind farm in Greek waters. The procedures for the participation of the Motor Oil Group, through its subsidiary Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE), with a 50 per cent stake in th
Pine Wind Power Co., Ltd (Pine Wind) has agreed to purchase a 26 per cent equity and debt stake in the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan from Macquarie Asset Management. The proposed investment will be acquired through J&V Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, Pine Wind, and will be supporte
Penta-Ocean Construction has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 5,000-tonne tub-mounted crane and a monopile handling system for its new heavy lift vessel (HLV), designed by Ulstein. The HLV is tailored for the Japanese offshore wind market and is said to be “the world’s first fully in
UK-headquartered Tidal Transit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services and Sky Offshore to develop, fund, build, and operate offshore support vessels for the South Korean offshore wind industry. South Korea has set a nationwide goal of reaching 14.3
ESB and Red Rock Renewables have reached a financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, and the project will now progress into its offshore construction phase. The Scottish offshore wind project has reached a financial close, securing a GBP 3.5 billion financing package
