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• Longitude Engineering Designing Offshore Charging-Capable Electric SOV for Bibby Marine-Led Consortium

  

  18 January 2024

  Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Vessels

  A consortium led by Bibby Marine, which is working on bringing a zero-emission electric service operation vessel (eSOV) to the UK and European offshore wind markets, has contracted Longitude Engineering, a UK-based engineering consultancy and ship design firm, to design the new SOV. Bibby Marine announced the company and its consortium partners Port of Aberdeen, […]

• Masdar to Invest in Iberdrola’s 1.4 GW East Anglia Offshore Wind Project

  

  5 December 2023

  Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

  Iberdrola and Masdar have signed a strategic partnership agreement to evaluate the joint development of offshore wind and green hydrogen projects in Germany, the UK, and the US, which also includes an investment in Iberdrola’s 1.4 GW East Anglia 3 offshore wind project in the UK. After the parties’ successful co-investment in the Baltic Eagle […]

• Crown Estate Mulls Adding 4 GW of Capacity from Existing Offshore Wind Projects

  

  9 November 2023

  Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

  The Crown Estate has revealed that it is taking steps to enable the generation of up to an additional 4 GW of electricity from several offshore wind projects in development, within the timeframe of the 50 GW 2030 target. This follows requests from the developers of seven offshore wind farm projects who believe additional capacity […]

• Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Project Readies for 2025 Auction

  

  10 April 2024

  Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Equinor and Polenergia have applied for environmental approval for the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk I offshore wind farm as the project is being prepared for auction in Poland in 2025. The Bałtyk I offshore wind farm is one of three projects jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia in the Polish Baltic Sea. Bałtyk I, […]

• Fourth Phase Could Bring 2 GW More to World’s Already Largest Offshore Wind Farm Under Construction

  

  26 September 2023

  Fixed-Bottom, Green Hydrogen, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Dogger Bank D, the potential fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, whose first three phases totalling 3.6 GW are currently being built, is planned to have a generation capacity of around 2 GW. If built, the fourth phase would bring the total installed capacity of the UK project – already the world’s largest […]

• Certex UK Secures Work on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

  

  28 September 2023

  Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

  Certex UK has secured a major framework to supply statutory inspection and maintenance services on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the 5-year framework contract, Certex UK’s Great Yarmouth-based Engineering Services division will be responsible for the inspection and maintenance of cranes, personnel lifts, general lifting, and safety equipment […]

• First Turbines Up at World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

  

  11 September 2023

  Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

  The first two wind turbines have been installed at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction. According to a Notice of Operations from the project, the first wind turbine was installed on the 29th of August […]

• Gondan Delivers Another CSOV to Norwegian Offshore Wind Service Company

  

  19 September 2023

  Vessels

  Gondan Shipbuilders has delivered the commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Edda Nordri to its owner, Edda Wind. In addition, Gondan Shipbuilders launched the CSOV C492 at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, Spain. Delivery of Edda Nordri took place in the Port of El Musel in Gijón, where its naming ceremony was also held. Following […]

• RWE Receives Development Consent for Awel y Môr Wind Farm Offshore Wales

  

  21 September 2023

  Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to RWE’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project off the North Wales Coast. The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration by Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited on 20 April 2022 and accepted for examination on […]

• Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Push Back Offshore Wind Bidding Deadline

  

  22 January 2024

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

  The US State of Massachusetts has extended the deadline for submitting bids in its ongoing offshore wind energy solicitation until 27 March. Connecticut and Rhode Island, Massachusetts’s partner states under an agreement signed last year that allows for the procurement of multi-state offshore wind projects, have also extended the bidding deadline in their respective solicitations. […]

• Octopus Energy Buys Stake in 660 MW Wind Farm Offshore UK

  

  27 November 2023

  Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Octopus Energy’s generation arm has taken a 12.5 per cent stake in the 660 MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm located in England. Octopus Energy bought the stake in Walney Extension from AIP Management, the investment manager for Danish pension fund PKA and PFA. The wind farm features 87 wind turbines, each taller than the […]

• Oceantic Network CEO: ‘There Comes a Time When We Have to Say Enough Is Enough’

  

  18 December 2023

  Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Industry, Manufacturing, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Ports & Logistics, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Turbines

  As new offshore wind markets keep emerging and targets in established markets keep increasing, questions on how much capacity can actually be installed, especially until 2030 which is just around the corner, have come to the sector’s foreground. The most vocal on the (un)likeliness of the national and regional targets for 2030 being met – […]

• Ørsted’s US, Taiwan Offshore Wind Projects Hit by Vessel Shortages; Sunrise Wind Still Not Out of the Woods

  

  6 November 2023

  Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

  Several days ago, Ørsted called it quits on the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US, with some of the main issues leading to the decision to abandon the project being supply chain bottlenecks, primarily vessel shortages. This has affected not only the now-dropped Ocean Wind 1 but also the company’s Revolution Wind […]

