Design and engineering consultancy Houlder is supporting Subsea Micropiles, a foundations company leading the adaption of land-based micropiling technology to create marine foundation and anchor solutions. Houlder is providing marine operations and engineering support to accelerate market developmen
Norway’s Bounheur ASA has established a new company, Fred. Olsen 1848, dedicated to developing and commercialising new technologies related to renewable energy such as floating offshore wind and floating solar. Fred. Olsen 1848 will focus on the development and commercialization of existing, but als
A significant number of contract notices seeking services within the offshore wind industry has been issued over the past several weeks. The work required spans several European markets and covers offshore investigations, certification services, vessel services, offshore maintenance, electricity out
US energy company Dominion Energy has selected the consortium of DEME Group and Prysmian as the Balance of Plant (BoP) contractors for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The BoP contract includes the complete package for the transportation and installation of the foundations a
Van Oord has ordered a new self-elevating offshore installation vessel that will be able to operate on methanol and install wind turbines with a capacity of up to 20 MW. The vessel is being built by the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The design is by Knud E Hansen. The jack-up is expected to
A Germany-headquartered offshore wind developer has launched a tender seeking transition piece supplier(s) for its large-scale wind farm offshore Germany.
Odfjell Oceanwind has secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full-
The Netherlands-based provider of systems and services to the offshore oil and gas industry has revealed its ambition to co-develop or participate as a technology or turnkey provider in 2 GW of floating wind projects over the next decade.
Subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in the equity of Nautilus Floating Solutions S.L. a developer of technology for the floating wind market based in Bilbao, Spain. According to Subsea 7, Nautilus has developed a
Shell and Scottish Power Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iberdrola, have joined forces to bid to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore wind farms in the north-east of Scotland. The partnership has submitted multiple proposals for new large-scale floating offshore wind farm
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
Subsea 7 S.A. has agreed to combine its Renewables business unit with Norway’s OHT ASA. Subject to the customary approvals, conditions and relevant employee consultations, the combined company will be renamed Seaway 7 ASA and will initially retain OHT’s listing on Oslo’s Euronext Growth market, with
A truly pioneering offshore wind project, the first to be built without government subsidies, has reached a major milestone with the start of offshore construction work. The offshore work started earlier this month with the installation of the scour protection at the first of the 140 monopile founda
Fugro has introduced a new system that monitors mooring line fatigue on floating wind turbines, designed in a consortium between Fugro, AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde, and funded by the Scottish Government. The mooring line fatigue tracker fuses the motion and position measurements of f
