The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; RVO) has issued a prior information notice for the development of an integrated ground model (IGM) and a geotechnical interpretative report for the Nederwiek Noord and Hollandse Kust West VIII Wind Farm Zones. According to th
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has issued a call for competition for the transport and installation of foundations and offshore substations for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. Ørsted plans to use the Achilles Utilities NCE qualification system for procurement and expects t
ABB has announced that it will collaborate with Lhyfe and Skyborn to jointly realise and optimise SoutH2Port renewable hydrogen project located in Sweden. Together with Lhyfe and Skyborn, ABB will drive large-scale integration of the production of offshore wind renewable energy hydrogen into the ene
Seatrium Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms (SMOP), has secured a contract from Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, to supply two offshore substations for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in the US. The scope of t
RWE and Northland Power have picked China-based Dajin Offshore as the preferred foundations supplier for their 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project off the German coast. Under the agreement, Dajin Offshore will supply the foundations for all 104 offshore wind turbines, subject to the final in
TenneT has awarded NKT, Nexans, and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable, and Denys with contracts to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten offshore wind projects in the Netherlands and Germany. The total volume of the contracts for the production and installation of the ten cable systems amount
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded a contract to BLIX Consultancy for soil site characterisation work for the Doordewind Wind Farm Zone (WFZ). Together with dGB Earth Sciences and GEO2 Engineering, BLIX Consultancy is supporting RVO to provide detailed information on the site condit
The Netherlands-based CAPE Holland has announced that its Vibro Lifting Technology was selected for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The Moray West project, located in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland, will utilise the CAPE Vibro Lifting Technology to install up to 62
Energy UK has warned that the forthcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will fall well short of delivering the expansion of offshore wind needed to hit the UK government’s 2030 50 GW target. The CfD scheme has played a vital role in the UK’s world-leading expansion of clean energy, in parti
Ziton has entered into new strategic agreements with the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa, extending the current charter contract it has with the company and signing a new charter for another jack-up vessel. The current charter agreement for the vessel Wind Enterprise will be extended for four and
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the electric distribution companies (EDCs) have jointly filed a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), which if approved, would represent the fourth and largest offshore wind solicitation to date. I
DEME Offshore has been awarded three contracts that the company defines as having a total value of more than EUR 300 million for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The contract includes the transport and installation of the pin piles and jackets forming the foundations for the wind
Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client in northwest Europe for one of its NG2500-class vessels. The contract is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2023 and it has a duration of between 90 and 145 days. According to Eneti, the
The Gothenburg Port Authority has announced that it intends to buy a minority stake in Eolus Vind’s Västvind offshore wind power project located in the Swedish economic zone. Under the agreement, the Gothenburg Port Authority will acquire 5 per cent of the shares in the project company that owns Väs
