Corio Generation, a standalone portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management, plans to restructure its offshore wind development business to focus on a smaller portfolio of projects. A spokesperson for Corio Generation said: “Given challenging market conditions in the offshore wind sector, Corio G
Port of Esbjerg and the Norwegian port operator, WindPort, have entered a strategic partnership to strengthen their position in the Norwegian offshore wind industry. The partnership will focus on joint project development and knowledge sharing across quay design, logistics, sustainable energy, and n
EOLOS has been awarded four lots within the offshore wind zones selected by the Portuguese Government National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG) for measuring the wind and metocean site conditions. Under the contract, EOLOS will be responsible for the supply, installation, and operation of flo
ScottishPower Renewables, part of Iberdrola, has awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to the Dutch company HSM Offshore Energy for the offshore substation and jacket foundation for the East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. HSM Of
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has taken delivery of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s first 100 per cent biomethanol-powered CTV. “We now operate the world’s first single fuel biometha
The first of two offshore converter station topsides, planned to be installed at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, is on its way to Europe following the sailway from Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The topside, completed by Ørsted’s Thailand-based team in partnership with Aibel and Hitachi Energy,
The final Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbine has been installed at the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland. The installation of the 54th wind turbine was completed in the early hours of this morning (7 April) at the site located some 15.5 kilometres off the Fife coast. The work was
On 7 April, The Crown Estate announced that the plans for a new generation of floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England moved a step closer as the leasing round for three sites in the Celtic Sea entered its final stages. Additionally, the companies bidding to build the proje
France will fail to meet its offshore wind installation target unless it streamlines permitting and creates a more favourable investment climate, according to new research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Despite carrying out numerous tenders since 2011, France
The ELWIND project has launched a tender seeking a contractor to carry out in-situ metocean measurement campaigns for offshore wind farms at Estonia and Latvia sites. According to ELWIND, the campaign must be done by a single provider for the two offshore wind farm sites of the ELWIND project. The s
The UK has granted development consent to Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex. The Development Consent Order (DCO), issued by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 4 April, will come into force on 28 April. RWE signed a sea
SSE Renewables is undertaking a benthic survey within a prospective offshore export cable route at the Berwick Bank offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The survey work is being carried out by Natural Power, utilising the Windcat 20 as the survey vessel. According to a Notice from Mariners from the
The wind energy sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, necessitating advancements in the manufacturing of wind towers and their foundations. Manufacturers face challenges such as accommodating larger turbine sizes, enhancing structural integrity, and improving production efficiency. Faccin, a
Norway’s VARD has signed a EUR 113.5 million contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) to design and build an offshore subsea construction vessel that will be dedicated to performing work in the offshore wind and telecom sectors, with the contract also including options. The 121.3-metre-lo
