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All Foundations In Place for Denmark's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 01, 2020

Offshore wind developer Vattenfall has said that all foundations have now been installed at its Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm site in the Danish sector of the Baltic Sea.The last foundation - of 72 in total - was installed on Friday, August 28…

Total, Macquarie’s GIG Form Floating Offshore Wind JV in South Korea

Sep 01, 2020

French oil giant Total and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) are forming a joint venture to develop a portfolio of 5 large floating offshore wind projects in South Korea with a potential cumulated capacity of more than 2 gigawatts (GW)…

Principle Power Joins DeepWind Cluster

Aug 31, 2020

Principle Power, the developer of WindFloat - a floating wind turbine foundation - will join the DeepWind, a Scottish supply chain cluster, described as the largest offshore wind representative body in Scotland with over 400 members.According to the DeepWind cluster's website info…

Ocean Installer, Vard Working on 'Most Advanced' Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Aug 31, 2020

Ocean Installer, a Norwegian company mostly known for its offshore oil and gas services provider, is increasingly turning towards the offshore wind industry.Following a recent establishment of an offshore wind branch, and the naming of a director to lead it…

Dutch Shipyard Wins Contract to Build New Vessel Type, "Monomaran Crewtender"

Aug 28, 2020

Coastwise Offshore Services and Next Generation Shipyards signed a contract for the building of a new type of vessel, an aluminum vessel for the offshore wind-industry, with an option for three additional vessels. The signing took place at Next Generation Shipyards on Lauwersoog…

UK: ORE Catapult to Develop Testing Facility for Next-Gen Offshore Wind Turbines

Aug 28, 2020

UK's Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has teamed up with and Advance Northumberland to develop a new facility for testing the next generation of advanced offshore wind turbines in Northumberland County, North East England.According to ORE…

Moray East Offshore Wind Farm: Final Substation Set for Sailaway

Aug 28, 2020

The last of three offshore substations for the Moray East offshore wind farm is set to leave the fabrication yard and sail away to its offshore location in the UK North Sea over the weekend.The 950MW wind farm is being developed by Moray Offshore Windfarm East Ltd (MOWEL)…

End of the Line for Deepsea Bergen Drilling Rig

Aug 27, 2020

Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling will recycle its oldest drilling rig the Deepsea Bergen, to focus on its modern, harsh-environment drilling rigs.In a quarterly update on Thursday, Odfjell said that the Deepsea Bergen rig…

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Jack-Up Picks Up More Work in Taiwan

Aug 27, 2020

Offshore wind installation company Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a conditional contract for its Brave Tern jack-up, for wind turbine installation work in Taiwan.The conditional contract is with Liwei Wind Power Co. Ltd., a company wholly owned by wpd Group…

MacGregor Bags 'Largest Single Vessel Order' in Offshore Wind Space

Aug 27, 2020

Deck machinery and equipment company MacGregor, a Cargotec subsidiary, has won what it says is its largest single vessel order.Namely, the vessel owner OHT has ordered a batch of MacGregor equipment for its under-construction offshore wind foundation installation vessel…

Norwegian Offshore Drilling Firm Enters Floating Wind Game

Aug 27, 2020

Norwegian offshore oil and gas drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling is stepping out of the comfort zone and into the offshore renewables space.The company, which provides drilling rigs for oil and gas companies, on Thursday announced its investment in Oceanwind AS…

Aker's Carbon Capture, Offshore Wind Spinoffs Shares Surge in Market Debut

Aug 26, 2020

Shares of Aker Carbon Capture and Aker Offshore Wind surged on their first day of trading in Oslo on Wednesday, delivering a boost to the Aker conglomerate's strategy of spinning off environment technology. Aker Solutions, controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke…

RWE: All Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations in Place

Aug 26, 2020

German energy company RWE has informed that it has completed the installation of all 90 turbine foundations and two 50-kilometer long export cables connecting offshore and onshore electrical systems at its Triton Knoll offshore wind farm site…

Equinor Signs Lease Agreements for Norfolk Coast Wind Farm Extensions

Aug 25, 2020

Norway's Equinor has signed lease extensions for two offshore wind farms in the UK, the Sheringham Shoal and the Dudgeon, securing an area of seabed of approximately 196 km2 in total to further develop existing wind farm areas, with the aim to double the area's electricity generation capacity…

Cable Specialist JDR Secures Moray East Offshore Wind Farm Deal

Aug 25, 2020

Subsea cable specialist JDR has signed a contract with Dutch marine contractor Boskalis to provide the termination and testing of 100 array cables and two offshore substation interconnector cables for the Moray East offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland…

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