DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around 7 September. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching
The 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind farm, developed by a joint venture between JERA Nex bp and EnBW, has been awarded a development consent by the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The Morgan offshore wind farm is planned to be built off the coast of Cumbria, in the Irish Sea. Once fully
Skyborn Renewables has signed preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) for monopiles, transition pieces, foundation installation and inter-array cable supply and installation for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. EEW Special Pipe Construction (EEW SPC) has been select
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, for the transport and installation of 35 inter-array cables at the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with offshore work expected to commence in 2028. Announcing the contract award, Subsea7 said this was
The renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract to provide cable engineering support to the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. OWC’s scope of work includes cable engineering for both offshore and onshore cables. The subsea
Vattenfall has signed a contract with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO), under which EMO will build and lease an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to Vattenfall for its Nordlicht offshore wind farms in Germany. According to the offshore wind developer, an advantage of th
Connecticut officials say they have been left in the dark about why the US federal government suddenly ordered construction of the Revolution Wind offshore project to stop, even as billions of US dollars, hundreds of jobs, and counted-on grid capacity hang in the balance. “If there are issues to dis
We are pleased to share a milestone in the important collaboration between Davi and GS Entec in the wind energy sector: the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for the two massive plate rolling machines ordered by the Korean company. The FAT took place a few weeks ago at our
[NOTE: This article was updated on 27 and 28 August with statements from Oceantic Network and US Wind.] The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will seek to cancel its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) granted to US Wind for its 2 GW Maryland Offshore Wind Project last year. In
Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to withdraw from three offshore wind projects in Japan for which the company secured sites in 2021. In December 2021, consortia led by Mitsubishi Corporation’s subsidiary Mitsubishi Corporation Offshore Wind were selected to develop all of the projects offered in J
The initial section of the first export cable for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has left the Port of Blyth and is currently en route for installation off the coast of Scotland. The cable-lay vessel, CMOS Installer, has left the port with the 28-kilometre section of the 220 kV, three-phase export
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for the 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Highland Council’s consultation on the application opens on 29 August, and representations can be made up until 28 September. The project miles
SSE and Equinor have finalised a seabed lease with the Crown Estate to progress Dogger Bank D, the proposed fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction off the coast of England in the North Sea. The lease allows Dogger Bank D
Odfjell Oceanwind (OOW) has acquired Ørsted`s 80 per cent share in the Salamander floating wind project in Scotland. The 100 MW demonstration floating wind farm, which recently received consent from the Scottish government, will now be owned by Odfjell Oceanwind, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7. Salam
