South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled a 9.5 MW large-scale floating wind platform on 19 July, saying the company is eyeing both domestic and international markets for its new technology. Among the first projects SHI targets for its Tri-Star Float platform, for which the company h
The Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has launched SUISO, a technological solution that combines floating wind, floating solar, and marine energy to power the production of green hydrogen on existing offshore platforms. Combining various renewable energy sources in a single syst
A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and lower the installation costs. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clic
A project in the UK has proven the concept for robotic teams repairing offshore wind farms, paving the way for human-robot teams at wind farms within ten years, and wind farms designed for robotic maintenance by 2050, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said. The GBP 4 million MIMRee projec
Dutch offshore wind foundation manufacturer Sif Group is set to deploy the first prototype of its Skybox solution for TP-less monopiles for offshore testing this autumn. The company has already completed the proof-of-concept process for Skybox and will now test and demonstrate the feasibility of man
Predictive digital twin technology can reduce the steel weight and associated costs of offshore wind jacket foundations by up to 30 per cent, according to the results of an EU-backed wind foundation design project carried out by Akselos and Lamprell. The European Union awarded Akselos EUR 1.4 millio
Italy’s Saipem has finalized the closing of the agreement to acquire the floating offshore wind business of France’s Naval Energies. Saipem and Naval Energies, a subsidiary of France’s Naval Group, signed an agreement for the acquisition in early June. The two parties have now communicated that all
China’s first floating offshore wind turbine has set sail towards its installation site off the coast of Yangjiang City in Guangdong Province. The floating wind turbine will be installed for demonstration purposes at the 400 MW Yangxi Shapa III offshore wind farm developed by China Three Gorges (CTG
Forssea Robotics has completed an underwater survey of the Floatgen offshore wind turbine installed at the SEM-REV site in France. The main goal of the survey, completed in June, was to visually confirm the integrity of the mooring lines and dynamic umbilical system, besides characterizing marine gr
UK oil and gas major bp has joined the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) managed by the Carbon Trust. BP and the Japanese electric utility Tohoku Electric Power recently joined the programme alongside the 15 existing members: EDF Renouvelables, EnBW, Equinor, Kyuden Mirai Energy, Ocean Wind
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has launched an electric version of its A-type gangway system, which is now fully operational after completing offshore trials on the Horizon Star vessel at Eneco’s Princess Amalia wind farm in the Netherlands. “Electric solutions, a lower carbon footprint an
The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has left the Danish port of Grenaa and is currently being towed to the Metcentre test site off Norway. Once it arrives at its designated location at the Metcentre site, the TetraSpar platform will be hooked to the pre-installed mooring system by Bourb
EnBW has pre-selected Vestas to supply its V236-15.0 MW offshore turbines for the 900 MW He Dreiht project in the German North Sea. Depending on a firm and unconditional order eventually being signed, this will mark the world’s first commercial deployment of the new V236-15.0 MW offshore turbine, Ve
Spain plans to develop between 1 GW and 3 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to the country’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The goal is set out in The Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energies in Spain, which is now
