The vessel Olympic Electra has begun relocating boulders at the Baltica 2 project site, marking the start of the preparatory work ahead of offshore construction of what will be the biggest offshore wind farm in Poland. Boulder relocation is a key stage in preparing for the installation of foundation
Fugro and TGS have been awarded contracts for detailed site investigations at the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) site, where Norway’s first commercial offshore wind farm will be built by a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments. Fugro, which already performed surveys at
Haesong Offshore Wind Company has signed a grid interconnection agreement with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) for the Haesong Offshore Wind 1 and Haesong Offshore Wind 3 projects. Haesong Offshore Wind 1 and 3 projects are managed and funded by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), whi
The first of 76 Vestas 15 MW turbines has been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland, developed by a joint venture between the Orlen Group and Northland Power. Cadeler has been selected as the transport and installation contractor by the joint venture. The O-Class jack-up vessel
The Mona offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture between EnBW and BP, has been granted development consent by the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband. Located in the Irish Sea, the 1.5 GW Mona is the first offshore wind project from the UK’s Round 4 l
The fully assembled offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has been loaded out at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands. Both the jacket and the topside are now on the barges, and the structures are being prepared for sail-away to their destination off the Danish c
Deep Wind Offshore has secured an Electricity Business Licence (EBL) from Korea’s Electricity Regulatory Commission for 345 MW from its 1.5 GW Admiral Lee offshore wind project. According to the developer, this is planned to be the first of several EBLs and marks the entry of the large-scale project
Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy fro
The offshore substation (OSS) of the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm has been installed at its designated location 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe in France. The substation, which was designed and built by Atlantique Offshore Energy, the
All inter-array cables have been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Seaway7 said on 1 July it completed the installation of the last inter-array cable, connecting the 13th and last string of the He Dreiht project to the BorWin epsilon converter platform, part o
The feasibility stage management plan for the Aurora Green offshore wind project, being developed by Iberdrola, has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). This approval of the management plan allows Iberdrola to commence metocean studies within the feasibility licence
The offshore substation topside for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) has been completed in Vietnam and is now on its way to Taiwan. The topside weighs 3,900 tonnes and integrates all electrical systems, transformers, control systems, and operational utilities. On 26 June, t
Jan De Nul has pulled two export cables for the 1,080 MW Thor offshore wind farm, currently under construction in Denmark. The export cables will transport clean, renewable electricity from the offshore site 22 kilometres out in the North Sea to the Danish mainland. In 2023, Jan De Nul, together wit
Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland have entered the construction phase, with work on the onshore infrastructure now underway. After the final investment decisions were made in May this year, Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms have entered the implemen
The West of Orkney Windfarm, a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Renewables Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG), has been granted offshore consent by the Scottish government. The decision makes the 2 GW West of Orkney Windfarm the first ScotWind project to secure both of
