NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are working in partnership to explore the potential for large-scale offshore wind energy in the South Taranaki Bight offshore New Zealand. The NZD 58 billion (EUR 36.4 billion) NZ Super Fund is a global investment fund that was established b
Offshore construction has started on Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction. The offshore works are kicking off with a geophysical pre-lay survey along the Dogger Bank Aexport cable corridor i
Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once t
The 1,400-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed on its monopile foundation at the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, RWE, the owner and developer of the project, said. The topside was installed by the heavy lift, DP 2 installation vessel Gulliver, operated by D
China’s first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm, the 2 GW Three Gorges Yangjiang Shapa, has produced 1 terawatt-hour of electricity in the first three months since the full commissioning. Back in December 2021, China Three Gorges fully connected three offshore wind projects to the Chinese grid, incl
Offshore construction on the 88 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm is set to start next week with the transport and installation of the suction anchors at the site located about 140 kilometres off the Norwegian coast, DOF Subsea said. The subsea AHTS vessel Skandi Skansen and the DOF Subsea team ar
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced that it will manufacture blades for V174-9.5 MW wind turbine at its factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight, UK. According to the company, the V174-9.5 MW turbine blade marks a new manufacturing line at Isle of Wight, which will support turbine d
Boskalis has completed the transport of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta substation topside from Dubai to Rotterdam using its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3. The HKZ Beta topside is scheduled to be installed in the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted have issued a contract notice seeking engineering, procurement and construction services covering the onshore connections of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and 1 GW Baltica 3 offshore wind farms. The tender is divided into two lots and covers the EPC scope for the wind
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), First Light Power, and Ullico Infrastructure Fund will fund an offshore wind project planned to be built at one of the New York Bight sites, for which Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC, a development entity led by project s
SSE Renewables plans to commission the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 in 2028 and not in 2025 as initially planned as the developer confirmed that it plans to apply for a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) for the project under Ireland’s new consenting regime. The decision by SSE Renewables to transfer Phas
The installation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation topside will not be affected by the damage the substation’s jacket foundation suffered in a recent collision with a cargo ship, TenneT said. As reported, the cargo ship Julietta D collided with the substation jacket and a turbine f
16.8 gigawatts (GW) of new commissioned offshore wind capacity was added globally in 2021, a 161 per cent increase compared with 2020, fueled largely by increased activities offshore China, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). The scheduled end to China’s offshore wind
Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG), has scheduled an export cable corridor survey for the proposed 1.5 GW offshore wind project. The offshore geophysical survey will be conducted over a 3.5-month period, beginning on 26 March and endin
