The UAE-based offshore construction and fabrication specialist Lamprell has selected OES Group to supply the monopile foundations of the Moray West offshore wind farm with the Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) system. Remotely controlled and monitored through the OES’s SCADA system, the I
Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of jacket foundations at the Greater Changhua 2a wind farm site offshore Taiwan and will now move on to do the same work on Greater Changhua 1, the company said via social media. This brought the entire 900 MW Greater
Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil have executed two long-term contracts with Mayflower Wind and Commonwealth Wind for their 405 MW and 1,200 MW projects, respectively, and have now submitted the agreements to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) for review and approval. The con
The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted for consideration proposals for the development of the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm, RWE Renewables said. Awel y Môr offshore wind farm includes up to 50 turbines with a maximum tip height of 332 metres and is a sister project to the existing Gwynt y Môr of
A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a
EDF Renouvelables, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French utility EDF Group, has submitted bids to build two floating offshore wind farms in the French Mediterranean Sea. The projects are named Mediterranean Grand Large and Occitanie Grand Large, EDF Renouvelables announced in a social media post.
The world’s first offshore charging points for electric vessels will be installed on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms off the UK around late summer, according to the UK’s Department for Transport. The project to develop an offshore wind on-turbine electrical vessel charging system is led by MJR
Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol, the partners behind the EolMed project, have launched a new crowdfunding campaign on 12 May targeting EUR 3 million (approximately USD 3.2 million) to finance the 30 MW floating wind farm in the French Mediterranean. Supported by Enerfip, the French crowdfunding pl
German energy company EnBW has selected the compatriot offshore foundations manufacturer, Steelwind Nordenham, to fabricate and deliver the monopiles for the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm. He Dreiht is located within the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea, about 85 kilometre
Spain-headquartered BlueFloat Energy has entered the Taiwanese offshore wind market, unveiling a 1 GW floating wind project off the coast of Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City. Named after the strong winds blowing in the Hsinchu region every September, the Winds of September project is located 25 kilom
Omexom Renewable Energies Offshore, former EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (EWE OSS), has been awarded a contract for services and maintenance of the offshore substation at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. The scope of services encompasses troubleshooting in an event of equipment or syste
The first wind turbines have been assembled for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway, Siemens Gamesa said. The 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen will feature a total of 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines installed on concrete SPAR-type floating foundations some 140 kilometres off the Norwegi
The offshore substation topside for Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, has been completed at Aibel’s yard in Thailand and is now on its way to Haugesund, Norway, where it will undergo further work. The topside is expected to arrive at the yard [&he
Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola, has entered into a Host Community Agreement (HCA) with the Town of Barnstable for the 804 MW Park City Wind offshore wind farm in the US. Under the agreement, Avangrid Renewables will pay the town USD 16 million (approximately EUR 15 million) a
