Odfjell Oceanwind has secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full-
Irish floating offshore wind developer Simply Blue Group is looking to develop floating wind projects in the US and has now assembled a leadership team for its operations in the country. With the US recently announcing its offshore wind target of 30 GW by 2030 and experts saying the country has the
Windar Renovables has signed a EUR 50 million sustainable factoring line with BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) to finance the contract the company was recently awarded for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project. The contract financing, which will support Windar’s manufacturing and delivery of
Tekmar Group and DeepWater Buoyancy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in the offshore wind sector. The partnership is focused on the new and emerging floating offshore wind market which has an exponential growth forecast of 10 GW installed capacity by 2030, the compani
Eneti Inc. has completed the acquisition of the 100 per cent share in Atlantis Investorco Limited, the parent company of Seajacks International Limited. The transaction was completed on 12 August, Eneti said. Earlier this month, Eneti’s wholly-owned direct subsidiary entered into a binding agreement
Swire Pacific Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Pacific Hornbill has been deployed on the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan to support the ongoing construction activities. The vessel, which departed from the Port of Taichung to the project site on 16 August (according to
Wind turbine prices are expected to increase by up to ten per cent over the next 12 to 18 months due to increases in commodity prices, logistics costs, and coronavirus-related challenges, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. As noted in a recent Wood Mackenzie report, a rise in steel, co
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine and the UK-based offshore support vessel provider WEM Marine have signed contracts for two more crew transfer vessels (CTVs), scheduled for delivery in April 2022. The new shipbuilding contracts follow WEM’s first order with Strategic Marine in September
The first pin pile installation campaign at the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farm offshore Taiwan has been completed, Boskalis said. During the first installation campaign which started in early July, the crane vessel Bokalift 1 installed 48 pin piles at the site 15 kilometres off the coast of Ch
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the South Fork offshore wind farm and plans to issue a record of decision on whether to approve the proposed project in October. If approved, the 130 MW wind farm planned to be built off the coasts of Rhode Isl
The developers of the Star of the South wind farm offshore Australia are starting work on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the up to 2.2 GW project. These are the most detailed environmental assessments a project can go through in Australia wit
The Hornsea Two offshore substation (OSS) and the reactive compensation station (RCS) topsides have left the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard in Singapore and are en route to the UK, Sembcorp Marine said. The two topsides departed on 15 August and are expected to reach their destination at the end of
The jacket foundation for the Saint-Nazaire offshore substation was installed off the coast of the Guérande peninsula in France over the weekend, DEME Group said. The 48-metre jacket will be held in place by four foundation piles installed in April 2021 by DEME Offshore using an in-house designed su
MingYang Smart Energy has delivered ten of its MySE 3.0-135 wind turbines for the Italian Taranto offshore wind farm, the country’s first offshore wind farm and the first of its kind to be built in the Mediterranean Sea. According to MingYang, this is also the first time a Chinese OEM supplied turbi
