The Victorian Minister for Planning has decided that an Environment Effects Statement (EES) is required for Star of the South, the first offshore wind project in Australia. The Minister explains that the project has the potential for a range of significant effects on native vegetation, habitat of te
Connecticut’s utilities Eversource Energy and United Illuminating have filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) executed power purchase agreements for the 804 MW Park City Wind Project developed by Vineyard Wind. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (D
Geoquip Marine’s vessel Geoquip Saentis has arrived at Vineyard Wind’s 501 North Federal Lease Area offshore Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts to start a geotechnical survey campaign. The site will be the eventual location of the 804 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm. Using two separate vessels,
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and NTPC Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a joint venture company for the renewable energy business. As per the MoU, NTPC and ONGC will explore the setting up of offshore wind and other renewable energy projects in
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has approved the construction of the Icebreaker offshore wind project in Lake Erie, but with certain conditions. Under the terms of the conditioned certificate, Icebreaker must comply with 33 conditions prior, during, and after project construction, as well as duri
Romania holds technical offshore wind potential of 76 gigawatts (GW), according to the latest data from the World Bank, released around the same time the country’s power producer Hidroelectrica revealed plans for Romania’s first offshore wind farm. The 76 GW include both bottom-fixed and floating wi
Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has departed from the Port of Halifax, Canada, with the first batch of turbine components for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. Photos available on social media show the vessel carrying the monopile foundation components destine
Innogy is planning to commence stakeholder and community consultations for the Dublin Array offshore wind project in Ireland early this autumn. The wind farm is currently in the development phase, and data gathering will continue until the summer to refresh the environmental reporting and project de
Jan De Nul has loaded the first jacket foundations built in South Korea for the 109.2 MW Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project. Jan De Nul will transport a total of 21 four-legged jacket foundations from Samkang’s fabrication yard in South Korea to the installation site offshore Tai
Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy is exploring the possibilities of expanding the 44.3 MW Tahkoluoto wind farm offshore Pori. The extension project is in a preliminary study phase, with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure and the zoning about to begin, the developer said. The proposed e
DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin i
Equinor is preparing to begin its public consultations with Norfolk communities on its proposed wind farm extension projects planned to be built adjacent to the company’s existing offshore wind farms off the North Norfolk coast. The existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms provide r
Subsea 7 has completed a cable pull-in at Camp Pendelton in Virginia, US, for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 12 MW CVOW demonstration project is being jointly developed by Dominion Energy and Ørsted. Subsea 7 won the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cab
LOC Group has secured a contract with Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation and installation of the inter-array and export cables. Technical docu
