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  • Iberdrola Joins 600 MW Offshore Wind Project in Japan

    17 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Spanish energy company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Japan’s Cosmo Eco Power and the engineering firm Hitz to jointly develop the 600 MW Seihoku-oki project in Aomori prefecture, in the northwest of Japan. The Seihoku-oki offshore wind farm, under development, will enter round two of the capacity auction planned by the Japanese government between […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project Selects Transmission Route

    16 March 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South Wind Farm has selected a transmission route for Australia’s first offshore wind farm following a 12-month assessment. The transmission route would come to shore around Reeves Beach and travel underground through Darriman, Giffard West and Hiamdale, connecting into the grid in the Latrobe Valley.  The developer assessed three different routes and considered […]

  • RWE Taking Majority Ownership of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

    12 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has taken over an additional 20 per cent stake in the Rampion wind farm off the UK from E.ON. Following the closing of the transaction in the first half of 2021, RWE will control a 50.1 per cent stake in the 400 MW wind farm off Sussex. Confidentiality has been agreed […]

  • First Turbine Stands at Zhanjiang Xinliao Offshore Wind Farm

    12 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine has been installed at the 206 MW Zhanjiang Xinliao offshore wind farm off Guangdong Province, China. Developed by Guangdong Energy Group, the wind farm will comprise 32 MySE6.45-180 wind turbines by Ming Yang Smart Energy. Each turbine has a nameplate capacity of 6.45 MW. Located off the Xuwen County, Zhanjiang Xinliao […]

  • Able UK Gets Government Funding for Offshore Wind Upgrade

    4 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The UK government has selected Able UK’s Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) for funding under the Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme, which will ensure the port infrastructure can accommodate next generation offshore wind activities. “The government will make an offer of support, in principle, to the Able Marine Energy Park on Humberside following the conclusion […]

  • ABS to Class First US Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    24 February 2021
    Vessels

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) will class the first Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) that will service the U.S. offshore wind sector. The 472-foot Charybdis, designed by GustoMSC, is being constructed by Keppel AmFELS at its Brownsville shipyard in Texas. The vessel will be equipped to handle all current turbine technologies, […]

  • SMC Secures Work at Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farms

    23 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to deliver marine coordination services at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination package for the construction of the two wind farms, including the provision of both marine coordination specialists and local Taiwanese personnel. The delivery of marine coordination […]

  • Fugro Developing Offshore Drone Base for Wind Farm Maintenance

    3 February 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Fugro is developing an offshore platform from which uncrewed vessels and drones can perform inspection and maintenance operations on offshore wind farms. Together with three partner companies and a research institute, Fugro has been granted EUR 3.3 million for the RoboDock project by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The RoboDock platform enables various uncrewed vessels […]

  • Time for Offshore Wind to Wake Up to Full Benefits of Digitalisation

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Jonas Corné, CEO at Greenbyte, a provider of asset management solutions. The article examines digitalisation in the offshore wind sector, the necessity of it and current challenges that hinder using digitalised solutions to advance offshore wind projects. Despite the global disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, 2020 was […]

  • Magnora Targets ScotWind, Norway with Floating Wind Tie-Up

    29 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Norway-based Magnora has entered into a partnership with an undisclosed company to establish a joint floating wind player called Magnora Floating Wind, which already started working on the application for the ScotWind round in Scotland. The newly established company also plans to participate in the first offshore wind application round in Norway this year, and […]

  • Shell Takes Majority Stake in Irish Floating Wind Project

    27 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch oil and gas major Shell has agreed to take a majority stake in a 1 GW floating wind project offshore Ireland. Shell New Energies, the renewable energy trading, generation, and supply arm of Shell, has signed an agreement with Simply Blue Energy to acquire 51 per cent in Simply Blue Energy’s Kinsale venture. Kinsale […]

  • Ørsted Sets Up Offshore Wind Trust in New Jersey

    22 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has launched a USD 15 million fund to support businesses in New Jersey to enter the offshore wind industry. The Pro-NJ Grantor Trust will offer New Jersey-based small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses support in re-tooling their businesses to enter the offshore wind industry. It will also provide funding for infrastructure resiliency improvements critical to […]

