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  • TenneT to Probe Interest in Collaborative Offshore Maintenance Model

    9 April 2024
    Collaboration, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, is exploring interest in an initiative to jointly house management and maintenance services of the offshore infrastructure in a new model. In the coming period, TenneT will share information and ideas with wind farm and oil & gas operators to gauge their interest in the collaborative model. TenneT […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Taiwan’s 1 GW Hai Long Wind Farm

    12 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore construction has started at the Hai Long offshore wind farm site in Taiwan with the vessel Green Jade installing pin piles for the project’s jacket foundations. The Hai Long Offshore Wind Project joint venture (Northland Power, Yushan Energy, Mitsui & Co., and Gentari) announced the official start of offshore construction on 11 April. The […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Vestas Collaborate to Standardise Equipment for Transportation of Wind Turbine Towers

    13 December 2023
    Collaboration, Industry, Outlook & Strategy

    Building on a previous collaboration focused on tower foundations and lifting guidelines, Siemens Gamesa and Vestas, facilitated by Energy Cluster Denmark, have signed a new partnership agreement to increase standardisation within the wind industry. Initially, the partners will standardise equipment for the transportation of wind turbine towers. “Currently, whenever a wind turbine tower is shipped […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Picks Contractor for First SOV Newbuild in Asia

    14 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Siemens Gamesa has awarded a 15-year charter contract to Cyan Renewables for its first service operation vessel (SOV) in Asia. The contract will begin in 2026 and the SOV will be used to service 73 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines at the Hai Long offshore wind farms, located about 50 kilometres off the […]

  • Ørsted ‘First’ to Use Giant Autonomous Drones to Transport Cargo to Wind Turbines

    30 October 2023
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Ørsted has become “the first offshore wind company in the world” to use giant autonomous drones to transport cargo to wind turbines. The Danish offshore wind giant is testing the drones to transport cargo from vessels to its 1.2 GW Hornsea One project in the UK. Building on its previous experience using smaller drones in […]

  • RWE Forming Offshore Wind Fleet Servicing Team for UK and Germany

    27 February 2024
    Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    RWE is establishing a dedicated servicing team for offshore wind farms in the UK and Germany, where the company currently has five operational projects. For this purpose, the developer has signed a three-year agreement with Global Wind Services to provide a team of expert team leads and technicians, and an 18-month contract with Rem Offshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Charters Marco Polo Marine’s CTVs for Offshore Wind Projects in Taiwan, Korea

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwanese subsidiary company PKR Offshore has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa for crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that will serve offshore wind projects in Taiwan and South Korea. The agreement will go into effect this year, including a CTV charter in Korea that will start in the fourth quarter of this […]

  • New Huisman Crane for Heerema’s Aegir

    24 November 2023
    Vessels

    Huisman has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the offshore mast crane onboard the Aegir, owned by Heerema. The project will enhance the second main hoist capacity from 2,000mt to 3,200mt at a height of 110 metres, making the upgrade suitable for the installation of large jacket foundations, said Huisman. The upgraded crane […]

  • Esvagt Enters South Korean Offshore Wind Market, Partners with KMC Line

    28 February 2024
    Business development, Research & Development, Vessels

    Denmark’s offshore shipping company ESVAGT is entering the Korean offshore wind market through a strategic partnership with domestic shipping firm, KMC Line. ESVAGT and KMC Line have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in unlocking the potential for renewable energy production in South Korea. “We have no doubt that ESVAGT and KMC Line present […]

  • Nexans Wraps Up Moray West Export Cable Pull-In Work Offshore Scotland

    11 March 2024
    Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    France-headquartered Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm, located in the Moray Firth in the northeast of Scotland. The cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora took advantage of a recent period of favorable weather to carry out the task, according to Ocean Winds’ […]

  • South Fork Wind Delivers First Power to New York Electric Grid

    7 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 132 MW South Fork Wind offshore wind farm delivered the first power to New York State’s power grid, announced Governor Kathy Hochul on 6 December. The South Fork Wind project is being built by a joint venture between Eversource and Ørsted. The joint venture reached the final investment decision for the project at the […]

