South Korea’s Haesong Offshore Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to introduce Smart Fault Locator (SFL) technology for submarine cable fault detection. The Haseong Offshore Wind 1-3 projects are managed and funded by Copenhagen Infrastr
RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has removed three unexploded sea mines dating from World War II in the area where it will build its Nordlicht offshore wind cluster in the German North Sea. The mines, each with an explosive force comparable to 200-300 kilograms of TNT, were first located as anomali
Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of subsea export cables on the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm. SRE has also selected the Belgian offshore construction contractor for export cables on its Formosa 6 offshore wind project. Under the contract for Fo
G-Tec has started geophysical survey work for ELWIND, an offshore wind project that Estonia and Latvia will build together. The Belgian company’s survey vessel Karina has been investigating the seabed in the ELWIND offshore wind farm areas in Estonia and Latvia since early September, with the work e
Hellenic Cables has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Hellenic Cables’ scope of work includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, testing,
DEME has secured a contract for the transport and installation of inter-array cables on the 900 MW Nordseecluster B offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, owned by RWE (51%) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49%). Under the contract, the Belgian offshore construction specialist will transp
Nexans has completed the final export cable campaign at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The operation, which involves the installation of
Mammoet and Tugdock Submersible Platforms Limited (Tugdock) have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the use of the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), which is a modular, submersible platform that allows large floating structures to be transferred seamlessly from quaysides into the water
Nymphaea Aurora, described as the “world’s first” offshore solar farm within a wind farm, has endured its first strong winds of 70 km/h without damage, Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy said. “Good morning, Nymphae Aurora withstood its first strong winds (70 km/hr) of the last 24 hours v
Design and engineering consultancy Longitude and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) have partnered to provide developers and operators of offshore wind farms with an integrated technical offering in offshore wind design. Under the terms of the agreement, Longitude and NGI will collaborate in
HydePoint, Subsea7, and EnBW have launched a joint initiative to investigate the potential integration of offshore hydrogen production systems with offshore wind infrastructure in the Dutch North Sea.
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has delivered the first batch of 500 kV three-core AC submarine cables for the Yangjiang Fanshi II Offshore Wind Farm in China. According to the company, the production process integrated smart manufacturing lines, industrial robots, smart warehousing, and AI-bas
Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometers of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines t
