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Crew Transfer Vessel Arrives in Japan to Serve Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Project

Apr 25, 2023

A new crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm in Hokkaido Prefecture arrived in Japan from Singapore on April 19, Japan's NYK has informed. The vessel is named “Rera As.”After completing its sea trials, the…

Van Oord Installs First Monopile at Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 25, 2023

Dutch offshore installation services company Van Oord has installed the first of 50 monopile foundations at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany.The installation strategy for the foundations is based on the feeder concept,…

Vestas to Supply 25 Offshore Wind Turbines for Wind Farm in Japan

Apr 25, 2023

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said Tuesday it had won an order from Hibiki Wind Energy to supply offshore wind turbines for the Kitakyushu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm project in Japan.The offshore wind project is located offshore Kitakyushu city…

Ulstein Says Its U-STERN to Offer a Safer, Smarter Installation of Large Offshore Wind Monopiles

Apr 24, 2023

Ship design company Ulstein Design & Solutions has designed an offshore wind installation vessel that it says is 'a safer, smarter, and more competitive ship design solution for transporting, upending and installing large monopiles on DP.'The patent-pending U-STERN design…

LionLink: UK, Netherlands Plan Cross-border Power Link to Boost Energy Security

Apr 24, 2023

The Netherlands and Britain plan to build what would be Europe's biggest cross-border electricity link connected to an offshore wind farm, their energy ministers said on Monday, part of efforts to boost energy security. The 'LionLink' interconnector will be able to transfer 1…

FACTBOX - Global Offshore Wind Tenders Including Floating Wind Technology

Apr 24, 2023

Floating wind is viewed as the final frontier for offshore wind as turbines can be installed in deeper waters than fixed-bottom foundations, harnessing stronger and more continuous wind to generate more power.There are two main types of tender for traditional and floating wind projects…

Floating Wind Power Gains Traction But Can It Set Sail?

Apr 24, 2023

After a bumper year for floating offshore wind farm tenders, the nascent industry is poised for explosive growth in the coming decade as countries strive to cut their carbon emissions. But it's unlikely to be all plain sailing. Rising costs…

North Sea Countries Plan to Quadruple Offshore Wind Energy Capacity by 2030

Apr 21, 2023

Energy ministers from European countries surrounding the North Sea are set to pledge to quadruple offshore wind energy capacity by the end of the decade as they aim to turn the region into an engine of renewable power. Seven European Union countries…

Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm to Power Carbon-neutral Steel Production

Apr 21, 2023

Spanish renewable energy firm Iberdrola has signed a long-term power supply deal with Salzgitter Group.Under the agreement, Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Section of the Baltic Sea will deliver electricity for Salzgitter's project to produce carbon-neutral steel…

RWE to Use Lower-carbon Steel Towers at Denmark's Largest Wind Farm

Apr 21, 2023

German renewable energy firm RWE said Thursday it would be the first developer in the world to utilize Siemens Gamesa’s GreenerTower at its Danish offshore wind farm Thor. The tower steel plates are made of greener steel that produces at least…

World's First Unmanned HVDC Offshore Substation Installed Off UK

Apr 20, 2023

Heerema Marine Contractors has installed what has been described as the world’s first unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore substation at the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project site in the UK North Sea.The substation is the first of three platforms…

TenneT Awards €30B in Contracts for Offshore Wind Energy Transmission

Apr 20, 2023

Representatives of the European transmission system operator TenneT,  the Hitachi Energy/Petrofac partnership, and the three consortium partnerships GE/Sembcorp (SMOP), GE/McDermott, and Siemens Energy/Dragados met in Berlin on Thursday to sign…

HST Marine Nets Long-term Contract in North Sea with Otary

Apr 20, 2023

Offshore energy industry services provider HST Marine said Thursday it had secured a long-term contract in the North Sea for its HST Hudson fast crew supplier, to continue working with Belgium-based offshore wind firm Otary.'In order to assist Otary with its emission reduction journey…

HSI Consortium Wins EPCI Contract for Largest Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea

Apr 20, 2023

The HSI consortium comprising HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv-Offshore & Energy has won a contract to deliver substations and jackets for the largest offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the Gennaker.Under the contract, awarded by 50Hertz…

Ulstein to Design Cyan Renewables' Offshore Foundation Installation Vessels

Apr 20, 2023

Singapore-based Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions BV to design a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore wind. Ulstein said that the new FFIVs would feature adequate deck space…

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