The first batches of high-voltage (HV) 220 kV and extra-high-voltage (EHV) 400 kV onshore cables have been delivered for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, which are being jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable (TFK) delivered the first 24 drums, with a t
CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) and Inch Cape Offshore, a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables, have marked the first steel cutting for the transition pieces that will be installed at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm. The transition pieces (TPs) will be manufactured at CWH
Pine Wind Power Co., Ltd (Pine Wind) has agreed to purchase a 26 per cent equity and debt stake in the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan from Macquarie Asset Management. The proposed investment will be acquired through J&V Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, Pine Wind, and will be supporte
ESB and Red Rock Renewables have reached a financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, and the project will now progress into its offshore construction phase. The Scottish offshore wind project has reached a financial close, securing a GBP 3.5 billion financing package
Prysmian has informed local authorities in Somerset, Massachusetts, about the company’s decision not to move forward with the factory for offshore wind power cables that was planned to be built at Brayton Point on a site that previously housed a coal-fired power plant which was shut down in 2017. Ac
Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic Sp. z o.o. (GPB) has completed the construction of two offshore substation topsides for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland’s Baltic Sea. Under a contract signed in 2023, GPB manufactured the two offshore substation topsides that will be installed at the Bal
RWE is preparing to start construction of a new building in Jemgum, in Germany’s East Friesland region, which will serve as a base for round-the-clock monitoring and control of RWE’s existing and future offshore wind farms in both Germany and continental Europe. The developer, who will take a long-t
The heavy load carrier Sun Rise is on its way to the US from the Port of Aalborg, Denmark, with 18 transition pieces (TPs) for the wind turbine foundations at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. According to a social media post by CS Wind Offshore, which is delivering 176 TPs for the
A joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 has retrieved floating LiDARs and wave buoy equipment as part of the metocean campaign for the proposed Salamander floating offshore wind farm off the North East of Scotland. The campaign started in October 2023 with the deployment of two
Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometre cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The survey, conducted using uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), took place over a span of 13 months, in water depths ranging from the shor
Deep Wind Offshore Korea has secured a Public Waters Occupancy and Use Permit for its Admiral Lee offshore wind project in South Korea. “This achievement marks an essential step forward in our mission to advance renewable energy development in South Korea. The permit allows us to complete offshore l
Preparatory and trial operations for offshore construction are underway at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm site in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, with several vessels involved, including Van Oord’s heavy-lift ship Svanen, in advance of the upcoming monopile installation work. Van Oord’s he
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of the Interior (DOI) in Decem
Geotechnical survey works are scheduled to commence at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK in February 2025. The geotechnical seabed investigations, which include boreholes and cone penetration tests (CPTs), will be conducted using survey vessels Connector, Geoquip Saentis, and Geoqui
