Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has reached a halfway point in its journey to deliver five GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles from Saint Nazaire, France, to the site of the first ever US offshore wind farm – the 30MW Block Island. The update on the journe
DONG Energy has shared a photo showing one of the 32 foundations for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm being being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen in the waters of Liverpool Bay. Svanen completed the foundations installation work last week, and the installation of the wind fa
DONG Energy has shared a photo showing one of the 32 foundations for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm being being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen in the waters of Liverpool Bay. Svanen completed the foundations installation work last week, and the installation of the wind fa
The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has approved two floating wind pilot projects as part of the country’s call for tenders for the development of floating wind launched last year. The two project approved by the ministry are the 24MW project in the Gruissan area, some 15 kil
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has completed the installation of the last foundation at the Burbo Bank Extension project. Van Oord was responsible for the installation of the foundations, supply and installation of the scour protection and provided the logistics of the foundations between the f
National Grid, which will build, own and operate the majority of the new electrical infrastructure needed to connect the Block Island Wind Farm to the electric grid on Block Island and mainland Rhode Island, is progressing with cabling works required to connect the first American offshore wind farm
Following the recent announcement on Boskalis being chosen by Vattenfall as the preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the contract has now been formally awarded. Worth in excess of EUR 100 million, the contract includes all offshore
Blades for MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines which will spin at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm started arriving to Belfast, the Belfast Harbour reported via social media. The first tower components for the Burbo Bank Extension project begun arriving at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly site in the Belfa
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has postponed the meeting on Deepwater Wind’s 90MW Deepwater ONE – South Fork project, after receiving a request by its partner agency NYSERDA (New York State Energy and Research Development Authority) to do so. At the meeting, which was scheduled for 20 July,
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has postponed the meeting on Deepwater Wind’s 90MW Deepwater ONE – South Fork project, after receiving a request by its partner agency NYSERDA (New York State Energy and Research Development Authority) to do so. At the meeting, which was scheduled for 20 July,
Almost half of the foundations have already been laid at the 350MW Wikinger wind farm, which is being built in German waters of the Baltic Sea, Iberdrola reported today as part of its results for the first half of the year. Iberdrola’s Renewables business unit recorded an EBITDA of EUR 836.5 million
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is expected to formally approve New York’s first ever offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind’s 90MW Deepwater ONE – South Fork project, at its board meeting on 20 July. The State Governor Andrew Cuomo stated: “The LIPA Board of Trustees Wednesday will consider adva
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as a preferred supplier of wind turbines for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL), the company behind the project consisting of Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), has nominated
The first jacket foundations built by Bladt Industries for the Wikinger offshore wind project have left the company’s facilities at Lindø Industripark on a barge early this morning, with Sassnitz in Germany as the next stop. The jacket foundations weigh approximately 650 tonnes and have a footprint
