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  • Worley and MMA lock in on Asia Pacific offshore wind market

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Australian companies Worley and MMA Offshore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly provide integrated services to the offshore wind market in Taiwan and the broader Asia Pacific region. Under the arrangement, Worley will provide turnkey operations and maintenance services and MMA will provide subsea and vessel services. The services will be particularly focused […]

  • U.S. oil major Chevron enters offshore wind market

    14 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    U.S. oil major Chevron, together with Norwegian company Moreld Ocean Wind, is set to invest in offshore wind technology at Ocergy, a U.S. company developing a low-cost floating wind foundation and a multi-disciplinary environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy secured the investments through its Series A equity fundraising round to accelerate the development and commercialisation of its […]

  • Ramboll to provide geotechnical services for German offshore wind areas

    17 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Ramboll to assist with the offshore geotechnical soil investigations for future offshore wind farm areas. The investigations will take place in five future offshore wind farm areas covering 86 locations in the GermanExclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The offshore exploration work and associated soil mechanical laboratory work […]

  • Geophysical surveys about to begin at Irish offshore wind farm

    26 April 2021
    Project & Tenders

    A series of geophysical surveys is set to kick off at the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland on 26 April. Vessel LB Jill will undertake geotechnical operations to characterize the project site located approximately 13 km off the East Coast of Ireland, near Wicklow. The surveys are planned to be completed by 26 June, […]

  • U.S. approves first large-scale offshore wind project

    12 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo have announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project — the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. The Record of Decision (ROD) grants Vineyard Wind final federal approval to install 84 or fewer turbines […]

  • Taiwan drafts plan for further 5 GW of offshore wind

    11 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy (BoE) and Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) have held a meeting on the draft regulation for the 3rd Round of offshore wind auctions, including a new target for 2035. From 2026 until 2035, 1.5 GW of offshore wind capacity would be added each year, instead of previously planned 1 GW. From 2026 […]

  • Ørsted and NOAA ink offshore wind data sharing agreement

    30 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with NOAA to share physical and biological information and data in Ørsted-leased waters offshore the United States. Sharing of the data and information resources will be used to plan and ensure the effective deployment, sustainable operation and maintenance,  and the efficient use of weather-dependent and oceanic renewable […]

  • TGS, Magseis collaborating on offshore wind and CCS tech projects

    24 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders

    TGS and Magseis Renewables are collaborating on two new technology pilot projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. The first project will use high-resolution 3D seismic acquisition in Norway at a carbon storage area to demonstrate technology for detailed imaging of the full section from the seabed to the target storage reservoir. […]

  • Malaysian contractor expands into liftboat market, eyes offshore wind

    2 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Transition, Vessels

    Coastal Contracts and its partner JUB Pacific are entering the liftboat business with plans to pursue expansion in the oil and gas as well as venturing into the offshore wind market.

  • Fugro and NYK add OYO to Japanese offshore wind team

    26 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Fugro and NYK Group have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese geoscience specialist OYO Corporation (OYO). Back in November 2020, Fugro and NYK signed an MoU to jointly provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan, with an option to jointly operate a specialist investigation vessel for renewables projects. Fugro, NYK, and OYO will […]

  • Greece opens public consultation on offshore wind legislative framework

    22 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The Greek wind energy association ELETAEN has launched public consultation for a legislative framework for the development of offshore wind in Greece. The consultation period will run until 1 February and is part of the implementation of the project “Necessary legislative adjustments to promote offshore wind energy in Greece”, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 […]

  • Scottish Renewables: Offshore wind delay could cost billions

    16 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Scottish Renewables has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the delay to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round and keep the process on track before the Parliament election period starts on 25 March. The government recently halted ScotWind leasing, which was already 14 months late, after the Crown Estate’s offshore wind leasing auction for sites […]

  • ESB seeks consultancy services for offshore wind electrical infrastructure

    15 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has issued a tender for electrical consultancy services for the export transmission systems and cable array systems for future offshore wind projects. The services will be delivered for various projects which are at different stages of development, for future generation auctions in Ireland and UK, and for acquisition opportunities within […]

  • Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind farm begins producing

    31 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind project in China has begun producing power. The wind farm features 22 MingYang MySE7.0-158 turbines with a rated power of 7 MW and a rotor diameter of 158 meters. The 300 MW wind farm is being developed by China Huadian Corporation and is the company’s first offshore wind project. […]

  • Huisman signs contract for American offshore wind installation vessel

    23 December 2020
    Vessels

    Huisman has signed a contract with Keppel AmFELS to deliver a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) for Dominion Energy’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis. The crane will be able to lift 2,200 tons, will have a 130m long boom, and will allow the installation of the new generation of offshore wind turbines, Huisman said. It […]

  • HST and Boluda to form offshore wind joint venture in France

    11 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Boluda France and HST Marine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture company providing crew transfer services to the offshore wind market in France. The UK-based HST owns and operates seven crew transfer vessels and has so far carried out over 50,000 technician transfers to offshore structures across the European […]

  • Esvagt Njord SOV stays on Dudgeon offshore wind farm

    3 March 2021
    Vessels

    Equinor has extended a contract with Esvagt for its Esvagt Njord Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The five-year contract extension will see the vessel resuming its deployment at the 402 MW wind farm off Norfolk in the UK until 2026, which will bring Esvagt Njord to being in service on the […]

  • Boskalis boosts its offshore wind fleet with Boka Tiamat

    3 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Boskalis will add a multipurpose DP2 vessel Boka Tiamat to its fleet in January 2021, the company said via social media on 3 December, and will deploy the vessel on offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The offshore construction vessel was built by VARD BRATVAAG and delivered as a new-build in 2019. It has been retrofitted […]

  • Transmission coordination road to UK’s 2030 offshore wind ambition

    2 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The increase of UK’s goal to have 40 GW instead of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 represents a huge opportunity for the sector. However, it is not without its challenges. With the quadrupling of capacity, cumulative environmental and social impacts of the lack of offshore transmission coordination represent a major barrier to delivery, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

  • Poland’s Council of Ministers adopts draft offshore wind bill

    30 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Poland’s Council of Ministers has adopted the draft bill supporting the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. This summer, the Polish government published the revised draft offshore wind bill which would allow for 5.9 GW of capacity to be offered via Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the end of June 2021. According […]

  • LOC Singapore bags new offshore wind contract in Vietnam

    9 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    PowerChina HuaDong Engineering has awarded LOC Singapore with a contract for marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the transportation and installation operations at the Binh Dai Phase 1 offshore wind project in Vietnam. LOC will provide MWS services, including suitability surveys of the proposed support fleet, as well as its expertise in a range of […]

  • IKM Subsea nets first offshore wind job in Taiwan

    8 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    IKM Subsea Singapore has won a contract to provide ROV services at an offshore wind project in Taiwan, the company’s first in the region. IKM Subsea Singapore secured the deal with Solstad and will provide ROV services onboard Solstad’s construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Baltic. The company’s Merlin WR200 Workclass ROV with toolings will carry […]

  • Vietnam primed for 10 GW by 2030 offshore wind push

    22 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Danish Energy Agency and the World Bank Group have prepared a roadmap for the development of offshore wind in Vietnam, which recommends that 10 GW of offshore wind power could be operational in the country by 2030. The Input to Roadmap for Offshore Wind Power Development in Vietnam report also recommends setting up progressive […]

  • Tekmar grabs supplier contract for German offshore wind farm

    8 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Tekmar Energy has won a contract to supply its TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) for a remedial campaign at an offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea.

  • Brave Tern gets another offshore wind job in Taiwan

    26 August 2020
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is planning to use its jack-up vessel Brave Tern for the transport and installation of turbines at the Guanyin offshore wind project in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier secured a conditional contract with Liwei Wind Power, owned by wpd, for the transport and installation of 36 MHI Vestas V164-9,722MW turbines […]