Ørsted plans to officially commission the 752 MW Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm in the Dutch North Sea on 5 October, barring any negative effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. The wind farm comprises 94 Siemens Gamesa’s wind turbines, over two-thirds of which have now been installed at the site located 22
The boulder picking operations have begun at the export cable route of the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The boulder picking work started on 24 July using Olympic Triton, while the export cable laying and trenching operations are set to begin circa 28 July. NKT Victoria will be layin
Fugro has begun carrying out site characterization work at ScottishPower Renewables’ 3.1 GW East Anglia Hub project in the UK. Fugro started the geophysical survey phase in July with UXO surveys, after which bathymetric and sub-bottom profiler surveys across the site and export cable routes will fol
The offshore wind farms that won the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in the latest UK CfD round will most likely be the first to operate with “negative subsidies”, even before the zero-subsidy projects awarded in auctions in the Netherlands and Germany. According to an analysis by an international t
The 714 MW East Anglia One offshore wind farm has completed the final commissioning, with all 102 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW turbines now operational. Around 20% of the turbine installation and around half the turbine connection work was completed during the lockdown, ScottishPower Renewables said. Accordi
Iv-Offshore & Energy has signed the early works contract with Sembcorp Marine for the engineering of the Sofia high voltage direct current (HVDC) platform. As previously reported, GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine will provide the electrical transmission system for RWE’s 1.4 G
Geoquip Marine has secured a contract to work on the development of Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW wind project off the coast Virginia, USA. Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project off Virginia Beach. The wind farm is planned to be developed in three phases and be fully
ScottishPower Renewables has applied for a non-material change to the East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017 which would allow the project to take advantage of advancing technologies and deliver a reduction in levelised energy costs. The application, submitted by East Anglia Three Limited,
The 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic floating offshore wind farm is now fully operational and supplying electricity to Portugal’s electrical grid. The WindFloat Atlantic project features three MHI Vestas 8.4 MW turbines mounted on Principle Power’s semi-submersible floating foundations. Following the connec
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a call for the supply of all required work to manufacture up to 50 monopile foundations for two nearshore wind projects in the Danish North Sea. The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers the civil engineering manufacturing of up to 50 transition p
Onshore works for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan started on 23 July, according to a press release from the general contractor TECO Electric & Machinery. The onshore construction officially commenced by breaking ground in Lugang township of Changhua County, where the offshore win
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy will reveal the results of the tender to develop the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm site on Wednesday, 29 July. The results of the subsidy-free round will be revealed after the closing of the Dutch stock exchanges, Ruud de Bruijne,
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is seeking an entity to certify site studies carried out for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone in the Dutch North Sea. RVO has been requested to prepare and collect all site data required for commercial developers to prepare competitive bids. As part of
The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has entered into a contract to provide technical advisory services for the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm in Vietnam. RCG’s Richard Clarkson has been appointed Project Director for the 78 MW project, which is due to start permanent construction works in Septembe