  • Van Oord Awarded Two New Offshore Wind Contracts Worth More than Half a Billion Euros in Total

    8 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been awarded contracts for Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan valued at more than EUR 500 million. For the Baltic Power offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea, Van Oord will transport and install 78 foundations, including 76 monopile […]

  • Construction to Soon Begin on Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm

    15 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Read the latest news on CVOW here: 2.6 GW US Project Receives Final Federal Permit, Monopile Installation to Start in May The DP3 installation vessel Orion, owned and operated by the Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME, has sailed out of Invergordon in Scotland and is now en route to the United States, where it will […]

  • 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 […]

  • 2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Farm Receives Final Federal Permit, Monopile Installation to Start in May

    16 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has received an air quality permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the final federal permit required to begin offshore construction. The installation of monopiles at the project site off the coast of Virginia Beach is scheduled to begin in May. Belgian offshore […]

  • First Offshore Substation Soon to Be Installed at Moray West

    11 December 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Work on the installation of the two offshore substations (OSS) at the Moray West offshore wind farm site has started, with Boskalis’s DP installation vessel Bokalift 1 currently moored in the Port of Nigg with the components for the first OSS on board. The Moray West project team notified about the commencement of the OSS […]

  • TWD, Seatools Outfit Green Jade for Hai Long Piling Work

    17 April 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    As construction work has started on Taiwan’s 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind farm with the vessel Green Jade installing the first jacket foundation pin piles, TWD and Seatools each revealed their contracts for the provision of pre-piling and piling equipment and services with the vessel owner, CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE). The Hai Long joint […]

  • Orion Completes Monopile Installation at Moray West, Wind Orca Arrives in Scotland Ahead of Turbine Installation

    15 April 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Belgian offshore construction company DEME, using its vessel Orion, has completed the installation of monopiles at the Moray West offshore wind farm site in Scotland.  Monopile installation at Moray West started in October 2023, with Boskalis’s vessel Bokalift 2 deployed for the work and Orion taking over in February. DEME’s Orion installed 29 monopiles for Ocean […]

  • Offshore Construction Coming Up on 1 GW Hai Long, CAPE Holland to Supply Vibro Lifting Tools

    17 January 2024
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The installation of pin piles for the jacket foundations on Taiwan’s 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm is expected to start in March. CAPE Holland has been contracted to supply its CAPE Vibro Lifting Tools to CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), whose vessel Green Jade will be installing the piles. CDWE signed a contract for […]

  • PASSER Eyeing Floating Wind

    27 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Foundations, Green Hydrogen, Grid Connection, Industry, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The work on the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for JDR’s new cable factory in the UK is now well underway in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where Norway-headquartered PASSER Group recently opened a new fabrication facility. The Group has revealed that, besides expanding its production capacity, it is also looking into areas for future business expansion, with floating […]

  • Acta Marine Set to Commence Maintenance Work at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Centaurus will soon commence maintenance work at Vattenfall’s DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The entire service campaign is expected to last until October 2024. The vessel is currently making a stop in the Port of Hamburg before starting work for Vattenfall’s offshore […]

  • Boskalis Reports Record 2023 with 150 Pct Net Profit Increase; Half of Offshore Energy Revenue Came from Offshore Wind

    12 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Boskalis’s offshore energy division saw 50 per cent of its revenue coming from offshore wind in 2023, according to annual results the Dutch dredging and offshore construction specialist released on 7 March. Company-wide, Boskalis reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue and a 150 per cent higher net profit than in 2022. For its […]

  • 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 […]

  • Great Lakes Inks Another Rock Installation Contract Offshore US

    5 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    US-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Great Lakes) has been awarded a rock installation contract to perform subsea rock cable protection on an offshore wind project off the East Coast of the US. Great Lakes will use the first Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel, the Acadia, currently under construction at the Philly Shipyard in […]

  • All Foundations In at Zhong Neng Wind Farm Offshore Taiwan

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

    The final jacket foundation has been installed at the 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan, according to a social media post by Joris Hol, CEO of Zhong Neng and Fengmiao phase I Offshore Wind Farm at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The Zhong Neng offshore wind farm, being built by a joint venture between […]