Nantong Ocean Water Conservancy Engineering Co., Ltd (NTOC) has successfully won the bid for Jiangsu Rudong 200 MW offshore wind power demonstration project, which includes the foundation construction, wind turbine installation and cable laying. The project is located in Jiangsu Rudong’s new floodga
Cape Wind has announced that a team including three companies based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is involved with completing geophysical surveys of the project site and offshore cable routes. Survey vessels with a suite of geophysical instruments are surveying the seafloor and subsea geology on Ho
Anyone wishing to register a relevant representation for Dogger Bank Teesside A&B now has one month to go until the registration is due. Having accepted Forewind’s development consent application for the 1.2GW offshore wind proposal, the Planning Inspectorate has started its pre-examination phase
Avantha Group Company CG installed its transformer substation at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. The renewable energy unit consists of 80 multi-megawatt wind turbines located 100 km off the German coast in the North Sea. The Amrumbank West offshore wind farm (which was completed along with CG
In early July, Van Oord will commence the offshore installation of the 43 foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, the third Dutch offshore wind farm, which will be utilizing innovative new design elements with regard to its foundation piles. While the tower and foundation components
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The first monopile foundation for Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm offshore wind project on its way to the construction site. Sif Group in the city of Roermond is manufacturing 43 steel foundation piles for the Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, located 23 kilometers off t
Following the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to award up to $46.7 million of funding to Fishermen’s Energy, the company hopes that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will recognize the importance of its demonstration offshore wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, which c
The Danish Energy Egency (DEA) has decided to prequalify Statoil ASA , E.ON Wind Europe AB, Vattenfall Wind Power A / S and DONG Energy Wind Power A/S for the tender of the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. This means that all four applicants for prequalification have been selected to submit a first i
In a major advancement for the Block Island Wind Farm, Deepwater Wind has received the first major environmental permit approvals needed to begin deployment of this path-breaking project. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) issued Deepwater Wind Water Quality Certificates
The survey vessel RV ‘Neptune’ has started its work on the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm. RV ‘Neptune’ joins as an additional vessel to assist in the survey work that started earlier this year. RV Neptune will be carrying out seabed investigations, alongside Chartwell, Confidante and Discovery surv
Avantha Group Company CG has successfully performed the marine load-out of a high-voltage offshore substation for Western Power Distribution (WPD) offshore solutions GmbH.The substation is a part of the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany. The Butendiek offshore substation was successfully loade
James Wright, a planner at Fife Council’s Department for Enterprise, Planning and Protective Services, has recommended that the North East Fife councillors support the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Furthermore, in a report to Fife Council’s North East Planning Committee, Mr. Wright has also identifi
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) has issued a construction and operating license for the OWP WEST offshore wind farm. The decision comes as a result of an eight-year approval process amid which extensive studies on marine safety, environmental protection, geology, as well as
Navitus Bay developers are proposing to compensate losses that local marine businesses might incur due to the construction of the offshore wind farm. Campaigners fighting the project claim that this is a signal that the developers are acknowledging the project’s negative impacts on tourism, the BBC
