NKT and Walsin Lihwa have held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kaohsiung Submarine Cable Factory, the first subsea power cable factory in Taiwan, expected to be fully operational in 2027. In February of this year, the Denmark- and Taiwan-based companies announced that they were forming a joint ven
The installation of monopile foundations at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland is expected to start on 1 October. The work will be carried out by the vessel Bokalift 2, under a contract Boskalis signed with the developer Ocean Winds at the beginning of this year. Monopile installat
The first eight monopiles for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, and are en route to the Portsmouth Marine Terminal in the US. On 21 September, the first eight monopiles for Dominion Energy’s CVOW project were loaded at
Dogger Bank D, the potential fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, whose first three phases totalling 3.6 GW are currently being built, is planned to have a generation capacity of around 2 GW. If built, the fourth phase would bring the total installed capacity of the UK project – already the wo
Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has partnered with Waardenburg Ecology, the largest ecological consultancy firm in the Netherlands, to develop a comprehensive ecological programme for the offshore wind farm the joint venture will build at the Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Site V
The US has almost 53 GW of offshore wind projects in operation, development and planning stages. This could power more than 18 million US households if all the projects currently in development and planning are built. The US offshore wind pipeline reached 52,687 MW at the end of May 2023, with two o
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project and plans to issue a Record of Decision on whether to approve the proposed project this fall. The federal agency has now issued the final Environmental I
RWE has finalised its investment decision for a battery storage project in the Netherlands that will optimise the OranjeWind offshore wind farm’s integration into the Dutch energy system. The company plans to invest approximately EUR 24 million into the project. The system, which will have an instal
Canada’s Northland Power and Mitsui & Co., part of Japan’s Mitsui Group, have made a Final Investment Decision (FID) for the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The FID is subject to various conditions precedent and project finance contracts expected to come into force within this yea
The 1.1 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland, being developed jointly by the Polish energy company Orlen and Canadian Northland Power, has reached financial close for its 20-year CAD 5.2 billion (around EUR 3.6 billion) non-recourse green financing. The project’s total capital costs are s
SK ecoplant has been selected as the preferred supplier for the transportation and installation of jacket foundations at the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. Under the preferred supplier agreement, SK ecoplant will carry out the transportation and installation of 38 jackets to the project’s o
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project, a joint venture between Northland Power and Mitsui & Co., has signed a credit agreement to secure TWD 118 billion (approximately EUR 3.4 billion) long-term over 20-year non-recourse financing for the 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The non-recourse project financin
Semco Maritime has partnered with the Danish service provider, KK Wind Solutions, on a new offshore wind service contract for the High voltage (HV) Services at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 wind farms in the German North Sea. Both Semco Maritime and KK Wind Solutions specialize
Northland Power and its partner Orlen have signed a credit agreement for the 1.1 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland. The agreement secures an equivalent of CAD 5.2 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion) of non-recourse green financing that adheres to Northland’s green financing framewo
