ZTT’s flagship monopile installation vessel Zhongtian 39 has completed the foundation piling for China Resources Power’s Cangnan No.1 Phase II offshore wind farm expansion project. The 215-metre-long Zhongtian 39 has installed all 13 foundation piles for the 204 MW Cangnan No.1 Phase II offshore win
The Lillebælt Syd and Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farms are moving forward as planned after the Danish Energy Complaints Board rejected complaints against their establishment permits. The German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) and Red Lillebælt and Beskyt Jammerland Bugt have fil
Navantia Seanergies has delivered the substation jacket for Ocean Winds’ 496 MW Dieppe le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. The jacket departed from the south dock of the Puerto Real shipyard in Spain and is heading to its destination on France’s Atlantic Coast. The offshore wind farm site is lo
Equinor and Polenergia have reached financial close for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, for which the joint venture partners secured two project financing packages of over EUR 3 billion for each wind farm, including ancillary facilities. The finance packages will fund the ca
The jacket foundation and the topside for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed in the UK. According to the recent Notice to Mariners from the project, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir installed the jacket foundation
The consortium behind Germany’s first offshore wind farm has decided to decommission the 60 MW Alpha Ventus and is currently developing a concept for an environmentally friendly dismantling of the 15-year-old wind farm with relevant authorities. The news about the Alpha Ventus consortium (EWE, RWE a
Galileo Energy and Hope Group have received an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) permit from Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security for the 1.1 GW Barium Bay floating offshore wind project. The joint venture partners said that this is the largest offshore wind farm to have achieved
All suction bucket jacket (SBJ) foundations have been installed at the Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind farm in Taiwan, being developed by Ørsted. All 24 SBJ foundations have been installed by heavy-lift vessel Aegir from Heerema Marine Contractors at the 337.1 MW Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind
The 96 MW Jeonnam 1 offshore wind project, owned by a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SK Innovation E&S, has officially commenced commercial operation in South Korea. Copenhagen Offshore Partners, exclusive offshore wind development partner to CIP, has co-led proje
All foundations, including the transition pieces (TPs), are now in place at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, as the heavy-lift vessel (HLV) Seaway Alfa Lift recently installed the final TP. The vessel started installing the final five TPs
Geoquip Marine has completed a preliminary geotechnical site investigation for two 4 GW offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. Under the contract, the UK-based company drilled 28 boreholes across the project sites to analyse the subsea terrain for wind turbine foundations. Geoquip underwent
The news about the US government rescinding the order to halt Empire Wind 1 construction activities has been welcomed by the offshore wind industry and New York state agencies. With more than 1,500 construction workers involved in the project and its supply chain spanning multiple US states, Oceanti
Equinor and Polenergia have taken a final investment decision for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, which will have 1.44 GW of installed capacity in Poland. The total investment of the project is approximately PLN 27 billion (approximately EUR 6.28 billion) in the construction, excludin
The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has notified Equinor that the stop-work order for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, issued on 16 April, has been lifted. Equinor said on 19 May that the company will now resume construction work on what will be the f
