A tailormade subsea drill that will be used to install XL-monopile foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm has been commissioned after passing Factory Acceptance Tests on 30 September. The drill, jointly designed by DEME Offshore and Herrenknecht, will be deployed at the French offshore
The construction has started on the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, at Kværner Stord in Norway, Equinor said. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga started the cutting robot on the project’s first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kvæ
Hellenic Cables has secured a contract with DEME Offshore to supply the inter-array cables and accessories for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply approximately 650 km of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated access
The UAE-based Lamprell has cut the first steel and has started building jacket foundations for the Seagreen offshore wind project. Back in June, Seaway 7 selected Lamprell to manufacture and deliver 30 turbine jacket foundations for the Scottish offshore wind farm. Lamprell said that the company had
Engineering company Ramboll has been contracted by China Steel Power Corporation to deliver the full jacket foundation design for the Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The 300 MW Zhong Neng is located about 20 kilometres off the west coast of Changhua County in Taiwan. The project is co-devel
Atlantique Offshore Energy has kicked off the construction of the offshore substation for the Fécamp offshore wind project in France. The first steel for the electrical substation was cut on 30 September at Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s shipyard in Saint-Nazaire. The company is constructing the substa
Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE) have entered the final stage of negotiations to jointly develop two offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea with the combined capacity of 2.5 GW. As reported last October, PGE and Ørsted started negotiating the sale of 50 per cent stakes in tw
A draft offshore wind bill in Lithuania that recently began its journey through the system to get approved is now before the Lithuanian parliament (the Seimas), which is considering its amendments to the current laws that would set up conditions for the development of offshore wind projects in the B
Star of the South Wind Farm is establishing a community advisory group for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. The advisory group will be set up with people from across Gippsland in order to share information, answer questions and seek local advice as planning of the project continue
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has started generating power, according to social media posts from Ørsted, which developed the project together with Dominion Energy. The 12 MW CVOW, located some 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, is meant to provide the operationa
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of jacket foundations at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir, chartered by Jan De Nul, was responsible for installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some 10km off the c
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has discontinued the tender procedure seeking certification of site studies performed for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. The procedure has been terminated due to RVO not receiving a suitable tender, offshoreWIND has learned. RVO will now, in accorda
Bladt Industries has completed the load out of the first transition pieces (TPs) for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm at its facilities in Aalborg. In mid-September, the company carried out the load-out of the first six anode cages built for the 1.4 GW offshore wind project, saying the first six t
RWE and its project partners have signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate to develop extensions of the Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms in the UK. Each proposal has already progressed through the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment stage (HRA), The
