Three floating offshore wind projects, being developed off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea, have entered into a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The floating offshore wind projects that signed the TSA are Gray Whale (BadaEnergy), Haewoori (Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners), and Bandibuli (Equinor). This week,…

CS WIND Offshore has completed the fabrication of the last monopile foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany and has marked the milestone with its loadout. CS WIND Offshore, which acquired[1] Denmark’s Bladt Industries in 2023, has manufactured 40 XXL wind turbine foundations for the 913 MW Borkum…

Renexia has signed a contract with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in Italy. The contract follows the joint signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Italian Ministry of Enterprises to develop a factory…

Myclin Express Offshore (MEO Group) and South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind projects. Together, MEO Group and Taihan plan to foster collaboration on offshore wind projects, especially in South Korea, with the deployment of the Group’s vessels and…

Korea Floating Wind (KF Wind), a floating offshore wind project being developed by Ocean Winds and Mainstream Renewable Power, has secured a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The agreement covers the first phase of the project, East Blue Power (375 MW), and the second phase,…

Ørsted has selected the Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro to carry out a floating LiDAR measurement campaign for its Gippsland offshore wind farms in Australia. For twelve months, Fugro’s SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy will measure wind, wave, current, and meteorological parameters to help assess the viability of Ørsted’s wind farms located…

Seaway7 has finished the full engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) work for the cables at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway7 has installed 118 kilometres of 66 kV inter-array cables, linking the wind farm’s 60 turbines to two offshore substations[1], along with an additional…

The 1,125 MW MunmuBaram floating offshore wind farm, being developed by Hexicon and Shell in South Korea, has entered into a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). MunmuBaram is collaborating with two other developers on the grid connection facilities. These facilities are said to enable the…

A heavy maintenance campaign has been completed on Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, with all five turbines now connected. From operational data, it was previously determined that a heavy maintenance campaign for the wind farm’s five turbines was required. To complete the campaign, the Siemens Gamesa…

Polenergia and Equinor have signed an agreement with a consortium of Ramboll and Projmors for consulting services related to the design works and securing all necessary permits for the construction of the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind project in Poland. The contract covers the entire Bałtyk 1 project until it reaches…