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Ocean Winds Lines Up Cadeler’s Vessel for Work at Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 07, 2025

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a vessel reservation agreement with Ocean Winds for the installation of the wind turbine generators at BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.The potential value of the contract to be negotiated during the pendency of the agreement is estimated to be between $49 million and $58 million.Under the vessel reservation agreement, Cadeler…

Ocean Winds Picks Onshore Substation Contractor for Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 21, 2025

Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has selected P&Q to construct an onshore substation for its 500 MW BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland.The contract includes the design, construction, installation and commissioning of an onshore power station…

GHD Gets FEED Contract for 2GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 04, 2025

Engineering specialist GHD has been selected to provide the electrical front-end engineering design (FEED) for the initial phase of the Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm, a new development by Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Engie and EDPR.The…

France Picks Ocean Winds for 250MW Floating Wind Farm in Mediterranean

Dec 27, 2024

Ocean Winds, a joint-venture formed by EDP Renewables and Engie, has secured a 250 MW floating offshore wind project in the sixth tender of the French Ministry of Industry and Energy.The project, called Eoliennes Flottantes d'Occitanie (EFLO)…

Ocean Winds Hires Norwegian Firm for Moray Offshore Wind O&M Job

Dec 11, 2024

Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has appointed Føn Energy Services to provide a fully integrated Balance of Plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) service program for the Moray West and Moray East offshore wind farms in Scotland…

Principle Power to Remain on O&M Duty for WindFloat Atlantic Project

Dec 03, 2024

Ocean Winds has extended its long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Principle Power for the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic Project, the world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm, located offshore Portugal.Since the project’s first WindFloat unit was installed in 2019…

Final Turbine Stands Tall at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 18, 2024

Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Engie and EDP Renewables, has installed the 60th and final offshore wind turbine at its Moray West offshore wind project in northern Scotland.The turbines are Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD type, each capable of generating 14…

Harlyn to Collect and Store Spare Inter Array Cables at Moray West

Sep 05, 2024

UK engineering company Harlyn Solutions has signed an agreement with Ocean Winds for the collection, storage, and emergency preparedness of Moray West’s spare inter array cables.Moray West, overseen by Ocean Winds, the 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE…

Tokyo Gas Invests in Floating Wind Farm Offshore Portugal

Aug 06, 2024

Tokyo Gas has acquired 21.2% stake in the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm, operational offshore Portugal since 2020, joining Ocean Winds and Repsol as partner.The investment marks a new collaboration milestone between Tokyo Gas and Ocean Winds…

Three Firms Form Consortium to Compete in Belgium’s Offshore Wind Tender

Jul 12, 2024

Eneco, Ocean Winds, and Otary have formed a strategic partnership to jointly compete in the tender for the offshore wind Princess Elisabeth concessions in Belgium.The consortium, subject to all required regulatory and competition approvals,…

Moray West Exports First Power as it Remains On Track for Full Commissioning

Jul 05, 2024

Moray West offshore wind farm, an 882 MW project currently under construction, has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines already installed offshore Scotland.The power has been exported to the National Electricity Transmission System (NETS)…

Hanwha Ocean Names New Head of Offshore Engineering

Jul 01, 2024

Hanwha Ocean announced it has hired Bram Van Cann as its new head of engineering for its offshore business.Bram brings to the role extensive expertise in the offshore and renewable energy sectors, with more than two decades of experience at SBM Offshore, ENGIE and Ocean Winds.

Lamprell Delivers All Transition Pieces for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

May 27, 2024

Offshore construction firm Lamprell has completed the final delivery of 62 transition pieces for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm.Lamprell, which was in charge of the construction of the transition pieces for the 882 MW offshore wind farm…

Ocean Winds Releases Report on Safe UXO Disposal at UK Offshore Wind Farm

May 24, 2024

Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has published a report on environmentally safe and predictable UXO disposal at its Moray West offshore wind farm.The report demonstrates how the “low-order deflagration” method for…

First Moray West 14.7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Comes Up

Apr 22, 2024

Ocean Winds, the developer of the Moray Firth offshore wind farm, has installed the first out of 60 planned Siemens Gamesa turbines capable of 14.7 MW output.The pre-assembly activity of the 60 turbines is being managed by Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy’s wind business…

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