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Finnish Company Positioning for Offshore Wind Build-Out in Åland
Finnish company Ilmatar Energy Oy has established a subsidiary called Ilmatar Offshore Ab through which it plans to develop an offshore wind project in the province of Åland, where the provincial government has outlined an offshore wind development zone in the Gulf of Bothnia, named Sunnanvind. The
Havfram Studying Transport and Installation for Equinor’s South Korean Floating Wind Project
Equinor has awarded Havfram a contract for a transport and installation study on the 800 MW Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The scope of the study includes transport and installation activities offshore as well as the supply and procurement of the inter-array cables and the mo
Argeo Gets OK for Multi-Client Program at First Utsira Nord Offshore Wind Project
Norwegian authorities have approved Argeo’s planned multi-client program for the first offshore wind project to begin at Utsira Nord, with data acquisition set to soon commence. Argeo will start the operations using its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with sensors to acquire data over t
Maersk Makes Grand Entrance Into Offshore Wind Installation Market
The recently announced wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for which Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine won a shipbuilding contract is now confirmed to have been ordered by Maersk, whose subsidiary Maersk Supply Service has just revealed that it signed a firm contract with a joint venture between Equin
Seaway 7 Wins EPIC Offshore Wind Contract
Seaway 7 has won an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract with EnBW for the inter-array cables for the He Dreiht offshore wind project in Germany. The scope includes the supply and installation of around 100 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cables and respective ca
Norway Grants Concession to SeaTwirl’s Floating Wind Demo
SeaTwirl has been granted concession for an offshore site in Bokn municipality, Norway, where the Swedish company plans to install its S2x floating wind platform. SeaTwirl, together with Marin Energi Testsenter AS (MET), applied for a five-year concession with Norwegian Waterways and Energy Director
Aker Solutions Picks Protea Cranes for US Offshore Wind Project
Protea, a global manufacturer of offshore handling equipment, has been selected by Aker Solutions as the supplier of two service cranes for the offshore wind farm project off the coast of the USA. The service cranes have a lifting capacity of one tonne and a radius of four metres, the company said.
Cadeler Triples Revenue in 2021
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S said that the company tripled its revenue in 2021 and returned to profitability. The revenue for 2021 totaled EUR 61 million, an increase of 212 per cent against EUR 19.5 million in 2020. The growth reflects a 77 per cent utilizatio
Vallianz to Build Offshore Charging-Ready Service Operation Vessel
Singapore-based Vallianz Holdings Limited and Royal IHC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the design and construction of a next-generation Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the offshore wind market, which will be operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Deutschland. Under the te
Surveys Starting on New Wind Project Offshore Ireland
Energia Group has selected surveying and data services company Green Rebel to carry out geophysical surveys for its proposed North Celtic Sea offshore wind farm off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Energia’s up to 800 MW North Celtic Sea project is one of the most advanced offshore wind projects in
New Zealand Sovereign Wealth Fund Forms Offshore Wind Partnership with CIP
NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are working in partnership to explore the potential for large-scale offshore wind energy in the South Taranaki Bight offshore New Zealand. The NZD 58 billion (EUR 36.4 billion) NZ Super Fund is a global investment fund that was established b
Offshore Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore construction has started on Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction. The offshore works are kicking off with a geophysical pre-lay survey along the Dogger Bank Aexport cable corridor i
Ørsted Divesting Half of Hornsea Two for EUR 3.6 Billion
Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest 50 per cent of its 1.3 GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK to a consortium comprising AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances for GBP 3 billion (approximately EUR 3.6 billion). The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, once t
Van Oord Cracks US Market with Offshore Wind Contract
Van Oord has won a contract to transport and install wind turbines at an undisclosed wind farm offshore the East Coast of the USA. The company will deploy the offshore installation vessel Aeolus on the project. The turbine installation work is scheduled to start in 2023. Van Oord said that this is t