Maersk Supply Service has launched Maersk Offshore Wind, a new company that will provide installation services to the offshore wind market based on a new offshore wind installation vessel (Maersk WIV) concept. The design and concept are estimated to reduce the installation time of offshore wind turb
Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Archer, is taking over its compatriot Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW), a floating wind engineering and technology company. Once the acquisition transaction is completed, MOW will be renamed Archer Wind. Archer acquired a 100 stake in MOW through an agr
Jan De Nul Group has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of high-voltage export cables that will bring renewable energy generated at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm ashore. Jan De Nul will connect the offshore substation of the F
Anma Offshore Wind Energy has selected Denmark-headquartered Ramboll for detailed foundation design and certification support for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. Ramboll has secured the contract for WTG Foundation Detailed Design of the wind farm’s 38 14 MW units, which will be support
Japan’s Marubeni Group and Doosan Enerbility Vietnam (Doosan Vina) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop offshore wind power in Vietnam. Following the execution of the MoU, Doosan Vina and Marubeni will jointly study and explore the feasibility and viability of collaboration in
Just days after acquiring its first offshore wind site in Estonia, Norway’s Deep Wind Offshore has secured another area in the Estonian part of the Baltic Sea with a winning bid starting at approximately EUR 1.33 million. Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) annou
Japan’s GF Corporation has joined as a strategic partner in IX Renewables’ Rui-li Phase 1 floating offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Rui-Li 1 project, located off the coast of Hsinchu County, is planned to feature twelve 15 MW wind turbines. The project is set to participate in the upcoming float
Denmark’s Port of Roenne has been selected as the installation port for the Baltic Power offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea. Baltic Power will be one of the first European offshore wind projects to use Vestas’ new 15 MW wind turbine which until now has only been installed as a prototype
The Netherlands’ Damen Group has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of a new service operation vessel (SOV) that will serve offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV will be built at the Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is slated for delivery at the end of 2026. This is
Edison, the Italian subsidiary of EDF, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Wind Energy Pozzallo, a special-purpose company that is developing a 975 MW floating offshore wind project in Sicily, Italy. Edison’s investment in Wind Energy Pozzallo was facilitated through a partnership with Blunova, a re
European wind energy industry organisation, WindEurope, has warned that the negative bidding approach will lead to the bid costs falling onto the supply chain and/or electricity consumers after Germany and the Netherlands closed their latest offshore wind tenders, securing nearly EUR 4 billion in to
Iberdrola has taken the final investment decision (FID) for its Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany, which has now advanced to the delivery phase. Windanker is the third offshore wind project for Iberdrola in the German Baltic Sea. The company already operates the 350 MW Wikinger and is developi
Denmark’s Floating Power Plant has purchased a wind turbine from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for its flagship demonstrator project located off the coast of Gran Canaria. According to the company, the selected wind turbine, a 4.3 MW SWT-DD-120 from Siemens Gamesa, fits Floating Power Plant’s requ
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has picked Riggs Distler to lead the Cardiff substation expansion programme for Atlantic Shores Project 1. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, constru
