Vard has delivered the first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Windward Offshore, Windward Athens, which marks the German company’s entry into the offshore wind operations & maintenance (O&M) market. Windward Offshore has three more CSOVs under construction at Vard. Built by Vard in N
The County Administrative Board of Uppsala has recommended that the Swedish government grant a permit under the Act on the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (SEZ) for Deep Wind Offshore’s planned Olof Skötkonung offshore wind farm. “Offshore wind is the fastest tool the Government has to bring large-s
The joint venture between Ørsted and PGE has awarded Acteon’s geo-services business line, UTEC, a structural monitoring contract for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, which the joint venture is building in Poland. Under the contract, Acteon is responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, in
Jan De Nul has ordered a new subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV) in response to the growing global demand for the protection of underwater infrastructure. The vessel will primarily focus on projects in the energy sector, with the North Sea and Southeast Asia regions being the core of its operatio
The offshore substation (OSS) for the Sunrise Wind project, a new offshore wind farm Ørsted is building in the US, has been installed and is now undergoing commissioning work. The OSS was installed by Saipem’s heavy lift installation vessel Saipem 7000 in the first half of September, according to in
The first has been cut for TenneT’s LanWin2 offshore grid connection at Dragados Offshore’s facilities in Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The milestone marks the beginning of block construction at Dragados Offshore’s yards in Cimolai, Italy, and Eversandai, in the UAE. The first steel blocks wil
Eiffage, through Smulders, has been awarded a contract by the French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE to develop and build three substations for the Bretagne Sud, Narbonnaise Sud-Hérault, and Golfe de Fos French offshore wind farms. Overall, the engineering, procurement, construction, installa
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea South-East Power (KOEN) to explore KOEN’s potential participation in the development of Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind project in South Korea. Located approximately 70 kilometres off the coast of Incheon, the 1.4 GW project is t
More than half of the total 100 wind turbines are now in place at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm site in the UK. The project’s SG 14-222 DD wind turbines are being installed by Cadeler’s vessel Wind Peak, which put the first turbine in place in March. Wind Peak, operating from the port of Hull, is c
The Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK and Scottish governments and The Highland Council, creating a formal framework for cooperation in developing the Highlands as a major international hub for the offshore wind and renewab
The consortium between Denmark’s Semco Maritime and Vietnam’s PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C) has secured an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the offshore substation of the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Following ext
Sif has completed the manufacturing of all 52 monopile top sections for the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands at its Roermond facility and dispatched the structures to Smulders in Hoboken, Belgium, where secondary steel will be added. Once equipped with secondary steel by Smulders, the
The first batch of monopile foundations for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind project in Poland has rolled off the factory floor. A total of 111 monopiles are planned to be installed at the Baltica 2 site, 107 for wind turbines and four for the offshore substation. The units are up to 100 metres [&
Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s steelmaking giant POSCO Group to explore a partnership on the 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind project. Under the agreement, POSCO Group will explore supplying high-strength steel for offshore wind foundations and towers while coll
NjordIC has been awarded a contract to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services for the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. NjordIC will provide a full range of UXO consultancy services, including the interpretation of geophysical data, supervision and support during UXO ide
