Vineyard Wind has signed contracts with Maine-based Ironhouse and Houston-based EverLine to support the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project at various construction and operation stages. EverLine, a provider of energy compliance, technical, and security solutions, will deliver complete Supervisory
C-Job Naval Architects has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-based Bleutec Industries and the Netherlands-based Penthus for the design and verification of their Piling Installation Vessel (PIV). The vessel is part of Bleutec’s integrated Binary Marine Installation Solution (BMIS) wh
Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind project, has launched a study to connect local businesses with future opportunities in Gippsland’s emerging offshore wind sector. The project is seeking out local businesses that supply goods and services needed for offshore wind projects a
US-based Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) has ordered six Chartwell-designed Ambitious-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The Ambitious-class is Chartwell’s flagship CTV design, said AWT, comprising a 25.2 metre aluminium catamaran with a capacity to transport 24 personnel to and from wind turbines. “
The development consortium behind the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm has ordered several sets of Siemens Gamesa’s new recyclable wind turbine blades. Ten of the 64 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW wind turbines will feature the new RecyclableBlades which were unveiled by Siemens Gamesa last September. The bl
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), part of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has launched tenders for the supply and installation of floating LiDARs at three offshore sites, and for environmental impact assessment studies at a site proposed to house a 20 MW offshore wind demon
RWE Renewables, Equinor, and Hydro REIN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Windport to explore port opportunities in the Mandal area in Norway if the consortium wins the upcoming Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind farm tender. As previously reported, the 3 GW of fixed-bottom capacity
OX2 has agreed to sell a 49 per cent stake in an up to 9 GW portfolio of offshore wind projects to the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest retailer in the IKEA franchisee system. The three projects are Galatea-Galene, located off the coast of Halland, Triton, located off the coast of Skåne, a
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has picked the Port of Dundee as the pre-assembly and marshalling site for the construction of the 1.1 GW Inch Cape wind farm offshore Scotland. The agreement will see turbine blades, towers, and nacelles being delivered and pre-assembled at the port’s renewables hu
China-headquartered Goldwind has kicked off construction of a 1,600-tonne offshore wind installation vessel. The vessel boasts the largest variable load capacity and turbine storage capacity in China and can optimise the construction of offshore wind projects with different foundation types in the d
The Taiwanese Government plans to launch a tender for 100 MW of floating wind capacity later this year and invite developers to propose their demonstration projects. The floating wind projects will be selected next year and must be completed and commissioned in 2026. The applicants will submit propo
Danish engineering company Ramboll and its Dutch counterpart Primo Marine have been awarded contracts for consultancy services on the subsea cable routes for the two energy islands planned to be established in Denmark. The contracts, valued at a total of EUR 828,362 and awarded by the transmission s
Ulstein Power & Control has awarded Corvus Energy with a contract to deliver energy storage systems for two construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) that Ulstein Verft is building for Norway-based Olympic. The CSOVs, based on the SX222 design with TWIN-X Stern from Ulstein Design & Solutions,
ABB has secured a contract with Yantai CIMC Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China to supply Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel Boreas with power, automation, and propulsion systems. Under the contract, ABB will provide four Azipod propulsion units with a combined propulsion power of 16 MW,
