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UK prepares 3.4GW offshore wind extension party

The UK Crown Estate has revealed the eight proposed offshore wind farm extension projects totalling up to 3.4GW that have now satisfied its application criteria.

Parkwind fills Northwester 2 coffers

Parkwind has reached financial close at its 219MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm off Belgium.

Siemens Gamesa, Norther share Belgian O&M home

The developers of the Norther offshore wind farm and Siemens Gamesa have moved into a new operations and maintenance base at the Port of Ostend in Belgium.

BorWin Gamma nears finish line

The 900MW BorWin Gamma platform is set to reach the installation site in the German North Sea “on schedule” on Saturday night, according to transmission system operator TenneT.

US approves ‘Icebreaker’ offshore wind farm in Lake Erie

US Department of Energy proposed to provide funding to Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation  to construct and operate a 20.7 MW offshore wind project

Berlin boosts clean power sales

Germany’s coalition government has agreed to pass a law later this month to allow auctioning of an additional 4GW each of onshore wind and solar power, and an as yet unspecified volume of offshore wind capacity.

GeoSea jack-up Innovation has installed half of the 174 EEW-made transition pieces at Hornsea 1

GeoSea has installed half of the monopile foundations at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.

Siemens Gamesa adds local muscle for Taiwan two

Siemens Gamesa has awarded the first two contracts to Taiwanese companies to supply towers and materials for turbines to feature at a pair of offshore wind farms off the country’s coast.

Van Oord acquires MPI Offshore

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2 October 2018 – Van Oord completed the acquisition of MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor, from Vroon Group.

EDF keeps fit at Blyth

EDF Renewables has contracted Onyx InSight to provide predictive maintenance services for the Blyth offshore wind demonstration project off the coast of Northumberland in north-east England.

US crew swells offshore coffers

US outfit Seacor Marine Holdings has secured a $130m loan with a syndicate of lenders led by DNB Bank.

Koreans link Hornsea 2 onshore

LS Cable & System will supply some 350km of onshore cables for Orsted's 1400MW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire in England.

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