EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has selected the winners of the framework contracts for periodic inspections and tests at the company’s four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The tender for technical inspection and testing services is divided into two lots and it cove
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has decided not to participate in the tender for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, citing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason. ”In light of the current COVID-19 situation, we have carefully evaluated our risk-reward b
The French DOLFINES and China’s CIMC Raffles have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost floating offshore wind in Europe and Asia. The two parties have agreed to cooperate on the commercial development of their activities in Europe and Asia to boost the floating wind sector. According
The LCOE of offshore wind have dropped dramatically in the last ten years. Early 2018, the first subsidy freetender was won. What does this mean for financing of new windfarms and for the profitability of existing and yet to be built offshore windfarms? What new business models do experts see emergi
The Crown Estate has opened the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 1 for the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the Crown Estate has extended the submission period, to afford bidders additional time to respond. This latest offshore wind leasing round kicked off in Oc
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has called for a more ambitious offshore wind target than that proposed in Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement.
Iberdrola will put its investments in 2020 on a fast track with an aim to surpass last year’s investment record and reach € 10 billion. This will lead to some 4.5 GW of new capacity currently under construction to be commissioned this year.
Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order to deliver its SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind turbines for innogy’s 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In total, Siemens Gamesa will manufacture and deliver 38 wind turbines for the project. The order also comes with a two-year service and ma
Essen-based energy company innogy has entered into a strategic partnership with Asia Cement Corporation to jointly develop the 448 MW Chu Feng offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Chu Feng offshore wind farm is located off the northwest coast of Taiwan near Hsinchu City, in the wind-rich Taiwan Stra
Fugro has recently doubled the advanced soil testing capacity for three-way bender element triaxial and cyclic simple shear testing at its Houston geotechnical laboratory to meet the growing demand from offshore wind projects in the US. Three-way bender element testing is performed on triaxial tests
Bakker Sliedrecht has secured a contract to renew, modify, extend and integrate all electrotechnical installations of Boskalis’ new crane vessel Bokalift 2. Bakker Sliedrecht is responsible for the engineering, production, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of all electrical systems and
The crane boom on the offshore installation vessel Orion has been lifted to its full height for the first time, DEME Group reported via social media on 2 April.
This session looked at how the European energy system and reliability, optionality, storage of excess power, etc. Watch the contributions from: Jan Rispens (Manager Director Renewable Energy Hamburg), Steinar Eikaas (Vice President Low Carbon Solutions Equinor) and Ernst van Zuijlen (Project Directo
The construction of the cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora is “well on track and proceeding”, Nexans reported. According to the cable manufacturer, the vessel’s blocks will soon be completely assembled. Nexans Aurora is a DP3 cable laying vessel that will be outfitted for power cable laying, in
