RWE has achieved a milestone in the construction of the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm after installing 36 of the 72 turbines off Denmark’s west coast near Jutland. Each individual turbine from manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has a capacity of up to 15 megawatts, stands around 148 metres above sea level
Nadara has appointed Aker Solutions to undertake electrical infrastructure studies for the Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm through its consultancy arm Entr and wholly owned subsidiary Unitech Power Systems. The work will support the development of a high-level electrical infrastructure concept for Bellr
OranjeWind, the joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies, has signed a Port & Agency Services agreement with Clarkson Port Services BV for the construction and commissioning phase of its OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Various port locations are involved during this phase, where
Electricity generated by the Baltic Power offshore wind farm has entered Poland’s national power grid, marking the first time the electricity generated by offshore wind turbines is added to the country’s energy mix. 54 of 76 turbines have already been installed at Poland’s first offshore wind farm,
The 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm, located off France’s Mediterranean coast, has reached full power, Ocean Winds (OW), the owner and developer of the project, said. With three 10 MW turbines located 16 kilometers off the Occitanie coast and installed
Ignitis Renewables has received a positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) decision for its 700 MW Curonian Nord offshore wind farm in the Lithuanian sector of the Baltic Sea. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lithuania issued the decision based on the project’s EIA report, which assessed
The second export cable installation campaign for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland has been completed, the cable supplier Orient Cable (NBO) said via social media. The export cables were installed by Enshore Subsea, with NBO now moving onto the next stage of works, including offshore joi
DEME installed the first monopile at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea on 1 July, marking the start of offshore construction on Vattenfall’s 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster. The Belgian contractor is responsible for transporting and installing the monopile foundations and tran
The developers of the proposed Gwynt Glas floating wind farm have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report to the UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS), Natural Resources Wales and the Marine Management Organisation, marking the start of formal engagement on the project’s environm
Buchan Offshore Wind, a joint venture between BayWa r.e., BW Ideol and Elicio, has appointed Kent as Owner’s Engineer for its floating wind project off the coast of Scotland. According to Buchan Offshore Wind, the appointment supports the project’s next stage of development as it moves into the Fron
DEME has completed the installation of the jacket foundations at the Dieppe-Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The first of the 62 wind turbine foundat
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has reached a settlement agreement with Duke Energy under which the utility will voluntarily terminate its offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area and reinvest USD 129 million (around EUR 113 million) in alternative power generation and grid infrastr
A consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Jeonbuk Southwestern Offshore Wind Expansion Complex 1 project in a tender promoted by the Jeonbuk State, a special self-governing province of South Korea. The project is an 800 MW offshore wind
The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DOF) has met with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to discuss the development of the San Miguel Bay offshore wind project in Camarines Sur. The project, expected to become the first offshore wind farm in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, is owned by
