The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the national Nature Agency have made the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm available for public consultation. In line with this, Energinet.dk will hold three public meetings. Before the construction of the offshore wi
DONG Energy, the LEGO Group and William Demant are celebrating the inauguration of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm today, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Denmark who officially opened the wind farm. With a nominal power per turbine of 4.0 MW, the 78 wind turbines wi
Donald Trump has taken the fight against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project to the Supreme Court in London, which held a hearing today. After losing a couple of times in the Scottish courts, the Trump Organization decided to file a lawsuit against the 11-turbine project to
Progression Hawaii Offshore Wind Inc, a company formed by Progression Energy from Oregon and several investors, plans to submit a lease application to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for a 400MW wind project off Hawaii, Pacific Business News reported. The USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.4 billion)
A2SEA has signed a contract to install two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines on the Taiwanese project Formosa 1, developed by Swancor/Formosa Wind Power CO., Ltd. The foundations and turbines will be installed from June 2016 by the vessel M/V TORBEN, formerly known as Friedrich Ernestine, own
EWE AG and Trianel have set up a joint venture to develop the second stage of the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB II) with a capacity of 200MW. Ines Kolmsee, Chief Operating Officer of EWE AG, stated: “EWE brings in its expertise from the development and operation of the first German offshore wind farm
Danish Energy Agency (DEA) reported yesterday that it received eight applications for pre-qualification to participate in the tender for the 600MW Kriegers Flak, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm. This is the largest number of applicants for a wind farm tender in Danish wind history. DEA said tha
EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH received an order from Nobelwind NV to manufacture 50 monopiles and one monopile foundation for the substation for the Nobelwind offshore wind farm (formerly Bligh Bank) in Belgium. The offshore wind farm will have a capacity of 165 MW and is located approx. 47 km
FoundOcean, on behalf of Geosea, has completed the grouting of the XL monopile foundations at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farm. The wind farm, which is located in the German sector of the North Sea, is the latest wind farm to fix its foundations using the MasterFlow 9500 material f
E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm was today officially opened by Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Andrea Leadsom MP. The 73-turbine wind farm, which is located 8km off the Holderness coast, went into full operation in May and will provide enough electricity for around 170,000
On August 31, Fabricom completed the Offshore Wind Modification Services for the Princess Amaliawindpark. All 60 wind turbines have been provided with a bearing package, which consists of 2 steel supports, a rubber bearing, a top and bottom plate. The steel supports have been welded to the inside of
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed another mattressing project in the German North Sea. The contract, which required the company to install mattresses at all cable crossings along the 70km route from Sandbank offshore wind farm to the converter station SylWin Alpha, was awarded in June 2
Construction of the first American offshore wind farm is progressing quite well, judging by Deepwater Wind’s posts on social media pages. By September 18, the wind farm had 4 out of 5 steel jacket foundations in place. Vessels working on foundation installation are the floating barge crane Weeks 533
Dominion Virginia Power, which had frozen its offshore wind development planned off Virginia, has decided to once again invite bids for the construction of its project, most likely in the first three months of 2016, according to Bloomberg. In April, the company announced that it had put on hold the
