All inter-array cables have been laid at the Moray East offshore wind farm, with burial, termination and testing works still ongoing. The cables were installed by CLV Living Stone, while the Ndeavour and Grand Canyon vessels have been deployed for the burial operations. OSV Siem Day is supporting te
Vattenfall plans to start the first offshore construction activities on the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the Dutch North Sea in June. This is when the first ships will sail out to deliver rocks for scour protection to the wind turbine locations. Rocks will be placed to protect the m
Wind Power Energy is planning to accelerate the development of the Kashima offshore wind project in Japan. The project is planned to commence construction in 2024 at its 680 ha site in Kashima Port in the Ibaraki Prefecture. The joint venture of Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas, and Vena Energy is develo
Scottish offshore wind developer SSE Renewables is holding an online event to meet businesses and highlight future supply chain opportunities for two offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of over 4 GW. The supply chain events will give businesses of all sizes, across a range of disciplines
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a letter extending the examination period for the Development Consent Order (DCO) applications for the East Anglia One North and the East Anglia Two offshore wind farms. The deadline for the completion of examin
The first MySE6.45-180 wind turbine has been installed at the Zhanjiang Xuwen wind farm offshore Guangdong Province, China, MingYang Smart Energy said. In total, 47 of these Hybrid-Drive wind turbines will be installed at the site some 20 kilometers east of Xuwen County this year. The wind farm is b
Vineyard Wind has chosen DEME Offshore US for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 project site, located some 24 kilometres off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. For the project, DEME Offshore US will team up with FOSS Maritime Company, a U.S. maritime se
RWE has awarded Van Oord with a contract to carry out the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and the inter-array cables for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm. Sofia is sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, 195 kilometres from the No
Here are the ten most-read articles on Offshore WIND in March 2021. World’s First Floating Wind Farm Best Performer in UK With an average capacity factor of 57.1% in the twelve months to March 2020, Hywind Scotland set a new record in the UK. Offshore Wind-to-Whisky Project Launches in Scotland The
Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order from RWE to supply wind turbines for the 1.4 GW Sofia wind farm offshore the UK. Located 195 kilometers off the northeast coast of the United Kingdom on Dogger Bank, Sofia will feature 100 SG 14-222 DD wind turbines. Under the contract, Siemens Gamesa will al
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has shipped out the first 10 MW units built for the Changle Waihai offshore wind farm project. The wind turbines are being transported from DEC’s manufacturing facility in Fujian to the deep-sea terminal at the Jiangyin Port in Fu
Ørsted has unveiled plans for the development of one of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants, powered by offshore wind, which would be linked to industrial demand in the Netherlands and Belgium. The project, named SeaH2Land and planned to be built by 2030, would comprise a renewable hydroge
Shell has agreed to take over Vattenfall’s share in NoordzeeWind, the owner and operator of the 108 MW Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The deal follows a successful collaboration of more than twenty years between the two companies to build and operate the first commercial offsh
French power cable manufacturer Nexans has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Empire Offshore Wind LLC to connect the Empire Wind offshore projects to the New York State’s onshore grid. The turnkey projects cover the full design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and protection of over
