Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has opened the National Floating Wind Innovation Centre (FLOWIC), which is said to be the world’s first dedicated innovation centre for floating offshore wind, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The GBP 9 million (approximately EUR 10.5 million) FLOWIC, located in Aberde
Norwegian floating wind technology developer Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has contracted its compatriot Axess Technologies for a concept engineering study of the turbine handling system, an integrated feature of the Windcatcher multi-turbine floater that enables wind turbine repairs and component exc
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated provision of data for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS). The scope of work under the contract that will be awarded through the tender includes the installation, operation,
FibreMax has launched a comprehensive range of global supply chain solutions tailored to the needs of floating offshore wind technologies. Established in 2004 as SmartRigging, FibreMax has emerged as a trailblazer in the field of lightweight precision cables. Evolving from a focus on yacht rigging,
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, and UK-based startup Zelim have joined forces for a pilot project that will test AI-enabled person detection software for floating offshore wind farms. The project aims to test and prove Zelim’s ZOE technology, AI-enabled software
Tidal Transit, a supplier of purpose-design crew transfer vessels for the offshore wind industry, has begun the design and engineering phase of a project to deliver what the company claims to be the world’s first retrofit electric crew transfer vessel (E-CTV). Over the next 15 months, the UK-based c
Dutch engineering company H2SEA, in cooperation with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has performed an assessment of monopile-based support structures for hydrogen-producing offshore wind turbines. H2SEA says that one of the main questions was if decentral hydrogen production on a mono
Siemens Gamesa will install and test what has been described by the European Union (EU) as the “world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine prototype” at the Østerild National Test Centre in Denmark, before later starting full-scale production of its “next-generation” offshore wind turbine model. Th
Dutch-based Enersea has designed a new walk-to-work gangway system, the W-type, for the offshore access specialist Ampelmann. The W-type is an electric gangway system developed for the service operation vessel (SOV) market to transfer personnel and cargo at various heights. For the W-type, Ampelmann
Aker Solutions and the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway have signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a pilot project which will see Aker Solutions testing its new power transmission technology at the METCentre’s offshore test area that houses demonstration floati
Updates on wind turbine technology and new offshore wind projects, including those facing major challenges, marked 2023 on offshoreWIND.biz. In the article below, we have compiled our ten most-read news last year, together with some of their related updates and stories. In February 2023, Vestas reve
A healthy market framework is necessary for offshore wind projects to be sustainable and future-proof, and changes to the tendering framework can help ensure that, Ireen Geerbex, Director Market Development the Netherlands at Vattenfall, said during this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Confere
A project consortium led by Nekkar has conditionally been awarded a NOK 75.2 million (EUR 6.5 million) grant to develop remote-controlled, self-hoisting lifting equipment for the offshore wind industry. The Nekkar-led consortium also includes Kongsberg Maritime, DOF, an undisclosed global wind farm
System integration is what is needed for the next leap in offshore wind, however, not all technologies that can integrate with offshore wind farms have the same starting point. Floating solar still has some way to go in becoming more resilient to harsh offshore conditions. On the other hand, hydroge
