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  • Equinor Contracts DNV to Verify Substation FEED Work for South Korean Floating Wind Farm

    16 April 2024
    Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has selected DNV to provide verification services for FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) of the substation for the 750 MW Firefly/Bandibuli floating wind farm in South Korea. Announcing the contract for the South Korean project, DNV said that designing and installing floating substations present distinct challenges, including the need for high-voltage dynamic cables and […]

  • Equinor and KOSPO Join Forces Offshore South Korea

    6 December 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) and Equinor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a potential collaboration on offshore wind projects near Chuja Island in South Korea. Under the agreement, KOSPO will collaborate with the Norwegian state-owned company Equinor to potentially develop large-scale offshore wind projects near Chuja Island. KOSPO expects that its collaboration […]

  • POSCO, Equinor Pen Offshore Wind MoU in South Korea

    15 September 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    POSCO International and Norway-based Equinor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities related to the development of offshore wind in South Korea. POSCO International and Equinor will explore various initiatives under the agreement which include potential joint ventures and joint investment in projects within offshore wind including the Firefly/Bandibuli floating wind project […]

  • Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland Forge Seabed Data Alliance

    29 September 2023
    Collaboration, Contribution, Environment, Outlook & Strategy

    Crown Estate Scotland and the Crown Estate have forged a partnership to collect and share data that will provide a more comprehensive and integrated understanding of the UK’s seabed. The new arrangement is said to benefit its many users, the natural environment, and expedite the sustainable deployment of offshore technologies critical to the UK’s transition […]

  • POSCO E&C, Equinor Sign Ulsan Firefly Floating Offshore Wind Agreement

    25 August 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea’s POSCO E&C has signed an agreement with Norwegian Equinor to promote the 750 MW Ulsan Firefly floating offshore wind farm in South Korea. Through this agreement, POSCO E&C plans to establish a strategic partnership with Equinor, Norway’s state-owned energy company, in domestic offshore wind power development, construction, transportation, and other areas. “We are […]

  • Major Industry Players Team Up on Floating Wind Development Offshore Ulsan

    12 April 2023
    Business development, Industry, Research & Development

    Major industry players have joined forces and launched the Ulsan Floating Offshore Wind Association with the aim to promote the development of the offshore wind industry in Ulsan, South Korea. The Association consists of the Ulsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI) and five companies: Korea Floating Wind (Ocean Winds and Aker Group), Firefly Offshore […]

  • Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Surveys Kick Off

    17 July 2023
    Floating Wind

    The first in a series of specialist survey vessels have set sail from Swansea, marking an important step in the plans for the development of floating wind off the coast of Wales and South West England. Operated by Fugro with a crew of 30, the vessel will spend around 100 days at sea, using towed […]

  • COWI Joins Equinor’s 800 MW Floating Wind Project Offshore South Korea

    16 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has picked Denmark-based COWI to serve as Owner’s Engineer for the Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea. Under the agreement, COWI’s personnel will be integrated into Equinor’s own project development team so as to provide management and technical follow-up services. The contract also covers independent studies, reviews, and other engineering services. The […]

  • Equinor Adds Technip Energies to Floating Offshore Wind Team in South Korea

    4 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor South Korea Co Ltd has selected the engineering and technology company, Technip Energies, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the 800 MW Firefly floating wind project offshore South Korea. The FEED contract covers the engineering of the floating wind turbine substructures for the Firefly floating offshore wind farm. The design of […]

  • Geoview Completes Geophysical Survey for Equinor’s Floating Wind Project Offshore South Korea

    5 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    South Korea’s ocean exploration company, Geoview, has completed the marine geophysical survey for Equinor’s Firefly floating offshore wind farm in Ulsan. In the first half of 2022, Geoview won an ocean exploration project from Equinor for the first time as a Korean company. Geoview specializes in marine surveys such as seabed topography mapping, geophysical surveys, […]

  • Equinor Pushes Ahead with 800 MW Floating Wind Project in Korea

    18 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Equinor Korea has signed a co-development Letter of Agreement for the Firefly floating wind project off South Korea with the Offshore Wind Countermeasures Committee, the Ulsan-based fishermen organization. With this agreement, Equinor and the Ulsan Offshore Wind Countermeasures Committee formed a consultative body to promote the project at the earliest, and to make efforts to […]

  • Havfram Studying Transport and Installation for Equinor’s South Korean Floating Wind Project

    30 March 2022
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has awarded Havfram a contract for a transport and installation study on the 800 MW Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The scope of the study includes transport and installation activities offshore as well as the supply and procurement of the inter-array cables and the mooring systems. Havfram has already started working […]

