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Bourbon has set up a new division dedicated solely to offshore wind, Bourbon Wind, following the Bourbon Group’s increasing involvement in the sector. The company says the new division will support the group’s ambition to become a major player in the entire value chain: pre-studies, transport and installation services, field maintenance, floaters repair, and personnel […]
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Business development, Contracts & Tenders
Spain-based EOLOS and Japanese Windpal have signed an agreement to secure business in the Japanese offshore wind market. The two companies will combine EOLOS FLS200 technology and digital services with Windpal environmental marine services to execute safe and sustainable operations at sea. Under the agreement, EOLOS will provide Windpal with the necessary technology and digital […]
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BlueFloat Energy and EOLOS have signed a five-year global frame agreement for turn-key floating LiDAR campaign services, with the immediate contract award for eight campaigns. BlueFloat Energy awarded a supply frame agreement for the delivery and operation of site-specific wind and metocean campaigns to EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions. “A move to frame agreements is a […]
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Spanish company Eolos Floating LiDAR Solutions is preparing to deploy two of its FLS200 floating LiDAR buoys at two sites offshore Scotland, where partners Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy plan to build floating wind farms. The LiDAR buoys will be installed this month out of the Peterhead port, where Eolos has engaged ASCO to provide […]
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Business development, R&D, Research & Development
Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has added four more locations on the US East Coast to its multi-client offshore wind and metocean measurement campaign. In addition to their floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight, TGS announced four further deployments, one offshore Massachusetts, two covering the impending Central Atlantic lease round, and […]
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Partrac has deployed a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system at the site of the Buchan floating wind project offshore Scotland. The floating LiDAR device was deployed as part of the campaign to measure wind, metocean, and environmental conditions of the project in the North Sea, around 75 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast. This followed […]
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SSE Renewables, Marubeni Corporation, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have identified an increase in the potential overall project capacity for their Ossian floating wind project in Scotland from 2.6 GW to up to 3.6 GW. Geophysical and benthic surveys completed at Ossian development area Two Eolos floating LiDARs, Partrac’s metocean equipment deployed According to a […]
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Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update
Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical and seismic surveys through an international […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
UK shipping, navigation, and maritime risk consultancy, NASH Maritime, has been appointed as a lead shipping and navigation consultant for the 1 GW Shelmalere offshore wind farm in Ireland. NASH Maritime, a part of the marine EIA team of Fehily Timoney and Company, Intertek, and MarineSpace, has been commissioned to undertake early design and development […]
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Business development, Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development
Pan-European renewable energy developer Galileo and Hope Group have formed a joint venture (JV) to develop a 1,100 MW floating offshore wind project in Italy’s Adriatic Sea. The Barium Bay floating wind farm, which is the name of the project and the JV, will be located over 40 kilometres from shore and will cover an […]
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Business development, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology
A new project in Denmark is developing a concept for wind turbine inspection and repair that employs fully autonomous drones operating from service operation vessels (SOVs), which are outfitted with charging stations for drones. The solution is said to significantly reduce downtime, CO2 emissions and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs if deployed at scale. The […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Initial surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government designated for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed there is suitable for the development of this type of project. Geophysical and geotechnical investigations of the seabed are being carried out by Geobaltic and Garant Diving, operating under a joint contract, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Vestas has been contracted by EolMed project consortium which consists of Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol to deliver three V164-10.0 MW wind turbines for the 30 MW floating wind project offshore France. Under the contract, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer will supply, transport, and supervise the installation and commissioning of the three V164-10.0 MW units. […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Floating Energy Allyance (FEA), a consortium comprising BW Ideol, Elicio, and BayWa r.e., has selected Natural Power to lead the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Buchan floating wind project offshore Scotland. At the beginning of this year, FEA secured the rights, through Crown Estate Scotland’s Scotwind leasing round, to develop a floating offshore wind […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has concluded three financing agreements, with the support of the European Commission, for installing and commissioning three floating offshore wind farms off the French Mediterranean coast. These facilities in the Mediterranean are the first floating offshore wind farms to be deployed in France, each using different innovative technologies, EIB said. […]
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Business & Finance, Vessels
Bourbon has entered into a strategic partnership with IWS Fleet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS (IWS), that will allow the company to offer commissioning and maintenance services to the French offshore wind market by using IWS’s Skywalker class vessels. This agreement will allow Bourbon to market and operate the IWS’s Skywalker class […]
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Two buoys with specialised equipment have been deployed at two predefined locations in the Baltic Sea, as part of a contract signed between Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy and the Spain-based EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions. The anchoring of the buoys was carried out by the Lithuanian Garant Diving company, together with the Spanish specialists. For one […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol, the partners behind the EolMed project, have launched a new crowdfunding campaign on 12 May targeting EUR 3 million (approximately USD 3.2 million) to finance the 30 MW floating wind farm in the French Mediterranean. Supported by Enerfip, the French crowdfunding platform dedicated to renewables, the campaign is initially running […]
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Bourbon Subsea Services has signed an EPCI contract for the floating electrical hub, inter-array cables, as well as anchoring and mooring systems for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind farm in France. “BOURBON’s scope of work will consist in the complete farm offshore installation, and includes the detailed design, procurement and fabrication of the floating electrical hub, the inter array cables, the anchoring and the mooring systems”, the company said in […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol, the partners behind the EolMed project, have made a Final Investment Decision (FID) for the 30 MW floating wind farm in the French Mediterranean. The FID comes shortly after the partners secured EUR 85 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Fully consented in February 2021, EolMed will […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The 30 MW EolMed floating wind project offshore France’s Mediterranean coast has secured EUR 85 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The financing contracts for the project were signed on 29 April. The floating wind farm, fully consented in February 2021, will comprise three Vestas 10 MW wind turbines mounted on BW Ideol’s Damping […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D
Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has started a multi-client offshore wind measurement campaign by deploying EOLOS’s floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight area off the US East Coast. The multi-client approach offers offshore wind stakeholders the added benefits of reduced development costs and timelines, said TGS, as the company’s deployed floating […]
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Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update
Quadran Energies Marines, which is leading the consortium behind the EolMed floating wind project in France, has contracted EOLOS for a one-year floating LiDAR measurement campaign for what is deemed to be the first offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
BW Ideol has signed an engineering contract and licence agreement for the EolMed project in France, with the contracts valued at more than EUR 4 million in total. The EolMed project was fully consented in February 2021, BW Ideol writes. The floating wind farm, to be installed in water depths of around 60 metres, will […]
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Midi-Pyrénées region (CCI Occitanie) in France is organizing meetings regarding the EolMed and Les Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind projects. The aim of the business-to-business (B2B) meetings is to allow regional companies to better understand the opportunities for collaboration in the two projects. The event will […]
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Qair, formerly known as Quadran Énergies Marines, has signed a preferred supplier agreement with MHI Vestas for three 10 MW offshore wind turbines for the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France. This will be the second floating wind project in which the company’s V164 turbine’s nominal capacity is brought to 10 MW, following Eoliennes […]