GE Renewable Energy has received a firm order from Vineyard Wind to supply Haliade-X wind turbines for Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the US. GE was announced as the preferred turbine supplier for the project in December of 2020. Vineyard Wind 1 recently becam
Cobra Wind has contracted Granada Material Handling to design, manufacture, and commission a quayside crane that will be used for loading crew transfer vessels (CTVs) supporting the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Granada said the crane unit had been specifically designed for qua
Ørsted and Eversource have signed a USD 86 million (around EUR 74 million) contract with Riggs Distler & Company for the supply of wind turbine foundations for the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project in New York. This represents the largest, single offshore wind supply chain contract award in New Yor
Seaway 7 ASA has been selected as a preferred contractor by Ørsted for the transport and installation of wind turbines for part of the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. The installation will utilise the company’s jack-up installation vessel VIND1, and the projects ar
Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has denied a Motion to Disqualify filed by Skipjack Offshore Energy, owned by Ørsted, against some of the proposals US Wind submitted in the state’s latest offshore wind application round. However, the process itself has not yet ended, as the Commission said
Ørsted has selected Cadeler A/S as a preferred wind turbine installation vessel supplier for the combined Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 projects in the German North Sea. The award covers the transport and installation of a minimum of 48 x 11 MW turbines, which will be located adjacent to Ørsted
Uruguay’s state-owned oil and gas company ANCAP, together with the country’s ministries of industry and environment, has presented a plan for green hydrogen production powered by offshore wind, which could see a tender launched in a couple of years. Under the new H2U Offshore programme, ANCAP has ca
South Korea’s LS Cable & System has secured a preferred bidder status for a KRW 200 billion (around EUR 145 million) contract to provide submarine cables for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. LS Cable & System was selected for the project by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), Taiwan’s first
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a contract notice for two metocean campaigns at the IJmuiden Ver Investigation Area in the Dutch North Sea. Both locations will be further specified later on, RVO said. The data obtained from these metocean campaigns will be published by RVO and is
Nexans has won a contract with Parkwind to provide turnkey business continuity services to four of its offshore wind farms in Belgium. The Northwind, Belwind, Nobelwind and Northwester 2 farms are among the biggest in Belgium, with a combined installed capacity of 771 MW. Together, these four wind f
DNV has been contracted to carry out Project Certification for the Codling Wind Park project, one of the largest offshore wind farms planned in Ireland. Codling Wind Park is a proposed offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, set in an area called Codling Bank, approximately 13-22 kilometres off the Cou
Norway’s Norwind Offshore has ordered two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels, and will convert one Platform Supply Vessel to a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the compatriot designer and shipbuilder Vard. Under the contract, Norwind Offshore has options for two additional CSOVs. The contract
TenneT has launched a tender for 2 GW offshore platforms and high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems in the IJmuiden Ver wind area in the Dutch North Sea. The transmission system operator (TSO) expects to award a contract under this tender by the end of 2022. Recently, the engineering for the lan
Siemens Gamesa has received the firm order from Ørsted and Eversource to supply wind turbines for two wind farms offshore the USA with a combined capacity of 847 MW. Siemens Gamesa will supply, deliver and install a total of 77 SG 11.0- 200 DD wind turbines for the Revolution Wind project off Rhode
