Offshore Wind News


Patriot Offshore Awarded 10-year CTV Contract for Empire Wind

Oct 28, 2024

Patriot Offshore Maritime Services NY, a subsidiary of Lake Success, N.Y. based Liberty Green Logistics, announced it has been awarded a 10-year contract to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for Empire Offshore Wind LLC.Patriot Offshore's…

Belgian Energy Island Gets $700M EU Funding Boost

Oct 28, 2024

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Elia Transmission Belgium (ETB) have signed a $704 million (€650 million) green credit facility agreement, earmarked for the realization of the first phase of the Princess Elisabeth Island project.The Princess…

North Seas Energy Ministers Agree Vision for Wind Supply Chain

Oct 27, 2024

The Energy Ministers of the nine North Sea countries held their annual meeting on Friday in Odense, Denmark, reaffirming their ambition to transform the North Seas into Europe’s “green power plant.”The North Seas Energy Cooperation is the intergovernmental…

Brazil-Made FLiDAR Tech for Offshore Wind Set for $10M Investment Boost

Oct 25, 2024

Petrobras has announced plans to invest $10.5 million in a new sea wind testing and measuring phase by releasing new BRAVO buoy units to collect, monitor, and assess offshore wind resources.The technology, designed for the Brazilian sea, is…

Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Construction Well Underway

Oct 25, 2024

Van Oord has installed over a quarter of the foundations which will support Sofia offshore wind farm’s 100 wind turbines in the North Sea since the start of operations in May.The Dutch contractor Van Oord is using the Port of Tyne’s Clean Energy Park as a storage and marshalling base…

DEME Gets Multi-Million Dollar Inter-Array Cabling Job at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Oct 25, 2024

Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has secured a contract, worth up to $320 million, to carry out the transport and installation works for the inter-array cables and secondary steel for the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands…

Avangrid Wraps Up $160M Kitty Hawk North Lease Sale to Dominion Energy

Oct 25, 2024

Avangrid, the U.S. unit of Spain's Iberdrola, has closed the sale of Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease are to Dominion Energy for approximately $160 million.The sale price consists of a lease acquisition payment of $117 million and associated development cost reimbursement to Avangrid…

Some Vineyard Wind Blades to be Removed After Quality Checks

Oct 24, 2024

GE Vernova will remove some turbine blades installed at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts following quality checks prompted by the failure of a blade in July, the company said on Wednesday.Progress on the still…

BOEM Wraps Environmental Review for New York Bight

Oct 24, 2024

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized an extensive environmental review concerning wind development activities across six lease areas in the New York Bight, covering more than 488,000 acres off the coasts of New York and New Jersey…

Equinor Sees 13% Fall in Quarterly Profit

Oct 24, 2024

Equinor reported a sharper-than-expected 13% decline in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hit by weaker oil prices and lower production, and cut its full-year outlook for capital expenditure and renewable energy production growth.The Norwegian…

DNV Heads Assessment to Help Unlock Funding for Eight US Offshore Wind Projects

Oct 24, 2024

Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has been appointed to perform technical due diligence to help unlock the financing of eight offshore wind projects on the United States’ Atlantic Coast.The technical due diligence DNV is providing…

Birds Fly Safe as Floating Wind Turbine Keeps Spinning Off Norway

Oct 24, 2024

After more than years of continuous monitoring, no collisions between the TetraSpar floating offshore wind turbine and birds have been recorded at the deployment site at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre), off the coast of Norway.Norwegian…

Portuguese Engineering Firm Launches Offshore Wind Branch

Oct 23, 2024

Portuguese maritime engineering company Etermar has launched Etermar Energia, a new branch dedicated to renewable energy, with a strong focus on offshore wind.Energia Energia has been established with the aim to become a strategic partner for the development of offshore wind projects worldwide…

Dutch Firms Team Up for Offshore Wind in APAC Region

Oct 23, 2024

Engineering firm TWD and IX Renewables, a consultancy company specializing in EPCI management, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their presence in the offshore wind sector in the APAC region.Under the agreement, IX…

Stonepeak Buys 50% Share of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind from Dominion Energy

Oct 23, 2024

Dominion Energy has completed the sale of 50% noncontrolling interest in 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project to Stonepeak.Dominion Energy will retain full operational control of the construction and operations of the project…

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