A consortium comprising some of the world’s leading offshore wind developers and Tier 1 suppliers have initiated a joint industry project that aims to commercialise a new foundation connection technology developed by the Netherlands-based company C1 Connections. “With the increasing size of wind tur
RWE has kicked off geophysical and geotechnical site investigations at the Norfolk Boreas, Norfolk Vanguard East, and Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind project sites in the UK, rights to which the German company acquired from Vattenfall earlier this year. The survey vessel Braveheart Spirit is con
Heerema Marine Contractors has demonstrated a noise reduction of 24 decibels (dB) during installation work at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, where the offshore construction specialist employed a noise mitigation spread with equipment supplied by IQIP. The Netherlands-based Heerema M
The County Administrative Board of Gävleborg in Sweden has recommended that the government approve the proposed 3.9 GW Eystrasalt offshore wind project, developed by Skyborn Renewables’ local unit. Announced on 3 July, the company said it is now the government’s turn to take a position on the Eystra
The European Commission has approved a EUR 10.82 billion French scheme, to support the deployment of offshore wind, in particular the construction and operation of two bottom-fixed offshore wind farms in the country. The scheme, which will run for 20 years, will support a wind farm in the South Atla
German clean energy asset manager, Luxcara, has signed a preferred supplier deal with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the supply of wind turbines to the Waterkant offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The reservation agreement covers the supply of 16 of the “world’s most powerful offshore
The 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines and exported to Scotland’s National Electricity Transmission System (NETS), Ocean Winds said. The wind farm is nearing the end of the construction phase and will become fully operational in 2025
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have approved the 2.8 GW Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South Project in the federal waters off New Jersey, developed by a joint venture between Shell and EDF Renewables. BOEM issued a Record of Decision (ROD) fo
Hughes Subsea, a subsidiary of OEG Renewables, will start disposing of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the UK 1.4 GW East Anglia Three (EA3) offshore wind farm site on 4 July, according to the latest Notice to Mariners issued by the EA3 project team. The UXO identification, investigation and clearance
Iberdrola has contracted DNV for power curve verification at the recently commissioned 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France so the developer could align actual energy production with initial projections and improve the accuracy of economic models for the wind farm. DNV will perform the w
Avangrid, a US renewable energy company majority-owned by Spanish Iberdrola, has received the authorisation to build and operate its New England Wind offshore wind farms from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the two projects offshore Massa
Equinor and Polenergia have signed reservation agreements with the consortium of Sif and Smulders for the manufacturing of 100 transition pieces (TPs) for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. The developers, through two of their joint venture companies (each for one project
Jan De Nul Group has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of high-voltage export cables that will bring renewable energy generated at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm ashore. Jan De Nul will connect the offshore substation of the F
Anma Offshore Wind Energy has selected Denmark-headquartered Ramboll for detailed foundation design and certification support for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. Ramboll has secured the contract for WTG Foundation Detailed Design of the wind farm’s 38 14 MW units, which will be support
