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Norwind Offshore Orders Two More CSOVs from VARD

Apr 14, 2022

Norwind Offshore, a recently established offshore wind services firm in Norway, has awarded VARD contracts for the design and construction of two additional Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs).Norway's Farstad, Volstad, and Kleven in October 2021 teamed up and formed Norwind Offshore…

First Turbine Installed at France's First Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 13, 2022

The very first wind turbine for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm was installed on 12-13 April.©Parc éolien en mer de Saint-Nazaire - Production CAPA CorporateThe first wind turbine has been installed at the St. Nazaire offshore wind farm in France…

NextGeo Taps PanGeo For Detailed Survey on Hollandse Kust West Beta Cable Routes

Apr 13, 2022

Marine geoscience and offshore construction support service provider NextGeo has selected PanGeo Subsea, a Kraken Robotics Company, to provide its Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI) technology to conduct a detailed survey in the Dutch North Sea along the…

Report: Iberdrola Seeks to Sell Minority Stakes in German Offshore Wind Farms

Apr 13, 2022

Spanish power utility Iberdrola is seeking buyers for minority stakes in its three offshore wind projects in the German Baltic Sea, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.Iberdrola earns most of its income from renewable energy and power…

Fugro to Conduct Geotechnical Surveys at BP and EnBW Offshore Wind Sites in Irish Sea

Apr 12, 2022

Dutch offshore survey services firm Fugro will provide geotechnical site investigation services for BP's and EnBW's new offshore wind farms, Morgan and Mona, located in the Irish Sea.The two wind farms, which will mark BP's entry into the UK’s offshore wind farm power sector…

TotalEnergies, KGHM Team Up to Build Offshore Wind Farms in Poland

Apr 12, 2022

French TotalEnergies and Polish KGHM have partnered up to take part in a tender for the development of offshore wind projects in Poland.The Polish government has launched a new auction scheme covering 11 areas in the  Polish Baltic Sea, representing an expected total capacity of over 10 GW…

SSE, Marubeni, CIP Press Forward with Scotwind Project as Option Agreement Signed

Apr 11, 2022

SSE Renewables has, with its Scotwind lease sale partners Marubeni Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, signed the Option Agreement with Crown Estate Scotland.The Option Agreement signing follows the partnership's successful bid…

Swedish Floating Wind Tech Firm Sets Up Greek JV

Apr 11, 2022

Hexicon, a Swedish twin floating wind turbine technology company, has set up a joint venture in Greece with the local company EAMAA.'This is a first step to start the development of floating offshore wind projects off the coast of Greece. A…

ASCO to Support Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm Construction

Apr 11, 2022

Aberdeen-based logistics and materials management firm  ASCO has won a contract with offshore wind turbine maker Vestas to support the Seagreen offshore wind farm project, located 27 km off the coast of Angus.Under the contract, of an undisclosed value…

Lamprell to Build NOV Floating Wind Platforms for Cerulean

Apr 11, 2022

Lamprell, a UAE-based company specializing in the construction of offshore energy facilities, has signed an agreement with NOV, to support its delivery of three 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore floating wind farms for Cerulean Winds, the UK-based floating…

Pict Offshore to Equip Sif's TP-less Monopile Foundations with GUS Lifting System

Apr 08, 2022

Sif, a Dutch manufacturer of monopiles and transition pieces (TP) for offshore wind turbines, has signed an agreement with Pict Offshore to integrate their Get Up Safe (GUS) motion-compensated lifting system, as standard, into Sif's Skybox TP-less monopile foundation…

Probe Launched as Offshore Wind Turbine Parts Collapse into Sea in Denmark

Apr 08, 2022

An offshore wind turbine rotor with three blades detached from its nacelle and fell into the sea earlier this week at Ørsted's Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark, spurring an investigation by the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa and wind farm developer Ørsted…

Lhyfe, wpd Offshore to Build Large-scale Green Hydrogen Plant Linked to Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

Apr 08, 2022

Green hydrogen production firm Lhyfe and wind farm developer wpd Offshore AB have agreed to establish and directly connect a facility for green hydrogen production to wpd's planned offshore wind farm, Storgrundet, in Sweden's Söderhamn. 'The goal is to achieve a total installed capacity of 600 MW…

Ørsted, Esvagt Sign Deal on Green Fuel SOV

Apr 08, 2022

Offshore wind developer Ørsted and vessel owner Esvagt on Friday announced an investment in what they claim to be the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. 'The SOV will be powered by batteries and dual fuel engines…

US Offshore Wind: Figuring Out the Business

Apr 07, 2022

If awards were given for dominating the sustainable energy spotlight, offshore wind (OSW) would surely be in line for top honors.Consider:Big money: BOEM’s February sale of New York Bight offshore wind development rights drew a record $4.37 billion in developers’ bids…

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