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  • German Shipbroker Becomes Ship Finance Boutique for Offshore Renewables

    16 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Hamburg-based Waterworks Offshore Services has reshuffled its business to exclusively serve the offshore renewable sector and to switch from a ship brokerage shop to a ship finance institution. “Traditionally coming from Chartering and S&P in the offshore markets, Waterworks today becomes the first purely green ship finance institution which provides the renewable shipping industry with […]

  • 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 […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out 18 GW Offshore Wind Map

    5 June 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • Danish Heavyweights Pitch Offshore Wind-to-Sustainable Fuels Project

    26 May 2020
    Environment, Technology

    Denmark’s Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS, and Ørsted have formed a partnership to develop a hydrogen and e-fuel production facility powered by offshore wind. The project will require a large-scale supply of renewable electricity, which could potentially come from offshore wind power produced at Rønne Banke off the island of […]

  • Semco, ISC and WSP Partner Up for US Offshore Wind

    18 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Semco Maritime, ISC Consulting Engineers and WSP USA have established a partnership to collaborate in the offshore wind market in the U.S. According to the parties, the partnership will combine Semco Maritime’s and ISC’s offshore wind farm and substation engineering and construction experience with WSP’s expertise in U.S. offshore wind permitting and engineering. The aim […]

  • Vattenfall Pushes Danish Nearshore Wind Farms Farther Offshore

    30 January 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has placed the wind turbines on the Vesterhav Syd and Nord nearshore wind farms as far from the Danish North Sea coast as possible within the two areas designated by the state, the latest design drafts show. In the new drafts, the wind turbines are placed in rows approximately nine kilometres from the coast, […]

  • Prysmian to Wire Chinese 10MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

    9 January 2020
    Grid Connection, Technology

    China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) has awarded Prysmian Group with a contract to supply cables for DEC’s 10MW offshore wind turbine prototype. The prototype turbine will be installed on China Three Gorges Corporation’s Xinghuawan wind farm in the Fujian province, China. The nacelle of the prototype rolled off the production line in September 2019. The […]

  • Estonia Reviewing Two More Offshore Wind Building Permits

    31 December 2019
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Estonian government has initiated a construction permit process for two more offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Riga, in addition to the 1GW project proposed by Eesti Energia. The government has started the construction permit procedure for a 380MW project proposed by Tuuletraal OÜ. The wind farm comprises up to 76 turbines in […]

  • Scotland Targets Up to 10GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity

    24 December 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Scotland is considering plans to add up to 10GW of new offshore wind capacity, according to the recently released Draft Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (2019). This draft plan identifies 17 areas, so-called Draft Plan Options (DPOs), split across five regions. The DPOs cover an area of 14,646 km2, including deepwater sites, and […]

  • Fugro to Monitor Offshore Wind Biodiversity by Using eDNA Samples

    3 May 2023
    Business development, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has launched the BeWild project, aimed at measuring biodiversity at offshore wind farms. Fugro, together with project partners, will focus on developing methodologies and technologies for remotely collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North Sea. The collected data will assess the impact of offshore wind farms on biodiversity and […]

  • New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Linked to Land

    29 March 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The subsea export cable for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York has now been installed, according to an update Eversource Energy posted on social media. The installation work, carried out by the Belgian company DEME using its dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone, started in February with seabed preparation which included relocating boulders from […]

  • RWE Shares Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Vision

    22 March 2023
    Business development, Industry, Infrastructure, Innovation, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    RWE has unveiled its vision for the future of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea region and the opportunities it presents from new large-scale, commercial projects. Entitled “RWE’s Vision for the Celtic Sea”, the document was unveiled during day one of the Marine Energy Wales conference, in Swansea, UK. RWE sees floating wind technology […]

  • Apollo to Work On Celtic Sea Multi-Connection Offshore Substations

    21 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Infrastructure, R&D, Technology

    Celtic Sea Power has awarded the Aberdeen-based engineering consultants, Apollo, with the pre-FEED contract for the 400 MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone Multi-connection Offshore Substation (PDZ MOS) and 2x 1 GW MOSs targeting The Crown Estate Refined Area of Search (RAoS) A offshore Wales. Located 19 kilometres off the Pembrokeshire coast, the PDZ MOS project is […]