  • Equinor, EWP Raise Floating Wind Stakes in South Korea to 3 GW

    17 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partner Korea East-West Power (EWP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on 3 GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea. Equinor said it would use its new floating wind technology, Wind Semi, for its projects in South Korea as it had been developed specifically for Korean waters and […]

  • Bureau Veritas and Korean Register Forge Floating Alliance in Korea

    13 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore and Korean Register (KR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on floating offshore wind development in Korea’s East Sea. The two companies aim to share technologies, information, and experiences in the field of floating offshore wind farms in the East Sea of the Republic of Korea. According to […]

  • Corio, TotalEnergies Award FEED Contract for 504 MW Floating Wind Farm in South Korea

    17 August 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Corio Generation and TotalEnergies have selected a consortium comprising Technip Energies, Subsea 7, and Samkang M&T to perform Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their 504 MW floating wind project in South Korea. The contract covers engineering for the floating foundation, mooring, and inter-array cable in collaboration with a wind turbine supplier. The design of the […]

  • Merkel’s Cabinet Approves New German Offshore Wind Law

    30 November 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    A draft law that regulates offshore wind liability issues and lowers the limit on damages that grid operators must pay for delays when connecting offshore wind farms to the grid has been approved by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet and will take effect later this year. So far, grid operators who link offshore wind farms […]

  • Met Office Modelling Offshore Wind Data for Crown Estate

    14 July 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    The Met Office is supplying new modelled datasets for the UK’s offshore wind resource to The Crown Estate. The Met Office said the new data is more accurate than previous modelled datasets and backed up by 30 years of historic data. It provides a higher resolution picture of the UK’s offshore wind resource that will […]

  • Germany: Global Tech I Named ‘Wind Deal of Year 2012’

    23 July 2012

    The international magazine Environmental Finance has named the financing model of the North Sea wind farm, Global Tech I, as the “Wind Deal of the Year 2012”. Only ten projects in various industries have been recognized for their financing solutions in the last twelve months. Last year, the project developer Global Tech I Offshore Wind […]

  • GEOxyz Inaugurates Two Offshore Wind Vessels

    15 December 2014
    Vessels

    On Tuesday, December 2, two ships were inaugurated in the Port of Oostende. The company GEOxyz presented the Geosurveyor X and Geo Ocean II, which will be deployed at offshore wind farm sites. Geosurveyor X is a new offshore support vessel and is used at the Belgian offshore wind farms and for maintenance of offshore met masts for the Flemish Government. The vessel […]

  • Crown Estate Scotland Makes Offshore Wind Data Public

    28 August 2017
    Authorities

    Crown Estate Scotland now has spatial data relating to the organisation’s offshore assets freely available on their website for the first time.

  • Trump Criticizes Councilor for Not Voting Against Wind Farm (UK)

    8 February 2012

      Donald Trump, a USA billionaire businessman, has criticized the Aberdeenshire councilor Peter Argyle for not voting against the wind farm offshore his luxury golf resort, STV reports. He said that the “ugly” wind turbines would “destroy” the community. Last month, Trump stopped the work on a hotel and the golf resort housing plans until […]

  • Equinor and Technip Energies Start Floating Offshore Wind Collaboration

    16 June 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Equinor and Technip Energies have entered a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of floating offshore wind during the Seanergy conference in Normandie, France. The two companies come together to develop floating wind steel semi substructures that aim to accelerate technology development for floating offshore wind, enable cost reductions and develop local value opportunities. The […]

  • USA: Hall Spars and Rigging Supplies Blades for Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project

    23 August 2012

    World class composite manufacturing firm Hall Spars and Rigging, known in the yachting industry as a leading provider of spars, rigging and complex composite components for the most competitive and successful yachts in the world, is manufacturing the turbine components for the United States’ first commercial, grid-connected tidal energy project. Maine based Ocean Renewable Power […]

  • Offshore Wind Projects Map March 2020

    14 April 2020

    La Tene Maps are happy to announce that the latest edition of the Europe Offshore Wind Projects map is now available in pdf format and is available on request from us. Due to the Corona Virus a print version won’t be available until our printer gets back to work. This map is published every year […]

  • Denmark: BIMCO Releases WINDTIME for Industry Consultation

    6 February 2013

    The newly developed WINDTIME Offshore Wind Farm Personnel Transfer and Support Vessel Time Charter Party has been posted in the public area of BIMCO’s website. This consultation draft is being made freely available to interested parties involved in the offshore wind farm sector so that they can review and, if appropriate, comment on the draft […]

  • Waypoint North Takes Off

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Waypoint North is a newly established consultancy company specializing in the offshore aviation segment within the Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas industry. “The demand for offshore aviation expertise is expected to increase as offshore wind projects are moving further offshore into harsher marine environments,” says Managing Director Johan Hansen. “We are seeing a large […]