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  • Vestas to Repurpose Isle of Wight Factory for Onshore Wind as Recently Launched Offshore Blade Production Line No Longer Needed

    12 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    Vestas is ceasing the production of blades for the V174 offshore wind turbine at its Isle of Wight factory as the model is going out of demand. The company has signed an agreement in principle with the UK Government to repurpose the factory for onshore blades since it is unsuitable for next-generation offshore wind turbine […]

  • BP, JERA Forming ‘One of Largest Global Offshore Wind Developers’

    9 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind

    BP and Japanese global renewable energy developer JERA have signed an agreement to combine their offshore wind businesses to establish a new standalone company. The two partners say the new company will become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators with 13 GW in operational and in-development assets and USD 5.8 […]

  • European Test Sites Unite to Back Floating Offshore Wind Demo Projects

    25 September 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, R&D

    Five European offshore wind test sites have formed HiPoTeSis, a new alliance aiming to improve conditions for floating wind demonstration projects. BiMEP, CEO, Foundation Open-C, METCEntre and Plocan have created HiPoTeSis. This collaborative network of five operational offshore demonstration test sites aims to provide the European Union with the future high-power infrastructure for testing new […]

  • Siemens Gamesa to Soon Install 21 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype at Danish Test Site — Reports

    10 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa is transporting a nacelle from its facility in Brande, Denmark, to the Østerild wind turbine test centre, a company spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz. The spokesperson declined to reveal any specifics about the wind turbine but Danish media writes that it is the new prototype which Bloomberg reported earlier this year to have a […]

  • Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Offshore Substation Topside En Route to Taiwan

    12 February 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The offshore substation topside for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 wind farms has departed from Singapore and is en route to Taichung Port in Taiwan. The construction of the offshore substation that will be installed at the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 wind farm sites commenced in 2023 at Seatrium‘s Pioneer yard in Singapore. […]

  • Maltese Government to Issue Pre-Qualification Questionnaire for Floating Wind Developers

    29 October 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The Maltese government is expected to soon publish a pre-qualification questionnaire for parties interested in floating wind development in the country. This is according to a consultation document issued this September, prior to the country’s Budget 2025 that was announced on 28 October. As reported earlier, the government first identified six areas for floating wind […]

  • OEEC 2024 Exclusive Networking Dinner Guests Meeting Ahead of Event Kick-Off Tomorrow

    25 November 2024
    Business & Finance

    The 17th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) will launch tomorrow, November 26, but the event has already started with a get-together at the iconic Capital C in Amsterdam. There, guests from around the world who signed up for the Exclusive Networking Dinner are meeting before OEEC 2024 officially opens in the morning. Navingo, […]

  • OEUK Publishes Offshore Wind Decommissioning Guidelines

    25 November 2024
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development

    Decommissioning specialists, led by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), have produced a “pioneering” set of guidelines for the removal of offshore wind turbines that have reached the end of their useful life. Decommissioning of the first generation of wind turbines is already in progress, and as the offshore wind industry develops, there will be a continuous […]

  • 15+ MW Floating Wind Turbines to Be Tested at Norway’s METCentre

    8 October 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Three companies have signed contracts with Norway’s Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) to test new technology aimed at reducing the costs of floating offshore wind by demonstrating floaters equipped with 15+ MW turbines. According to Norwegian Offshore Wind, this is the turbine size that will be relevant for future floating offshore wind farms. The test […]

  • Netherlands Looking at Offshore Hubs and Interconnectors, Where Does Hydrogen Stand?

    20 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Collaboration, Energy Islands, Environment, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Offshore Platforms, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Technology, Transition

    Energy islands are no longer being considered in the Netherlands. Instead, the focus has been shifted to offshore energy hubs and interconnectors. With rising (cyber)security concerns as a result of a number of recent incidents in European waters, as well as the Russia-Ukraine war, diversification of the energy system is high on the agenda. Offshore […]

  • AI-Driven Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Makes Debut Offshore Scotland

    23 September 2024
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Deep technology company Beam has deployed what the company describes as the world’s first autonomous underwater vehicle (UAV) driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The technology has already been used to inspect jacket structures on the Seagreen offshore wind farm, a joint venture partnership between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies and PTTEP, in a commercial environment. According to […]

  • Belgian TSO Delays HVDC Contract Signing for Princess Elisabeth Island Due to Price Surge

    5 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms

    Elia Transmission Belgium (ETB) has decided to temporarily postpone the signing of the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) contracts for Princess Elisabeth Island due to the price increase for the HVDC infrastructure, according to the Belgium transmission system operator (TSO). Princess Elisabeth Island will be the first artificial energy island in the world to combine both […]

  • PTSC Sends Off First Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Jacket Foundations

