All inter-array cables have been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway7 said on 1 July it completed the installation of the last inter-array cable, connecting the 13th and last string of the He Dreiht project to the BorWin epsilon converter platform, part o
Edison Chouest Offshore has launched its new service operations vessel (SOV) ECO Liberty, which will be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. Constructed at LaShip in Houma, Louisiana, ECO Liberty was built with American steel and components from companies across the Gulf
The feasibility stage management plan for the Aurora Green offshore wind project, being developed by Iberdrola, has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). This approval of the management plan allows Iberdrola to commence metocean studies within the feasibility licence
Jan De Nul has pulled two export cables for the 1,080 MW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction in Denmark. The export cables will transport clean, renewable electricity from the offshore site 22 kilometres out in the North Sea to the Danish mainland. In 2023, Jan De Nul, together wit
Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland have entered the construction phase, with work on the onshore infrastructure now underway. After the final investment decisions were made in May this year, Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms have entered the implemen
The West of Orkney Windfarm, a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewables Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish government. The decision makes the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm the first ScotWind project to secure both of
What is described as the “world’s first” offshore solar farm integrated within a wind farm has completed assembly at the Port of Amsterdam and is ready for deployment at the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Dutch company Oceans of Energy assembled the floating solar fa
The jacket foundation installation at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms is nearing completion, with 61 out of 66 foundations already installed at the site in Taiwan. Additionally, a third of the wind turbines for the project are now in place. Offshore construction of the 920 MW Gr
Ulstein Verft has delivered the first of two commissioning service vessels (CSOVs) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The vessel is now being deployed for the Dutch-German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to support its offshore grid connection facilities in the North Sea. The Win
After approving the production permit extension for the Samsø offshore wind farm earlier this month, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has now granted extended permits to two more of Denmark’s oldest offshore wind farms, Middelgrunden and Nysted. To support its decisions, the DEA has requested that the
Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive an installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it
The Dutch offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed a framework agreement with its compatriot Akira Energy for ‘Offshore Grid NL – Client Representative Services at Sea’. Through this collaboration, Akira Energy will provide experienced offshore client representatives, supporting
Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has launched the superficies licence proceedings and environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Saare 1 offshore wind farm, developed by Oxan Energy. Following the launch of the superficies licence proceedings and EIA, the F
The Welsh government has launched a comprehensive action plan which aims to maximise the country’s offshore wind potential and secure long-term economic benefits. The action plan, prepared by a task and finish group established earlier this year, outlines that Wales’ pipeline exceeds 15 GW of offsho
Japan’s Electric Power Development, also known as J-Power, has joined the WHEEL floating offshore wind demonstration project in Spain. The WHEEL demonstration project is led by the Madrid-headquartered company Esteyco. WHEEL will feature one turbine installed three kilometres off the eastern coast o
