Record-breaking turbines, new offshore wind tenders… read the ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in the first month of 2019.
Siemens Gamesa has launched the SG 10.0-193 DD, the company’s first 10+ MW offshore wind turbine. The prototype is expectedto be installed this year, with commercial market deploymentexpected in 2022.
Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy has granted Ørsted the establishment permit for the 900MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project. In the coming weeks, the company will work with the Taiwanese authorities and local stakeholders to reach other outstanding key project milestones.
GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind, a joint venture of Pondera Development and Sif,have signed an agreement to install the first Haliade-X 12MW wind turbine prototype in the Port of Rotterdam this summer.
Tokyo-based Hitachi has decided to stop manufacturing wind turbines going forward, and will instead focus on marketing wind turbines from the long-time German partner Enercon.
Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of itsHywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway.The turbine will be renamed toUNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology and will be usedas an infrastructure for research and technology projects inMetcentre at Karmøy.
France plans to issue offshore wind tenders with a combined capacity of up to 6GW by 2028, according to the recently released Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)).
The City of Ulsan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four domestic and foreign partnerships and investors to build and maintain floating wind farms, as well as to create a local supply chain in South Korea.
Topaz Energy and Marine has signed an agreement with an unnamed north European contractor to charter its newbuild subsea vessel, Topaz Tangaroa, for work on renewable energy projects, primarily in support of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea.
Boralex, Eneco, DiamondGenerating Europe Limited (DGE) and Van Oord have established a consortium with an aim to submit a bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind project in France.
The foundation production site being developed in Taiwan by a joint venture of Bladt andCentury Wind Power (CWP) is taking shape, according to Bladt’s recent social media post.
