The metocean and LiDAR surveys have been completed at the Buchan floating offshore wind farm site located off the northeast coast of Scotland. Partrac recently recovered the project LiDAR and seabed instrumentation at the project site some 75 kilometres northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire
Norway-headquartered DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea survey contract for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Under the contract, DeepOcean will carry out geophysical seabed surveys of the export and inter-array cable
Haventus, the owner of the Ardersier Port in the Moray Firth, Scotland, has submitted a scoping report to the Highland Council for a proposed extension to its port. Haventus is looking to expand its Ardersier Energy Transition Facility onto nearly 200 acres of land next to the current site. Subject
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company, TGS, has secured a contract for offshore wind site characterisation on the UK continental shelf for a repeat client. According to TGS, the project is set to last around 60 days and will begin in the first quarter of 2025. The Ramform Vanguard will b
Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable (TFK) and the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the construction of a cable laying vessel (CLV) for the installation and maintenance of subsea cables in offshore wind farms, mainly in the Baltic Sea. On 28 January, the two
Greece’s Motor Oil and Terna Energy, a subsidiary of Masdar Group, have teamed up for the development of the first offshore wind farm in Greek waters. The procedures for the participation of the Motor Oil Group, through its subsidiary Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE), with a 50 per cent stake in th
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has marked two areas, N-10.1 and N-10.2, as suitable for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. On 28 January, BSH issued the 5th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Offshore W
Corio Generation has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (Suhyup) and the Western Busan Fisheries Committee (WBFC) for the 96 MW Dadaepo offshore wind project, currently under development in Busan, South Korea. With this agreement, a mutual
The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled new measures to minimise underwater noise levels during the construction of offshore wind projects. As part of the government’s Plan for Change, the measures should reduce noise levels in the sea to allow new offshore wind
US President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order pausing offshore wind leasing on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and mandating a review of the federal government’s leasing and permitting practices for wind projects. The Order also stops all relevant agencies from issuing approvals, eith
Chinese state-owned CRRC has installed what the company claims to be the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine in the Shandong Province. On 11 January, the company installed the 20 MW Qihang floating offshore wind turbine prototype at the Dongying wind power testing and certification innova
Europe installed 15 GW of new wind energy in 2024, with the EU accounting for 13 GW, yet 30 GW per year is required to meet the 2030 climate and energy targets, according to WindEurope’s initial estimates. According to WindEurope, Europe built 15 GW of new energy last year: 13 GW onshore and 2.3 GW
Tahkoluoto Offshore Oy, the developer of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project in Finland, has scrapped plans for a demonstration project that involved the installation of two 15 MW wind turbines. The purpose of the demo phase was to pilot large-scale offshore wind turbines, foundation
The JERA-led consortium and BP, along with its consortium partners, have been granted exclusive rights to develop two offshore wind farms in Japan’s territorial waters. The awarded sites are part of the country’s 3rd auction round, where a total capacity of 1.1 GW has been granted for development. B
