Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Japan’s Cosmo Eco Power and the engineering firm Hitz to jointly develop the 600 MW Seihoku-oki project in Aomori prefecture, in the northwest of Japan. The Seihoku-oki offshore wind farm, under development, will enter round two of the ca
Swire Energy Services (SES) and ELA Container Offshore have entered a strategic collaboration that will see the two companies jointly delivering offshore accommodation solutions to the UK offshore energy sector. According to the companies, the new partnership will allow SES to increase its offshore
Denmark’s Danfoss and Ørsted have signed a corporate power purchase agreement for 27 MW of the capacity of the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm. Danfoss, a global industrial manufacturer of energy-efficient solutions, signed a ten-year fixed price CPPA with Ørsted to offtake the portion of the renewab
Scottish Renewables has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the delay to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round and keep the process on track before the Parliament election period starts on 25 March. The government recently halted ScotWind leasing, which was already 14 months late, after the
LOC has secured a contract to provide marine warranty services (MWS) and consultancy for the Tra Vinh No. 3 intertidal wind farm in Vietnam. LOC will support the development of the first phase of the project, including the review and approval of the loadout and marine transportation operations of co
Star of the South Wind Farm has selected a transmission route for Australia’s first offshore wind farm following a 12-month assessment. The transmission route would come to shore around Reeves Beach and travel underground through Darriman, Giffard West and Hiamdale, connecting into the grid in the L
Endiprev has carried out the installation test for the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire project, set to be the first commercial-scale wind farm installed in French waters. Endiprev France concluded the installation test in the Antwerp Port, during which the team investigated if the T1 and the transition piece f
Siemens Gamesa has selected DHSS’s offshore logistics terminal in Port of IJmuiden as the marshalling, storage, and logistics facility for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone. This logistics hub of DHSS will be used during the commissioning phase for Siemens Gamesa 140 SG 11.0-200 DD wind
The private placement of new shares for BW Ideol has been completed ahead of the new company’s listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the coming days. A total of NOK 575 million (€ 57 million) in gross proceeds has been raised: NOK 500 million (€ 50 million) through the placement of new shares and [&
Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable is about to send off the submarine cables for phase one of the Binh Dai offshore wind project in Vietnam. The company loaded the cables onto the installation barge at Ningbo Orient Cable’s port, which is ready to sail towards the Binh Dai Province in Vietn
The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has approved the construction of offshore wind farms through joint ventures between foreign companies and Poland’s Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and PKN Orlen. The authority issued two decisions on 12 March, one for each of the two P
German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed [&hel
CWind Taiwan is set to return to Formosa 1 offshore wind farm this spring to deliver Inspection, Maintenance and Repair services. The company will deploy its technician team and a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to carry out the work on 22 of the Taiwanese wind farm’s turbines. Formosa 1 started commerci
The first cable section for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection was installed in the German part of the Baltic Sea in recent weeks, the transmission system operator 50Hertz said. In the coming months, further cables will be laid in individual sections along the 90-kilometre-long route. The work i
