Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind project in Taiwan will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026 instead of later this year due to a damaged export cable. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is part of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project, currently under construction 35-60 kilometer
Marco Polo Marine has contracted Norway’s Salt Ship Design to develop what the Singapore-based company says is a next-generation commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV), dubbed CSOV Plus, set to serve offshore wind and oil & gas markets. The new vessel is expected to enter service in 2028. Th
SPIE Wind Connect, a subsidiary of SPIE Global Services Energy, has been awarded a contract for the termination and testing of inter-array cables for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Phase II) in Taiwan. Under the contract awarded by Shinfox Far East Energy, SPIE Wind Connect will ex
DEME’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Viking Neptun is scheduled to start installing the first inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm site in the UK on or around September 7. The vessel will lay the inter-array cable onto the seabed, where the cable will remain exposed until trenching
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, for the transport and installation of 35 inter-array cables at the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with offshore work expected to commence in 2028. Announcing the contract award, Subsea7 said this was
Skyborn Renewables has signed preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) for monopiles, transition pieces, foundation installation and inter-array cable supply and installation for the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. EEW Special Pipe Construction (EEW SPC) has been select
A new project has been launched in Wales to explore combining floating wind turbines, equipped with electrolyzers that produce green hydrogen, and wave energy devices to drive wave energy deployment off the coast of Pembrokeshire and lower its cost by sharing infrastructure. The Milford Haven: Hydro
The renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract to provide cable engineering support to the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. OWC’s scope of work includes cable engineering for both offshore and onshore cables. The subsea
The Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) for the Hollandse Kust West Beta cables have been completed in the Dutch North Sea. The substation will connect the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed by RWE and TotalEnergies, to the onshore electricity grid. The testing of two 220 kV export cable systems for p
The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two plows, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planned
An unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey campaign has commenced at Ocean Winds’ 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm site in Poland. The aim of the work is to ensure safety during the future installation of transmission cables connecting the BC-Wind offshore wind farm with the mainland. Thanks to these test
A nearshore geophysical survey and a drop-down video survey are starting this month at the two Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind sites, located 50 to 80 kilometers off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, where RWE plans to build offshore wind farms with an installed capacity of 1.4 GW each. The environment
EnBW has issued a tender inviting bids for periodic subsea inspection services at its offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and North Sea. The maximum value of the framework agreement is €6 million. The contracts are expected to run from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2031, with the option of up to thr
Dutch Fugro has secured a geotechnical site investigation contract for the 700 MW Youde offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, Fugro will deliver comprehensive geotechnical services to support the development of the Youde project, owned by Shinfox Energy. “By leveraging our ISO-accredited
