China Ming Yang Wind Power (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), announced that it has secured a total of 87MW in the first tranche of tender for off-shore wind power near Zhuhai Guishan Island, Guangdong Province, China. The winning bid comprises of 29 units of 3MW super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbin
Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator programme is inviting tenders for windfarm engineering R&D services. A significant number of UK offshore wind farms have experienced difficulties associated with the installation and burial of intra-array cables. In 2011, the OWA commissioned a study to devel
Energinet.dk would like to pre-qualify a number of tenderers to deliver the HV cables for the Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm. Energinet.dk intends to pre-qualify up to 5 tenders per lot: Lot no. 1: Submarine cable transportation and laying; Lot no. 2: Delivery and installation of beach cable; Lot no
On the occasion of the Thetis International Convention on Marine Renewable Energy in Brest, France on 10 and 11 April, Nass&Wind Offshore announced its intention to respond to the second call for tenders for offshore wind farms, which was recently published. “To do this,” said Olivier Schwebel, CEO
EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN ) could look for another partner for the second French offshore wind power tender as Danish energy giant, Dong Energy, has decided not to take part in this round, writes Les Echos. The consortium including EDF, Alstom and Dong was selected to develop three out of four
Seazip Offshore Service recently launched the first ad hoc tender service for the German Bight area. Only after a few hours’ notice the fast crew boat Seazip Hurricane carried out a successful crew change 90 miles offshore at the North sea for a major cable laying company with crew, equipment and pr
DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH is inviting tenders for offshore electrical distribution related to BorWin3. The invited tenders are for transmission system of electric power (approximately 900 MW) between the offshore wind farms in the cluster BorWin and a grid connection point on land. In particular, the tra
The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) officially issued a second call for tenders for construction of offshore wind farms, which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on March 16. The launch of this tender was announced in January by the French Minister of Ecology, Sust
RWE’s Innogy Nordsee 1 GmbH has issued an invitation to tender on piling work at its Offshore Wind Farm Innogy Nordsee 1. This includes the supply of substructure and foundations for wind turbine generators (WTG), installation of topside and substructure and/or installation of substructure and found
In March 2012, the Danish Government entered into an energy agreement with several other political parties from the Danish Parliament. The agreement secures the needed investments for a further step to improve Denmark’s production of renewable energy. By the agreement the parties have decided to ini
Ofgem E-Serve has announced the six bidders which have successfully qualified to compete for the high-voltage transmission link for the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. Ultimately the winning bidder will own and operate the link for the next 20 years. Today’s announcement sets out the longli
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published details of the tender process and the provisional timetable for the planned 1,500 MW of offshore wind power to be set up by 2020. Since March 2012, it has been evident that Denmark should have two large offshore wind farms and several coastal offshore win
In order to step up efforts to attain its energy transition goals, France is thinking about launching another round of tenders just few weeks after launching the second offshore wind tender. “We are thinking about a third tender,” said French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Reuters reports. The te
French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho announced launching of a new tender for construction of offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 1GW, the Ministry said in a press release. This second tender for wind turbines generating electricity at sea s
