The first batch of four jacket foundations, manufactured by Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has set sail from Vietnam. The units will be installed at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. To celebrate this milestone, PTSC and others held a special ceremo
The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, owned by ScottishPower and Ørsted, has passed ten years in operation since its commissioning in 2014. Built and operated as a 50/50 partnership, the 389 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm was commissioned in 2014, with its 108 Siemens 3.6 MW turbi
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Flagship Fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Sino-American Silicon Products and its renewable energy subsidiary, Sustainable Energy Solution (SES) for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind p
First TP-less monopile for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project has been completed at Dajin Heavy Industry’s Penglai facility in China. In a recent social media update, Dajin Heavy Industry announced that the Nordseecluster project represents a major milestone for the company, as it is their
The first of 54 monopiles for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US has been manufactured at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 site in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. On 28 November, the first monopile for Empire Wind was completed on the new production line of the expanded production facilities at Maas
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has awarded a construction permit for Lillebælt Syd (Little Belt South), a 165 MW offshore wind project planned to be built in the Little Belt strait between the islands of Als and Helnæs. The project, being co-developed by Danish utility SONFOR and European Energy, is
The manufacturing phase for the substation platforms of the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm began with the first-cut ceremony held on 27 November at PTSC M&C’s fabrication yard in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. The 1.5 GW Baltica 2 is part of the 2.5 GW Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, which will also comprise the
Vestas has received a firm order from RWE for the second phase of its 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind development in Germany. The order comprises 60 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines, and Vestas is responsible for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the units. Upon completion, the Denmark-based
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ZTT Submarine Cable & System has won two engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts for the Guoxin Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project in China. Under the submarine cable EPCI contracts, China’s ZTT will supply 243 kilometres of 35 kV inter-array cables and 185 kilometre
The tender for the construction of the first offshore wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone in the Belgian North Sea has been launched. Developers will have nine months to submit their bids to build the 700 MW offshore wind farm. The winner will be selected primarily on price competitiveness but
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. ABL Germany, based in Hamburg, will provide MWS services to support the offshore transpor
Energy trading company Danske Commodities has signed balancing agreements for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. Danske Commodities will offtake 100 per cent of the projects, totalling 1.4 GW, which makes this the biggest renewables deal for the
The Netherlands is a pioneer in including nature enhancement stipulations in offshore (wind) energy tenders. The Dutch event for the international offshore energy and maritime industries, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), has also given nature enhancement a prime spot in this year’s ed
