Ørsted and Eversource are committing USD 5 million from their Sunrise Wind project in New York to Stony Brook University to support offshore wind research initiatives. The commitment funded by the project will underwrite research initiatives specific to the advancement of offshore wind through Stony
Six companies and consortia are moving forward in France’s competitive tender to build a wind farm offshore Normandy. Back in January, France’s Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) opened a competitive dialogue process to select the developer of the offshore wind farm off the Cotentin Peninsu
The first of the total of 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed on 23 April at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern, which arrived in Taiwan in July last year, has been deployed for wind turbine installation at the project site som
A series of geophysical surveys is set to kick off at the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland on 26 April. Vessel LB Jill will undertake geotechnical operations to characterize the project site located approximately 13 km off the East Coast of Ireland, near Wicklow. The surveys are planned to b
Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, in a consortium with Esteyco, has won a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York. The Spanish companies will analyse the feasibility of a concrete gravity-based foundation for the offshore wind farm developed
Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH has signed a multi-year service contract with Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH to provide personal and material helicopter transport services to the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. As part of this contract, Wiking will carry out helicopter cre
RWE Renewables has launched a GBP 150,000 community grant fund supported by its Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. The fund will be managed and distributed by Tees Valley Community Foundation (TVCF) on behalf of the 1.4 GW wind farm located on Dogger Bank in the North Sea, 195 km off the North E
DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the foundation for the offshore substation of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The installation of the four subsea foundation piles was completed on 21 April, in record time despite having to be drilled into rock, according to
Vattenfall has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Sweden by the Administrative Board of Skåne County, off whose coast the developer aims to build the 640 MW project. Parts of the Kriegers Flak site in the Baltic Sea have been classified as a Natura 2000 are
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its cable protection system (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection in Germany. The 16 km long submarine cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and will connect the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to T
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind is deploying two buoys in its lease area off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, to collect atmospheric, cold pool and animal migration data. The aim is to strengthen atmospheric models that help inform how the developer designs and estimates energy production for i
Aker Solutions has completed the first part of the construction of concrete foundations for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project at its yard in Stord, Norway. The 11 substructures are currently being towed to Vindafjord where the rest of the slip-forming and mechanical outfitting will be complete
The first 40 Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm have exited GE Renewable Energy’s factory in Saint-Nazaire, France. GE dispatched the first nacelle for the project from its factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne in February, when it was transported to the wind turbine pre-asse
SSE Renewables has announced its intention to submit a planning application for the onshore grid infrastructure for the Arklow Bank 2 offshore wind farm. This is the first time an offshore wind developer will seek consent for this kind of infrastructure in Ireland. The company said it would submit t
