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  • GustoMSC Kit for Eneti’s Next-Generation Jack-Up

    22 June 2021

    Houston-headquartered NOV has been awarded contracts for the design and the supply of equipment for Eneti Inc’s first wind turbine installation jack-up vessel. The vessel will be built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for scheduled delivery in the third quarter of 2024. The jack-up is of the GustoMSC™ NG-16000X design by […]

  • USA: DWEC Would Reach Maximum Output on Hottest Days of Summer in Northeast

    19 July 2012

    Hot temperatures are a boon for offshore wind energy. Deepwater Wind today released data showing that its planned Deepwater Wind Energy Center (DWEC), a 900 MW offshore wind farm planned 30 miles east of Montauk and 20 miles south of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island mainland, would reach maximum output on the hottest days of […]

  • First Minister of Wales: Crown Estate Announcement Is Great News

    9 July 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D

    First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, has welcomed an announcement by the Crown Estate, which supports the Welsh Government’s vision of developing a thriving marine renewable energy industry in Wales. The Crown Estate has announced the successful Third Party Managers of two areas of water off the Welsh coast designated for testing and demonstrating wave […]

  • Scotland, Brittany Seal Offshore Wind Pact

    4 August 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    The Scottish Government has signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brittany, a region in France, relating to the offshore wind industry. With this cooperation agreement, the Government said it aims to strengthen Scotland’s position as a leader in Europe’s offshore renewables industry. The MoU will provide Scottish companies with opportunities to capitalise and […]

  • Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind Enters Federal Permitting

    30 June 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will initiate its eleventh offshore wind environmental review with Equinor and BP’s 2.4 GW Beacon Wind 1 and 2 wind farms, proposed to be built offshore Massachusetts and connected to the grid in New York and Connecticut. BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an […]

  • AFRY talks about its increasing presence in offshore wind

    5 July 2023
    Business development, Grid Connection, Industry, Innovation, Research & Development, Transition

    AFRY and its increasing global presence in Offshore WindIn the past three decades AFRY has actively participated in over 400 wind power projects worldwide, contributing to a total of over 70GW of renewable energy. In this interview, Mariska Jongbloed will engage in a conversation with Peter Plug, Head of Renewables and Thermal Power at AFRY, […]

  • U.S. Atlantic Coast States Choose Renewables over Drilling

    29 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has recently released a draft strategy for offshore oil and gas leasing, which has shown that a significant number of officials representing eastern coastal states disapprove the plan, recommending renewable energy, especially wind power, as a better solution that would create more jobs and energy than drilling.  Atlantic region in the […]

  • Equinor: ‘Situation for Empire Wind Unsustainable, We Need to Find Way Forward for Project Quickly’

    13 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Following reports saying Equinor may pull the plug on the Empire Wind 1 project if the US government does not lift the order halting the construction soon, a company spokesperson confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz it was costing Equinor USD 50 million (around EUR 45 million) per week to keep the project on hold and said the […]

  • US Gives Revolution Wind Green Light to Start Offshore Construction

    21 November 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Revolution Wind, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm serving Rhode Island and Connecticut, has secured the final approval needed from the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to move the project toward the start of offshore construction. Revolution Wind, being developed by Ørsted and Eversource, has received approval of the project’s […]

  • RWE Selects Chantiers de l’Atlantique for Two Nordseecluster A Offshore Substations

    19 June 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has selected Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique, as the preferred supplier of two offshore substations for the first phase of its Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, Nordseecluster A and Nordseecluster B, each comprising two offshore […]

  • Ofgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date

    30 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016.  The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a generation capacity of 2.3 GW – […]

  • DONG Energy’s UK East Coast Community Fund Benefit Area Mapped Out

    10 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    UK community fund administrator GrantScape has, on behalf of DONG Energy, issued a preliminary map showing which coastal communities in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk Coast stand to benefit from the GBP 9.3 million East Coast Community Fund.  The East Coast Community Fund is being set up to ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two […]

  • UK: AJ Woods Engineering Secures GBP 2.28 Million for New Jobs

    11 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    An engineering firm has secured £2.28million to deliver new jobs for Harwich and respond to significant opportunities in the offshore wind sector. AJ Woods Engineering, which is based in the town, is to receive the money from the ‘Growing Places Fund’ following a successful bid to the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP). The loan […]

  • Dutch-Taiwanese JV to Provide Marshalling Services for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4

