The first batch of eight monopiles for RWE’s Thor offshore wind project, being built in the Danish North Sea, have been offloaded and stored at the base Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands. Buss Terminal Eemshaven, part of the Hamburg-based terminal operator Buss Ports, provides storage space, heav
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed an agreement with Bureau Veritas Poland for the certification of the up to 500 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project. The certification will include a comprehensive assessment of the project at every stage of implementation, includ
The French government has unveiled its intention to launch the tenth call for tenders (AO10) for the development of offshore wind farms, targeting a total capacity between 8 GW and 10 GW. The process is expected to begin in the coming months, with the objective of awarding contracts by the fall of 2
Statkraft has submitted a planning application to the Swedish Ministry of Climate and Economic Affairs for the 2.1 GW Baltic Offshore Delta North offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The proposed offshore wind farm includes up to 105 turbines in an area far out at sea to ensure low to no visibility
Greece’s Hellenic Cables, the cable segment of Cenergy Holdings, has signed a partnership agreement with Leading Light Wind, one of the largest offshore wind farms in the US, to supply some of the project’s inter-array cables. Under the agreement, Hellenic Cables will supply 65 kilometres of 132 kV
The 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, located 15.5 kilometres off the coast of Fife, Scotland, has started generating power into the national grid. When complete, the offshore wind farm will consist of 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines generating up to 450 MW of renewable energy,
ESB and Belgium’s Parkwind have decided to halt survey activities for their planned 500 MW Clogherhead offshore wind project in Ireland, pausing until the government outlines suitable areas for offshore developments. According to the project’s recent update, there are no further surveys planned for
All 80 turbines have been installed at the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, developed by Yunneng Wind Power, a subsidiary of Skyborn Renewables. Major offshore construction work at the Yunlin offshore wind farm started in December 2020 with the installation of the first monopile. The firs
All 50 turbines have been installed at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm comprises 50 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines installed on monopile foundations by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern. The wind turbine inst
Correll, part of SPIE Group, has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul to complete the 66 kV inter-array cable (IAC) termination and testing on wind turbines for RWE’s 1 GW Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. The works are planned to commence in July 2025 with the mock-up scheduled for November 2
The first set of monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project has been shipped from Steelwind Nordenham’s manufacturing plant in Germany. The first monopiles have been shipped from Steelwind’s facility in Nordenham and are on their way to the installation terminal. The Baltic Pow
CS WIND Offshore has completed the fabrication of the last monopile foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany and has marked the milestone with its loadout. CS WIND Offshore, which acquired Denmark’s Bladt Industries in 2023, has manufactured 40 XXL wind turbine foundations
Renexia has signed a contract with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in Italy. The contract follows the joint signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Italian Ministry of Enterprises to devel
Seaway7 has finished the full engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) work for the cables at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway7 has installed 118 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables, linking the wind farm’s 60 turbines to two offshore substation
