The Massachusetts electric distribution companies have, in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of up to 800MW of offshore wind capacity. This is the second offshore wind solicitation in Massachusetts and is part
Blue Water Shipping has won a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the loadout and pre-shipment transfer and preparation of turbine components for four offshore wind projects. The Danish company will be carrying out the scope for the Hohe See, Albatros and Borssele 1&2 projects in the North Sea and the
Microsoft has signed an agreement with Eneco to purchase 90MW of power from the 731.5MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Under the agreement, the electricity produced by the offshore wind farm will power Microsoft’s datacenters for a period of fifteen years from 2022 onwa
China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy has won a contract to provide wind turbines for the 300MW Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm. Under the terms of the contract, Ming Yang will manufacture and deliver 55 MySE5.5MW units for the project. The turbines will be installed in an area covering about 44.5km2 loca
Sif Holding has secured a contract to manufacture two monopiles for the Borssele V demonstrator wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. One of the monopiles will have a slip joint connection between the monopile foundation and the transition piece that connects the foundation and the tower, which has trad
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has contracted with Siemens Gamesa to provide the full temporary power package of generators, personnel and vessels during the turbine installation phase of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The 714MW East Anglia ONE will comprise 102 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 wind turbi
Siemens Gamesa has selected Green Wind to organise and supervise all switching operations during the commissioning of the offshore transformer platform and the wind turbines at the 112MW EnBW Albatros wind farm in the German North Sea. The transformer platform and the wind farm’s 16 Siemens Gamesa 7
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) will deliver marine coordination and provide communications infrastructure during the construction of the 950MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. JFMS will provide Moray East, being built 22 kilometers off the coast of Scotland, with its offshore wind manage
DEME Offshore has won contracts to transport and install foundations and wind turbines on Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm is located approximately 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast and will comprise 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4MW wind turbine
US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind, LLC has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract to provide a submarine power cable system for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts. The value of the contract is approximately EUR 200 million, Prysmian said. With the notice to proceed expecte
Heerema Marine Contractors has won a contract by Petrofac for the transport and installation of the Alpha platform at the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm zone. Heerema will perform the installation by one of its newest vessels, the semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir. According to the comp
Pipeshield International Ltd has won a contract by DeepOcean to supply the second phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. The award follows the delivery of the first phase of scour protection for the 714MW project which took place at the end of last year. Similar
SeaRenergy has secured a five-year framework agreement by the German transmission system operator 50Hertz. As one out of three contracted suppliers, the company will provide offshore substation technical services, as well as quality assurance and quality control cable manufacturing. In addition, Sea
Innogy has contracted EDS HV Group to provide operations and maintenance management at the North Hoyle offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the three-year contract which began in the first quarter of the year, EDS is managing operations, including network surveillance, high-voltage safety management
