The State of New York will make a USD 500 million investment in offshore wind, hold a new auction in 2022, and explore its floating wind potential, New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed in her 2022 State of the State. New York will invest up to USD 500 million in the ports, manufacturing, and supp
James Fisher Renewables has won three multi-million pound 13-15-year contracts supplying specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) services to support informed decision-making for offshore transmission asset owners (OFTOs) at Thanet, Gwynt-y-Môr, and Humber offshore wind farms in the UK. The contr
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has signed three new contracts and reservation agreements with a combined revenue of up to EUR 80 million, with two contracts linked to projects in which the company is already involved. The new agreements will cover approximately 300 days in 2022 and 200 days in 2023
One of China’s largest offshore wind EPCI contractors, Huadian Heavy Industries (HHI), has signed a charter agreement for a jack-up vessel that will be able to install wind turbines of up to 20 MW. According to HHI’s announcement of the charter agreement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the vessel th
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France is opening a period of public consultation on a second wind farm project located within the ‘Centre Manche’ zone offshore Normandy. The Centre Manche covers an area of 500 square kilometres in the Channel off the Cotentin Peninsula which was identified in 2020. The competitive tendering proce
Taiwanese state-owned utility Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) and Foxwell have selected the localised Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines for the 300 MW Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. Vestas and Foxwell have now signed supply and service agreements for the projec
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy has notched its first order for an offshore wind project in Japan. Ming Yang signed a contract to deliver three MySE 3.0MW typhoon-proof turbines for an undisclosed 9 MW offshore wind farm in the Japanese Sea. Construction will begin in 2022,
Edda Wind has entered into a long-term contract for one of its newbuild vessels with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. The company has not specified which of its vessels will be chartered to the wind turbine manufacturer, but according to information in Edda Wind’s press release from 27 December, the
Scottish engineering innovator Pict Offshore has signed a deal with Ørsted to deploy the ‘Get Up Safe’ (GUS) motion-compensated lifting system at New York’s first offshore wind farms. The deal with Pict Offshore will see the system deployed at the 132 MW South Fork Wind offshore wind farm, as well a
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue a tender covering expert support on soil investigations and expert support on wind and water investigations at the new offshore wind zones in the Dutch North Sea. RVO plans to start site characterization within designated new areas for the prepa
Polish energy company, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, is seeking engineering design services related to the two offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 2.5 GW – Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. The subject of the order includes, amongst others, preparation of the Building Permit Designs in accord
ClearLead Consulting has won a contract for the creation of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and an Appropriate Assessment (AA) for Ireland’s new Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP II). The company was awarded the contract following a tender launched earlier this year by Sus
Consortia in which Mitsubishi Corporation is the main stakeholder have been selected to develop all of the projects offered in Japan’s first fixed-bottom offshore wind auction. The Mitsubishi-led consortia have been selected to build an 819 MW Yurihonjo wind farm offshore Akita Prefecture, a 478.8 M
