Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the B
Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) has revealed that of the 121 GW worth of floating offshore wind projects that the company is currently tracking using its WIndLogix intelligence software, close to 15 GW of floating wind capacity is expected to come online by 2030. Westwood says that 15 GW of
The Diamond Consortium of James Fisher and Sons plc and the UK shipowner, Graig Shipping PLC, has unveiled what is described as ”a pioneering service operation vessel (SOV) design concept.” The ULSTEIN TWIN X-STERN, named ULSTEIN SX221 Diamond SOV, is expected to support the UK’s target of 50 GW of
Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) has decided to invest up to EUR 53 million to build a new 310-metre quay with a 10-hectare area beyond the quay in Paldiski South Harbour, Estonia, to support the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea region. The investment is co-finan
SeAH Wind Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, has received planning approval for its proposed GBP 300 million UK XXL monopile factory to be built at Teesworks. Site works are scheduled to commence in July with overall completion anticipated in 2024. The 40-metre
SSE Renewables has secured planning permission for the development of an Operations and Maintenance facility for the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 offshore wind project in Arklow harbour, Ireland. The approval was secured from Wicklow County Council in relation to the operations base proposed for So
The welding and production automation provider Pemamek Ltd. has decided to invest a total of EUR 15 million in factory expansion and product development to increase the company’s production capability and abilities to meet the rising demand from the wind energy sector. The factory expansion will bri
Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has started a multi-client offshore wind measurement campaign by deploying EOLOS’s floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight area off the US East Coast. The multi-client approach offers offshore wind stakeholders the added benefits of reduced
Parkwind and 50Hertz have installed the offshore substation for the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The 2,380-tonne, 30-metre high offshore substation was installed by the Scaldis crane ship Gulliver on its monopile foundation at the project site, located around 19 kilomet
The Norwegian Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean and Østensjø have teamed up to fast-track the adoption of remotely managed services with the aim of reducing operating costs and emissions for the offshore energy industry. The companies have established two joint ventures (JVs) to support the remote operati
Equans has picked Miros’ dry-mounted Wavex virtual sensor to collect operation-critical wave and current data on the offshore substation for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, located around 16 kilometres off the coast of Brittany, France. Wavex is designed for highly accurate wave and current mea
NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have submitted a pre-activity notice to New Zealand’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to deploy a Floating Light Detection and Ranging device (FLiDAR) at the South Taranaki offshore wind project site, located some 37 kilometers off th
The Netherlands-based maritime support provider Acta Marine has signed a contract for the construction of two next-generation, Methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. Acta Marine has also reserved options for two additional CSOVs
Azerbaijan has the potential to install 7 GW of offshore wind power by 2040 with the right long-term vision, infrastructure development, investment, and policies according to the recently released roadmap. The first-of-its-kind Offshore Wind Roadmap for Azerbaijan was released by the Ministry of Ene
