Equinor plans to participate in Ørsted’s upcoming rights issue, worth around EUR 8 billion, and maintain its 10 per cent ownership stake in the Danish offshore wind developer. On 1 September, Equinor said that, subject to the final terms of the rights issue, it intends to subscribe for new shares at
Vattenfall has signed a contract with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO), under which EMO will build and lease an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to Vattenfall for its Nordlicht offshore wind farms in Germany. According to the offshore wind developer, an advantage of th
Connecticut officials say they have been left in the dark about why the US federal government suddenly ordered construction of the Revolution Wind offshore project to stop, even as billions of US dollars, hundreds of jobs, and counted-on grid capacity hang in the balance. “If there are issues to dis
[NOTE: This article was updated on 27 and 28 August with statements from Oceantic Network and US Wind.] The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will seek to cancel its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) granted to US Wind for its 2 GW Maryland Offshore Wind Project last year. In
Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to withdraw from three offshore wind projects in Japan for which the company secured sites in 2021. In December 2021, consortia led by Mitsubishi Corporation’s subsidiary Mitsubishi Corporation Offshore Wind were selected to develop all of the projects offered in J
The initial section of the first export cable for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has left the Port of Blyth and is currently en route for installation off the coast of Scotland. The cable-lay vessel, CMOS Installer, has left the port with the 28-kilometre section of the 220 kV, three-phase export
Palfinger Marine has been selected to supply more than 100 fully electric fixed boom service cranes for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by PGE and Ørsted. A total of 107 fully electric fixed boom service cranes will be installed on the service platforms of each turbine,
Ørsted has appointed a syndicate of BNP PARIBAS, Danske Bank A/S and J.P. Morgan SE as Joint Global Coordinators, next to Morgan Stanley & Co International, for the planned DKK 60 billion (around EUR 8 billion; USD 9.4 billion) rights issue, proceeds of which will be used to fund the construction of
Luxcara has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the delivery of 97 15 MW turbines for its Waterekke offshore wind project in Germany. The Hamburg-based company is also examining the use of the same Siemens Gamesa turbines for the 300 MW Waterkant offshore wind farm. The a
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee have released statements following the federal order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind project, an almost-completed offshore wind farm that has power purchase agreements with the two US states. The US Department of the Int
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has contracted Taiwan-based Century Group to supply wind turbine foundations for the 800 MW Formosa 6 offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Century Wind Power (CWP) will supply 57 jackets for Formosa 6, Taiwan’s single largest offshore wind farm by capacity. Additiona
Only days after Ørsted reported in its half-year results that Revolution Wind was at 80 per cent of completion, the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a stop-work order halting all offshore construction activities on the 704 MW project that is sched
Cadeler has signed a firm contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the transportation and installation of turbines at the 495 MW Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The transportation and installation of 35 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines will be executed by one of Cadeler’s next-generation
Siemens Gamesa has installed 50 per cent of the recyclable blades at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, with the turbine manufacturer continuing installation throughout the rest of the year. According to RWE, the company and Siemens Gamesa have achieved the first-ever large-scale installation
China’s Dajin Heavy Industry has completed the delivery of all 45 TP-less monopiles for the first phase of the 1.6 GW Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. Dajin started manufacturing the monopiles at its Penglai facility in China in November 2024. The units are around 85 metres long o
