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  • WindEurope: Investments in New Offshore Wind Projects Slide in 2019

    7 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    EUR 6.1 billion was invested in four European offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of around 1.4 GW in 2019, marking the lowest amount invested and the capacity financed in a year since 2012, according to a report by WindEurope. The four wind farms that reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2019 are […]

  • DNV GL to Carry Out Hywind Tampen Verification Study

    1 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DNV GL is set to undertake a third-party verification study of Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway, the world’s first expected to power oil platforms. The independent verification study will ensure that the wind turbines comply with the applicable codes and standards for floating offshore wind, DNV GL said. In addition, the study […]

  • First Hywind Tampen Floating Wind Turbine Heads Offshore

    3 June 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW floating wind turbines has started its journey from the Wergeland Base in Gulen towards the installation site some 140 kilometres offshore the Norwegian coast. The wind turbines are being assembled at the Wergeland Base in Gulen in western Norway prior to being towed to the installation […]

  • Equinor Picks Hywind Tampen Turbine Assembly Venue

    5 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has contracted the Gulen Industrial Harbour in Norway to provide a turbine assembly site for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. The Gulen Industrial Harbour will provide onshore and inshore areas for storage, assembly and commissioning of all the components for the turbines, as well as necessary infrastructure and facilities in the project period. According to Equinor, […]

  • Faulty Towers Set World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm Back

    13 July 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The 11-turbine Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm under construction, will be completed in 2023 and not by the end of 2022 as initially planned, Equinor said. The first seven Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines will come on stream this year as planned. The final four will be installed next spring, […]

  • Hywind Tampen Partners Set Up Construction Dream Team

    31 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Hywind Tampen developers have signed contracts with Kværner, Siemens Gamesa, Subsea 7 and JDR Cable Systems for the construction of the floating offshore wind farm that will power the Gullfaks and Snorre oil & gas platforms in Norway. Under the contracts worth NOK 3.3 billion (EUR 322.5 million), Kværner will construct the substructures, Siemens Gamesa will deliver eleven […]

  • New Huisman Crane Ordered for Norwegian Harbour

    19 October 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Wergeland Group and PSW Group have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Huisman for the delivery of a Skyhook quayside crane at the Gulen Industrial Harbour, Norway. The Skyhook crane has a lifting capacity of 2,600mt in regular configuration as well as a high lift mode with a super flyjib, facilitating the assembly of […]

  • Welsh Gov’t Launches Action Plan to Tap Into 15 GW Offshore Wind Potential

    26 June 2025
    Authorities, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The Welsh government has launched a comprehensive action plan which aims to maximise the country’s offshore wind potential and secure long-term economic benefits. The action plan, prepared by a task and finish group established earlier this year, outlines that Wales’ pipeline exceeds 15 GW of offshore wind projects around its coastline, in Welsh, English, and […]

  • Fugro, Spoor to Jointly Develop New AI Bird-Monitoring Solution for Offshore Wind

    9 April 2025
    Business development, Environment, Industry, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Fugro and Spoor have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a new AI bird-monitoring solution for offshore wind projects. The solution uses video cameras installed on Fugro’s SEAWATCH wind LiDAR and other metocean buoys to record bird activity at offshore wind farm locations. Spoor’s advanced computer vision and AI software then analyses these […]

  • Hywind Tampen: Equinor Hires One More SOV, Vallourec Delivers Parts to Aker

    7 July 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A few days after Simon Møkster Shipping announced its vessel Stril Server was chartered for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway, Island Offshore and Vallourec revealed their contracts for the project. Island Offshore has been contracted for service operation vessel (SOV) services, with its walk-to-work vessel Island Diligence set to commence operations under the contract […]

  • Ocean Installer Lands Hywind Tampen Cable Installation Gig

    14 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the installation of dynamic inter-array cables on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. The Norwegian company has been contracted to transport and install five 2.5-kilometre-long dynamic inter-array cables in water depths between 260 and 300 metres. These cables will connect existing turbines in the […]

  • Equinor CEO: Last Few Months a Game-Changer for Our Offshore Wind Business

    24 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    The last few months have been a game-changer for Equinor’s offshore wind business, the Norwegian energy company’s President and CEO Eldar Sætre said while commenting on the company’s results for the third quarter of 2019. ”Together with SSE, we were the winning bidder with three projects at Dogger Bank in the UK, making it the largest […]

  • World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Start Producing by Year-End

    30 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 11-turbine Hywind Tampen, the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms, is close to producing its first power, according to Equinor’s latest press release. A milestone was reached when the first subsea cables were laid by Subsea 7 and the connection was made to Gulfaks A in July. The […]

