RWE, together with its partners, has launched the Sustainable ecosystem approach in Monitoring the marine environment (SeaMe) project at its Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine
Patriot Offshore Maritime Services, a subsidiary of Liberty Green Logistics based in Lake Success, New York, has been awarded a ten-year crew transfer vessel (CTV) services contract for work on Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The Jones Act-qualified CTV will be constructed in a U
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE is conducting market consultation as it is preparing to launch a tender for the long-term supply of underground and subsea 320 kV and 525 kV HVDC cable links for French offshore wind farms that will be commissioned from 2034. In a notice issued on 25 Oct
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) has opened a tender for 2.8 GW of wind and solar energy capacity, 1.5 GW of which is being sought through offshore wind. On 25 October, Korea’s Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Center issued an invitation to tender which seeks to award 1 G
The DP3 installation vessel Orion, owned and operated by the Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME, is scheduled to begin installing the remaining monopile foundations at the Vineyard Wind 1 site in the US on or around 28 October, as disclosed in the project’s recent offshore wind mariner up
Ocean Winds has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) to promote the exchange of knowledge related to offshore wind energy. According to Ocean Winds, the agreement seeks to align essential elements for the growth of the offshore win
Elia Transmission Belgium (ETB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement for a EUR 650 million green credit facility whose proceeds will be used for the first phase of the Princess Elisabeth energy island project. The construction phase of what will become the first artificial
MFW Bałtyk II sp. z o.o. and MFW Bałtyk III sp. z o.o. special purpose companies have signed a total of four agreements for the charter of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the construction of the offshore wind farms in Poland. Polenergia and Equinor hold 50 per cent stakes each in MFW Bałtyk II Sp.
At a North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) Ministerial Meeting held on 24 October in Odense, Denmark, the energy ministers of nine North Sea countries signed a new declaration which, among other things, calls for a digital transparency tool for offshore wind tenders and supply chain capacities. NSEC
SouthCoast Wind 1, being developed by Ocean Winds, has secured approvals from the state of Massachusetts for the construction and operation of onshore transmission facilities at Brayton Point in Somerset, the US. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) approved South
Dominion Energy has completed the purchase of the Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease area from Avangrid, Iberdrola’s US subsidiary, for approximately USD 160 million. The agreement includes a lease acquisition payment of USD 117 million, approximately USD 3,000 per acre, along with a reimbursement
The first floating solars for the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore solar farm have arrived at the Port of Amsterdam, set for installation at the Dutch CrossWind HKN offshore wind farm. Planned for a 2025 installation, the Hollandse Kust Noord solar farm is expected to be what the company describe
Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and China’s Mingyang have signed a cooperation agreement for activities focused on offshore wind. According to the companies, the goal is to collaborate and share information to explore projects and technologies designed to stren
BlueFloat Energy has decided to cease the development of offshore wind projects in New Zealand following a global strategic review. BlueFloat Energy said it remains confident that offshore wind presents a strategic opportunity for New Zealand, contributing to both decarbonization and economic growth
