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Editors’ Picks | Offshore Wind News in 2024: ‘The First, The Largest, The Record’

Some news are important for the offshore wind industry at large, some are significant for parts of the supply chain or in certain regions, and some are just good to know. With 366 days and thousands of news in 2024 behind us, the task of choosing only a few stories was not an easy one […]

about 1 year ago

Infrastructure

New UK Initiative to Boost Local Supply Chains and Jobs in Offshore Wind

During the opening day of the World Leaders Summit at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new strategy aimed at motivating offshore wind developers to invest in the country’s industrial heartlands, coastal areas, and oil and gas communities. According to the go

about 1 year ago

Infrastructure

Japanese Start Building UK’s First HVDC Cable Factory

Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric has kicked off the construction of its subsea cable factory in Scotland, set to supply critical elements for the reinforcement of the UK electricity transmission grid and for connecting renewable energy production facilities to the grid. Sumitomo Electric held t

about 2 years ago

The 1,000th blade produced by Vestas in the UK

Infrastructure

UK Industry Bodies Release Offshore Wind Industrial Growth Plan

RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published an Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years in the UK. The UK offshore wind industry already employs 32,000 people and each

about 2 years ago

Infrastructure

Plans for Hydrogen Development at Dogger Bank D Gain Ground

Dogger Bank D, the potential fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, Dogger Bank Wind Farm, has awarded contracts to engineering consultants to support the feasibility and optimization of a large-scale green hydrogen development option on the project. SSE Renewable

about 2 years ago

Infrastructure

Nine European Countries Launch Joint Offshore Wind Tender Planning, Set to Auction Off 15 GW Each Year

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, together with the European Commission (EC), have launched joint planning of offshore wind tenders at a ministerial meeting of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC), held on 20 November, in the Hague, the

about 2 years ago

Infrastructure

ABP Plans to Turn Port Talbot Into a Floating Wind Hub, Upgrade to Cost GBP 500 Million

ABP plans to invest around GBP 500 million (approximately EUR 573 million) to upgrade a site in Port Talbot and turn it into a major floating offshore wind hub. The investment is part of a sustainability strategy ABP launched in February, which sets out the port operator’s plans to achieve net zero

about 2 years ago

Infrastructure

RWE, Sarens, and Tugdock to Test Floating Wind Deployment and Integration Solutions

RWE has funded a study in Wales to investigate the quayside offload and launch of two types of floating offshore wind platforms – one steel and one concrete – alongside the integration of next-generation wind turbines onto these platforms. The aim is to maximise local supply chain opportunities by u

about 3 years ago

Infrastructure

Artemis Technologies Unveils All-Electric CTV Design

UK-based Artemis Technologies has unveiled the design of its 100 per cent electric high-speed crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the offshore wind industry. The Artemis EF-24 CTV has a maximum speed of 36 knots and a foiling range of 87 nautical miles. The vessel is intended to transport up to 24 indust

about 3 years ago

Infrastructure

Jan De Nul to Use Osbit’s Tower Lifting Tools for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

UK-headquartered Osbit has delivered to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business its twin wind turbine tower lifting tools that will be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Osbit’s tools have full DNV approval and will be used to lift and rotate the

about 3 years ago

Infrastructure

HAV Design to Develop Another Hybrid SOV for Ørsted

ESVAGT has chosen Norway-headquartered HAV Design to develop another methanol-fuelled service operation vessel (SOV) that will become an integral part of Ørsted’s UK East Coast Hub. HAV Design will deliver both the ship design and an integrated equipment package including the propulsion system, engi

about 3 years ago

North Star Grampian Tyne naming ceremony

Infrastructure

Naming Ceremony Held for Dogger Bank SOV Newbuild

North Star has held a naming ceremony for the Grampian Tyne service operation vessel (SOV) that will be deployed at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel was named at Equinor’s Port of Tyne base in the North East of England ahead of its early handover to the Dogger Bank […]

about 3 years ago

Infrastructure

Purus Wind Orders Two CSOVs from Vard, Signs Options for Two More

Vard has signed a contract for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for the UK-based Purus Wind. The hull for the first vessel will be built in Vard in Romania for outfitting, commissioning, and delivery from one of Vard’s yards in Norway. The second ves

about 3 years ago

Infrastructure

North Star Orders Two Hybrid CSOVs at Vard

Norway-based shipbuilding company Vard has signed new contracts for the design and construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the UK support vessel operator North Star. The ships are of VARD 4 22 design, produced in collaboration with Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway. The

about 3 years ago