Norwegian Offshore Wind teams up with the Polish cluster of Composite Technologies to strengthen the cooperation between Poland and Norway in offshore wind. Together with Rosenberg Worley, the University of Stavanger, and Fundacja Partnerstwa Technologicznego, a research institute, the clusters have
Jan De Nul’s next-generation floating offshore installation vessel, Les Alizés, is getting ready for its first assignment which is to transport and install monopile foundations and an offshore substation topside at Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in Germany. The vessel’s delivery took place some two ye
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, has introduced a new bill in the House of Commons which will put in place regulations that will enable offshore wind development in the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. On 30 May, the minister, in partnership with the
100 out of 114 Vestas V164-10 MW wind turbines have been installed at what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen – off the coast of Angus. According to AIS, Cadeler’s wind farm installation vessel Wind Orca is at the offshore construction site 27 kilometres from the coast of Angus
Austrian crane specialist Palfinger Marine has revealed that 14 of its PF 200 fixed boom cranes are set to be installed at the Ishikari offshore wind farm in Hokkaido, Japan. Each crane features a lifting capacity of 1,000 kilograms and has an outreach of seven metres – the maximum outreach among PA
The installation of wind turbine jacket foundations at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm will resume over the coming few days with the vessel Thialf set to carry out the work. Twelve foundations were installed at the Scottish project’s site last year, two of which are supporting the wind
Subsea 7, in collaboration with OneSea Energy, has secured GBP 150,000 (around USD 187,000) in funding from the Scottish government to investigate pairing a large-scale floating hydrogen production system with a floating wind farm offshore Scotland. The funding was awarded as part of the Hydrogen In
International engineering and contracting group Semco Maritime has entered into an agreement to acquire German full-service provider Wind Multiplikator for an undisclosed sum. The transaction also includes all activities in offshore service provider OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions, which is part of Win
Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an Irish-based, global offshore wind energy consultancy firm, plans to recruit up to 500 professionals over the next five years to support the establishment of an Engineering Hub focused on analysis and innovation to serve the growing demand for its services, both
The Hollandse Kust Noord platform has been taken over by the Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT. After a successful project engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and offshore hook-up, the Hollandse Kust Noord platform take-over is now official by signing off the Taking-O
US-based supply chain solutions company serving the offshore wind sector, Crowley, has made an investment in Tugdock, developers of the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP). Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platfo
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has filed an application for a concession with the Italian authorities for a site located some 50 kilometres off the Sicilian coast, where the developer wants to build a floating wind farm. This is an excerpt from a Premium article publi
Lithuania’s first offshore wind auction has concluded, with two bidders submitting offers, announced the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) yesterday. The auction started on 31 March and was open until 29 May. The 137.5-square-kilometre site in the Baltic Sea, which the Lithuanian Government
Cyan Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Taiya Renewable Energy company to build vessel capacity and work together on deployment in Taiwan and other markets. The Taiwanese Government is planning to add 15 GW of offshore wind power capacity by 2035. Under the MoU,
