Vattenfall has signed a long-term electricity supply contract with the steel producer Salzgitter for 75 MW of electricity to come from the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. With this power purchase agreement (PPA), Salzgitter secures the supply of green electricity for 15 years
TenneT has invited tenders for the provision of a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew to conduct supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. According to a contract notice issued on 21 August, the transmission system operator (TSO) will award a multiple-year charter contra
InterConnect Malta (ICM), a government entity responsible for Malta’s energy interconnection projects with Italy and offshore renewable energy, has appointed Fugro Italia to survey two areas which the Maltese government plans to put out to tender for floating wind development. Fugro has now started
Heerema has commenced the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK, kicking off with a steel-cutting ceremony. On 20 August, the company held the first steel-cutting ceremony for the jackets at Heerema Vlissingen in the Netherlands. Ørsted, the develop
TenneT has closed the tender and awarded contracts to companies that will provide HVDC engineering support to the already-selected EPCI contractors for the 2 GW bipolar HVDC converter stations that will make the new offshore grid connections in the Netherlands. Dutch transmission system operator (TS
Dutch geo-data specialist, Fugro, has been awarded a long-term contract to provide construction support to its compatriot Van Oord for offshore wind farms across Europe for three years, with an option to extend. Under the contract, multiple remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems, construction equip
French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offsho
Vattenfall has launched a tender for helicopter transport services for its offshore wind farms in Denmark and Germany. The offshore wind owner/developer is looking for a helicopter service for the transport of personnel and equipment for troubleshooting offshore wind turbines at its Horns Rev 1 and
Caledonia Offshore Windfarm has selected the engineering consultancy Wood Thilsted to develop the structural concept design for the 2 GW project’s turbine foundations. The Caledonia offshore wind farm is being developed in the Moray Firth by Ocean Winds and is scheduled to be operational by 2030. Wo
Ireland-based survey provider Green Rebel has secured a contract for floating LiDAR services for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), located west of Belmullet in County Mayo. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated pr
EDF Renewables has issued a contract notice for offshore wind transport and installation (T&I) services. The France-based energy company intends to award a long-term agreement to a provider having the capability to install foundations and 15+ MW wind turbines, with work starting in 2029 or 2030. The
Equinor and Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have provisionally won lease areas in the Central Atlantic offshore wind auction in the US, each securing one site. The auction, which yielded almost USD 93 million (around EUR 84 million), saw a total of six companies part
The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the c
South Korea will launch the first in a series of offshore wind tenders this October and (at least) two more until the first half of 2026, according to an Offshore Wind Power Competitive Bidding Roadmap the country’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) unveiled on 8 August. The tenders fro
