Tohoku Electric Power and ENEOS Corporation have agreed to join Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) in the development of the Happo Noshiro offshore wind project. The project aims to construct and operate offshore wind farms with a maximum output capacity of 155 MW off Noshiro City and Happo to
Norwegian renewable energy company Cloudberry Clean Energy AS has received a 100 per cent acceptance for its offer to the shareholders in Scanvind2 AS. Scanvind2 AS is the holding company of the Rewind Vänern offshore wind project. The settlement of the shares in Scanvind2 AS will be a combination o
The rising number of purpose-built offshore wind vessels has a direct impact on the costs of offshore wind projects, as the sector is getting more room to use its own fleet instead of deploying vessels from the oil & gas industry, which can be costly if high oil price is driving increased oil & gas
Ørsted has appointed BNP Paribas, Cathay United Bank and CTBC Bank as Mandate Lead Arranger’s for a potential TWD denominated green bond issuance in Taiwan. The green bond, set to be issued in Q4 2020, represents Ørsted’s second green bond offering in Taiwan. Ørsted intends to issue the new green bo
New Jersey has opened the application window for this US State’s second solicitation of offshore wind capacity. This second solicitation seeks to award between 1,200 MW and 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy, potentially tripling the State’s committed capacity from 1,100 MW to 3,500 MW. The applicatio
Express Offshore Solutions (EOS) and Hung Hua Construction (HHC) have completed the transportation of all pin piles for Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project. The parties transported 80 pin piles from South Korea to the project site and four pin piles from Ming Rong Yuan Busi
Perth civil engineering company I & H Brown has secured a contract to construct the onshore substation for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland. I & H Brown said it is undertaking all the civil elements of the substation to enable the site, including five portal frame buildings
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries have signed agreements with Korea National Oil Corporation to join the Donghae 1 floating offshore wind project in South Korea. Under the agreements signed this week, Doosan Heavy will provide wind turbines for the project, and HHI,
British multinational oil and gas company BP is moving into offshore wind for the first time with a new strategic partnership with Equinor. BP has entered into an agreement with Equinor to buy 50 per cent non-operated interests in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a tot
ENGIE Fabricom has secured a contract to analyze the current performance and suitability of monopile foundations at an undisclosed offshore wind farm in the UK. ENGIE Fabricom said it is carrying out cathodic protection and pH monitoring of the internal water within over 50 monopiles at a wind farm
MHI Vestas has concluded a purchase agreement with the Fassmer Atech Composites Taiwan (FACT) joint venture for the local supply of spinner and nacelle covers for the upcoming offshore wind projects in Taiwan. These components will be used for the MHI Vestas turbines at the Changfang Phase 2 and Xid
Vattenfall has reissued the call for qualification for a tender that will seek helicopter crew transfer services for the DanTysk, Sandbank and Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farms. Vattenfall plans to enter into a contract with a party which will provide a helicopter with the crew for O&M work to be carr
Electric Power Development (J-Power), JERA and Equinor have formed a consortium to together work towards developing offshore wind projects off the Akita Prefecture in Japan. The consortium will see the three companies evaluate and work towards submitting a joint bid in Japan’s first offshore wind au
Dogger Bank Wind Farm and its tier 1 contractors are holding a series of supply chain webinars for the 3.6 GW offshore wind project. The webinars will focus on introducing the Dogger Bank wind farm development and the tier 1 contractors, and will showcase the opportunities the project offers with a
