Van Oord, which recently started installing monopiles at the Ecowende offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, will soon deploy two pieces of equipment that allow monopiles to be installed using vibration technology and minimise noise disturbance for underwater life. The technology will be used during
The business alliance formed by Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables has completed the manufacturing of 45 monopiles for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, developed by Iberdrola in the UK North Sea. The Navantia-Windar consortium is delivering 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Thr
Singapore-based Seatrium Limited and Phoenix II A/S, an affiliate of Maersk Offshore Wind, have settled their dispute over a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) ordered at Seatrium by Maersk, with Maersk agreeing to accept the delivery of the vessel next year. Back in early October, Maersk termi
ScottishPower Renewables has selected Nexans as the supplier of 66 kV accessories for the East Anglia Three offshore wind project in the UK. Under the contract, Nexans will deliver T-connectors, bushings, junction boxes and cable lugs, and pre-terminated power cables, which the company says are all
UK port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and ScottishPower Renewables have entered into a long-term agreement for supporting operations and maintenance (O&M) activities at the East Anglia Two and East Anglia Three offshore wind farms from ABP’s Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). Under
Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured the site for which it placed a bid in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender, according to the latest document issued by the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). ANH released a final eligibility list on 16 December, naming CIP’s
Ireland’s Ministry for the Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) has issued a request for tender for a metocean survey campaign at the Lí Ban offshore wind area within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP). According to a notice published on a European tender website, the cont
Dajin Heavy Industry has cut the first steel for the monopiles for the BC-Wind project, a 390 MW offshore wind farm that Ocean Winds is set to build in Poland. The company has been contracted to manufacture and deliver 27 monopiles and 27 transition pieces, with the delivery scheduled for 2026. For
China’s CNOOD-Wenchong Heavy Industries (CWHI) has shipped the final eight XXL monopiles for the Scottish Inch Cape offshore wind farm, completing the delivery of all 32 monopiles it was contracted to produce for the project. The last batch has departed CWHI’s Qinzhou yard aboard the COSCO Shipping
Jumbo Offshore has signed two contracts for the transport and installation of transition pieces (TPs) for an upcoming offshore wind farm development, the company said via social media on 12 December, leaving the project and the client unnamed. In addition to transport and installation (T&I), Jumbo w
The Crown Estate, through its Supply Chain Accelerator programme, has awarded GBP 13 million (nearly EUR 15 million) to 16 UK offshore wind supply chain projects in the early stage of development to help de-risk them and accelerate their path to the market. The second round of the Supply Chain Accel
The GE Vernova-Seatrium consortium has been awarded a contract to deliver the offshore converter platform for TenneT’s 2.2 GW BalWin5 offshore grid connection in the German North Sea. The contract is the fourth one awarded under the five-year framework agreement that GE Vernova and Seatrium signed w
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has commenced the production of the export cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, owned by a joint venture between Ørsted and PGE. The project’s export cables will be delivered by the Chinese cable manufacturer and Hellenic Cables, a Greece-based s
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted DEME for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. While the value of the three contracts was not disclosed, DEME noted in a press
Davi has reached another milestone in the project it’s carrying on with Titan Wind Energy, completing the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for four heavy-duty plate rolls designed for offshore wind tower and monopile manufacturing. The FAT took place in Week 46 at Davi’s headquarters in Cesena, Italy,
