Associated British Ports (ABP) and Dutch synthetic mooring solutions provider, FibreMax, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate development opportunities at ABP’s Port of Swansea, as well as the growing potential for floating offshore wind in the region. The partnership aims
Boskalis, an offshore construction company, has completed the connection of all export cables and platforms for the offshore wind farm being developed by RWE in the Dutch North Sea. Off the coast of the Netherlands, Boskalis connected all the export cables the company recently installed for the shor
Spain’s Haizea Wind Group has secured a EUR 35 million green loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to enhance manufacturing technologies and research and development (R&D) for wind turbine components. Announced on 2 August, the loan will enable the Spanish company to implement advanced manufa
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro and Ocean Infinity AB contracts to carry out geotechnical investigations at the Doordewind zone, one of the three new areas designated by the Dutch Government in 2022 to increase offshore wind capacity. RVO launched the tender for offshore ge
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has earmarked USD 4.7 million (approximately EUR 4.3 million) in federal funds for training and job placement initiatives to expand the US state’s offshore wind workforce. The funding, made possible through the US Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administrati
This is an op-ed piece by Sam Salustro, Vice President of Strategic Communication at Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. Six months occupied with questions about the upcoming election have muddied the waters, shifting the conversation about offshore wind energy
Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project,
Equitix has decided to invest in the 330 MW Gode offshore wind farm in Germany by acquiring a stake in the project from the Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). TRIG announced on 1 August the sale of a 15.2 per cent equity interest in the project for a consideration of EUR 100 million to funds ma
Rovco has completed a critical unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance project for Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The operation, which was Rovco’s first UXO project in Germany, was conducted using the company’s newly chartered multipurpose vessel MV Patriot, eq
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has initiated a EUR 5 billion programme to support the wind energy sector, starting with a EUR 500 million counter-guarantee to Deutsche Bank. The transaction is said to enable Deutsche Bank to set up a portfolio of up to EUR 1 billion of banking guarantees for new
Several universities from Australia have teamed up to launch the Australian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (ACOWE), aimed at tackling key challenges in the country’s offshore wind sector. The Centre involves collaboration between the University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Federation University
Researchers at the University of Limerick (UL) have developed a robotic solution for inspecting floating offshore wind farms, that was tested at Ocean Winds’ WindFloat Atlantic project in Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal. With the aim of advancing the maintenance of floating structures, the UL rese
UPDATE: On 16 August, the Moray West project developer, Ocean Winds, said via social media that more than half of the wind turbines were now installed. The Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland is nearing the halfway point of its wind turbine installation, according to the latest Notice to Marin
