Lithuanian Ministry of Energy has commissioned UAB Ardynas to prepare a special plan and strategic environmental assessment to determine specific sites for offshore wind farm construction within an area that has already been designated for offshore wind development. The plan will specify the areas i
Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm, the first such contract for the 1.5 GW project and also the first PPA Air Liquide signed in the Netherlands. Under a 15-year agreement, Air Liquide will purchase 100 GWh
Ocean Infinity, in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, Airborne Robotics and Bentley Telecom, is developing an autonomous fleet of drones for offshore wind farm inspection. The aim of the Drone Swarm for Unmanned Inspection of Wind Turbines (Dr-SUIT) project is to develop an autonomous of
Ørsted has awarded ERSG with a contract to supply temporary staff for its offshore wind farms in Germany, following a tender issued in September 2020. The scope of work includes staff for offshore operations and logistics, commissioning, project management roles, QHSE, and engineering, separately fo
Scottish Renewables has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the delay to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round and keep the process on track before the Parliament election period starts on 25 March. The government recently halted ScotWind leasing, which was already 14 months late, after the
Endiprev has carried out the installation test for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire project, set to be the first commercial-scale wind farm installed in French waters. Endiprev France concluded the installation test in the Antwerp Port, during which the team investigated if the T1 and the transition piece f
Siemens Gamesa has selected DHSS’s offshore logistics terminal in Port of IJmuiden as the marshalling, storage, and logistics facility for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone. This logistics hub of DHSS will be used during the commissioning phase for Siemens Gamesa 140 SG 11.0-200 DD wind
The private placement of new shares for BW Ideol has been completed ahead of the new company’s listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the coming days. A total of NOK 575 million (€ 57 million) in gross proceeds has been raised: NOK 500 million (€ 50 million) through the placement of new shares and [&
The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has approved the construction of offshore wind farms through joint ventures between foreign companies and Poland’s Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and PKN Orlen. The authority issued two decisions on 12 March, one for each of the two P
German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed [&hel
The first cable section for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection was installed in the German part of the Baltic Sea in recent weeks, the transmission system operator 50Hertz said. In the coming months, further cables will be laid in individual sections along the 90-kilometre-long route. The work i
BW Ideol, a company established after oil & gas services provider BW Offshore bought into the floating wind technology developer Ideol, has applied for admission to the Oslo Stock Exchange and is expected to start trading there around 18 March. Through a private placement of shares, for which a day-
EDS HV, part of James Fisher and Sons, has secured a cable termination and testing contract for the Triton Knoll offshore wind project in the UK. The scope includes the installation and termination of high voltage cables between the foundations and the turbine switchgear, with pre-testing, mock-up t
Global average opex per megawatt in the offshore wind sector has fallen significantly over the last eight years and is expected to further decline until 2029, driven by an increasing utilisation of new technologies and innovative solutions in operations and maintenance (O&M). “With economies of scal
