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  • New England Offshore Wind Auction Attracts Four Bidders

    28 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Four developers have submitted their bids in response to the combined Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island offshore wind solicitation with the tenders totalling 6.8 GW. The proposals were made by Avangrid Renewables, Ørsted, SouthCoast Wind Energy, and Vineyard Offshore. In October 2023, the three states signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind procurement, although […]

  • CS Wind Orders Tower Production Lines for Taiwan Facility

    12 June 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    CS Wind has ordered three offshore wind tower production lines from the Denmark-based Blaaholm for its first manufacturing facility in Taiwan. According to CS Wind, the production lines will provide a high welding capacity on a defined production area and will be optimized for existing crane capacity and height. The factory is currently being established, with […]

  • MEPA Seeks Supplemental Vineyard Wind Environmental Impact Report

    22 June 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) has requested a supplemental filing to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Vineyard Wind Connector project.

  • Ocean Winds Sells Minority Stake in Moray East to Equitix

    2 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has sold 16.6 per cent of its majority stake in the Moray East offshore wind farm to Equitix. According to Ocean Winds, the sale will support the company’s investments in its additional 5 GW of offshore wind projects in Scotland. Following the transaction, Ocean […]

  • Edda Wind Orders Two More CSOVs, Prepares for IPO

    15 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Edda Wind has ordered two more Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) and will start preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Growth Oslo. The two CSOVs will join Edda Wind’s fleet in 2023 and 2024 from Astilleros Gondan shipyard in Spain, where two CSOVs are currently being built, after Østensjø Rederi signed a letter […]

  • LM Wind Power Blades Ready for Hitachi Offshore Turbines

    7 June 2017
    R&D, Technology

    LM Wind Power has successfully completed installation and testing of a 66.5 meter wind turbine blade, ordered by Hitachi, Ltd. for offshore application.

  • US Wants Cutting-Edge Offshore Wind Test Facilities

    2 August 2018
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has invited public comment on its Request for Information (RFI) regarding national-level test facilities for offshore wind-specific research and development.

  • Maersk Makes Grand Entrance Into Offshore Wind Installation Market

    29 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The recently announced wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for which Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine won a shipbuilding contract is now confirmed to have been ordered by Maersk, whose subsidiary Maersk Supply Service has just revealed that it signed a firm contract with a joint venture between Equinor and BP for the installation of the Empire 1 […]

  • Prysmian Cracks Floating Wind Market with Kincardine Cable Contract

    24 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian Group has won a new contract with Cobra Wind International Ltd to provide the cable system to connect the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm to mainland UK.

  • French Government Pinpoints Location of First Floating Wind Farm

    28 September 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The first floating offshore wind farm in France will be built more than 20 kilometres from Pointe des Poulains, a peninsula located at the northwestern end of Belle-Île. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition, and Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea, announced the specific location of the country’s first 250 MW floating wind […]

  • COWI to Design Foundations for 15 MW Empire Wind Turbines

    15 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Empire Offshore Wind has awarded the engineering consulting group, COWI, with a contract to deliver a turnkey design for the wind turbine foundations for the Empire Wind 1 and 2 projects off the coast of Long Island, New York. This is COWI’s largest offshore wind engineering contract in the US to date, the company said. […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind Sets Sights on Deep-Water Projects

    6 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    Aker Solutions’ offshore wind spin-off, Aker Offshore Wind, will initially focus on deep-water fixed-bottom and floating wind projects in four different markets: South Korea, the USA, Scotland, and Norway. ScotWind According to a company presentation, Aker Offshore Wind has entered into an agreement with ”a reputable utility company” to submit a joint bid in the […]

  • 640 MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm Starts Delivering

    8 November 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines at the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm has been connected to the Taiwanese grid and the feed-in has commenced, the project developer said. By the end of 2021, the Yunlin offshore wind farm is expected to have the first batch of wind turbines […]

  • DEME to Install Vineyard Wind 1 Turbines Offshore Massachusetts

    1 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vineyard Wind has chosen DEME Offshore US for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 project site, located some 24 kilometres off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. For the project, DEME Offshore US will team up with FOSS Maritime Company, a U.S. maritime service contractor, which will provide skilled personnel […]

  • UK and Chinese Researchers Form Floating Offshore Wind Partnership

    15 September 2017
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Researchers from the University of Exeter will collaborate with counterparts in China on a new project to develop the next generation of floating offshore wind technology.

