Steelwind Nordenham has used a Sherwin-Williams coating solution for monopiles the German foundation manufacturer produced for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm. The coating selected for the project is Sherwin-Williams’ Dura-Plate SW-501 system, described as a solvent-free epoxy designed to form a
Dajin Offshore has signed a PLN 47 million (approximately EUR 11 million) contract with Szczecin Shipyard “Wulkan” that will see the Polish state-owned shipyard manufacture components for one of the biggest offshore wind projects in Germany. The Chinese manufacturer, which has been contracted by RWE
EEW and CS Wind have produced the first monopiles and transition pieces (TPs) for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm ahead of schedule, the developer said on 19 February. The monopiles are each up to 80.5 metres long and weigh up to 1,290 tonnes, while the transition pieces reach a height o
All monopiles have been installed at the site of the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm, being built by a joint venture between Orlen Group and Northland Power in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, 23 kilometres off the coast of the Choczewo municipality. The project comprises a total of 78 fo
Offshore construction has begun on the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, developed by Equinor and Polenergia, which will together have 100 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.4 GW. The 2026 offshore construction campaign will see the installation of 100 monopiles, tran
A new European project focused on offshore testing infrastructure for high-power floating wind turbines was officially launched at a kick-off meeting in Nantes, France, this month. The project is co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme through the European Regional Development Fund. Name
DNV has issued a prototype certificate for a mooring line component which mitigates dynamic mooring and platform loads on floating wind turbines, developed by the Irish engineering company Dublin Offshore. The certificate for Dublin Offshore’s load reduction device (LRD) was issued following complet
The first monopile foundations for Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm have arrived at Port of Teesworks in the UK from Bilbao, Spain, where Haizea Wind Group is producing the monopiles for Ørsted’s 2.9 GW project. Six XXL monopiles, of the total 197 that Hornsea 3 will comprise, arrived in two batches, wi
CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has delivered all transition pieces (TP) the Chinese company was contracted to manufacture for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm. CWHI said on 10 February that it completed the load-out and on-time departure of the final batch of TPs for Inch Cape from
CS Wind Offshore has received the Final Notice to Proceed for the Nordlicht 2 transition pieces (TPs) from Vattenfall, which made the full final investment decision (FID) for its Nordlicht offshore wind projects in January. For the 1.6 GW Nordlicht cluster, CS Wind Offshore will deliver 68 TPs for t
Smulders has contracted KCI Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of Sif Group, for the design of the jacket foundation that will support the offshore substation (OSS) for the 600 MW Dunkerque offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, KCI will perform the basic and detailed design, including fa
Century Wind Power has produced the first jacket foundations for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The production is ramping up ahead of the foundation installation that is scheduled to start this year, according to a recent social media
Skyborn Renewables has awarded Seaway7 a contract for the transportation and installation (T&I) of the 63 monopiles and transition pieces (TPs) at the Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany. Offshore activities are expected to commence in 2027, according to Seaway7’s parent company Subsea7, which qu
Jan De Nul has constructed and floated the remaining concrete structures for the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Energy Island at the Vlissingen site in the Netherlands. The concrete caissons are now at the Scaldia terminal, where they will undergo final works before being installed offshore this spring.
