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  • Ulstein Introduces New U-STERN Offshore Wind Vessel Design

    24 April 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Ulstein Design & Solutions BV has introduced its patent-pending U-STERN offshore wind installation vessel design for transporting, upending, and installing large monopiles on DP. According to the developer, the U-STERN enables longitudinal storage of monopiles and upending in the ship’s centre line. This should allow the ship to head into the waves during the installation […]

  • Site Investigations Start for 2 GW Offshore Wind Project in Scotland

    17 April 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is set to deploy its Seawatch floating LiDAR, surface metocean equipment buoys and seabed landers at the offshore site in Scotland where ScottishPower Renewables plans to build its 2 GW MachairWind offshore wind farm, with seabed surveys scheduled to start this summer. Using the Forth Warrior vessel, this month, Fugro will install the equipment at two […]

  • Thialf Installing Jacket Foundations for Dogger Bank A & B Offshore Substations

    13 April 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Thialf has returned from the Baltic Sea and has been deployed on the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind farms, where the vessel is currently installing jacket foundations for the project’s two offshore substations. According to AIS data available online and a recently issued Notice to Mariners […]

  • Leading Light Wind to Invest in Staten Island as Offshore Wind Hub

    28 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment

    Leading Light Wind, the American-led offshore wind project in the New York Bight, has announced three initiatives to establish Staten Island as a hub for the American offshore wind industry. The first initiative is a USD 900,000 partnership with CUNY College of Staten Island to develop the next generation of offshore wind workforce. The partners’ […]

  • Palfinger Receives Crane Order for Another Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    15 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Palfinger Marine has officially been commissioned to deliver 25 of its stiff boom cranes for the Kitakyusyu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm in Japan. The deliveries of the service platform cranes are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024. The Austrian-based company said that the design of the stiff boom cranes with an outreach of […]

  • GE Developing 18 MW Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine

    14 March 2023
    Business development, Technology

    GE could soon join the list of wind turbine manufacturers who have surpassed the current 15 MW “threshold” by producing and/or announcing more powerful models. According to information recently shared with investors, the US-headquartered company is likely to climb up the offshore wind turbine output ladder, currently led by Chinese OEMs, with an up to […]

  • ORLEN Group Secures Licences for Five Offshore Wind Sites in Poland

    4 October 2023
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Planning & Permitting

    The ORLEN Group has received the Minister of Infrastructure’s final decision awarding licences for five new offshore wind farm development sites in the Polish Baltic Sea. The decision marks the initiation of the project’s preparatory phase. The ORLEN Group’s forthcoming five offshore farms are planned to have a capacity of approximately 5.2 GW, generating sufficient […]

  • Increased Offshore Wind Targets to Fuel REPowerEU Green Hydrogen Ambitions

    19 May 2022
    Authorities

    The 150 GW of offshore wind capacity pledged to be reached by 2050 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands under the Esbjerg Declaration, signed yesterday (18 May) at the North Sea Summit, will contribute to large-scale onshore and offshore production of green hydrogen, one of the focal points of the European Commission’s REPowerEU strategy, also […]

  • POSCO, CIP Partner on Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen in South Korea

    19 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    POSCO Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore wind and green hydrogen business development. Under the MoU, the two companies will work together on the development of offshore wind projects, cooperate on supply chain development for offshore wind, and on developing a green hydrogen business. To achieve […]

  • Petrobras Reveals 4 GW Offshore Wind Power Play in Brazil

    19 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Brazilian oil & gas major Petrobras announced on 18 May that it was evaluating the environmental feasibility of building an offshore wind farm in Aracatu, Brazil, together with Equinor. The partnership on the up to 4 GW project follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the two companies signed in 2018, two years before Equinor submitted an application for environmental […]

  • Masdar and JERA to Bid in Upcoming US Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    10 May 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prequalified 16 companies for tomorrow’s (11 May) Carolina Long Bay lease sale. Among the names on the list of eligible bidders are once again European oil majors and offshore wind developers, who are now joined by the Japanese developer JERA and the UAE-based Masdar. BOEM announced […]

  • UK Government Setting Stage for Offshore Wind Multi-Purpose Interconnectors

    26 April 2022
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The UK Government has announced its intention to establish future offshore wind Multi-Purpose Interconnectors (MPIs) which will provide a more efficient and environmentally friendly approach to integrating 50 GW of offshore wind capacity into the grid by 2030, and could also enable Britain to export excess wind energy to neighbouring countries. The Government plans to […]

  • 15 MW Turbines Dominate Brazil’s Offshore Wind Project List

    25 April 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Majority of offshore wind projects now undergoing licensing process for environmental investigations in Brazil are listing 15 MW as the wind turbine capacity of choice. While there are a few variations in references to the 15 MW turbine technology planned to be used, most of these are listed as Vestas’s model with a 236-metre rotor […]

