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  • Norwegian floating offshore wind companies optimistic about the industry’s future

    25 March 2025
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain

    It’s no secret that in 2025, a few stubborn obstacles have slowed the anticipated pace of floating offshore wind development. Some are economic, while others are bureaucratic. But the hurdles only serve to motivate Norwegian wind energy companies, which are tackling industry challenges one innovation at a time with full confidence in floating wind’s future. […]

  • Aker, Aibel Win FEED Deals for 560 MW Scottish Floater

    16 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the 560 MW Green Volt floating offshore wind project in Scotland to two partnerships. Aker Solutions, in collaboration with ABB, and Aibel, working with Hitachi Energy, will handle the FEED Phase 1 scope […]

  • ABL’s Longitude Launches Offshore Wind Foundation Design Division

    6 February 2025
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations

    ABL Group has established a business unit specialising in offshore wind foundation design. The new unit will be part of Longitude, the Group’s design and engineering arm. The foundation design division will bring together multi-disciplined engineering and offshore wind foundation design expertise from Longitude and other parts of the Group to support developers and operators […]

  • Ørsted, PGE Hire ABL for 1.5 GW Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Project

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    ABL has been contracted by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. ABL’s scope of work covers the marine transportation and installation of the 107 wind turbines. Under the terms […]

  • ABL Appointed Marine Warranty Surveyor for 1.1 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

    14 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Energy and marine consultancy company ABL will provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm during the entire construction period of the 1.1 GW project in Scotland. ABL will act as marine warranty surveyor for the transport and installation of the jacket and monopile foundations, offshore substation platform, wind turbines, […]

  • Aikido Floating Wind Platform Receives Statement of Maturity from ABS

    6 February 2025
    Floating Wind, Technology

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued a statement of maturity, the latest stage in new technology qualification, for the floating wind platform design developed by the US-based floating wind technology company Aikido Technologies. ABS says that as part of the process, it witnessed an upending demonstration of Aikido One, a 1:4 scale floating […]

  • Seatrium Floating Offshore Wind Semi-Submersible Design Gets ABS Nod

    7 May 2025

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Seatrium Marine & Deepwater Technology for its design of a floating wind semi-submersible (FWSS) column foundation for 15 MW turbines. Seatrium says that the design is optimised for efficient fabrication and cost-effectiveness while being capable of handling the harshest environments. The new design […]

  • ABL Secures Work on Metsähallitus and Vattenfall Finnish Offshore Wind Farm

    8 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    ABL has been awarded a contract to provide a shipping study to identify and evaluate navigational risks associated with the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland, being developed by Vattenfall and Metsähallitus. ABL’s scope of work includes a comprehensive navigational risk assessment, including quantitative risk modelling, stakeholder engagement, and recommendations for risk mitigation measures. The […]

  • Hanwha Ocean’s 15 MW Floating Wind Platform Gets ABS Approval in Principle

    9 July 2025
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Supply Chain, Technology

    ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean for its semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine design, named WindHive 15-H3, which can support 15 MW wind turbines. The AiP from ABS follows the Approval in Principle that the South Korean company secured for its floater from DNV at the beginning of this year. The […]

  • LDA’s Liquid Hydrogen-Based SOV Concept Gets Bureau Veritas Approval

    9 April 2025
    Business development, Research & Development, Vessels

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for its full liquid hydrogen-based service operation vessel (SOV). The liquid-hydrogen SOV is said to be able to operate 95 per cent of the time with zero carbon emissions, with the vessel only releasing water during standard operations. This would save […]

  • New Floating Wind Platform Moves Towards Testing and Demo Stage

    6 March 2025
    Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Innovation, Supply Chain, Technology

    ABS has approved the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) documents for a deepwater floating offshore wind platform design developed by ECO TLP and Mocean Offshore. According to ABS, with FEED documents approved, the platform design now moves into commercialisation for site-specific projects. “ABS approval for non-site-specific FEED for a wide range of water depths and wind […]

  • TenneT Inks Grid Connection Agreement for 2 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    3 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed a realisation agreement with the consortium of pension fund ABP, pension investor APG, and wind energy developer SSE for the Dutch offshore grid connection of the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha wind farm. The realisation agreement enables the development and construction of the physical grid infrastructure required to […]

  • Havfram Hired for ‘Major’ European Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Norway-based Havfram has signed a contract with an undisclosed client for the construction of an offshore wind project in Europe. Havfram said that the “major” project will be executed in 2029, utilising one of the company’s GustoMSC NG-20000X installation vessels, planned to be delivered in the second half of 2025. The installation work is anticipated […]

