The construction of the operations building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm started with a ground-breaking ceremony at the port of Sassnitz-Mukran on Wednesday, 18 May 2016. The Rostock branch of construction company Goldbeck will erect the operations building, which has two storeys, as we
The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to award a USD 3.7 million grant to the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) for the development of the 20.7MW offshore wind demonstration project in Lake Erie, according to local media. This would be the third DOE’s grant for the project, bringing th
Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has won a contract to design the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province, China, developed and owned by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The contract makes Ramboll the first non-domestic company to
Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has won a contract to design the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province, China, developed and owned by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The contract makes Ramboll the first non-domestic company to
MPI Offshore has been awarded a contract to install wind turbines on the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The contract was signed by representatives from Senvion and MPI in a short ceremony held earlier this week in Hamburg, MPI’s wind turbine installation ve
DONG Energy has taken over more than 1,000MW development project rights off the coast of New Jersey from RES Americas Developments Inc (RES). The companies finalised the deal during Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) New Jersey Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting held in Trenton on 19 May. The
Two unnamed offshore wind developers bidding for the 700MW Borssele I and II projects asked the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) to assess their designs in advance to further solidify their business cases and instill confidence in investors. Ten project developers are in the running f
A2SEA’s Sea Challenger has completed the installation of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind project. Trine Borum Bojsen, CEO of DONG Energy in Germany, said: “Gode Wind 1 and Gode Wind 2 are our second and third projects in Germany. We inaugurated Borkum Riffgru
DONG Energy has awarded a multi-million pound contract to the UK-based engineering support services company Babcock for the construction of the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station for the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The reactive compensation station, which will be
Statoil has awarded the Bilbao-based Navacel with a contract for the supply of five towers which will support the turbines at the world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. The turbine towers to be supplied by Navacel will have a height of 83 metres with a diameter of 7.5
Statoil has awarded the Bilbao-based Navacel with a contract for the supply of five towers which will support the turbines at the world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. The turbine towers to be supplied by Navacel will have a height of 83 metres with a diameter of 7.5
Scottish energy company SSE plc expects to reach the financial close for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm by the end of May. Beatrice, planned for the outer Moray Firth, will be project financed with non-recourse debt, SSE said. Subject to financial close, onshore construction activities will b
The advanced spar floating foundation built to support the 5MW Fukushima Hamakaze structure off Japan has recovered stability after it tilted while under tow in Osaka Bay last week. The advanced spar floater was en route from Hitachi-Zosen’s dockyard in Sakai to the Sumoto port when it tilted due to
The CLB Big Max has started laying the subsea cable which will export power generated by the first US offshore wind farm, the 30MW Block Island developed by Deepwater Wind, to Block Island. The Big Max started laying the eight-mile-long cable from Town Beach on Block Island to the wind farm last wee
