Atlantique Offshore Energy has kicked off the construction of the offshore substation for the Fécamp offshore wind project in France. The first steel for the electrical substation was cut on 30 September at Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s shipyard in Saint-Nazaire. The company is constructing the substa
A draft offshore wind bill in Lithuania that recently began its journey through the system to get approved is now before the Lithuanian parliament (the Seimas), which is considering its amendments to the current laws that would set up conditions for the development of offshore wind projects in the B
Star of the South Wind Farm is establishing a community advisory group for what is to be Australia’s first offshore wind farm. The advisory group will be set up with people from across Gippsland in order to share information, answer questions and seek local advice as planning of the project continue
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has started generating power, according to social media posts from Ørsted, which developed the project together with Dominion Energy. The 12 MW CVOW, located some 43 kilometres off the coast of Virginia Beach, is meant to provide the operationa
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of jacket foundations at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir, chartered by Jan De Nul, was responsible for installing the 1,100 metric tonne jackets at the site some 10km off the c
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has discontinued the tender procedure seeking certification of site studies performed for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver offshore wind zone. The procedure has been terminated due to RVO not receiving a suitable tender, offshoreWIND has learned. RVO will now, in accorda
Green Rebel Marine has acquired Crosshaven Boatyard in County Cork, which will be used to service planned offshore wind projects in Ireland. The nine-acre site, which will continue its normal operations as a boatyard, will serve as a base for the new operation to survey, equip and service a network
RWE and its project partners have signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate to develop extensions of the Gwynt y Môr, Galloper, Greater Gabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms in the UK. Each proposal has already progressed through the plan level Habitats Regulations Assessment stage (HRA), The
DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is set to begin the monopile installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project next month. In total, 165 monopiles and transition pieces will be installed at the offshore site in the UK in preparation for the Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. With a height fr
Fugro Netherlands Marine B.V. has won the contract to carry out a geophysical survey at the proposed Hesselø wind site offshore Denmark. Located in Kattegatt, Hesselø is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in Denmark’s Energy Agreement 2018, the first being the Thor project. Both He
An EOLOS floating LiDAR has been deployed off the South Korean coast, as part of a measurement campaign for an offshore wind project being developed by Shell and CoensHexicon. The FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy has been deployed some 60 kilometres off the coast of Ulsan in South Korea, following EOLOS b
EDS HV Group has won a five-year framework contract with RWE Renewables to provide cable fault response and repair services across the energy company’s wind farms offshore the UK. Under the framework agreement, EDS will manage all aspects of cable fault response by mobilising engineers to test and i
EDF Renewables and Fred. Olsen Renewables have appointed Arno Verbeek as the Project Director for the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland. Verbeek will lead the development, construction and operational phases of the Codling Wind Park (CWP). According to the project developers, Verbeek has exte
Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has invited offshore wind developers to pre-qualify for the tender to build and operate the Thor offshore wind farm. The pre-qualification period is open until noon on 1 December, with the invitation to selected candidates to bid at the tender expected to be is
