Ocean Winds and Martifer Renewables & Energy have formed a strategic partnership to jointly participate in Portugal’s first tender for offshore wind farms, set to take place this year. As the industry anticipates the final criteria for the tender, Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables
TGS has completed a wind and metocean data collection project along the US East Coast, which the company describes as the largest in the region. The campaign involved deploying and simultaneously operating five offshore LiDAR buoys covering nearly 600 kilometres from Massachusetts to the Virginia/No
Norway’s Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV for its 40 MW Windcatcher design, which the company says is an important milestone on the route to commercial demonstration of its Windcatcher technology. The objective of an AiP is to perform a third-party techni
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to CLS Wind for its wind turbine assembly system. The patented elevator-style assembly is said to promise easier, safer, and faster wind turbine and nacelle installation and maintenance, without the use of large cranes a
A sea trials campaign for monitoring dynamic subsea power cables was conducted from 1 to 6 July in the Bay of Douarnenez, France. The trials are part of the HT-20MW project that aims to design, test, and certify a high-voltage rotating mechanical and electrical connection for a 20 MW floating wind t
Brazil holds a technical offshore wind potential of over 1,200 GW and – with offshore wind strategy and policies, permitting regulations, grid and port upgrades in place – could install as much as 96 GW of generation capacity by 2050, according to a study released by the World Bank Group. The study,
EDF Renewables and Repsol have signed an exclusivity agreement to collaborate on future offshore wind tenders in Spain and Portugal. According to the press release, this collaboration combines Repsol’s commitment to multi-energy growth and its knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese markets with EDF
NIRAS has been selected by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to prepare pre-feasibility studies to assess the expansion of several ports for use as offshore wind ports. The Denmark-headquartered consultancy company has been commissioned by ADB on behalf of the Philippine government. Under the contrac
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been selected by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to conduct a navigational risk assessment of offshore wind farm sites in the N-10 identified area of interest in the German North Sea. ABL’s scope of work is to provide a comprehensive nav
Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found that using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense.
UK-headquartered BMT has joined forces with Australia-based Ocius Technology intending to deploy a fleet of around 1,000 uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) that will create an interconnected system of remote sensors that supply data for the development of offshore wind projects. The deployment of these
Vattenfall and Metsähallitus have awarded GEOxyz and Arctia contracts to provide geophysical surveys for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland. Vattenfall became a Metsähallitus project partner for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in December 2022. The surveys involve mapping a 280 square-kilometr
WindSpider, a Norway-based company developing an innovative modular self-erecting crane system for the offshore wind industry, has been awarded a NOK 17.5 million (approximately EUR 1.5 million) grant from Innovation Norway. The funds from Innovation Norway will support the company in advancing its
A research and development (R&D) project focused on reusable floating wind anchoring systems, high and low connectors, and tendons for tension line systems, has been launched in France. The project is led by Technip Energies in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundatio
