Total and Simply Blue Energy have established a partnership to develop floating offshore wind projects in the Welsh waters of the Celtic Sea. The newly established joint venture, Blue Gem Wind, will focus on developing some of the first floating offshore wind projects with pre-commercial size, Green
Ørsted and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) have agreed to establish a joint venture company, Choshi Offshore Wind Farm K.K., to work together on the Choshi offshore wind project in Japan. The companies will submit a joint bid in the Round 1 auction once the Japanese government official
Ørsted and Good Energy Group have signed a renewal of an agreement under which the UK company will source power from the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm for its customers for a further three years. The agreement continues to secure 12% of the output of the 210MW wind farm located 8km off the Yor
Dutch offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee has expanded its services to the UK. KenzFigee (UK) Ltd. will provide clients in the UK sector with its services directly from its hub in Aberdeen, Scotland. According to the company, the move comes due to a growing demand for offshore expert equip
The slowdown in the German offshore wind market is increasingly becoming an existential threat to Germany’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active within the industry, according to the wind energy agency WAB e. V. According to WAB, Germany’s Federal Government has failed to meet its own go
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has launched the second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. This second round will award up to GBP 1.2 million to researchers at UK Higher Education Institutions
Pict Offshore has received a GBP 250,000 Regional Selective Assistance grant from Scottish Enterprise to expand production of the Get Up Safe (GUS) ladder-less access system at its site in Inverkeithing, Fife. The Get Up Safe system is a motion-compensated hoist solution that enables technicians to
The European Commission has released EUR 980 million of funding for key European energy infrastructure projects with major cross-border benefits. The EU funding comes from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European support programme for trans-European infrastructure. This is seen as a crucia
HeliService International has entered into long-term cooperation with the Japan-based Nakanihon Air Service for the Japanese offshore wind market. According to HeliService, Nakanihon deems to offer helicopter offshore services in Japan and Asia as the offshore wind market is evolving in the region.
The Netherlands-based BLIX Consultancy has opened a branch office in Taipei, Taiwan, to support the offshore wind business in the Asia Pacific region. The new office, opened on 11 March, will be the base for Maarten Timmerman, who is one of the founders of BLIX Consultancy in the Netherlands and the
Developing 30GW of offshore wind along the US East Coast could support up to 83,000 jobs and deliver USD 25 billion in annual economic output by 2030, according to a report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Market projections anticipate 20GW to 30GW of offshore wind capacity w
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has selected six companies through its Launch Academy North East to receive investment for offshore wind technology development. OxraGrid, Origin Tech, Beluga Seatech, Utility AR, Wootzano and Build Stream are all developing innovative cleantech solutions to
Century Bladt Foundations’ offshore wind foundation production workshop in Taiwan is shaping up, according to Bladt’s recent post. The 33,000m2 workshop will soon be finished and ready for the installation of cranes and equipment, the Danish company reported. A 4,000m2 administration building, cante
Innogy has chartered the service operations vessel (SOV) Esvagt Froude to provide offshore accommodation to the construction management team working on the Triton Knoll wind farm located off the Lincolnshire coast, UK. This is the first time for innogy to established its team offshore rather than at
