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The 114th and final wind turbine was installed recently at Seagreen Wind Farm. A joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, Seagreen is located about 17 miles of Scotland’s Angus coast. 76 of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines are now energised at the site, which is located 27km from the Angus coast, now producing… Read More
Ørsted, the world’s leading developer of offshore wind farms, has designed and developed the first uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in the industry for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns. The measurement data will help lower uncertainties in the expected annual energy production for new offshore wind farms. Ørsted, who has patented the USV concept, sees enormous potential… Read More
Cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton, multipurpose vessel Adhémar de Saint-Venant and a remotely-controlled cable burying vehicle of consortium Jan De Nul Group-LS Cable & System have completed the installation of the second marine cable for the offshore wind farm ‘west Alpha’. In recent weeks, more than 60 kilometres of cable was laid and buried in the… Read More
New York’s first offshore wind farm has reached a significant milestone with the start of offshore construction. Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that South Fork Wind project has marked its first “steel in the water” with the installation of the project’s first monopile foundation. In the coming days, crews will install the project’s U.S.-built offshore… Read More
The Gulf of Maine, running from Cape Cod in the south to Nova Scotia in the north, has tremendous potential for wind power. Its development will play a major role in any plan that effectively moves the U.S. toward meetings its clean energy goals and staving off the worst of the climate crisis. How best… Read More
The largest offshore jack-up installation vessel ever built, Voltaire, has just arrived in the port of Able Seaton, UK. Voltaire of Jan De Nul Group was delivered end 2022. Since then she has been undertaking final preparations for her very first assignment: the construction of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm phases A, B and C…. Read More
The marine restoration project ‘BioReef’ aims to establish one or more biogenic reefs of European flat oysters and horse mussels in Danish waters. The project is part of the global partnership between Ørsted and WWF to advance offshore wind with a net-positive impact on the ocean. Over the last century, there has been a drastic… Read More
Gravity-based structures may offer a porpoise and dolphin-friendly construction alternative to traditional pile-driven wind turbine foundations, new research suggests. Marine scientists from Newcastle University investigated short- and long-term impacts of this new wind turbine installation method on cetaceans off Blyth, Northumberland. The response of dolphins and harbor porpoises was investigated using cetacean echolocation recorders over a three-year period,… Read More
In just about four hours, the first monopile tower in Vineyard Wind‘s offshore wind farm was installed in shallow continental shelf waters south of Martha’s Vineyard last week. Work on putting in the foundational structures for the 800-megawatt project — touted as the nation’s pioneer commercial-scale, offshore wind farm — began June 7. The lease area is located about 15 miles south… Read More
A new OWIC report has set out that the UK offshore wind sector is expected to have in excess of 100,000 workers by the end of the decade. But that means it needs to attract and retain 70,000 people – 10,000 people per year on average – up from its current workforce of 32,000. The… Read More
The first tests forming part of research aiming to support offshore wind to expand in a sustainable way have been completed by Bangor University and consultancy firm HR Wallingford. The tests are the first step to understanding the relationship between flow around wind turbines, and the impact on seabed, seabed animals, and the seabirds which… Read More
In the US, state-level offshore wind procurement targets currently total 80.7 GW, and the Biden administration implemented a countrywide goal of 30 GW by 2030. Additionally, coastal states — particularly along the mid- and northern Atlantic Ocean — boast strong offshore wind resources, with nine states averaging 100-meter wind speeds above 8 meters per second…. Read More
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The independent watchdog agency of Congress agreed Thursday to look into the impacts that offshore wind development could have on the environment, fishing industry and other areas. In a letter to U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the U.S. Government Accountability Office said it would “review matters relating to the potential impacts of offshore… Read More
NJDEP AND ORSTED SUED OVER STATE APPROVAL OF FEDERAL WIND TURBINE LEASES OFF ATLANTIC CITY, OCEAN CITY. DECISION IGNORES EVIDENCE THAT TURBINES WILL CAUSE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO COASTAL ZONE, COURT PAPERS SAY. Danish Engineering Firm Orsted Named as Co-Defendant In First Major Challenge to Ocean Wind 1. Trenton (June 16). Three groups have filed suit in Superior Court… Read More
Energy companies aren’t waiting for the federal government to open the Gulf of Mexico’s far offshore waters to wind development. Norwegian and Japanese wind farm developers have already offered bids for at least three projects in the nearshore waters managed by Louisiana, which offers a potentially quicker process for building the Gulf’s first wind turbines…. Read More