Offshore Wind News


VIDEO: Jack-up Vessel Drops Turbine Blades Overboard at Vattenfall's Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 22, 2021

MPI Offshore, an offshore installation service firm owned by Van Oord, last week accidentally dropped three wind turbine blades into the sea, while conducting scheduled maintenance at Vattenfall's Ormonde wind farm in the Irish Sea, off the UK…

Substation, Wind Turbine Foundations Installed at Ørsted's Hornsea Two Wind Farm Site

Oct 22, 2021

Offshore wind farm development giant Ørsted has completed the installation of the Hornsea Two wind farm offshore substation and all 165 wind turbine foundations in the North Sea, 89 km off the Yorkshire coast. Dutch offshore installation contractor…

Offshore Wind: Nexans Set to Open Subsea Cable Plant in South Carolina

Oct 22, 2021

France-based offshore cable manufacturer and installation contractor Nexans is set to officially open its transformed high voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, South Carolina on November 9. 'It will support the rapidly expanding US offshore wind market…

Jan De Nul Reburies Export Cable at Eneco's Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 21, 2021

Offshore installation company Jan De Nul has completed a cable reburial project at Eneco’s Luchterduinen wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.The wind farm, located 23 kilometers off the coast of Noordwijk and Zandvoort, has been operational since 2015…

UK's Green Gilt Attracts More than $100B in Demand

Oct 21, 2021

Britain received more than 74 billion pounds ($102 billion) in demand for its second green government bond, a month after its first green gilt drew a record 100 billion pounds in demand from investors.Proceeds from the sales - which only make…

Sam Pan Marine Orders Up to 12 CTVs from Strategic Marine

Oct 20, 2021

Singapore-based Sam Pan Marine Holdings Pte Ltd has ordered six Strat Cat 27 (SC27) crew transfer vessels (CTV) from Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd, with an option to build and deliver six more vessels.Sam Pan Marine Holdings has also appointed…

SeaMade: Belgium's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated

Oct 20, 2021

Belgium's largest offshore wind farm, the 487MW SeaMade that can power 500,000 Belgian households, has now been officially inaugurated.The news of the inauguration was shared Wednesday by Ocean Winds, a joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE (50:50)…

JPMorgan to Buy Controlling Stake in Falck Renewables for $1.8B

Oct 20, 2021

Italy's Falck family will sell its controlling stake in Falck Renewables to a JPMorgan-owned infrastructure fund for 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 bln), the company said on Wednesday.Under the agreement, Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF), which is run by JP Morgan Investment Management…

RWE to Invest $21B in Green Energy in Britain by 2030

Oct 20, 2021

RWE, Germany's largest power producer, said on Tuesday it expects its investment in green technologies and infrastructure in Britain to reach 15 billion pounds ($21 billion) by 2030.That includes the already announced 5 billion pounds RWE is…

Ørsted Finds Buyer for 50% Stake in 900MW German Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 20, 2021

Danish renewables firm Ørsted A/S said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement to sell 50% of its 900-megawatt (MW) German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3to fund manager Glennmont Partners.Ørsted said the around 9 billion Danish crown ($1…

UK Sets Out Net Zero Strategy. Plans to Install 40 GW Offshore Wind Power by 2030

Oct 19, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday set out his ambition for a green revolution that he hopes will force Western economies to kick their addiction to fossil fuels.Britain at the end of the month hosts the COP26 U.N. climate talks in Glasgow…

TenneT: Hollandse Kust (noord) Jacket Completed (VIDEO)

Oct 19, 2021

Dutch electricity transmission system operator TenneT said Tuesday that the load-out of the jacket for TenneT's offshore platform Hollandse Kust (north) has been completed in the port of Vlissingen, the Netherlands.The 2,100 tons heavy jacket…

World's Largest: Kincardine Floating Wind Farm Fully Operational

Oct 19, 2021

Kincardine floating offshore wind farm, located 15 km off the coast of Aberdeenshire, is now fully operational, Principle Power, a company that designed the 50MW wind farm's semi-submersible foundations, said Tuesday.The project, the world's largest of the type…

UK Fossil Fuel Dilemma in the Spotlight as Climate Talks Near

Oct 19, 2021

Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more reliant on imported fuel.How Britain charts a course to achieve net-zero emissions…

Iberdrola to Splash $8.24B on Giant Offshore Wind Farm Project in North Sea

Oct 19, 2021

Global wind power leader Iberdrola will pour six billion pounds ($8.24 billion) into a wind farm complex in the North Sea off the east coast of Britain, in its biggest project investment worldwide, it said on Monday.Iberdrola said in a statement it would foot the bill for the East Anglia Hub site…

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