The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of two wind energy development projects proposed offshore New Jersey by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC. Atlantic Shores, a 50:50 joint venture between EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies US, submi
SSE Renewables has signed an agreement with Japan’s Pacifico Energy to create a joint ownership company that will pursue offshore wind energy development projects in Japan. The creation of the joint ownership company involves the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80 per cent interest in an offshor
Sif, KCI, and Smulders have teamed up to jointly develop a new product line called ‘The revival of the Tripod’. The Tripod foundation concept was last deployed offshore at Global Tech 1 wind farm in the German North Sea around eight years ago. The concept on its own was abandoned as a ‘live’ foundat
Ramboll has been awarded a contract by Saipem, through its subsidiary Saipem SA, to perform the primary steel design of the monopile foundations for the Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm is owned by a consortium consisting of EDF Renewables, EIH S.à.r.l, a
Renewable energy platform Ripple has joined the NextGen consortium which is pursuing seabed development rights within the Crown Estate Scotland ScotWind leasing round. The partnership will help bring community ownership to the offshore wind sector for the first time in the UK, the consortium said. T
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Hai Long offshore wind farm project in Taiwan as one of its owner’s engineers. The Hai Long project, currently in the development phase, is a 1 GW wind farm located 50-70 kilometres from Taiwan’s shore. Hai Long has three separate grid allocations, where phase 2a
JDR Cable Systems is planning to open a new GBP 130 million subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, the UK. The project is subject to final agreements, with the construction of the 69,000 square metre facility expected to begin next year and opening in 2024. When
AqualisBraemar LOC (ABL) has been appointed as Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) for the construction of Codling Wind Park – Ireland’s largest Phase One offshore wind project. Appointed to the project by Codling Wind Park Ltd., ABL will provide MWS for the marine transportation and installation of wind
Havfram is expected to place an order for a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in the next quarter of this year, the company revealed on 27 September as it announced a target of having a majority of its income coming from the renewable energy sector by the middle of this decade. The semi-su
The installation of wind turbine foundations on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is scheduled to begin on or around 1 October, according to the latest update on the project’s offshore works. The three-legged suction caisson foundations will be towed from the Port of Nigg, Cromarty Firth,
Mayor of the City of New York Bill de Blasio and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) have revealed a 15-year USD 191 million (around EUR 162 million) Offshore Wind Vision (OSW) plan to make New York City a leading destination for the offshore wind industry. The OSW plan also incl
Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Energy, is preparing to deploy a floating LiDAR at the Valorous floating wind project site to inform the engineering designs and the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for the proposed project. The EOLOS FLS200 floating LiDAR s
The Port of Esbjerg in Denmark has been given the green light for a major expansion, which will see the port building more than 500,000 square metres of additional area to accommodate offshore wind activities. The port, which said it had been involved in more than half of all the offshore wind farms
Siemens Gamesa has extended the original contract term for servicing the 714 MW East Anglia ONE wind farm off the UK from five to 15 years with ScottishPower Renewables and Bilbao Offshore Holdings Limited. The deal, among the biggest in Siemens Gamesa’s Service business unit’s history, comes just o
