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RWE Signs Six New PPAs for Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 19, 2024

Germany's top utility RWE has signed six new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with major industrial customers for the supply of around 1,000 GW/h of green power per year from its Kaskasi offshore wind farm, starting from 2026.The PPAs have been signed between RWE Supply & Trading and DHL Group…

Yokogawa Delivers Monitoring System for Japan’s 112MW Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 16, 2024

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has completed the design, supply, and commissioning of a remote operation and monitoring system for the offshore wind turbines and onshore facilities at the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm.Supplied through its subsidiary Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation…

Offshore Wind Vessels Charging Study Gets Underway in Irish Sea

Jan 23, 2024

Maersk’s offshore vessel-charging venture Stillstrom has launched a collaborative study with EnBW and BP, the developers of the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms, to assess the viability of integrating offshore charging solutions for service and crew transfer vessels for the two projects…

Ørsted to Sell 50% Stake in Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Oct 17, 2023

Offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50% of the Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany to funds managed by Glennmont Partners from Nuveen.Glennmont is one of Europe’s largest fund managers, focused exclusively on investments in clean energy infrastructure…

Macquarie Eyes Sale of Stake in 573MW UK Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 06, 2023

Macquarie is considering selling its 25% stake in Race Bank, a 573-megawatt offshore wind farm located off Britain's Norfolk coast, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.The infrastructure group is working with advisors on the sale…

RWE, TenneT Pen Deals for OranjeWind Offshore Wind Farm Grid Connection

Sep 12, 2023

Offshore wind farm developer RWE has signed agreements with grid operator TenneT for an offshore grid connection of OranjeWind, a wind farm to be built 53 kilometers off the Dutch coast. The Connection & Transmission Agreement (CTA) and Realisation…

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install Monopiles for 640 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Sep 01, 2023

Offshore wind installation services firm Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has been awarded a contract working with Shimizu for the transportation and installation of monopile foundations for the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm off the west coast of central Taiwan…

DORIS Selected as Principal Designer for Two Floating Wind Farms in Scotland

Aug 03, 2023

Offshore engineering services company DORIS has been appointed Principal Designer on the Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farm projects in Scotland by the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership.The Broadshore and Bellrock projects…

Iberdrola's First French Offshore Wind Farm Begins Supplying Electricity to the Grid

Jul 06, 2023

Spanish renewable energy company said Thursday that its first French offshore wind farm has officially started supplying electricity to the grid.Electricity from the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has started feeding into the grid in Brittany for the first time…

CBED's Vessel to Support Work on Ørsted's New Offshore Wind Farm Projects in Germany

May 17, 2023

Offshore accommodation company CBED has won a contract with Ørsted to provide its services for offshore wind farms Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 in Germany.After completing the current project on DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms…

Eastgate Engineering to Support Pre-assembly of GE's Haliade-X Turbines for Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 28, 2023

Wind turbine maker GE Renewable Energy has selected Eastgate Engineering, based in Billingham, Teesside, UK, to provide mechanical and electrical activities for the pre-assembly of the towers and nacelles for the Haliade-X turbines to be used at the giant Dogger Bank offshore wind farm…

GreenIT, CIP to Build Three Floating WInd Farms in Italy

Mar 22, 2023

GreenIT, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity (CDP Group), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Flagship Funds have signed an agreement to develop three floating offshore wind projects in Latium and Sardinia…

Operations and Maintenance Base for World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opened at Port of Tyne

Mar 15, 2023

Operations and Maintenance Base for what will be the world's largest offshore wind farm - the Dogger Bank - was officially opened on Tuesday in Port of Tyne.Equinor, a partner in the North Sea wind farm, said that the O&M base would serve as the hub for operations for Dogger Bank Wind Farm…

Japan's Marubeni Starts Commercial Ops at Akita Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 31, 2023

Japanese trading firm Marubeni Corp started commercial operation based on the feed-in tariff program for renewable energy at Akita Port offshore wind farm on Tuesday, it said in a statement.Japan's offshore wind power market, part of the country's goal to be carbon neutral by 2050…

OX2 Plans to Build 1.4GW Offshore Wind Farm in Finland

Jan 27, 2023

Sweden-based OX2 said Friday it had started the development of the offshore wind farm Tyrsky in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Finnish economic zone. The project is expected to have a total installed capacity of 1,4GW.OX2 received a research permit…

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