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Netherlands Starts Working on Site Characterisation for New Offshore Wind Areas
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced upcoming calls for tenders through which the Dutch Government will procure geophysical surveys and archeological assessment of new areas that have been designated to accommodate the country’s increased offshore wind target. Around 24 June, RVO pl
How Sideshore Technology can optimise the layout of your offshore wind farm by applying state-of-the-art algorithms
Written by Ben de Sonneville, director of Sideshore Technology Smarter offshore wind farm layouts will accelerate the energy transition Wind farm layout optimisation is the art of defining the optimal locations of wind turbines, infield cables and substation structures. It presents a golden opportun
Pemamek Expanding Production Capacity amid Rising Wind Energy Sector’s Demand
The welding and production automation provider Pemamek Ltd. has decided to invest a total of EUR 15 million in factory expansion and product development to increase the company’s production capability and abilities to meet the rising demand from the wind energy sector. The factory expansion will bri
TGS Starts Multi-Client Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign in New York Bight
Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has started a multi-client offshore wind measurement campaign by deploying EOLOS’s floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight area off the US East Coast. The multi-client approach offers offshore wind stakeholders the added benefits of reduced
Equinor and Technip Energies Start Floating Offshore Wind Collaboration
Equinor and Technip Energies have entered a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of floating offshore wind during the Seanergy conference in Normandie, France. The two companies come together to develop floating wind steel semi substructures that aim to accelerate technology develop
RPS Wins Work on ScotWind Floating Offshore Wind Project
SSE Renewables and its ScotWind partners, Marubeni Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have selected RPS to carry out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) for the up to 2.6 GW floating wind project offshore Scotland. RPS teams based in
Bold Tern’s New Crane Commissioned, Ready for 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbines
The new 1,600-tonne Huisman leg encircling crane on board Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s vessel Bold Tern has been commissioned, with the vessel now capable of installing wind turbines of up to 15 MW. Load testing of the crane was done earlier this month in Singapore, where the vessel was upgraded at Kep
Rovco Stays on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm
Rovco has commenced year three of its survey campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. Rovco’s UK-based team will deliver survey work on all inter-array cable and subsea jacket locations across the 588 MW wind farm, with activities commenci
American Car Giant Invests in Multi-Turbine Floating Offshore Wind Systems
American multinational automotive manufacturing corporation General Motors (GM) has led a Series A investment round of up to USD 10 million into Wind Catching Systems, the Norwegian developer of multi-turbine floating offshore wind systems, to help fund the development and commercialization of the t
EnBW Orders He Dreiht Transition Pieces from Sif and Smulders
The Sif-Smulders joint venture will manufacture 64 transition pieces (TPs) for EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. According to Raf Iemants, Managing Director of Smulders, the production of TPs will start in March 2023 at the company’s yard in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, with the last load
Bourbon to Operate IWS Skywalker Vessels on French Offshore Wind Farms
Bourbon has entered into a strategic partnership with IWS Fleet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS (IWS), that will allow the company to offer commissioning and maintenance services to the French offshore wind market by using IWS’s Skywalker class vessels. This agreement will
Siemens Gamesa, Cadeler to Present Sofia Supply Chain Opportunities
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, the supplier of wind turbines for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK, and Cadeler, the company who will install them, will hold a supply chain event on 7 July to showcase contracting opportunities for the project. At the event, the companies will provide a
Seaway 7 Secures Another USD 500+ Million Offshore Wind Contract
Seaway 7 ASA, part of the Subsea 7 Group, has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore in th
Offshore Substation Stands at Arcadis Ost 1
Parkwind and 50Hertz have installed the offshore substation for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The 2,380-tonne, 30-metre high offshore substation was installed by the Scaldis crane ship Gulliver on its monopile foundation at the project site, located around 19 kilomet