Mammoet has signed a support agreement for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid programme to assist Heerema Marine Contractors with the offshore installation of two large topsides. Under the agreement, Mammoet will help to prepare the two topsides for floatover operations by skidding the units from HVT to th
Norwegian energy technology developer Stiesdal has started production of the first TetraSub floating foundation, the semi-submersible variant of the company’s Tetra concept, which it says is best suited for water depths ranging from 50 to 200 metres. Stiesdal has marked four years since its first fu
The Mona offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture between EnBW and BP, has been granted development consent by the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband. Located in the Irish Sea, the 1.5 GW Mona is the first offshore wind project from the UK’s Round 4 l
The second wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for DEME Group, has been launched. Norse Energi, like its sister vessel Norse Wind, is engineered to install turbines with rotor diameters over 300 metres and XXL monopiles up to 3,000 tonnes, even in water dep
The fully assembled offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has been loaded out at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands. Both the jacket and the topside are now on the barges, and the structures are being prepared for sail-away to their destination off the Danish c
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Century Wind Power (CWP) to supply wind turbine foundations for the 495 MW Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, the Taiwan-based company will supply 35 jacket foundations for Formosa 4 and be responsible for the overall c
Deep Wind Offshore has secured an Electricity Business Licence (EBL) from Korea’s Electricity Regulatory Commission for 345 MW from its 1.5 GW Admiral Lee offshore wind project. According to the developer, this is planned to be the first of several EBLs and marks the entry of the large-scale project
LS Cable & System has been named the preferred supplier of subsea cables for the 1 GW Haesong offshore wind farm in South Korea. LS Marine Solution, a subsidiary of LS Cable & System, was also selected as the preferred bidder for installation works. Together, the two companies will deliver a fully i
Iberdrola has awarded Semco Maritime two offshore service contracts, with options for extension, on the above-water scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment at two offshore substations in the Baltic Hub. The Baltic Hub currently consists of two offshore wind farms, the 3
Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy fro
OEG has won a multi-million-pound contract to support the construction phase of the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland until the project becomes operational in 2027. Under the contract, OEG will supply an integrated package of specialist topside and marine services, including marine coo
Denmark’s Cadeler has received a notice of termination from Ørsted in relation to the long-term agreement for one of its wind farm installation vessels. A long-term charter agreement for an A-Class wind farm installation vessel was disclosed by Ørsted on April 8, 2024, securing operational capacity
The offshore substation (OSS) of the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm has been installed at its designated location 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe in France. The substation, which was designed and built by Atlantique Offshore Energy, the
TGS has won a contract for offshore wind site characterisation, including acquisition, imaging, and interpretation services offshore Norway. Ramform Vanguard will start acquisition in early July, with a duration of approximately 25 days. The imaging and interpretation work will begin concurrently wi
The Belgian Council of Ministers has decided to postpone the tender for an offshore wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone I until 2026. According to Mathieu Bihet, Federal Minister of Energy, the offshore wind tender for the first lot of the Princess Elisabeth Zone involved several risks: major l
