Vestas has secured a conditional order agreement to supply turbines for EnBW’s 900MW He Dreiht offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The Danish turbine manufacturer is to supply 64 of its V236-15.0 MW turbines for the wind farm in 2025 and will also service the project when operational [...]

Special steel collars have been placed around monopile foundations on the seabed at the 342MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm for the first time, according to RWE. The so-called 'Collared Monopile' was designed on the basis of a patent developed by RWE, the developer said. The new technology will not only [...]

The US state of Rhode Island is seeking the development of 600MW of new offshore wind capacity under legislation passed by the Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Dawn Euer at the request of Governor Daniel McKee, would require a market-competitive procurement. If enacted, Rhode Island’s primary utility company would [...]

A new report from Menon Economics shows that floating offshore wind can be one of Norway's most important job creators by 2050. The report states that the industry around floating offshore wind alone can create over 52,000 jobs in 2050. This corresponds to about 25% of the total employment in [...]

ABB and Ecotricity are joining forces to develop a new grid scale battery project in the UK. ABB’s grid scale 10MW/20MWh li-ion battery will be installed at Ecotricity’s existing 6.9MW Alveston wind farm in Gloucestershire, which was constructed in 2017. The lithium-ion batteries will be supplied by KORE Power. The [...]

A total of 80 new wind and solar projects have provisionally been awarded strike prices in Ireland’s latest Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS 2) auction. The developments, which amount to 1.9GW, were chosen from 130 renewable energy projects that participated in the auction. Some 50 projects totalling 998MW of capacity [...]

Orsted and TotalEnergies have joined forces to jointly submit bids for the two offshore wind leases on offer in the Hollandse Kust West zone off the coast of the Netherlands. The wind farms are located approximately 53km off the Dutch coast and have a combined capacity of nearly 1.5GW. The [...]

Europe invested €41bn in new wind farms in 2021, 11% less than in 2020, according to  WindEurope's annual 'Finance and Investment Trends' report. However, the investments cover 24.6GW, which is a record for new capacity financed in a single year, the report said. Most of the new wind farms financed were [...]

The pioneering 50MW Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, has suffered a significant technical set back just months after it became fully operational. A major component in one of the five V164-9.5MW Vestas turbines at the site is understood to be in need of replacement. The [...]

DEME Offshore US has taken a step forward in the development of a US Jones Act compliant feeder solution for the upcoming offshore wind projects by entering into a long-term agreement with Barge Master. The two companies will work closely together to develop motion compensation technology which will be deployed [...]

Team Humber Marine Alliance and Grimsby Renewables Partnership have officially merged at Offshore Wind Connections 2022. The new company, Humber Marine and Renewables, was launched at the conference on 28 April, bringing more than 200 member companies into a united organisation. The intention to merge was announced last year. Andrew [...]

Construction of the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan has now resumed, following the winer break, and Yunlin’s project company Yunneng has announced cooperation with new contractors for the installation of the monopiles. The National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) will bring the heavy lift vessel DLS 4200 from Abu [...]