The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded planning consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm. The wind farm, which could produce enough electricity to power almost 2 million UK homes, will also bring significant community and skills investment
Dutch manufacturer of foundation equipment, Dieseko, has secured a contract with Saipem for the supply of the Vibratory Hammer to be used to install the monopiles on the Calvados wind farm offshore France. The start of the offshore monopile installation works is expected in the third quarter of 2022
The second of the three 220 kV export cable systems for the Ostwind 2 project in the German Baltic Sea has been laid, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH said. This brings the connection of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm another step closer, the German transmission system operator said. The third and fin
Fraport AG, the publicly listed operator of Frankfurt Airport, and EnBW have concluded a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for the supply of electricity generated by the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The long-term contract guarantees Fraport 85 MW fro
The world’s first pilot anti-typhoon floating wind turbine has been put into operation at the 400 MW China Three Gorges (CTG) Yangxi Shapa III wind farm offshore China. Orient Cable (NBO), provided the dynamic cable which connected the Ming Yang 5.5 MW floating wind turbine to a fixed-bottom turbine
A Denmark-based developer has decided to cancel an offshore wind project after not managing to find a turbine model that would fit the project’s original design parameters. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by cl
RWE Renewables has, through its Polish subsidiary Baltic Trade & Invest Sp. z o.o., received a positive decision by the regional Director for Environmental Protection in Szczecin for the F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind farm. This decision specifies the environmental conditions for the realisation of
French cable specialist Nexans has won a contract to supply the onshore and offshore export cables for the 860 MW Moray West wind farm project off Scotland. Subject to the award of a Contract for Difference in 2022 and Financial Close, the wind farm will feature Nexans High Voltage Alternating Curre
Sydney-based Nexsphere, formerly known as Brookvale Energy, has revealed plans to build an offshore wind farm in Bass Strait off Tasmania with a capacity of between 500 MW and 1,000 MW. The project is planned to be built in phases which would come online from 2026 onwards. The Tasmanian Liberal Gove
Seaway 7 has confirmed the award of a contract by China Steel Power Corporation for the transport and installation of the submarine cable system for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan.
The EDF Group and China Energy Investment Corporation have commissioned the 200 MW Dongtai V offshore wind farm. Located in the China Sea, off the Jiangsu coast, North of Shanghai, its construction took 20 months, France’s EDF Group said. The wind farm was put into operation on 20 November. Together
The first Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbine has been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm. The installation of the first Vestas turbine in the North Sea off the Scottish coast heralds the start of the turbine installation phase which
The 382.7 MW Windpark Fryslân, the largest wind farm built in a body of fresh water, has been fully commissioned. Located in the IJsselmeer Lake in the Netherlands, Windpark Fryslân comprises 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines which have been fully tested and in operation since November. Data at
The 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and China Steel Corporation (CSC), has reached financial close. The financial close for the wind farm follows the recent signing of a project financing agreement with 20 banks. Zho