  • Newly Launched Consortium Sets Sights on Norwegian Offshore Wind

    21 March 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Research & Development

    Norwegian renewable energy developers Vårgrønn and Å Energi, together with UK-based Corio Generation have entered into a partnership dedicated to developing sustainable offshore wind in Norway. The consortium will operate under the Brigg Vind brand, which was launched in the lead-up to the first Norwegian offshore wind tenders expected to open later this month. “Brigg […]

  • BOEM Issues Draft EIS for Maryland Offshore Wind Project

    2 October 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project. If approved, the Maryland Offshore Wind Project could generate between 1,100 MW and 2,200 MW of clean, renewable energy to the Delmarva Peninsula, which could power up to 770,000 homes. US Wind, […]

  • US Offshore Wind Project Pipeline Nears 53 GW

    26 September 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The US has almost 53 GW of offshore wind projects in operation, development and planning stages. This could power more than 18 million US households if all the projects currently in development and planning are built. The US offshore wind pipeline reached 52,687 MW at the end of May 2023, with two offshore wind farms […]

  • CIP and Andel to Jointly Bid in Danish Offshore Wind Tender

    15 September 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Andel and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will form a consortium to cooperate on two tenders for offshore wind farms in Denmark, namely the Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm in Kattegat north of Zealand and Kriegers Flak II in the Baltic Sea. The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities revealed plans to auction off 9 GW […]

  • Landinfra Exploring 8 GW of Offshore Wind Potential in Sweden

    5 September 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Renewable energy developer Landinfra Energy is exploring the conditions for the development of up to 8 GW of offshore wind in the Swedish economic zone and Swedish territorial waters. The company has selected nine areas along the Swedish coast where the conditions for offshore wind will be investigated. The areas are Falkenberg/Halmstad, Baltic Edge, Öland/Hoburg […]

  • Construction Begins on US Offshore Wind’s First Daughter Craft

    7 August 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has launched construction of the US offshore wind industry’s first-ever mini-crew transfer vessel (CTV), designed by Chartwell Marine. Set to begin operating in the summer of 2024 for Ørsted and their US-based joint venture partner, Eversource Energy, the CTV will simultaneously accompany the launch of ECO Edison, the first American-built service […]

  • Venterra Group to Acquire Dutch Offshore Vibro-Piling Specialist

    1 August 2023
    Business & Finance

    Venterra Group and CAPE Holland have entered into an agreement under which Venterra will acquire the Netherlands-based company specialising in offshore vibro-piling in the next several weeks. The UK offshore wind services group says the acquisition will enhance its foundations offering. CAPE Holland’s Vibro Lifting Tools, which have been deployed worldwide, enable installing and removing […]

  • JERA Completes Acquisition of Belgium’s Leading Offshore Wind Developer

    27 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    JERA has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind NV from Belgium’s Virya Energy. The initial agreement between JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, and Virya Energy was signed in March this year. The transaction, which JERA said marks a significant milestone for the company and Parkwind and signals […]

  • Octopus Energy to Pour Billions in Offshore Wind Globally by 2030

    24 July 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK green energy supplier Octopus Energy Group has announced that it will invest, through its generation arm, USD 20 billion (about GBP 15 billion) into offshore wind by 2030. The company said that this will go towards the generation of 12 GW of renewable electricity a year, enough to power 10 million homes. Octopus is targeting projects […]

  • Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Surveys Kick Off

    17 July 2023
    Floating Wind

    The first in a series of specialist survey vessels have set sail from Swansea, marking an important step in the plans for the development of floating wind off the coast of Wales and South West England. Operated by Fugro with a crew of 30, the vessel will spend around 100 days at sea, using towed […]

  • Boskalis Wins ‘Sizeable’ Moray West Offshore Wind Contract

    28 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry out a large number of activities contributing to the development of this renewable energy project in the coming twelve months, the Dutch company said. The contract, valued between EUR […]

  • Germany to Interconnect 10 GW of Offshore Wind in North Sea

    27 February 2023
    Grid Connection

    Transmission system operators, 50Hertz, Amprion, and TenneT, have, together with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, presented initial plans for interconnecting offshore wind farms in the North Sea. In the future, connection lines from offshore wind farms with a total output of 10 GW are to be inter-connected, the Ministry said. In […]