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  • K2 Management Publishes Offshore Wind Energy Yield Study, Warns About ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach to Assessment

    11 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, R&D, Research & Development

    As more countries climb the offshore wind map and, at the same time, the industry is facing uncertainties, energy yield assessment needs to be validated as widely as possible across diverse geographies, rather than assume the efficacy of a one-size-fits-all approach, according to K2 Management (K2M). The project advisory and engineering consultancy has published ‘Offshore […]

  • Norwegian Joint Venture Sets Sight on Mass Producing Floating Wind Foundations

    29 February 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy

    Norway’s Odfjell Oceanwind and its compatriot Prodtex have set up a joint venture, named Windsteel Technologies, to establish the production capacity necessary to meet the need for hundreds of floating wind foundations per year in Europe. The joint venture is planning to have its first facility operational by 2027. According to Odfjel Oceanwind, the joint […]

  • Estonia Receives Multiple Applications for Three New Offshore Wind Sites, Auction Expected in June

    3 April 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulation Authority (CPTRA) is reviewing ten applications for three offshore wind sites west of Saaremaa. The Estonian regulatory body had already received one proposal for each of the three sites and opened a window for competing applications in January this year. The ten applications were submitted by Estonia Offshore Wind […]

  • All Turbines Installed at French Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

    26 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 71st and final wind turbine was installed on 25 March at the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, the first project of this kind to be built in Normandy. According to EDF Renouvelables, the last wind turbines that were installed are expected to produce electricity in the coming weeks, after testing is completed. The […]

  • Building floating wind installation and O&M strategies on oil and gas experience

    14 November 2023
    Business development, Equipment, Floating Wind, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Storage, Transition

    Floating assets have long been installed, operated and maintained to support oil and gas (O&G) production. The emerging floating wind sector has specific challenges to overcome, but also opportunities to build strategies informed by O&G experience. Opportunities and challengesThe global offshore floating wind market is expected to soar from 60 MW to more than 25 […]

  • Windward Enters Offshore Wind Service Market, Orders Two CSOVs

    23 October 2023
    Collaboration, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Windward Offshore; a joint venture consortium led by SeaRenergy Group in collaboration with Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping, and SeraVerse; has ordered two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from VARD to establish maritime asset services focusing on bolstering the offshore wind industry. Windward Offshore aims to play a key role in the energy transition […]

  • Ørsted Secures Exclusive Access to Lower-Emission Steel from Dillinger

    13 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Ørsted will be offered the first production of lower-emission steel from German-based Dillinger, subject to availability and commercial terms and conditions. The steel plates are intended to be used for offshore wind monopile foundations in future projects. Under a large-scale supply agreement entered into in 2022, Ørsted will procure significant volumes of regular heavy plate […]

  • ScottishPower Renewables Adds DNV to East Anglia THREE Team

    20 November 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables has awarded DNV a three-year contract to provide integrated inspection services on the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK North Sea. The agreement will see DNV conduct a wide range of services, including site inspection, vendor inspection, and quality management services across project and vendor locations globally until 2026. “East […]

  • Strategic Marine to Build CTV for Polish Offshore Wind Market

    26 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Lotos Petrobaltic, an ORLEN Group company, signed a contract with Singapore-based Strategic Marine for the construction of a crew transfer vessel that will serve the Polish offshore wind market. The CTV is scheduled to be completed this summer, with delivery to Europe in early September 2024. The vessel will join the existing fleet managed by […]

  • Construction Starts on Baltic Power Service Base in Poland

    26 January 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Work on the construction of a service base that will serve the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, a joint project between ORLEN Group and Northland Power, has begun in Łeba, Poland. The service base in Łeba will be ready in 2025, one year before the Baltic Power offshore wind farm becomes operational. The service base […]

  • SeAH Wind Goes on Recruitment Spree for UK Monopile Factory

    22 January 2024
    Jobs & Recruitment

    South Korea’s SeAH Wind has started its large-scale drive to recruit for positions including welders, platers, roll bending machine operatives, mechanical and electrical technicians, supervisors, and general operatives for its XXL monopile manufacturing facility on Teesworks, the UK. Applications will be accepted via the company’s dedicated recruitment website where individuals can sign up for job […]

  • HBA Future Energy to Build 532 MW Anma Offshore Substation

    31 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Supply Chain

    HBA Future Energy has been awarded a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) by Anma Offshore Wind (Anma) for the provision of an offshore substation (OSS) under an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the 532 MW wind farm offshore South Korea. “This award reflects the confidence Anma has in our capabilities, and we are […]

  • Canadian Pension Fund to Consolidate Its Offshore Wind Holdings into UK-Based Reventus Power

    10 April 2024
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will consolidate its existing direct and indirect offshore wind holdings into Reventus Power, its UK-based portfolio company, which will become its dedicated global offshore wind platform. Subject to customary approvals, the move will see Reventus Power growing its teams in the UK, Germany, Poland and Portugal to form […]

