Project & Tenders
Ørsted taking part in ScotWind leasing
Ørsted is participating in the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects in Scotland. As part of this process, Ørsted has secured a 1.8 GW grid connection from National Grid ESO for use should it secure seabed rights following the leasing round. “Scotland has one of the most ambitious
Rovco on Beatrice OWF subsea duty
Subsea technology firm Rovco has recently secured a contract to carry out work at Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm. The Edinburgh-based company will deliver inspection and survey work across nominated subsea jacket locations on the wind farm, including export and inter-array cables. The goal o
Archer and Altus bag North Sea contract with Equinor
Equinor has awarded Archer, in alliance with Welltec Oilfield Services and Schlumberger, a contract to provide integrated wireline services.
Equinor awards one more well to Odfjell rig
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has been awarded more work for its Deepsea Atlantic rig by Equinor in Norway.
TenneT to launch first 2 GW offshore grid tenders in March
CORRECTION NOTE: The article has been updated to say that the tenders to be launched in March will be for offshore grid connections in the Netherlands. Tenders for 2 GW offshore grids in Germany will follow later. TenneT will launch tenders for at least two new offshore grid connections in the Nethe
Total buys from Adani a 20% stake in Indian solar developer
French energy company Total announces the acquisition of a 20 per cent minority interest in Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) from Adani Group, India’s leading infrastructure platform.
ScotWind offshore wind leasing round opens for applications
Crown Estate Scotland has opened the application window for the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects. From today, 15 January, registered developers are able to apply for seabed rights to build Scotland’s next generation of offshore wind farms. The closing date for submitting appl
Cloudberry and Downing sign sale deal for Swedish lake wind farm
Cloudberry Clean Energy and Downing LLP have signed the share purchase agreement (SPA) for the construction and ownership of a 100 MW nearshore, shallow-water wind farm in Lake Vänern in southern Sweden. In September 2020, Cloudberry acquired Scanvind2 AS, the holding company of the Rewind Vänern of
Trianel Windpark Borkum opens tender for CPS work
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for subsea works on the cable protection systems (CPS) and bolt exchanges at diffusor plates at the Trianel Windpark Borkum project in Germany. The selected company will be in charge of installing 20 preventive CPS retrofits, four corrective CPS retro
Maersk rig gets early termination from Dana
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has received notice of early termination for convenience of a one-well contract with Dana Petroleum in Denmark.
Seagreen to reach full capacity, feedback sought on Seagreen1a grid links
Seagreen 1A Ltd. is seeking feedback on the onshore and offshore grid connection proposals related to the remaining 36 turbines to be installed at the Seagreen offshore wind project. The company is undertaking pre-application consultation ahead of potentially submitting applications to East Lothian
Linde to build largest PEM electrolyzer in Germany
Industrial gasses and engineering major Linde has set out to build, own and operate the world’s largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer plant at the Leuna chemical complex in Germany.
Six answer call to build Thor offshore wind farm
The Danish Energy Agency has pre-qualified a total of six consortia and companies to participate in the tender for the Thor offshore wind farm. The applicants include Ørsted, Vattenfall, a consortium of Total and Iberdrola, as well as Thor Wind Farm I/S, owned by RWE Wind Holding A/S and RWE Offshor
Nord Stream 2 pipelaying set to restart. U.S. warns of new sanctions
As Gazprom prepares to continue Nord Stream 2 pipelaying work in Danish waters, the U.S. State Department has again warned European companies of sanctions if they are suspected of helping to build Russia’s new gas pipeline.