DNV has signed a USD 17.7 million (EUR 14.84 million) contract to be the Owner’s Engineer for Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. The 300 MW TPC Changhua Phase II is the largest offshore wind farm being developed solely by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). The work
Visser & Smit Hanab has laid and tested the onshore HV cable connecting the transformer station and HV substation of the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Approximately 23 km of 110 kV cable was laid from Breezanddijk through the Afsluitdijk and along the A7 motorway to Bolswa
Orient Cable has won a contract to provide dynamic cable for an offshore wind project in China which will connect a floating wind turbine to a fixed unit. Ningbo Orient (NBO) plans to use one 35 kV dynamic cable to connect the 5.5 MW floating wind turbine to the fixed-bottom turbine. The plan is to
The remaining seabed preparation works at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project are set to recommence at the beginning of April, after the winter pause. The vessel Sartor will carry out the remaining boulder relocation operations in preparation for the installation of inter-array cables in the
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to the South Fork offshore wind farm’s export cable, which will make landfall at Beach Lane in Wainscott and then run to the Cove Hollow Road substation in East Hampton, where
Seagreen 1A Limited has submitted applications to Scottish authorities for onshore and offshore works related to the Seagreen 1A offshore wind project. The applications were sent to East Lothian Council for onshore works and Marine Scotland for offshore works. The applications for Seagreen 1A have b
Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm, the first such contract for the 1.5 GW project and also the first PPA Air Liquide signed in the Netherlands. Under a 15-year agreement, Air Liquide will purchase 100 GWh
Ørsted said that the full-scale offshore construction activities at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farms are moving full speed ahead after the developer secured all the permits and EIA approvals for the project. Ørsted will begin export and array cable laying, installation of the offshore s
The first wind turbine tower section built for the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm has arrived at the Port of Taichung, Taiwan, Ørsted, the developer of the project, said. This is the first of 333 tower sections in total that are being manufactured locally by the consortium of CS
EMS Maritime Offshore’s (EMO) VENTUSmarine control center has assumed coordination of the Trianel Windpark Borkum project in Germany. In November last year, EMO signed a five-year contract with Trianel Windpark Borkum GmbH & Co. to handle maritime, flight and emergency coordination for the project u
Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Japan’s Cosmo Eco Power and the engineering firm Hitz to jointly develop the 600 MW Seihoku-oki project in Aomori prefecture, in the northwest of Japan. The Seihoku-oki offshore wind farm, under development, will enter round two of the ca
Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, which is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Under a contract worth approximately GBP 270 million (around EUR 316 million),
Denmark’s Danfoss and Ørsted have signed a corporate power purchase agreement for 27 MW of the capacity of the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm. Danfoss, a global industrial manufacturer of energy-efficient solutions, signed a ten-year fixed price CPPA with Ørsted to offtake the portion of the renewab
Star of the South Wind Farm has selected a transmission route for Australia’s first offshore wind farm following a 12-month assessment. The transmission route would come to shore around Reeves Beach and travel underground through Darriman, Giffard West and Hiamdale, connecting into the grid in the L