    2 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Mammoet-Giant Taiwan, a joint venture between the Dutch company Mammoet and Taiwanese Giant Heavy Machinery Service, has been picked by Ørsted Taiwan to provide essential support for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. The joint venture has been entrusted with the marshalling and lifting activities for 66 suction bucket jackets. […]

  • Global Floating Wind on Path to Miss 2030 Targets, Report Says

    14 November 2022
    R&D

    A new report, published by 4C Offshore, has revealed that many countries are falling behind their 2030 floating offshore wind targets, but there could be still a chance to meet them. According to the latest 4C Offshore’s Global Floating Wind report, targets for 2030 wind production from floating, rather than fixed, wind farms are set […]

  • CS Wind to Produce Offshore Turbine Towers for Siemens

    7 July 2016

    CS Wind UK, which is kicking off works on the UK’s first commercial offshore wind turbine tower factory, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siemens to produce up to 200 towers for the company’s offshore wind turbines between 2017 and 2019. The signing of the MoU has been reported along with the announcement on CS Wind holding a ground-breaking ceremony in […]

  • EIB Grants EUR 150 Mln for Dutch Transmission Upgrade

    20 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and TenneT have signed the latest contract for a EUR 150 million loan, part of a total EUR 450 million financing to TenneT Holding B.V. agreed in 2011. The financing is provided by the EIB to support construction and operation of ‘Randstad 380 kV’; a 83 km 380kV transmission connection […]

  • US Could Soon Give Go-Ahead to Another Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    17 July 2023
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is expected to soon announce its decision on whether to approve the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm as the federal agency has now completed the environmental analysis of the project, which Ørsted and Eversource plan to build offshore Rhode Island. BOEM issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) […]

  • Equinor’s New York Plans Could Bring 350 Jobs Through Port of Albany

    13 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    If Equinor’s bids are successful at New York State’s latest offshore wind solicitation, that could lead to creation of up to 350 jobs related to manufacturing of wind turbine components at the Port of Albany in upstate New York. Namely, the developer included the Port of Albany in its proposals recently submitted at the state’s […]

  • US Starts Working on Offshore Wind Leasing in Oregon, Central Atlantic Coast

    28 April 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published two Calls for Information and Nominations to solicit information from the public and determine industry interest in potential commercial wind energy development offshore Oregon and in the Central Atlantic. This was announced by BOEM Director Amanda Lefton at the International Offshore Wind Partnering (IPF) Forum […]

  • Marco Polo Marine to Outfit Its Offshore Wind Vessels with Ammonia-to-Power Systems

    18 April 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner and operator, Marco Polo Marine, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amogy, under which the New York company’s ammonia-to-power systems will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s offshore wind vessels. The system will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s existing or newly built wind vessels, the company said in a […]

  • Inch Cape Picks Montrose Port for O&M Base

    7 February 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between the Edinburgh-based Red Rock Power Limited and Ireland’s energy company Electricity Supply Board (ESB), has selected Montrose Port as the future operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Should the Inch Cape project be awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) this summer, […]

  • TenneT Starts Laying DolWin6 Export Cables

    29 June 2021
    Grid Connection

    Offshore cable-laying work to link the DolWin6 grid connection in the North Sea to the German grid has started, TenneT said. The cable-laying work follows an unexploded ordnance removal campaign where a total of twelve UXOs identified along the sea cable route were removed in May 2021. The 39-kilometre export cable section is expected to […]

  • Equinor Submits New York Offshore Wind Bid

    15 February 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Equinor Wind US has submitted a bid to provide New York state with renewable energy from its Empire Wind lease site located offshore New York and New Jersey. Equinor’s bid comes in response to the 800MW New York State Offshore Wind Power Procurement, the state’s first formal solicitation targeted to the newly developing US offshore […]

  • Le Havre & Dieppe: Windfall for Northern France

    12 January 2012

    The two Northern French ports of Le Havre and Dieppe are in line for an industry injection that can bring new 21 st century technology into their traditional maritime economies. Offshore wind energy is about to arrive on their doorsteps, bringing with it the complete supply chain for manufacturing, installation, operation and maintenance. Within the […]

  • Sif Group

    27 June 2013

    Dutch Sif Group bv is another manufacturer that has been producing for the offshore wind energy industry since the start. The company supplied the onshore wind energy market from the outset in the 1990’s. In April 2002 the real work in the offshore wind industry started when Sif supplied 80 monopiles and 80 transition pieces to its client […]