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  • Ørsted’s offshore wind and BP’s CCUS plans clash in UK waters

    17 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure

    Ørsted and BP have submitted position statements to the UK Planning Inspectorate with regard to their offshore wind and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects in the UK, with Ørsted saying BP is trying to force exclusion so that the offshore wind developer cannot locate its Hornsea Four turbines in an overlapping seabed area. Namely, […]

  • XOCEAN USV to survey 588 MW UK offshore wind farm

    7 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on a 24-hour basis, weather-dependant. A support […]

  • Netherlands starts working on site characterisation for new offshore wind areas

    17 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced upcoming calls for tenders through which the Dutch Government will procure geophysical surveys and archeological assessment of new areas that have been designated to accommodate the country’s increased offshore wind target. Around 24 June, RVO plans to open a tender for several wind farm zones in the Dutch […]

  • Offshore wind cable market to grow six-fold this decade – RenewableUK

    16 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The market for offshore wind farm cables is set to grow six-fold over the course of this decade, according to a new report published by RenewableUK. The global market for subsea power cables is divided between array cables which run between the turbines of an offshore wind farm connecting them to the offshore substation, and […]

  • Innosea ramps up floating solar, offshore wind services in the Mediterranean

    24 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Marine renewables engineering consultancy Innosea has expanded its footprint with a new office in Marseille that will support the company’s existing portfolio of offshore wind and floating solar projects in the south-east region of France.

  • New large-scale offshore wind-to-hydrogen project emerges in Denmark

    3 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Swiss energy company H2 Energy Europe has bought an 11-hectare site near Esbjerg in Denmark for a 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project that could be up running in 2024. The location where the electrolyser plant will be built enables H2 Energy Europe to access the electricity produced by offshore wind farms in the North Sea […]

  • ORE Catapult, HonuWorx to boost use of subsea robotics in offshore wind

    20 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and HonuWorx are set to demonstrate a concept for a submersible mothership to be used at offshore wind farms.

  • Statkraft all set for surveys at Irish offshore wind farm site

    23 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Irish government has granted Statkraft a foreshore licence for site investigation in waters off Ireland where the company plans to build a 530 MW offshore wind farm. The developer submitted an application for the licence in December 2019, requesting approval to undertake site investigations at the project site located off the coasts of County […]

  • Danes eyeing extra gigawatt of offshore wind at Bornholm Energy Island

    14 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project could be built. The new […]

  • UK subsea services firm enters Taiwanese offshore wind market

    21 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    UK subsea services firm OMS International (OMSi), a subsidiary of Offshore Marine Management Holdings (OMMH), has entered the Taiwanese offshore wind market by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alliance Energy. OMSi Taiwan’s investment strategy is to combine local resources with offshore experience, capability and assets from the European side of its business. The […]

  • CorPower sees California’s offshore wind ambition as opportunity for wave energy

    29 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    California’s continued push to rapidly adopt offshore wind signals a glowing opportunity for wave energy technology as a complementary power partner to accelerate the mission to net-zero, according to Swedish company CorPower Ocean.

  • GC Rieber sells SURF vessel to Taiwanese offshore wind company

    20 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with the Taiwanese offshore wind company Dong Fang Offshore for the sale of its SURF, construction vessel Polar Onyx. The delivery of the 130-meter long vessel, built at Ulstein Verft in 2014, is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2022. The sale […]

  • $1.3M available for surveys of New York Bight offshore wind areas

    9 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has made available nearly $1.3 million to support redevelopment data collection in the New York Bight Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) to facilitate responsible offshore wind development.

  • Helix finishes cable job at Moray East offshore wind farm

    7 May 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Helix Robotics Solutions has completed its second trenching campaign of the inter-array cables at the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The work was carried out by construction support vessel Grand Canyon III at the project site located some 22 kilometers off the Aberdeenshire coast. All inter-array cables were laid at the Moray East wind farm […]

  • Equinor, Ørsted, Boskalis join AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen project

    3 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Ten new companies have joined the AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen project, including offshore wind developers Ørsted, Equinor, and WindMW, as well as the offshore construction company Royal Boskalis Westminster. The AquaVentus consortium, which is developing a massive project revolving around green hydrogen production powered by 10 GW of offshore wind installed in the North Sea, now […]

  • Offshore wind investments to reach $810 billion by 2030 – Rystad Energy

    30 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    With the global installed offshore wind capacity expected to exceed 250 GW by 2030, the combined capital and operational expenditure (capex and opex) for the decade is set to reach $810 billion (approx. €670.2 billion), signaling an increasing shift of investments from oil and gas to renewable energy technologies, according to a report from Rystad […]

  • Siemens Gamesa extends service contract for major offshore wind farm

    18 February 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea until 2036. The original 15-year long-term service program (LTP) to service wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm has now […]

  • Turner Iceni starts CTV ops at Galloper offshore wind farm

    3 March 2021
    Vessels

    Turner Iceni has been awarded a crew transfer vessel (CTV) contract for the Galloper offshore wind farm. The company started operations on 1 March. Under the initial two-year contract with Galloper Wind Farm, Turner Iceni is providing 24/7 support in the form of vessels and crew, which led to the creation of three new full-time […]

  • UK team developing drone fleet for offshore wind farm inspection

    18 March 2021
    Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Ocean Infinity, in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, Airborne Robotics and Bentley Telecom, is developing an autonomous fleet of drones for offshore wind farm inspection. The aim of the Drone Swarm for Unmanned Inspection of Wind Turbines (Dr-SUIT) project is to develop an autonomous offshore wind farm inspection fleet consisting of unmanned drone swarms […]

  • OWC working on 300 MW South Korean offshore wind project

    23 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Korean engineering company Saman Corp. has hired Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) to take on the owners’ engineering role at the 300 MW Sinan offshore wind project in South Korea. OWC will deliver owners’ engineering services including review of site conditions, contract support for detail engineering, EPC contract, O&M, supervision, marine warranty services and other contracts. […]

  • Port and offshore wind installation vessel all-in-one coming to market

    17 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Windthrust Ltd., a subsidiary of National Ports Corporation, has revealed plans for a combined self-propelled floating port and installation vessel for offshore wind turbines, foundations and substations. Oceandock LX’s 60,000m2 deck space and onboard storage facility allow for the components to be delivered directly to the floating structure and warehoused, according to the company. The […]

  • Fugro and NYK Group jointly target Japanese offshore wind market

    16 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Fugro and the Tokyo-based transportation company, NYK Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan. The two companies will also collaborate on a feasibility study into jointly operating a specialist investigation vessel for renewables projects. Japan’s burgeoning offshore wind industry is predicted to increase national demand for geotechnical […]

  • Good Q1 offshore winds boost RWE’s nine-month results

    12 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    RWE has reported significantly higher adjusted EBITDA at its offshore wind business segment for the first three quarters of 2020, which stood at EUR 738 million, up from EUR 660 million the same period last year. The company attributed the 12 per cent increase primarily to better wind conditions in the first quarter of this […]

  • New UK collaboration targets offshore wind energy loss reduction

    6 November 2020
    Research & Development

    The University of Southampton and Flightform Insights have teamed up to develop a novel wake and wind generation model to minimize energy losses from offshore wind farms. The aim is to help offshore wind developers optimize the turbine layout of their wind farms by minimizing the losses caused by the influence of the turbine wake on […]

  • Dutch invite input for 700 MW offshore wind farm zone

    6 November 2020
    Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has initiated a market consultation process for the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone. The purpose is to determine potential contractors to carry out a seabed morphological and scour study at the 700 MW wind farm zone also known as the North of the Wadden Sea […]