Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus arrived at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm site today (16 July) after leaving the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte terminal on 14 July following the maritime authorities’ go-ahead to return to work off France. The vessel will now resume with the drilling and instal
WindFloat Atlantic has become the world’s first classed offshore wind farm, after its three 8.4 MW floating turbines were accepted by the ABS Class Committee. The three ABS-classed, semi-submersible floating foundations are designed by Principle Power and are housing MHI Vestas turbines which make a
SOCAR and Technip Energies have signed a cooperation agreement which, among other things, will see the two companies working on a joint pilot project for powering upstream operations in Azerbaijan’s sector of the Caspian Sea with electricity produced by a floating wind turbine. If the project moves
Guangzhou Salvage has installed China’s first floating wind turbine off the coast of Yangjiang City in Guangdong Province, the company reported via social media on 14 July. The floating wind turbine, independently developed by MingYang Smart Energy, has been installed for demonstration purposes at t
Thai energy company Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farm offshore Taiwan. Global Renewable Power Company Limited (GRSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPSC, entered into an agreement with Copenhagen In
The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) has identified a preferred site for the proposed floating offshore wind research array within a narrowed area of interest in the US federal waters in the Gulf of Maine. The GEO has now invited comments on the preferred site, with the comment period open until
Denmark’s Energy Board of Appeal has completed the processing of a number of complaints filed against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) authorisation of Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. The Board confirmed the DEA’s decisions from 14 December 2020, when the authority granted Vat
BP and EnBW have launched a dedicated supplier portal for the two offshore wind projects they won the lease rights for in the UK Round 4 leasing, now named Morgan and Mona, and have invited UK-based suppliers to sign up. The two companies are especially encouraging those UK-based suppliers that have
RWE, which is developing the Rampion 2 project on behalf of its project partners, has opened formal public consultation on draft proposals for the extension of the existing Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK. The consultation period is running from 14 July until 16 September, during which time peo
Granada Material Handling has secured three new contracts from Dogger Bank Tier 1 suppliers. Smulders will see 95 Granada cranes installed on the first phase of the wind farm, Dogger Bank A, and 95 cranes installed on the second phase of the wind farm, Dogger Bank B. One crane will be installed on e
Alpha, a Sparrows Group company, has been awarded a contract to undertake turbine platform modifications in support of a new walk-to-work system at a UK east-coast offshore wind farm. An integrated team from Alpha and Sparrows will manufacture and install push-on plates, access gates, and handrails
Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation and building services works as part of the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Substation package. The works include the installation of the onshore primary and secondary HV power equip
China’s first floating offshore wind turbine has set sail towards its installation site off the coast of Yangjiang City in Guangdong Province. The floating wind turbine will be installed for demonstration purposes at the 400 MW Yangxi Shapa III offshore wind farm developed by China Three Gorges (CTG
According to the latest update from the Moray East project, there are now 64 wind turbines installed at the site off the Aberdeenshire coast, which puts Moray East ahead of Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. With each Vestas turbine having an output of 9.5 MW, Mor