  • Project to Develop Offshore Lifting Equipment Gets Financial Push

    14 December 2023
    R&D, Technology

    A project consortium led by Nekkar has conditionally been awarded a NOK 75.2 million (EUR 6.5 million) grant to develop remote-controlled, self-hoisting lifting equipment for the offshore wind industry. The Nekkar-led consortium also includes Kongsberg Maritime, DOF, an undisclosed global wind farm developer, GCE Node, NORCE, Sustainable Energy Catapult Center, Sintef Ocean, and the University […]

  • Australia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Significantly Benefit from Collaboration with UK Suppliers, Study Says

    24 November 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    A new study has been launched that highlights significant opportunities for the UK to share its wind farm expertise with Australia’s emerging offshore wind market. The Australian Offshore Wind Market Study, conducted by Arup, evaluates potential Australian offshore wind markets and analyses the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for UK support. “Our analysis is helping shape investment and […]

  • IMCA Publishes Standard Contract for Offshore Wind Projects

    1 December 2023
    Industry, Supply Chain

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published the “industry’s first” standard contract for transport and installation (T&I) works in offshore wind projects. The contract has been written to ensure a fairer allocation of risk, IMCA said. Building on the organisation’s contracting principles release in January, its publication comes on the heels of an IMCA-led […]

  • RWE Names Its US Floating Wind Project, Plans to Open California Office

    10 January 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has released the official name of its floating wind project in California and revealed that the company will open an office in the city of Eureka in early 2024. The project, named Canopy Offshore Wind Farm (Canopy), is being developed at a site located 45 kilometres (28 miles) off the coast of Humboldt County, […]

  • A new standard for offshore wind. Creating a climate of investor confidence.

    18 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Milad Sheikhi, Head of Sales and Business Development – Offshore Wind at Jumbo Offshore discusses the way forward for standardisation in offshore wind. Is regulatory restriction the way forward for offshore wind – or will a free market approach yield more rapid returns? With increasingly ambitious targets in the coming years, the pressure is on […]

  • Deep Wind Offshore Reveals 70-Turbine Wind Farm Project Offshore Sweden

    26 December 2023
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Norway-headquartered Deep Wind Offshore is submitting a permit application for the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm off the south coast of Sweden. Located in the Gulf of Bothnia, northeast of Gävleborg and Uppsala counties, the Olof Skötkonung wind farm will include a maximum of 70 wind turbines. The planned wind farm project […]

  • Baltic Power Taps Smulders for Transition Pieces

    19 October 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    Smulders Projects Belgium, a subsidiary of Smulders, has been awarded a contract for the supply of transition pieces for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. Under the contract signed with Baltic Power, a joint venture between Orlen and Northland Power, Smulders will be responsible for the supply of 76 transition pieces for the […]

  • US to Identify Additional Wind Energy Areas Offshore Maryland

    12 December 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US federal government and the Maryland state government will work jointly to identify additional areas offshore Maryland that will house future offshore wind projects. This was announced on 11 December, following the release of the proposed sale notice for two wind energy areas (WEAs) in the Central Atlantic, one off Delaware and Maryland, and […]

  • NSEC Countries ‘Unlikely’ to Meet 2030 Offshore Wind Target Without Immediate Action on Port Development, Study Says

    20 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Ports & Logistics

    A new report from the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) calls for “immediate action” on developing new port infrastructure and upgrading existing port facilities as the study behind the report found the joint offshore wind target of the nine NSEC countries for 2030 is unlikely to be met otherwise. In this article: The North Seas […]

  • CIP Sets Up New Fund to Back 10 GW of Renewables in Middle-Income Countries

    5 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a new fund, which has a target size of USD 3 billion, intending to enable more than 10 GW of renewable energy capacity. Announced during COP28, the Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II) will be focused on developing and building offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, energy storage, […]

  • BP and Equinor Terminate Empire Wind 2 Offtake Agreement, Await ‘New Offtake Opportunities’

    4 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US joint venture between BP and Equinor has agreed with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to terminate the Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) agreement for the 1,260 MW Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project that recently obtained federal approval. The move comes after the joint venture, and two […]

  • Oil & Gas Majors Eye Brazil’s Pre-Salt Region for Floating Wind

    16 January 2024
    Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras – together with partners Shell Brasil, TotalEnergies, China’s CNPC and CNOOC, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – has kicked off a series of wind measurements in Brazil’s pre-salt region to collect data for potential offshore wind projects in Búzios and Mero fields. Initial data […]

  • Floating Solar Not Yet Up to Par to Be Brought into Offshore Wind Tenders, Says BP’s Benelux Head of Offshore Wind

    14 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen, Power-to-X, Technology

    System integration is what is needed for the next leap in offshore wind, however, not all technologies that can integrate with offshore wind farms have the same starting point. Floating solar still has some way to go in becoming more resilient to harsh offshore conditions. On the other hand, hydrogen is a more ready option […]