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Ocean Winds, Principle Power in French Floating Wind Team-up

Nov 16, 2021

Ocean Winds, a partnership between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, and Principle Power, a designer of floating wind turbine foundations, will cooperate to design the floating platforms for France’s first commercial-scale floating wind tender.In September this year…

James Fisher Wraps UXO Survey Phase 1 at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Site

Nov 16, 2021

James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has said it has completed the first part of a two-phase contract to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features ahead of the installation of export cables for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm…

Reach Subsea Charters Olympic Subsea Vessel Trio

Nov 16, 2021

Subsea services provider Reach Subsea has charters with shipowner Olympic Subsea of three modern subsea vessels for the 2022 season.Reach will be chartering the Olympic Artemis, Olympic Delta, and Olympic Challenger vessels, which are fully…

Worley, Hexicon in Floating Wind Project Off Norway

Nov 15, 2021

Swedish developer of twin offshore wind turbine technology Hexicon has partnered with Australia-based engineering giant Worley for FEED, Engineering Procurement Fabrication (EPF), and installation management of Hexicon's technology demonstrator project TwinWay…

RWE to Invest $57B Through 2030 to Double Green Energy Capacity

Nov 15, 2021

RWE plans to invest 50 billion euros ($57 billion) through 2030 to double its green energy capacity to 50 gigawatts (GW), as Germany's largest power producer outlined its plan to become a global renewables heavyweight.However, Markus Krebber…

Boskalis Clinches $515M Offshore Wind Installation Deal

Nov 15, 2021

Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has won a contract to transport and install the monopile foundations and substations for an offshore wind farm development.Boskalis did not say who the client was, nor where the project would be taking place…

Sif, Smulders to Build Monopiles and Transition Pieces for Dogger Bank C

Nov 12, 2021

Sif Netherlands and Smulders will build all 87 monopiles and transition pieces for the third phase of the Dogger Bank wind farm located in the North Sea off the North East coast of England.After the award in November 2020 of contracts for Dogger Bank A and B…

UK: NKT Connects Moray East Offshore Wind Farm to Shore

Nov 11, 2021

Marine power cable company NKT has completed the power cable system connecting the 950 MW offshore wind farm Moray East in the UK to shore.NKT has commissioned the power cable project comprising three 220 kV HVAC power cable systems for the…

Nexans Opens Expanded Subsea Cable Facility in Charleston

Nov 09, 2021

France-based offshore cable manufacturer and installation contractor Nexans announced Tuesday it has officially opened its transformed high voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, S.C.From the Charleston facility Nexans will deliver subsea cables up to 525kV HVDC and 400kV HVAC…

Watch: Barge Master's Motion-compensated Solution for Offshore Wind Feeder Vessels

Nov 09, 2021

Dutch company Barge Master earlier this year said it had developed a motion-compensated feeder solution for the next generation of offshore wind turbines, called BM-Feeder.The company at the time said that its motion-compensated platform could…

Siemens Gamesa to Return to Profit in 2022 after Narrowing Annual Loss

Nov 08, 2021

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said on Friday it expects to return to profitability in 2022 after blaming its second annual operating loss in a row on higher raw materials and logistics costs, and cost overruns linked to a new model.High…

UK: Marshalling Ops Underway for Seagreen Wind Farm Turbine Parts

Nov 03, 2021

UK-based energy firm SSE Renewables has informed that marshalling operations for wind turbine parts are underway at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool for what will be Scotland’s biggest, and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm – Seagreen…

Lower Wind Speeds Hit Ørsted's Earnings

Nov 03, 2021

Denmark's Ørsted on Wednesday reported third-quarter operating profit slightly below expectations as it said low wind speeds continued to hit earnings.'In most of Q3, we continued to see lower than normal wind speeds, which had an adverse impact on earnings from renewable assets in operation…

Higher Costs, Supply Constraints Force Vestas to Slash 2021 Outlook

Nov 03, 2021

Vestas slashed its 2021 outlook for a second time this year in response to higher costs and supply constraints, sending its shares tumbling as much as 14% as the world's largest maker of wind turbines posted forecast-lagging quarterly profit…

Ørsted Wraps Sale of 50% Stake in Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 03, 2021

Danish offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has completed the sale of 50% stake in the 605 MW Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan.The agreement to sell half of its stake in the wind farm project to global investment group Caisse de…

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