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
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and offshoreWIND.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors are n
A joint venture (JV) between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS) has ordered four commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) for deployment in the offshore wind and other segments of the offshore energy sector, marking its entry into the market which is, according to Ph
The Department of Energy of the Republic of the Philippines (DOE) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) have jointly announced the repurposing of three strategic ports to support the country’s growing offshore wind industry. These are the Port of Currimao in Ilocos Norte, Port of Batangas in Sta.
Windar Renovables has started preparatory work to construct a new monopile factory in Asturias, Spain. Windar Renovables acquired the construction site on the right bank of the Avilés estuary last March. This land, with a surface area of more than 400,000 square metres, includes several manufacturin
Nexans, a French manufacturer of subsea power cables, has unveiled a EUR 90 million investment to build new and upgrade existing facilities to support the growth of offshore wind in Europe. The investment will begin in 2025 and run through 2026 when the work is planned to be completed. The funding w
Dong Tam Group and South Korea’s CS Wind have signed a cooperation agreement to lease land for a wind power manufacturing facility in Long An, Vietnam, with a total investment of USD 200 million. The manufacturing facility will be located in Southeast Asia Industrial Park built by Dong Tam Group in
Corio Generation and Brazilian shipyard and marine construction company Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the suitability of EBR’s shipyard and construction facilities as a potential offshore wind hub for southern Brazil. Under the agreement, the
Twin Brothers Marine (TBM), a provider of heavy steel fabrication for the oil and gas, infrastructure, and renewable energy industries, has joined a major infrastructure development project to support multiple renewable energy initiatives, including offshore wind, along the Northeast Coast in the US
The US Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a developer of offshore wind port facilities across the US, to jointly evaluate the feasibility of an offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) port facility in California’s S
The Titan Group has made the final investment decision (FID) to build a production facility for XXXL monopiles in Cuxhaven, Northern Germany. Up to EUR 300 million will be invested in the company, with production to ramp up next year. Titan Group said that more than 600 jobs will be created by the p
The construction of the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connection projects in northern Germany has commenced, Amprion said on 18 June. Work on the DolWin4 and BorWin4 offshore grid connections, which will transport power from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the mainland, has started in Li
Singapore-based Mooreast has revealed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mooreast Asia, intends to acquire a 98,919 square metres facility from a subsidiary of Seatrium, quadrupling its production capacity in Singapore to serve the floating offshore renewable sector. Mooreast expects to complete the
South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 square metres behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phas