  • Fugro Gets Call for 3 GW Offshore Wind Sites in the UK

    12 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has won a contract with BP and EnBW to carry out a geotechnical site investigation campaign at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea. Fieldwork will run from May to September at the site located approximately 30 kilometres off the coast of North Wales and North West England in an area known […]

  • Mining Giant and TotalEnergies to Jointly Bid in Polish Offshore Wind Auction

    12 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    TotalEnergies and KGHM, a Polish state-owned mining corporation, signed a partnership to participate on a 50/50 basis in the Polish government tender for the development of offshore wind projects. The Polish government has launched a new auction scheme covering eleven areas in the Baltic Sea, representing an expected total capacity of over 10 GW. If […]

  • Two-Bladed Floating Offshore Wind System Attracts Japanese Majors

    8 April 2022
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Seawind Ocean Technology, the developer of two-bladed floating offshore wind energy systems, has established collaboration with JGC Japan Corporation (JGC) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). Having agreed on the key terms of the relationship in a recently executed MOU, the companies intend on entering into a definitive Joint Development Agreement later this year. Seawind’s CEO, […]

  • Pairing Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas Goes Beyond Decarbonisation – Report

    8 April 2022
    Contribution, Industry

    A study commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland has revealed that connecting offshore wind installations directly to oil and gas platforms could help decarbonisation, support economic activity, and encourage new companies to enter the offshore renewable energy sector. The report, carried out by independent consultancy company Natural Power on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland, follows the […]

  • Ørsted Takes Majority Stake in Floating Wind Project Offshore Scotland

    6 April 2022
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has joined a floating wind joint venture set up by Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 and is acquiring a majority stake in the Salamander project offshore Scotland. The 100 MW Salamander project is a stepping-stone floating wind project off the east coast of Scotland, designed to provide the Scottish supply chain with an […]

  • German Airways Adding Wingcopter Drones to Serve Offshore Wind Market

    1 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    German logistics and aviation holding Zeitfracht Group and its subsidiary German Airways have signed a joint letter of intent with their compatriot drone manufacturer Wingcopter to purchase 17 delivery drones which will be deployed from the second half of 2024 for offshore operations such as delivering spare parts to offshore wind farms. The 17 drones […]

  • Aker Solutions Picks Protea Cranes for US Offshore Wind Project

    29 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Protea, a global manufacturer of offshore handling equipment, has been selected by Aker Solutions as the supplier of two service cranes for the offshore wind farm project off the coast of the USA. The service cranes have a lifting capacity of one tonne and a radius of four metres, the company said. Aker Solutions, together […]

  • Port of Esbjerg to Boost Offshore Wind Ops with Digital Twin Tech

    7 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Technology

    Danish Port of Esbjerg has started working with global infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol on developing a ‘digital twin’ of the port that will allow simulating future offshore wind projects. “Port Esbjerg and the whole supply chain in Esbjerg has a lot of experience in supporting offshore wind and has been involved in more […]

  • Foundation Installation to Begin at 342 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME is currently mobilising its jack-up vessel Neptune as well as the Blue Tern jack-up, chartered from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, for monopile installation that is set commence at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany. The vessels will also be joined by Sea Challenger which will install the project’s transition pieces, according to a […]

  • Belgium Seeks Geological Studies for Princess Elisabeth Offshore Wind Zone

    31 August 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Belgium’s Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes, and Energy has issued a contract notice seeking theoretical geological studies for the Princess Elisabeth offshore wind zone. Interested parties have until 27 September to respond to this contract notice. Belgium’s first offshore wind zone was fully constructed with the commissioning of the Northwester II and the […]

  • Hardware for First Mediterranean Offshore Wind Farm Starts Arriving in Italy

    20 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first shipment of monopiles for the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm has arrived at the Port of Taranto in Italy. The ten-turbine project will, once completed, be the first offshore wind farm built in the Mediterranean. The wind farm’s monopiles were manufactured by Spain’s Haizea Wind Group. The installation of the foundations at […]

  • Most Advanced Offshore Wind Project in Australia Gets State Funding

    23 November 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, has entered a AUD 43.1 million (around EUR 27.7 million) partnership with the Victorian government to progress key development activities and kick-start a local offshore wind industry. This partnership will see the Star of the South invest AUD 23.6 million and the Victorian Government contribute AUD […]

  • Equinor Plans to Deploy New Floating Wind Foundation Offshore Scotland

    1 November 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Equinor plans to deploy a new floating foundation design offshore Scotland if the company comes out as one of the seabed lease winners in the ScotWind auction and builds its proposed 1 GW floating wind project. The Wind Semi, a semisubmersible wind turbine foundation, has been designed with flexibility, specifically to allow for fabrication and […]