  • Six Answer Call to Build Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    14 January 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has pre-qualified a total of six consortia and companies to participate in the tender for the Thor offshore wind farm. The applicants include Ørsted, Vattenfall, a consortium of Total and Iberdrola, as well as Thor Wind Farm I/S, owned by RWE Wind Holding A/S and RWE Offshore Wind A/S. Other pre-qualified […]

  • HST and Boluda to Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture in France

    11 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Boluda France and HST Marine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture company providing crew transfer services to the offshore wind market in France. The UK-based HST owns and operates seven crew transfer vessels and has so far carried out over 50,000 technician transfers to offshore structures across the European […]

  • Norwegian Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gets Financial Boost

    7 January 2021
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, with the hydrogen being stored on the seabed. A consortium led by TechnipFMC is working on a pilot project that will see a green hydrogen offshore energy system being constructed and tested […]

  • South Koreans Sign 2.4 GW Offshore Wind Agreement

    17 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an agreement with the government of North Jeolla Province to cooperate on the construction of a 2.4 GW offshore wind project. The project will be developed off the southwestern coast between Gochang County and Buan County, with expected completion by 2028. Under the agreement, the North […]

  • Polish Draft Offshore Wind Bill Moving Through Parliament

    16 December 2020
    Authorities

    Poland’s Parliamentary Commission for Energy, Climate and State Assets has completed the first reading of the draft offshore wind bill. The draft bill supporting the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea was adopted by the Council of Ministers at the end of November and shortly after submitted to the Sejm. The bill […]

  • IKM Subsea Nets First Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

    8 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    IKM Subsea Singapore has won a contract to provide ROV services at an offshore wind project in Taiwan, the company’s first in the region. IKM Subsea Singapore secured the deal with Solstad and will provide ROV services onboard Solstad’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Baltic. The company’s Merlin WR200 Workclass ROV with toolings will carry […]

  • UK Launches Offshore Wind Growth and Marine Protection Programme

    7 December 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The UK Government and The Crown Estate have launched a new partnership focused on the growth of the local offshore wind sector and protecting and restoring the marine environment. The Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme will be led by The Crown Estate, which has committed to a five year GBP 25 million kick-starter investment, […]

  • Boskalis Boosts Its Offshore Wind Fleet with Boka Tiamat

    3 December 2020
    Vessels

    Boskalis will add a multipurpose DP2 vessel Boka Tiamat to its fleet in January 2021, the company said via social media on 3 December, and will deploy the vessel on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The offshore construction vessel was built by VARD BRATVAAG and delivered as a new-build in 2019. It has been retrofitted […]

  • Poland’s Council of Ministers Adopts Draft Offshore Wind Bill

    30 November 2020
    Authorities

    Poland’s Council of Ministers has adopted the draft bill supporting the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. This summer, the Polish government published the revised draft offshore wind bill which would allow for 5.9 GW of capacity to be offered via Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the end of June 2021. According […]

  • Offshore Wind Faces Installation Vessel Shortage – Rystad Energy

    26 November 2020
    Vessels

    The market for vessels capable of installing large offshore wind components is quickly being outpaced by growing demand from the global development pipeline, a Rystad Energy analysis shows. With offshore wind booming, the global fleet of wind farm installation vessels will be insufficient to meet the demand after 2025, according to Rystad Energy. The analysis […]

  • Tokyo Gas Joins Chiba Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    25 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo Gas has joined the offshore wind joint venture established by Northland Power and Shizen Energy in 2019 and will become a shareholder in the project company Chiba Offshore Wind (COW). COW is developing offshore wind projects off the Pacific Ocean coastline of Chiba Prefecture in Japan. Now, with Tokyo Gas on board, there is […]

  • Louisiana Takes First Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Steps

    10 November 2020
    Authorities

    Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has announced a renewable energy initiative for the Gulf of Mexico, which revolves around offshore wind. On 9 November, Edwards presented his vision at an inaugural meeting of the Climate Initiatives Task Force established earlier this year, for which offshore wind energy will be one of the strategies pursued to […]

  • Tekmar Notches CPS Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

    7 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Germany. The UK-based cable protection specialist will supply the CPS ”for a remedial campaign on a major offshore wind farm located in the Sylt Offshore Cluster of the German North Sea.” The units will […]

  • Maine Getting USD 2 Million Offshore Wind Support

    2 October 2020
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding a USD 2.166 million grant to support the development of the offshore wind industry in Maine. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), will be used to develop a roadmap for establishing an offshore wind industry in this U.S. state. This will be matched with USD […]