  • Kvaerner to Probe Norwegian Floaters

    11 February 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Kvaerner has signed a contract with Equinor to study how floating concrete substructures for offshore wind turbines to the planned Hywind Tampen project in the North Sea can be designed and constructed. The objectives of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) assignment are to further mature the design of the concrete substructures, to identify appropriate […]

  • Big Oil Companies Unveil 1 GW Floating Wind Plan in Norway

    17 June 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partners in the Troll and Oseberg fields in Norway: Petoro, TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips, are looking into building a 1 GW floating wind farm to power the two offshore fields. The partners have already initiated feasibility studies to explore options for building a floating offshore wind farm in the Troll area, some […]

  • Norwegians Pitch Hywind Tampen Floating Wind Project

    3 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor and its partners in the Snorre and Gullfaks licences have secured a portion of funding necessary for the project to power these two oil and gas fields on the Norwegian continental shelf with floating offshore wind turbines. 

  • Equinor and Eni-HitecVision JV Join Forces for Norwegian Offshore Wind Tender

    6 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Equinor and Vårgrønn, a joint venture (JV) between Eni and HitecVision, have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly apply for offshore wind acreage in Norway at one of the two areas the country opened last year. The partners said they would jointly prepare and submit an application to the Norwegian authorities to develop floating offshore […]

  • DOF Subsea Wins New Contract in Offshore Wind

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    DOF Subsea reported that it had won multiple contracts for execution in the North Sea, including on an offshore wind project, which the company left unnamed. The company will utilise its vessels Skandi Acergy, Skandi Skansen, Skandi Iceman, Skandi Hera and a contracted third-party vessel in the offshore execution phases for the contracts, which combined […]

  • Work Starts on Brazil’s First Offshore Wind Project, Pilot Expected to Come Online in 3 Years

    26 June 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive an installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months. In this article: […]

  • Norwegians Unveil Plan to Connect Draugen Platform to Floating Wind Farm

    29 October 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian floating wind technology developer Odfjell Oceanwind, exploration and production (E&P) company OKEA, and utility company TrønderEnergi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly evaluate the potential of developing a floating offshore wind farm that will be connected to the Draugen platform. The project’s floating wind turbines would provide renewable power to the Draugen […]

  • Kvaerner Eyes Renewables Expansion

    16 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Kvaerner is establishing two new focus areas with an aim to expand its operations within the renewables industry, including offshore wind, and the oil & gas sector. The move comes as Kvaerner aims to increase its annual revenue for around 40% within a few years, from circa NOK 7.3 billion in 2018 to NOK 10 billion […]

  • Equinor Sets Up French Floating Wind Company Together with RES and Green Giraffe

    20 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Equinor, RES, and Green Giraffe have established a joint company named Océole, one of whose first missions will be to evaluate and work towards submitting bids in the country’s upcoming floating wind tenders. “Together with RES and Green Giraffe, we are ready to contribute long term to the country’ ambitious offshore wind plans and develop […]

  • 200 MW Floating Wind Farm in South Korea Moves Forward

    7 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A 200 MW floating wind project in South Korea, developed by Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), Korea East-West Power (EWP), and Equinor completed the preliminary feasibility study on 4 May. With the completion of the study, conducted by the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the project – called Donghae 1 – will now gain momentum to […]

  • Fugro Wins Survey Contracts for RWE, TotalEnergies’ German Offshore Wind Projects

    23 June 2025
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Dutch Fugro has been awarded contracts to conduct geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for the development of TotalEnergies and RWE’s two large-scale offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Windbostel Ost and Windbostel West, being developed by a joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies, will have a combined generating capacity of 4 GW. Fugro’s […]

  • Equinor and SINTEF Bolster Floating Offshore Wind Ties

    3 December 2020
    R&D, Technology

    Equinor and the Norwegian independent research organization SINTEF have entered into a strategic collaboration covering four areas, one of which is floating offshore wind. The purpose of the agreement is to facilitate the exchange and development of ideas and radical solutions between the two partners. The companies will collaborate on projects that can provide good […]

  • Norwegians Call For Licensing of Two 500 MW Floating Wind Projects in 2020

    4 May 2020
    Authorities

    Several Norwegian ocean stakeholders have asked their country’s government to start the announcement of two full-scale floating offshore wind farms with the aim of granting licenses during 2020. In a letter sent to leading Norwegian politicians, the stakeholders said that the government should clarify licensing and framework conditions for two floating wind projects with a […]