Offshore wind installation contractor Seaway 7, part of Subsea 7, has been selected by Seagreen 1 Limited as a preferred supplier for the Seagreen 1A offshore wind project, offshore Scotland. Seagreen 1A lies adjacent to the existing Seagreen 1…
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has secured a conditional order agreement to supply 64 V235-15.0 MW wind turbines for EnBW’s 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany in 2025. In addition, Vestas will deliver a multi-year solution to service the wind project when operational…
China's Dajin Heavy Industry has signed a binding contract for the construction and delivery of XXL monopiles for the 860MW Moray West offshore wind farm in the UK.According to Dajin, the XXL Monopiles will be 'one of the largest to be installed…
The Timken Company said Monday it was designing and supplying main shaft bearings for GE Renewable Energy's Haliade-X, the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine.Each Haliade-X turbine will have a capacity of up to 14 MW and be able to generate up to 74 GWh of clean energy a year…
Norwegian energy giant Equinor said Monday that the first of 11 floating wind turbines that will make up its Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea, had reached the offshore location.As Offshore Engineer reported last week…
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland said Monday it has committed £50million (around $62,7 million) to enable the coexistence of offshore wind farms with a thriving marine environment.Since the launch of the UK Government’s…
Charles Rattray has been appointed the CEO of Star of the South, Australia’s first planned offshore wind project, and will start his role in August.Rattray was previously the Managing Director of Nexif Energy, where he oversaw energy projects…
The Duch Government has granted the oil and gas company ONE-Dyas the definitive permits for the development of the N05-A gas field in the Dutch section of the North Sea using a wind-powered offshore platform.'This offshore gas production project…
DEME Offshore and Eiffage Métal have recently completed foundation installation at France’s first offshore wind farm, the Saint-Nazaire. The companies installed 80 foundations in total.For the project, DEME and its partner Herrenknecht, a company specializing in tunnel boring machines…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), the Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, has consented to Equinor taking the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm into use, as the first turbine set sail to the offshore location.Equinor’s 88MW…
Northern European countries are discussing plans to create a common power grid under the North Sea to connect future offshore wind farms as they seek to strengthen energy security, but the ambitious proposal faces financing and regulatory challenges…
Spanish offshore engineering company Saitec on Thursday announced its interest in developing a pre-commercial floating wind pilot park with 5 floating wind units and a total potential of 50MW, 15 km from Cap de Creus, Catalonia, Spain, by 2025…
Australia’s building and construction industry super fund Cbus has agreed to acquire a 10% interest in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' (CIP) Australian offshore wind project, Star of the South. This follows Cbus’ investment into CIP’s flagship fund…
Some equations just don’t add up. For example, storing 500 offshore wind turbine blades at a site with only space for 400 (and that’s only if you don’t store the other key elements required to build a full turbine). Elaine Maslin visited Siemens Gamesa’s blade manufacturing facility in Hull…
Norwegian offshore wind services firm Edda Wind has taken delivery of its first CSOV, the Edda Breeze. The vessel was built by Astilleros Gondán shipyard in Spain.The hydrogen-ready vessel is the first to be delivered as part of a nine-vessel newbuilding program…