Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s energy transition business Plenitude and the Norwegian energy investor HitecVision, has completed the acquisition of Plenitude’s stake in the three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. As reported in June, Vårgrønn signed an agreement with Ple
RWE has selected Siemens Energy and HSM Offshore Energy as preferred suppliers for the electrical transmission system and entered into early works agreements in relation to the construction of the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark. Siemens Energy was selected as the preferred supplier for the
Equinor has extended a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for Island Clipper, a combined platform supply vessel (PSV) and walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, which has supported the company’s Oseberg oil and gas field in Norway and is scheduled to also work on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wi
Sweden-headquartered Hexicon has unveiled that its Italian joint venture secured priority rights for two areas to develop floating offshore wind farms in Italy. The first area, located south of Sicily, is 346 square kilometres and has the potential for about 1.2 GW of capacity, while the second area
Metsähallitus, Finland’s administrator of state-owned land and water areas, will soon wrap up surveys of underwater flora and fauna off the coast of Korsnäs, which are part of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm. The work, being performed by the Finnish
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project has signed the jacket foundations fabrication contract with Samkang M&T after naming the company as the preferred supplier in January this year. Samkang M&T will provide jacket foundations for the Hai Long 2b and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan, for an installed cap
Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca has hit the halfway mark on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland, where 57 out of the 114 Vestas 10 MW wind turbines have now been installed. The first wind turbine was installed in early December 2021 by the Wind Osprey vessel, which was repl
Maersk Supply Service has been contracted to transport and install three 10 MW wind turbines at the Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind farm in France, developed by Ocean Winds and Banque des Territoires (groupe Caisse des Dépôts). Awarded by EPCI contractor Eiffage Métal, Mae
Denmark-based Survey Association and its partner in Japan, Specialists Center of Port and Airport Engineering (SCOPE), have been awarded the Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) contract for the construction of the 112 MW Ishikari offshore wind project in Japan. According to Henrik Uth, CEO of Survey Associ
Marine Power Systems (MPS) and WavEC, one of the co-managers of the Aguçadoura test site offshore Viana do Castelo, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on deploying MPS modular floating platform technology, PelaFlex, at the Portuguese test site. The news comes shortly after MPS signed a
Hai Long Offshore Wind Project has signed the pin piles fabrication contract with EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) after naming the company a preferred supplier back in October 2021. EEW KHPC will provide pin piles for the Hai Long 2B and 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan, for an instal
SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies have received a go-ahead from the Scottish Ministers to increase the combined capacity of the remaining 36 wind turbines of the Seagreen offshore wind farm from 360 MW to 500 MW, bringing the project’s total installed capacity to 1,575 MW. All 150 offshore wind turbi
The development and reform commission of China’s Hainan province has approved a 1.2 GW offshore wind farm proposed to be built in the province’s waters by Shenergy, a Chinese company doing business in the oil and natural gas, and power generation sectors. The offshore wind farm, called Shenergy Hain
A geotechnical site investigation campaign is set to begin at the proposed North Irish Sea Array (NISA) wind farm area offshore Ireland. The campaign will involve the deployment of seabed borehole drilling and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) equipment from a survey vessel at specific locations within th
