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Community Offshore Wind Presents Largest New York’s Offshore Wind Project to Date

Oct 21, 2024

Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture of RWE and National Grid Ventures (NGV), has submitted its full proposal for a 2.8 GW offshore wind project in New York.If selected, the proposed project could deliver up to 2.8 GW of new clean energy capacity…

Ørsted Sets Forth Proposal for New York’s Long Island Wind Project

Oct 21, 2024

Ørsted has submitted a finalized proposal for its Long Island Wind project, a 1,485 MW offshore wind project that could power up to one million New York homes with renewable energy.With commercial operation starting in 2033, Long Island Wind would deliver up to 1…

Statkraft Outlines Plans for 2.1 GW Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

Oct 21, 2024

Statkraft has submitted a planning application for the 2.1 GW Baltic Offshore Delta North bottom-fixed offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.The Delta North windfarm is located in Sweden’s economic zone, approximately 100 kilometers east of Stockholm and 55 kilometers east of Sandham island…

France Soon to Launch 9.2GW Offshore Wind Tender

Oct 18, 2024

France will launch tenders in coming months for two fixed and three floating wind farms totalling 9.2 gigawatts (GW), the energy ministry said in a decision published on Friday.The projects will be built off the coast of Fecamp, northwest France…

Hellenic Cables Secures Inter-Array Cabling Contract for NJ Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 18, 2024

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, has secured inter-array cable supply contract for the Leading Light Wind project, one of the largest offshore wind projects in the United States.Hellenic Cables will supply 65km of 132kV inter-array cables…

Scottish 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

Oct 18, 2024

Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, owned by EDF Renewables UK and ESB, has generated first power to the UK’s national grid.When fully complete, the wind farm will consist of 54 wind turbines generating up to 450 MW of clean, green electricity…

Offshore: Feedering for the Win(d)

Oct 17, 2024

With clean energy projects maturing in U.S. waters, the nation’s offshore wind industry is poised to grow substantially, requiring a robust industrial base. A feedering model using domestic tugs and barges to transport turbines to offshore wind sites…

Palfinger to Supply Cranes for RWE’s German Nordseecluster Substations

Oct 17, 2024

Palfinger Marine, an Austrian manufacturer of hydraulic lifting, loading, and handling systems for marine applications, has been selected to provide cranes and lifesaving equipment for RWE’s German Nordseecluster substations.The Nordseecluster project…

Beam Launches New System to Advance 3D Mapping for Offshore Wind

Oct 16, 2024

Beam, a company created by the merger of Rovco and Vaarst, has unveiled SubSLAM X3, a new underwater perception system designed to enhance the monitoring and maintenance of offshore wind farms.SubSLAM X3 offers real-time, high-resolution 3D…

Iberdrola and Masdar Install All 50 Turbines at Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm (Video)

Oct 16, 2024

Iberdrola and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) have completed the installation of all 50 wind turbines at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.When fully operational, Baltic Eagle will supply around 475…

Friede & Goldman Model Tests Its BargeRack Solution

Oct 15, 2024

Houston-based offshore engineering firm Friede & Goldman (F&G) announced it has completed model testing for its BargeRack offshore wind feeder solution at the MARIN maritime research institute in the Netherlands, bringing F&G closer to commercializing the technology…

Fugro Kicks Off Site Investigation Survey for Offshore Wind Cable Route in Germany

Oct 15, 2024

Fugro has started site investigation and geoconsulting works for Germany’s Rhein-Main-Link energy route, which will transport electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to Germany’s Rhein-Main metropolitan region.Fugro is conducting the works under the contract with ARGE R-M-L…

Jan de Nul Hires Correll for Cable Termination Works at Thor Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 15, 2024

Wind power high voltage specialist Correll, part of SPIE Group, has secured a contract from Jan de Nul  to complete the 66kV subsea cables termination and testing on offshore wind turbines for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm.The works are set…

DNV-Led Floating Wind Substations Standardization Project Enters Second Phase

Oct 15, 2024

Certification body DNV has launched the second phase of its floating substation joint industry project (JIP), which aims to establish standards for offshore substations in the growing floating wind sector.The new phase will play a key role in refining guidelines and closing technology gaps…

Empire Energy and Herrick Corporation Establish US Offshore Wind Joint Venture

Oct 15, 2024

Empire Energy Partners and Herrick Corporation have formed a joint venture to boost the United States’ offshore wind supply chain.Empire Energy Partners and Herrick Corporation will work together to manufacture key components for both fixed and floating offshore wind projects…

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