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US Launches $50M Offshore Wind R&D Call

Jul 26, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind…

Saipem Sees Business Opportunities in Green Ammonia, Offshore Wind

Jul 25, 2024

Italian energy contractor Saipem, which has traditionally focused on oil and gas contracts, sees business opportunities arising in low-carbon areas including green ammonia and offshore wind, its CEO said on Thursday.Speaking with journalists the day after releasing first-half results…

GB Energy and Crown Estate Launch Offshore Wind Partnership

Jul 25, 2024

Great British Energy, a new UK government-owned clean energy company, and the Crown Estate have entered into partnership, which could facilitate up to 20-30 GW of new offshore wind developments reaching seabed lease stage by 2030.Great British Energy (GB Energy) Bill…

Port San Luis Harbor District Eyes Offshore Wind Prize in California

Jul 25, 2024

The Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a leading developer of offshore wind port facilities across the U.S., to asses the development of the West Coast's first offshore wind operations and maintenance port…

Rovco Lands Survey Work at Green Volt Floating Wind Farm

Jul 25, 2024

UK-based tech-powered offshore wind solutions provider Rovco has been awarded the site characterization survey work in support of the development of Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland.Rovco will focus on geophysical surveys in the OWF array area…

TotalEnergies Takes 50% Share of RWE’s Dutch Offshore Wind Project

Jul 25, 2024

RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into a partnership agreement to jointly deliver the OranjeWind offshore wind project in the Netherlands, with TotalEnergies buying half of RWE’s equity stake to deliver the be the first ‘system integration’ project in the Dutch market…

GE Vernova Says Faulty Manufacturing Led to Offshore Wind Blade Failure

Jul 24, 2024

Power services firm GE Vernova on Wednesday said a manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts earlier this month.The turbine blade broke on July 13 and left potentially dangerous debris on beaches on the island of Nantucket…

All Inter-Array Cables Laid at Dogger Bank’s First 1.2GW Phase

Jul 24, 2024

Deme Offshore has laid all inter-array cables, manufactured by its partner Hellenic Cables, for the first phase of 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in UK.More than 200 miles of 66KV inter-array cables have been successfully installed by…

Akselos Appoints Chief Product & Technology Officer

Jul 23, 2024

Akselos, a pioneer in Structural Performance Management (SPM) software, has appointed Dr. Claus Reimers as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO).Drawing on his vast technical background, leadership skills and energy industry expertise, Reimers…

Britain’s Crown Estate Posts Record Profits on Offshore Wind Licenses

Jul 23, 2024

Britain’s Crown Estate, which manages King Charles' public property, posted a record profit for 2023/24 of 1.1 billion pounds ($1.42 billion), boosted by income from offshore wind leases, its results showed on Wednesday.The Crown Estate, which comprises tracts of land and most of Britain’s sea bed…

Two CSOVs Launched for Acta Marine

Jul 23, 2024

Turkish shipbuilder Tersan Shipyard has launched a pair of construction service operations vessels (CSOV) for Dutch company Acta Marine.Acta Pegasus and the Acta Hercules are Ulstein SX216 design CSOVs featuring an optimized hull form and capability to burn methanol as main fuel…

Empire Energy and Largo Concrete Cement Offshore Wind Partnership

Jul 23, 2024

Empire Energy Partners' Offshore Division, an offshore wind EPC firm, has partnered with Largo Concrete, a structural concrete contractor, to support the growth of offshore wind sector.The partnership will leverage Empire Energy Offshore's project…

ABS Grants AIP for CLS Wind's Offshore Wind Installation Technology

Jul 22, 2024

Classification society ABS announced it has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to Houston-based CLS Wind for its innovative wind turbine assembly system.The patented elevator style assembly system promises easier, safer and faster wind turbine and nacelle installation and maintenance…

Windcatcher Receives AIP from DNV

Jul 22, 2024

Wind Catching Systems announced its 40MW Windcatcher design has received approval in principle (AIP) from DNV.The objective of an AIP is to perform a third-party technical evaluation of a design to assess whether there are any conceptual showstoppers or rule compliance aspects that need improvement…

Parkwind Installs Vessels Charging System at Noblewind Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 22, 2024

JERA’s Parkwind has installed a vessels charging system, supplied by UK-based MJR Power & Automation, at its Noblewind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.The boat charging station system at sea has been designed to minimize greenhouse…

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