Windward Offshore; a joint venture consortium led by SeaRenergy Group in collaboration with Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping, and SeraVerse; has ordered two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from VARD to establish maritime asset services focusing on bolstering the offshore wind i
Following the launch of its HexDefence scour protection solution for monopile foundations earlier this year, Balmoral has now launched a HexDefence system specifically designed for offshore wind jacket foundations. At the beginning of this year, the Scottish engineering company introduced HexDefence
Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing activities at Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. Located more than 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind consists of an array of 62 wind turbines that will generate 800 MW of electricity and p
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has unveiled a new offshore wind turbine model with a rated capacity of 22 MW – the MySE 22MW. The MySE 22MW model would be the most powerful wind turbine in the world and would feature a 310+ metre rotor. Equipped with carbon-fibre blades, the
The Netherlands will reach, and exceed, the target set in its Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2023 by the end of this year. The country’s first offshore wind roadmap, created following the Dutch Energy Agreement signed ten years ago, sets a goal of 4.5 GW of installed capacity by the end of 2023 – and
TotalEnergies has partnered with Corio Generation and Rise Light & Power (Rise), a New York-based electricity producer, for the joint development of the Attentive Energy offshore wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey. Corio and Rise took respective stakes of 27.7 per cent and 16.3 pe
A Scoping Report and a capacity update have been issued regarding the Spiorad na Mara offshore wind project in Scotland, owned by Northland Power and ESB. Following a recent application to the National Grid Electricity System Operator regarding the grid connection for Spiorad na Mara, it is expected
Industry experts convene at Clarksons HQ to address challenges and explore opportunities amid turbulent times. Clarksons Securities, Clarksons Offshore & Renewables, and Green Giraffe Advisory jointly hosted the “Offshore Wind Investment: Mind The Gap” seminar at Clarksons’ headquarters in London. T
The first monopile foundations have arrived at the Port of Virginia for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US. In September, the first eight monopile foundations, which are single vertical, steel cylinder, set sail from EEW SPC’s factory in Rostock, Germany, to th
The Finnish Government has granted survey permits for Ilmatar Offshore’s two new project areas, Bothnia and Bothnia West, in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. Ilmatar Offshore has identified two new areas suitable for offshore wind in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. The project areas are cal
The 69th and final Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbine was installed at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm in the Dutch North Sea on Thursday, 19 October, CrossWind, the owner and developer of the wind farm said. The final turbine’s three 97-metre long blades were lifted into position
Ørsted has contracted CDWE, the joint venture between DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, to carry out seabed levelling and scour protection for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The scope of work incorporates seabed levelling and scour protection for both the offshore su
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified a draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore the Gulf of Maine holding an estimated 40 GW of capacity which will be put up for a lease sale in 2024. The Draft WEA covers approximately 3,519,067 acres offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Ham
DEME’s jack-up Sea Installer has installed the first GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbine at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project in the US. The completed turbine is comprised of one tower, three 351-foot-long blades (about 107 metres), and a nacelle. The fully assembled unit represents the largest
