IOG Wind, formerly known as CWind Taiwan, has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Balance of Plant (BoP) for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The scope will cover inspections of newly installed offshore substations, as well as performing inspection, mainten
The first eight XXL monopile foundations for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, produced by China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI), have arrived in the Port of Leith ahead of the installation work, which will start before the end of the year. CWHI sent off the monopiles on
Floating wind foundation developer, Gazelle Wind Power, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Titan Wind Energy, a Chinese manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbine components, which also has offices in Denmark and Germany. The two companies signed the MoU while a delegation fr
EDF power solutions, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has initiated a consultation seeking environmental impact assessment (EIA) services to support its bid preparation for France’s AO9 offshore wind tender (Golf de Fos 2). EDF power solutions is a candidate for the AO9 project, which includes three proje
50Hertz has launched an EUR 11.7 million call for tenders for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services for offshore wind energy projects in both the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The German TSO is looking to award a framework agreement(s) for MWS services through four lots, with the contract for each
Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with 50Hertz for survey services that will support offshore wind development in the German Baltic Sea. Under the agreement, the Sweden-based offshore survey provider will deliver geophysical and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) seabed surveys, w
Steelwind Nordenham has loaded out the final three monopiles for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project at its port facility in Germany. Over the course of 26 shipments, all 78 monopiles that the company produced were successfully delivered. The first of the monopiles was installed offsh
Vattenfall is preparing an invitation to tender for the decommissioning of Alpha Ventus, according to early information that emerged on a European tender website. Meanwhile, the participants of the RAVE (Research at Alpha VEntus) initiative have kicked off finalRAVE, a sub-project with a focus on th
Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of termination regarding the construction of a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that was planned to be deployed on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind project in the US. In March 2022, Seatrium’s subsidiary Seatrium Energy International (SEI) secured
Global Maritime (GM) has signed a framework agreement with Van Oord, under which the marine and engineering consultancy company will provide a range of services to support Van Oord’s work in the offshore wind sector. The framework covers consultancy and technical support for operations and maintenan
Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of subsea export cables on the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm. SRE has also selected the Belgian offshore construction contractor for export cables on its Formosa 6 offshore wind project. Under the contract for Fo
Tekmar Group has signed a framework agreement with Jan De Nul for the engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the Cable Protection System (CPS) for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in Germany. The first awards under the agreement cover two projects. Work has commenced immediately o
Spain’s EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has been awarded a contract to carry out in-situ measurement campaigns for ELWIND, the Estonian-Latvian offshore wind project. The measurement campaign for each site is divided into three phases: preparatory, execution, and data validation and reporting. The ca
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for its new semi-submersible floating wind turbine design, named SnapWind Float. The AiP from ABS comes shortly after the design was issued an Approval in Principle by the Korean Register (KR). The SnapWind Float, de
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