  • World Ocean Council Joins World Forum Offshore Wind

    17 May 2019
    Environment

    The World Ocean Council (WOC) has joined the recently launched World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) as its newest member. WOC brings together industries such as shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, renewable energy (wind, wave, tidal), ports, dredging, cables, as well as the maritime legal, financial and insurance communities, and others to address ocean sustainable […]

  • Plans Emerge for New Floating Wind Farm Offshore Sicily

    2 February 2023

    Milan-based developer Ninfea Rinnovabili has submitted a maritime concession application for a 750 MW floating wind project off the southeast of Sicily. Located in the Malta Channel, at least 27 kilometres off the coast of Sicily, the Scicli wind farm will feature 50 15 MW wind turbines and two floating offshore substations. The wind farm’s […]

  • Edda Wind and Sri Lankan Shipyard Terminate CSOV Contracts

    28 July 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has agreed with Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka to terminate the construction and delivery contracts for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). Edda Wind said it had not paid any pre-delivery installments to Colombo Dockyard, and only incurred minor cost in relation to the project. Under the agreement, […]

  • US Test Center Gearing Up For Offshore Wind Giant

    30 January 2018
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    Clemson University is preparing the 15MW dynamometer test rig at its SCE&G Energy Innovation Center in Charleston, South Carolina, which will be used to test the gearbox of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s 9.5MW offshore wind turbine.

  • Total Adds Another Floating Wind Project to Its Portfolio

    7 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is scheduled to be built […]

  • Photo of the Day: Port of Esbjerg Displays Offshore Wind Bounty

    18 November 2016
    Ports & Logistics

    Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg has shared a photograph showing components for more than 100 offshore wind turbines ready for installation in the North Sea stored in the port area. In 2016, estimated 1.1 GW offshore wind will be shipped from the Port of Esbjerg, and so far 0.75 GW onshore wind have passed the quays […]

  • Aker Solutions to Set Up Standalone Offshore Wind Company

    17 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Aker Solutions will separate its offshore wind business in a new company – Aker Offshore Wind – saying the standalone entity will have financial flexibility to raise required capital for large, capital-intensive projects. The company, which is merging with Kvaerner and is also spinning off its carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) business, will be […]

  • Portugal to Hold Its First Offshore Wind Tender This Year

    17 March 2022
    Authorities

    Portugal plans to organise an auction for floating offshore wind this Summer, according to Reuters, which reports that between 3 GW and 4 GW are planned to be auctioned in the country’s Atlantic Ocean waters. The procured projects are expected to enter operation in 2026, Reuters says Portugal’s Environment and Energy Transition minister João Matos Fernandes […]

  • UK Industry Gathers to Set Out Floating Wind Strategy

    25 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables have launched a new industry group to set out the strategy for large-scale deployment of floating offshore wind in the UK. The Floating Wind Steering Group will meet with the aim of producing a consensus vision for the future of floating wind and the business case for its continued development in the UK. According to the […]

  • LM Wind Power Opens US Blade Technology Center

    9 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    LM Wind Power has inaugurated a new Technology Center Americas facility to develop and test new techniques for designing and building wind turbine blades at its facility on the NASA Michoud campus outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Global Wind Service Ready for Block Island OWF Work

    14 July 2016

    Global Wind Service (GWS) is starting up the Block Island Wind Farm project after making the preparations to deliver manpower, tools and safety equipment. “We are very proud to be a part of bringing offshore wind to the U.S. and we see great future opportunities for their growing offshore wind industry,” said Chief Commercial Officer […]