  • TFK Delivers First Onshore Cables for Bałtyk 2 & Bałtyk 3 Offshore Wind Farms in Poland

    28 January 2025
    Cables, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first batches of high-voltage (HV) 220 kV and extra-high-voltage (EHV) 400 kV onshore cables have been delivered for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, which are being jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable (TFK) delivered the first 24 drums, with a total weight of 310 tonnes, to Equinor […]

  • Havfram’s First Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Hits the Water

    13 February 2025
    Vessels

    Havfram’s first wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Norse Wind, has been launched at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore’s shipyard in China. In 2021, Havfram signed a letter of intent with China’s CIMC-Raffles to build a series of next-generation wind turbine installation vessels. The company’s first self-propelled jack-up vessel will be equipped with the NOV variable speed drive rack […]

  • Ørsted, PGE Add Ayesa Polska to Baltica 2 Team

    8 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Ayesa Polska has signed an agreement for investor supervision of the offshore part of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind project, built by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted. Under the agreement, Ayesa Polska will be responsible for ensuring investor supervision over the entire offshore part of the wind farm, including the process of installing […]

  • Van Oord Wins Seabed Protection Work on Polish Offshore Wind Farms

    17 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    The Dutch company Van Oord has signed a contract with Equinor and Polenergia to perform seabed protection work at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The contract covers the supply, transport, and installation of stone ripraps on the seabed to protect the cables and foundations. “The implementation of the agreement will allow us […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins Contract for 2 GW German Offshore Wind Project

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Spain’s Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2 GW BalWin1 converter station in the German North Sea. The contract also includes an option for the BalWin2 steel substructure. The contract is worth between NOK 1.5 billion (approximately EUR 130 million) and NOK 2.5 billion (about […]

  • Korea-Flagged Geotechnical Survey Vessel in New Guise Hits the Water (Gallery)

    16 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Adira Renewables, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore services provider Kim Heng and Soiltech Engineering Co Ltd Korea (STE), has launched a geotechnical survey vessel, rebuilt/converted in 2024, into the water. Kim Heng announced today, 15 April, the completion of the christening ceremony for Bridgewater Discovery, a DP2 geotechnical survey vessel measuring 76 metres in length […]

  • Azerbaijan and China to Jointly Develop Offshore Wind Project in Caspian Sea

    25 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan has signed two agreements with Chinese companies for the development of an offshore wind project in the country. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Energy, SOCAR Green, China Datang Overseas Investment, and PowerChina for the development of a 2 GW offshore wind project in […]

  • RWE to Offer 60 MW from Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm for Grid Stabilisation

    7 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection

    RWE plans to market part of the production capacity from its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in Germany in daily auctions for a system-stabilising secondary reserve to keep the grid frequency at 50 Hertz, preventing potential grid failures. The transmission system operator TenneT recently granted the necessary pre-qualification for a capacity of 60 MW and, […]

  • Benthic Survey Wraps Up for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    3 July 2025
    Business development, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors have completed a benthic survey along a 420-kilometre stretch of seabed for the proposed Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The month-long benthic campaign gathered information at 122 different sites along the route that will be used to export renewable energy from the Ossian floating offshore wind farm off the east coast […]

  • RWE, Masdar Move Forward with 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms

    15 July 2025
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, being developed by RWE and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar. Since the start of the examination this January, the Planning Inspectorate has assessed the environmental, socio-economic, and technical attributes of the DBS projects […]

  • Edda Wind Sells SOV Chartered by Ørsted

    21 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Edda Wind, through its subsidiary West Energy, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with a holding company established by Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Älvtank for all outstanding shares in Puerto de Llafranc S.L., the registered owner of the service operations vessel (SOV) Mistral Enabler, which is currently […]

  • Guernsey Looking Into Offshore Wind Seabed Leasing

    24 March 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The States of Guernsey’s Policy & Resources Committee is asking the Assembly to fund further preliminary work on developing offshore wind after initial scoping by the Offshore Wind Sub-Committee indicated that an offshore wind farm in Guernsey waters exporting power to the UK would be of value to the island. The initial assessment identified a […]

  • ProCon Joins Smulders on 760 MW Hollandse Kust West VI Offshore Wind Farm

    10 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Supply Chain

    Belgium’s Smulders has awarded an E&I contract to Denmark’s ProCon for Hollandse Kust West VI, being developed by the Ecowende consortium in the Netherlands. The company’s scope of work comprises E&I pre-assembly, outfitting, testing, and cold commissioning of the 52 suspended internal platforms (SIPs) and the 52 external platforms for the foundations. The work will […]