Boxkite Software, Claviate, Indeximate, Pliant Energy Systems, Sensatek, and Triton Anchor have been selected by the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub in New York to receive support to further develop their solutions that could help advance offshore wind in the state and the US. The Offshore Wind Innovat
DEME’s installation vessel, Innovation, has installed the first monopile foundation at the îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Arriving in the Port of La Rochelle on 26 May, the vessel set sail for the project area loaded with two monopile foundations and two transition pieces,
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised the environmental review of potential offshore wind lease activities in the Central Atlantic. BOEM announced on 6 June the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA), which considers possible impacts from issuing leases for p
The Netherlands’ Pondera Consult and ENMARO (Energy Market Observer sp. z o.o.) have signed an agreement to jointly source, define, and target potential offshore wind project opportunities in Poland, leveraging their combined products and services as a consortium. The agreement was signed in Świnouj
UK-headquartered North Star has secured debt investment of up to GBP 425 million (approximately EUR 500 million) to accelerate its ambition to add 40 hybrid service operation vessels (SOV) to its fleet by 2040. The committed financial package of GBP 225 million includes term facilities from existing
Jumbo Offshore has completed the removal of the last two monopiles that were subject to pile runs during installation in an earlier construction phase at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project saw three pile runs, with the first occurring in 2021 and the same again happening in 2022 an
Dutch offshore access provider, Ampelmann, has received an order from Seaway7 to supply an E5000 gangway, which will support the construction of a major US coast offshore wind project. The order not only marks the first collaboration of Seaway7 and Ampelmann in the Americas but will also see the fir
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plan to announce the results of the tender for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta offshore wind sites on 11 June. The application period for the two IJmuiden Ver sites, totalling 4 GW in capacity, was
Italy will award Contracts for Difference (CfD) for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects through a scheme for which the Italian government just received the EU’s go-ahead. The EUR 35.5 billion scheme is comprised in a draft decree, dubbed Decree FER2, which the Italian Ministry of the En
Four new challenges, which aim to push the boundaries of innovation in floating offshore wind, have been launched in the NOW Accelerator programme. Presented by industry players Vattenfall and Seagust, Equinor, Deep Wind Offshore and EDF Renewables, and Å Energi and Corio, the four new challenges ar
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 square metres behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phas
Polish energy company PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted are expected to reach the final investment decision (FID) on the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in the second half of this year, Dariusz Marzec, Chairman of the Board at PGE, said at the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) Conference
The first of Cadeler’s M-class wind turbine installation vessels, Wind Maker, has been launched at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in South Korea. Eneti, which merged with Cadeler last year, placed an order with Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, for two Gusto MSC NG
DEME Group has launched Yellowstone, said to be the world’s largest fallpipe vessel, which is now preparing for its first project, the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States. Officially named by the Princess of Belgium, He