• Offshore Wind: Both Challenges and Enormous Opportunities Lie Ahead

  

  8 January 2024

  Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting, Power-to-X, R&D, Supply Chain, Transition

  The offshore wind industry has faced significant headwinds in the past couple of years, with most of the negative effects tracing their origin back to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical turmoil caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. This has led to supply chain instability and cost inflation which has resulted in […]

• UK Company Buys CTV Owner CWind

  

  11 October 2023

  Business & Finance

  UK-based Inspirit Capital has acquired crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner CWind from Global Marine Group. CWind completes approximately 60,000 crew transfers annually, utilising its fleet of CTVs, including the world’s first hybrid surface effect ship, CWind Pioneer. The company provided services at wind farms throughout the UK and Europe including London Array, Thanet & Kentish […]

• DEME Offshore Contracts Hellenic Cables for Dieppe Le Tréport Inter-Array Links

  

  1 September 2023

  Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

  Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with DEME Offshore for the supply of inter-array cables for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, being developed by the Eoliennes en mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT) consortium off the French coast in the English Channel. Under the contract, the Greece-based cable supplier will design, manufacture, […]

• Countdown Begins: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 Opens in One Week

  

  21 November 2023

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

  Industry giants, experts, policymakers, innovators and start-ups from the offshore energy sector will meet at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam one week from now. The backdrop to two full days of discussions, insights and updates is the exhibition floor that will be home to companies and technologies that push […]

• Offshore Construction Begins on RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

  

  4 September 2023

  Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

  Offshore construction has started on RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea off the northeast coast of the UK. The offshore works are kicking off with the laying of the first section of high voltage direct current (HVDC) export cable which will be done by Prysmian’s Leonardo […]

• Jan De Nul to Use Osbit’s Tower Lifting Tools for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

  

  9 August 2023

  Business development, Equipment, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

  UK-headquartered Osbit has delivered to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business its twin wind turbine tower lifting tools that will be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Osbit’s tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the turbine tower sections of GE’s […]

• Siemens Gamesa Testing 115-Metre-Long Wind Turbine Blade on Blaest’s New Test Rig

  

  29 September 2023

  Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

  The wind turbine blade test centre Blaest in Aalborg, Denmark, inaugurated a new test rig on 26 September, in which the centre decided to invest after entering an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to test the company’s current range of offshore blades. The first blade is already being put through paces on the new test rig […]

• Giant Jack-Up Voltaire Soon to Install First Turbines at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

  

  3 August 2023

  Vessels, Wind Farm Update

  The campaign to install the first turbines at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm is underway, with Jan De Nul’s Voltaire jack-up vessel leaving the Able Seaton Port with the first batch of wind turbines and heading to the offshore construction site about 130 kilometres off the east coast of Yorkshire, the UK. […]

• Ofgem Shortlists Four Bidders for GBP 2 Billion Offshore Wind Transmission Assets

  

  28 July 2023

  Business & Finance, Grid Connection

  Ofgem has shortlisted four potential bidders for its next Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) bidding round for three offshore transmission links worth an estimated GBP 2 billion (about EUR 2.3 billion). In the “most valuable” OFTO tender round ever run by Ofgem, a new bidder has joined three others in a competition to own and operate […]

• SeAH, Navantia Seanergies Form Offshore Wind Ties

  

  1 August 2023

  Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

  Spanish state-owned Navantia Seanergies and SeAH have signed a collaboration agreement for the development of offshore wind in countries on the Asian continent. The collaboration between the two companies focuses on the manufacture of complete floats, components or materials manufactured in Korea or in countries where SeAH has facilities, or could be installed, such as […]

• Sri Lanka Offshore Wind Roadmap Launched, Two Sites Identified for First Project(s)

  

  28 August 2023

  Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

  The World Bank Group has published the Offshore Wind Roadmap for Sri Lanka, commissioned by the Government of Sri Lanka and funded by the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and PROBLUE. The roadmap estimates the country’s locational offshore wind potential to be 56 GW and identifies two sites where Sri Lanka could build […]

• Support for Offshore Wind in New Jersey Drops, Industry Points to Effect of Misinformation

  

  30 August 2023

  Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

  The number of New Jersey residents who support offshore wind fell by more than 20 per cent since 2019, from 76 per cent four years ago to just over half (54 per cent) now, and the number of those opposing offshore wind has climbed from 15 per cent to 40 per cent since 2019. This […]

• OWC, Equinor Sign Global Master Services Agreement

  

  26 July 2023

  Collaboration, Contracts & Tenders, Outlook & Strategy

  Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has been awarded a global master services agreement (MSA) by Equinor to provide owner’s engineering, technical, and advisory services to support the development of Equinor’s offshore wind and low to zero carbon solutions. The MSA is valid for a period of five years, with the option to be extended up to […]