DNV GL has won a contract for the operation of the FINO2 research platform in the German sector of the Baltic Sea, which will acquire data for the development of offshore wind energy projects. The contract award comes after Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) re-issued
ScottishPower Renewables has selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred bidder to supply and install 14+MW wind turbines for its £6.5 billion East Anglia Hub programme offshore the UK. More than 200 next-generation 14+MW turbines are planned for East Anglia ONE North, TWO, and THREE projects in the so
MFW Bałtyk I, a company owned by Polenergia and Equinor, has signed an agreement with the Polish grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) for the connection of the Bałtyk I offshore wind farm to the electricity distribution network. At the beginning of 2019, PSE specified the connection
Saipem has been awarded a € 460 million contract by Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados (EODC) for the delivery of wind turbine foundations for the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm in France. The contract, subject to EODC making a positive final investment decision, covers the design, construction
Solstad Offshore has signed a contract with MHI Vestas for the charter of its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Fortress. The vessel will support MHI Vestas’ walk-to-work operations at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK as of March. The contract has been signed for a firm period o
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched an eight-week public consultation on the plan for the Thor offshore wind farm and the related Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the plan for the wind farm. The public consultation runs from 1 February to 29 March, during which period around 5,000
BP and Equinor have closed the transaction for BP’s acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects off the U.S. east coast. The closing of the transaction marks BP’s official entry into offshore wind. “We see significant opportunities by rapidly growing bp’s offsho
Canadian energy company Northland Power and Poland’s PKN ORLEN have entered into an agreement under which Northland Power will acquire a 49 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland. Northland expects to invest approximately PLN 290 million (€ 64 million) in the Balti
The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Des
The Rampion offshore wind farm has exceeded its power generation target in 2020 by generating over 1,600 GWh during the year, 15 per cent more than the assumed annual generation of 1,400 GWh. According to the Rampion team, the 400 MW offshore wind farm contributed to Britain’s greenest energy year y
RWE has selected the preferred siting of the transmission infrastructure for the Awel y Môr offshore wind project in Wales. Feedback from the consultation exercise held last year, which was visited by over 1,100 local people, as well as information from environmental studies, technical and statutory
Norway-based Magnora has entered into a partnership with an undisclosed company to establish a joint floating wind player called Magnora Floating Wind, which already started working on the application for the ScotWind round in Scotland. The newly established company also plans to participate in the
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract to provide its Generation 10 TekTube cable protection system (CPS) for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract secured with Prysmian, Tekmar’s CPS will protect the wind farm’s subsea export cables. The systems will be delivered
According to a new study from Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, large floating wind projects in the UK could secure Contracts for Difference (CfD) strike prices below current wholesale electricity price forecasts in 2029. Reaching the point of having “subsidy-free” floating wind projects dep
