The 99 MW Jeonnam I offshore wind farm in South Korea, being developed jointly by SK E&S and Danish Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has reached financial close. The construction completion of the wind farm is expected by the end of 2024. Jeonnam Offshore Wind Power was founded in 2020 as a
A consortium of Jan De Nul Group and Hellenic Cables has won the contract to design, manufacture, transport, and install a package of four 220 kV HVAC export cables to connect the Baltyk II and Baltyk III wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea to shore. Developed by the joint venture of Equinor and Pol
The world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, Dogger Bank, has started producing electricity for the first time for British homes and businesses. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being constructed in UK waters some 130 kilometres off the coast of Yorkshire and in three 1.2 GW phases
The last jacket foundation has been installed at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France, being built by Iberdrola through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ailes Marines. The Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm features 62 jacket foundations that will support Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167DD wind turbines.
BlueFloat Energy’s floating offshore wind project in Taiwan, called Winds of September, has achieved approval from Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) review committee. Named after the strong winds blowing in the Hsinchu region every September, the Winds of September project is located 25
Boskalis’ heavy lift crane vessel, Bokalift 2, has installed the first monopile at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Scottish offshore wind farm will feature 60 Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW wind turbines and two offshore substations, all installed on monopile foundations. Dajin Hea
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the final Clean Air Outer Continental Shelf air quality permit for the construction and operation of the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in Rhode Island. The permit regulates pollutants from Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources such as jack-u
Van Oord has commenced inter-array cable installation activities at Iberdrola Deutschland’s 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. After Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen completed the installation of all 50 monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, Van Oord now c
Ocean Winds has joined forces with Banque des Territoires for the French AO7 South Atlantic offshore wind tender, through which the French government will select a developer for a 1 GW wind farm off the Ile d’Oléron. Earlier this year, France prequalified developers for the competitive dialogues for
Iberdrola and TMD Friction Services have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to offtake energy from the Windanker offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea. The 15-year agreement covers a supply of approximately 50 GWh of generated green electricity per year and will cove
All pin piles have been installed at the Zhong Neng wind project offshore Taiwan, being jointly developed by Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Taiwan-based China Steel Corporation (CSC). The pin piles were manufactured locally by the Taiwanese company CTCI Machinery Co
The consortium behind the West of Orkney Windfarm, comprising Corio Generation, TotalEnergies and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has submitted offshore consent applications to Scottish Ministers for the 2 GW offshore wind farm, making this the first ScotWind project to apply for
66 out of 69 wind turbines have been installed at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm will feature 69 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines. The first unit was installed in April this year by the jack-up
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has secured the environmental permit for the construction of Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island. A consortium comprising Belgian marine construction companies DEME and Jan De Nul has already started preparing the site
