TotalEnergies plans to install 9 GW of offshore wind capacity in Brazil, according to local media, which reports the France-headquartered oil major is looking to develop three projects in the country, each with an installed capacity of 3 GW. EPBR reports that TotalEnergies is eyeing building wind fa
After signing lease option agreements with the winners of the ScotWind auction, Crown Estate Scotland is now preparing to start a Clearing process which allows the out competed applicants who met leasing requirements to undergo a revision of their applications for available alternative locations. Th
Seawind Ocean Technology has announced a collaboration with Singapore-based SeaTech Solutions International on the design of semi-submersible floating platforms. Under the agreement, SeaTech will provide Seawind with the basic design of the semi-submersible floating platform according to internation
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has completed crew change trials on its Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 vessel in the North Sea, using the Ampelmann S-type motion-compensated gangway. Following this move, the 74-metre Aqua Helix will undergo “a shakedown of all her systems during the sea trials”, Damen said.
BP and EnBW have selected RPS to complete the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) for the development of the Morven offshore wind farm in Scotland, for which BP and EnBW secured a seabed lease in the ScotWind auction. RPS is already supporting BP an
The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has won a contract to install the remaining monopiles on the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan some two and a half months after Sapura Energy decided to leave the project mid-construction. The contract was awarded to NPCC by Yu
Cadeler’s jack-up Wind Osprey has left Sif’s facility at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam loaded with the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines to be installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The project milestone marks a series of firsts for the
NKT’s 140-metre long cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria has commenced export cable installation activities at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in the UK. The work started on 17 April and will be performed on a continuous basis in two campaigns until approximately 2 June. The first campaig
Singapore-based offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Service Holdings (POSH) has partnered with Aberdeen-headquartered mooring and marine service specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) to explore growth opportunities for floating offshore wind in Europe. The companies signed a Memorandum
The pre-assembly work of wind turbine towers for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, has started at Akita Port. The project comprises 20 Vestas V117 – 4.2 MW wind turbines to be installed off Noshiro Port, and 13 Vestas units off Akita Port. In December 2021,
Semi-submersible crane vessel, Saipem 7000, has returned to ”a stable position and safe condition” soon after developing a list during a crane incident off the coast of Amoyfjorden, Norway, Saipem said. As reported, Saipem 7000 and a couple of cargo barges were involved in a lifting incident on Thur
The towing of 11 concrete SPAR-type floating foundations for the 88 MW Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm from Dommersnes to the assembly site in Gulen, Norway, has started. The concrete foundations will support the 11 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines. The wind turbines will be fully assembled at the
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaboration between nine offshore wind developers, has revealed that it’s launching 16 new research and development (R&D) projects this year. The projects span five areas of logistics and operations and maintenance (O&M), cables, electrical sys
Sweden-based Eolus Vind has submitted applications for developing three offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The three potential projects have an expected capacity of 1,000 MW, 1,200 MW, and 1,060 MW. The offshore wind farms are intended to be ready for construction in 2029 and completed by