    2 December 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of four jacket foundations, manufactured by Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), has set sail from Vietnam. The units will be installed at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. To celebrate this milestone, PTSC and others held a special ceremony on 1 December, with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Phạm […]

  • TGS Completes Soil Survey for Doordewind Offshore Wind Zone

    23 October 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    TGS has carried out a three-dimensional Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (3D UHRS) soil survey in the Doordewind Wind Farm Zone in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the 3D UHRS soil survey was conducted in the North Sea for the first time from mid-June to the end of August 2024. According to RVO, […]

  • Philippines to Repurpose Three Ports for Offshore Wind Projects

    24 September 2024
    Authorities, Industry, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain, Transition

    The Department of Energy of the Republic of the Philippines (DOE) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) have jointly announced the repurposing of three strategic ports to support the country’s growing offshore wind industry. These are the Port of Currimao in Ilocos Norte, Port of Batangas in Sta. Clara, Batangas City, and Port of Jose […]

  • Supply Chain Calls for Narrowing Down Floating Wind Platform Designs

    19 December 2024
    Cables, Floating Wind, Industry, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Vessels

    “We probably have around 150 different floating wind platform designs at the moment. So how do you design a perfect port for floating wind?”—Tommy Sandtorv, CCO Karmsund Port at Karmsund Port Authority. Sandtorv shared this thought on 26 November at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) in Amsterdam, during a discussion about the challenges in […]

  • Cadeler’s New Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Arrives in Rotterdam Ahead of First Deployment

    15 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    Cadeler’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak has arrived in Rotterdam and, according to its owner, is ready to commence the first mobilisation for a client. “It’s been 73 days since our newbuild Cadeler wind installation vessel left the shipyard in Qidong and crossed the ocean for the very first time. Since then, […]

  • Australia Declares Wind Zone for 20 GW off Bass Strait

    12 December 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Australian government has declared an area off northern Tasmania’s Bass Strait as suitable for offshore wind development, with the potential to generate 20 GW of offshore wind energy. In response to feedback from local leaders, industry, fishers, unions, First Nations people, and community groups, the declared Bass Strait zone is smaller and further from […]

  • AFRY Bags Offshore Wind Farm Design Contract in Estonia

    7 January 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    AFRY Netherlands has won a contract worth over EUR 3 million for offshore wind farm design in Estonia at a tender launched by Enefit Green for its Liivi project in the Gulf of Riga. The contract, signed on 6 January, according to a public tender award notice, involves preparing a Contract for Difference (CfD) Front […]

  • UK Gov’t Working on CfD Scheme Reforms to Accelerate Offshore Wind Buildout

    24 February 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a consultation on proposed reforms to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for Allocation Round 7 (AR7). One of the proposed reforms is relaxing eligibility criteria for fixed-bottom offshore wind farms so projects that have yet to obtain full planning consent could participate in […]

  • Equinor Secures USD 3 Billion for New York City’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    3 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has secured a project financing package of over USD 3 billion (approximately EUR 2.9 billion) and reached financial close on Empire Wind 1, the first offshore wind farm to connect to New York City’s grid, which is already under construction after Equinor made a final investment decision (FID) on the project earlier this year. […]

  • LIVE BLOG: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024

    27 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Infrastructure, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Power-to-X, Project Updates, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels

    Welcome to the Live Blog! That’s a wrap! As OEEC 2024 comes to a close, Navingo invites all attendees to join for the final celebration! After two dynamic days of exploring innovations in the offshore energy sector, it’s time to relax, reflect and network over drinks and bites. Join us at the Stage for this […]

  • New Jersey Cancels Fourth Offshore Wind Solicitation Amid Federal Shifts and Shell’s Exit

    4 February 2025
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has cancelled the bidding process for the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation, citing uncertainty caused by recent federal actions and Shell’s withdrawal from the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project. The state’s fourth round of offshore wind solicitation was launched in May 2024, initially aimed at awarding between […]

  • First Onshore Link Completed for 1.2 GW Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm in Poland

    7 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of four directional drills under the coastline, beach, and seabed in the Lubiatowo area, Poland, has been completed, paving the way for connecting the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm to its onshore substation. PKN Orlen, which is developing the project together with Canada’s Northland Power, confirmed that the first onshore connection […]

  • Mingyang Gets FEED Contract for 2.8 GW Italian Floater

    10 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    Renexia has signed a contract with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in Italy. The contract follows the joint signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Italian Ministry of Enterprises to develop a factory in Italy for the new […]

  • Delaware, US Wind Sign USD 128 Million Worth of Agreements

    7 January 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Delaware Governor John Carney and officials from the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) have signed three agreements valued at more than USD 128 million (approximately EUR 123 million) with US Wind, which recently received federal approval for its Maryland offshore wind development that will power the Delmarva Peninsula. The Delaware state […]