RWE has kicked off geophysical and geotechnical site investigations at the Norfolk Boreas, Norfolk Vanguard East, and Norfolk Vanguard West offshore wind project sites in the UK, rights to which the German company acquired from Vattenfall earlier this year. The survey vessel Braveheart Spirit is con
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has placed an order with Strategic Marine for two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to expand its fleet from five to seven ships. The new vessels are expected to be delivered in early 2025. The two new CTVs will be built by Singapore’s Strategic Marine and are sisterships to t
Heerema Marine Contractors has demonstrated a noise reduction of 24 decibels (dB) during installation work at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, where the offshore construction specialist employed a noise mitigation spread with equipment supplied by IQIP. The Netherlands-based Heerema M
The County Administrative Board of Gävleborg in Sweden has recommended that the government approve the proposed 3.9 GW Eystrasalt offshore wind project, developed by Skyborn Renewables’ local unit. Announced on 3 July, the company said it is now the government’s turn to take a position on the Eystra
The European Commission has approved a EUR 10.82 billion French scheme, to support the deployment of offshore wind, in particular the construction and operation of two bottom-fixed offshore wind farms in the country. The scheme, which will run for 20 years, will support a wind farm in the South Atla
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is working on a concept for an offshore subsea transformer that could, according to the TSO, speed up the offshore grid expansion. At the end of June, TenneT launched a tender in Germany for feasibility studies into the concept. Acc
After six years of development, sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test its Dolphyn Hydrogen process which combines electrolysis, desalination, and hydrogen production on a floating wind platform, marking the first time hydrogen has been produced from seawater in a marine
WINDEA CTV, a partnership between Hornblower Group and MidOcean Wind, has completed the delivery of four US-built, hybrid-ready crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for operations supporting large-scale commercial offshore wind projects along the East Coast. The four CTVs include the previously delivered WI
Norwegian Vard has held the steel cutting ceremony for the highly customised hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel it is building for the Japanese offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for NB 980 was held on 1 July in Vard Shipyards Romania – Braila, marking a milestone in the co
German clean energy asset manager, Luxcara, has signed a preferred supplier deal with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the supply of wind turbines to the Waterkant offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The reservation agreement covers the supply of 16 of the “world’s most powerful offshore
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, covering trenching, transport, and installation of inter-array cables. RWE has recently made the final investment decision for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind
The 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines and exported to Scotland’s National Electricity Transmission System (NETS), Ocean Winds said. The wind farm is nearing the end of the construction phase and will become fully operational in 2025
Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded contracts for the transportation and installation of monopiles and transition pieces, as well as offshore substation jackets and topsides for Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. The contracts were signed with MFW Baltyk II Sp. z.o.o.
Maersk Supply Service has launched Maersk Offshore Wind, a new company that will provide installation services to the offshore wind market based on a new offshore wind installation vessel (Maersk WIV) concept. The design and concept are estimated to reduce the installation time of offshore wind turb
