Endiprev has carried out the installation test for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire project, set to be the first commercial-scale wind farm installed in French waters. Endiprev France concluded the installation test in the Antwerp Port, during which the team investigated if the T1 and the transition piece f
Siemens Gamesa has selected DHSS’s offshore logistics terminal in Port of IJmuiden as the marshalling, storage, and logistics facility for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone. This logistics hub of DHSS will be used during the commissioning phase for Siemens Gamesa 140 SG 11.0-200 DD wind
Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable is about to send off the submarine cables for phase one of the Binh Dai offshore wind project in Vietnam. The company loaded the cables onto the installation barge at Ningbo Orient Cable’s port, which is ready to sail towards the Binh Dai Province in Vietn
Subsea construction vessel Topaz Tangaroa has left the Netherlands and is on her way to Taiwan to join Van Oord’s cable laying vessel Nexus on the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project. Prior to leaving the Netherlands, Topaz Tangaroa was equipped with Van Oord’s trencher Dig-It, and a wal
German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed [&hel
The first wind turbine has been installed at the 206 MW Zhanjiang Xinliao offshore wind farm off Guangdong Province, China. Developed by Guangdong Energy Group, the wind farm will comprise 32 MySE6.45-180 wind turbines by Ming Yang Smart Energy. Each turbine has a nameplate capacity of 6.45 MW. Loca
CCCC – First Harbor Engineering Company has installed the first suction pile jacket at the Fujian Changle Waihai offshore wind project in China. CCCC installed the suction pile jacket on 21 February using SPT Offshore’s SAPS007S suction spread. The Netherlands-based SPT Offshore won a contract in Au
Fugro has completed the final geotechnical survey campaign at the Moray West offshore wind project in the UK. The new data will be combined with survey results from 2019 to finalize the design of the foundations for each turbine location, as well as the two offshore substations. Survey vessel Norman
Sif Group has completed the first two of the 140 monopiles to be manufactured for Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 wind farm. With a combined weight of 115,000 tons, the 140 monopiles are designed in such a manner that they do not require transition pieces. The design is said to allow fas
Siemens Energy will install 22 units of distribution transformers at Yuhuan Offshore Wind Power Project Phase 1, China’s first commercial 66 kilovolts (kV) offshore wind farm. The fluid immersed transformers of type FITformer WIND will support China Huadian Corporation (CHD) to optimize energy suppl
Ørsted has commissioned TÜV NORD to certify the submarine cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farm, and the transformer station and the submarine cables for the Gode Wind 3 wind farm in the German North Sea. With 83 turbines and a total capacity of 900 MW, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will be the largest w
Bureau Veritas has been awarded a contract for project certification for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind pilot project in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in France. “This certification will ensure project reliability and sustainability, a critical step for offshore renewable energy d
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind 1 project in Massachusetts and has thus put the offshore wind farm one step away from completing the federal permitting process. The only thing now left before const
Twelve Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW wind turbines have been installed so far at the Moray East project site, located some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast. The wind turbine installation is being carried out by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern jack-up vessel, which is picking up the compone
