Spanish energy giant Iberdrola is very interested in participating in future offshore wind capacity auctions in France, the company’s CEO and Chairman Ignacio Galán, said. This comes as Iberdrola announced it will invest between €3 billion and €4 billion in renewable energy projects in France over t
Vattenfall is set to consider how to proceed with the Thanet Extension offshore wind project after the UK Secretary of State refused its development consent order (DCO) application. Commenting on the decision, Danielle Lane, UK Country Manager for Vattenfall, said: “Naturally we’re very disappointed
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has refused Vattenfall’s development consent order (DCO) application for the Thanet Extension offshore wind project. The conclusion behind the decision is that Vattenfall failed to demonstrate sufficient mitigation of ris
Spanish independent power producer focused on renewable energy, Greenalia, has submitted a planning application for what could be the first floating offshore wind farm off the island of Gran Canaria. The company filed its project and environmental documentation for a 50 MW project, named Parque Eóli
Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank O
Innogy has appointed Intertek to undertake physical process modeling on the Dublin Array offshore wind project in Ireland. The modeling results provided by Intertek and supported by Cooper Marine Advisors will feed directly into the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required to secure permits fo
EDF Group and China Energy Investment Corporation (CEI) have signed the final joint venture agreements for offshore wind projects in China. The two parties reached financial closing and the new company is now building and operating 502 MW of offshore wind projects off the coasts of Jiangsu Province,
Following the launch of the Fécamp offshore wind project, EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd have revealed the Tier 1 suppliers for the 500 MW French offshore wind farm. Siemens Gamesa will provide 71 SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 7 MW. The contract also includes a 15-ye
The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has postponed the statutory deadline for the Hornsea Project Three development consent order (DCO) application to 1 July. As reported, the DCO decision was supposed to be announced on 1 June for the Hornsea Project Three,
The consortium comprising EDF Renewables, Enbridge, and wpd has launched the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, following the finalisation of agreements with its financial partners. French transmission system operator RTE will start onshore construction works this month. RTE is
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has postponed the statutory deadline for the decision on planning consent for the 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind project to 1 July. Vattenfall is the developer of Norfolk Vanguard and the neighbouring 1.8 GW Norfolk Boreas
MHI Vestas has signed a conditional agreement for the delivery of turbines for the Seagreen offshore wind project in the UK. In October last year, the company entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 turbines for the 1,140 MW wind
Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter array cable routes on the innogy operated Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm. The company utilised the Modus HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) for the work. The Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind
DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has arrived at the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea with the final monopiles. Innovation picked up the monopiles last night at Sif Rotterdam, a spokesperson from DEME Offshore said. Sif was in charge of providing 47 monopiles for the pr
