Subsea 7’s renewables business unit Seaway 7 has chosen Lamprell for the delivery of 30 foundations for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm. Under the contract, yet to be finalised and to be executed on a lump-sum basis, the UAE-based company will manufacture jackets, transition pieces and suction cai
The Siemens Gamesa turbine components destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project are being loaded onto Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent in the Port of Halifax, Canada. The vessel first departed from Canada to the project site offshore Virginia on 20 May, car
Jan De Nul has kicked off construction works in Taiwan for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm. Nearshore and onshore construction works have started at the landfall site in Miaoli County and Taichung port, Jan De Nul said. Offshore installation works will commence later this year. At the landfa
Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing b
A European project coordinated by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has been completed with a new tool introduced to reduce the impact of crew transfer in rough waters on wellbeing of offshore wind workers. Along with the sail/no sail decision-support tool for marine coordinators, the pro
DNV GL has signed a contract with Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Steel Corporation (CSC), to provide support for jacket foundation manufacturing for offshore wind projects in Taiwan. DNV GL will provide SDMS with risk mitigation advice around technical, logistica
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a Request for Information (RFI) process regarding environmental impacts of offshore wind energy development and related monitoring and mitigation technology. The purpose of the RFI, issued by the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE),
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium will award a total of USD 10.3 million (around EUR 9.1 million) to twelve projects selected in its latest solicitation for offshore wind research and development (R&D). The funding will support research in areas such as the U.S. off
A new draft bill proposing to amend Germany’s Offshore Wind Act (WindSeeG) has caused a backlash from the industry, as it proposes to change the tendering process which would, according to the industry, raise project and electricity costs, and slow down the development of offshore wind in Germany. T
Prysmian’s new cable-laying vessel Leonardo Da Vinci is undergoing final preparations ahead of being towed from Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania, to Norway for final outfitting. Following the finalization of the hull in Tulcea, Leonard Da Vinci will begin its journey from the Danube river through
The Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF) has provided a £304 million guarantee for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. EKF is participating in the financing together with the Norwegian ECA GIEK and 12 commercial banks. SSE Renewables recently announced it had taken a final investment decisi
Vattenfall has made the final investment decision for the zero-subsidy Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 wind farm project in the Dutch North Sea. The 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid will be the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and in the world once operational in 2023. Vattenfall was awarded the cont
Fugro has deployed two vessels off the coast of New York to perform a site characterisation programme for Sunrise Wind, the offshore wind project from Ørsted and Eversource. The four-month operation will involve acquisition and analysis of integrated geotechnical and geophysical data to support mult
Poland’s Enea Group and Iberdrola have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the Polish Baltic Sea with a possible total capacity of up to 3.3 GW. The two companies will now begin negotiations on an exclusive basis to assess the possibility of jointly investing
