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A new report says Maine has the potential to develop a world-class offshore wind workforce capable of operating regionally, nationally and internationally. And it says Maine has significant training capacity for wind-specific certifications and for related occupations such as welding, electricians and manufacturing necessary for offshore wind. “Maine Offshore Wind Talent Analysis” was released this… Read More
Global offshore wind developer Corio Generation is expanding its footprint to South America with plans to build five projects in Brazil. Taken together, they will have a combined capacity of more than five gigawatts, adding to Brazil’s 97.4 GW list of projects in planning. Corio, which is a portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group… Read More
Aqua Helix wins Offshore Energy Vessel of the Year 2022 accolade At last night’s dinner hosted by the Offshore Support Journal Conference 2022, the Offshore Energy Vessel of the Year award was presented to Damen Shipyards for its revolutionary Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 Aqua Helix. The first of a new class, the Aqua Helix takes offshore crew transfers to a… Read More
Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire Scanjet, a leading global supplier of tank cleaning equipment and solutions for marine, offshore and industrial applications. The acquisition will extend Alfa Laval’s broad tanker offering, creating a more comprehensive product portfolio for cargo tanks. Closing of the acquisition is expected during Q3 2022. Scanjet’s intelligent tank… Read More
Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S has selected Norfolk, Va., as its hub to support the safety needs of North America’s fast-emerging offshore wind sector. Viking, a leading safety solutions provider for the global maritime and offshore industries will coordinate delivery, service and lease agreements for sector-specific PPE (personal protective equipment) and other gear from offices in Norfolk. Headed… Read More
On the occasion of Global Wind Day, Belgian politicians – Governor of East Flanders Carina Van Cauter, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the North Sea Vincent Van Quickenborne and Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten – today officially inaugurated the two wind turbines that Luminus has built on the site of Jan De Nul… Read More
Wind Catching Systems, the developer of the novel wall-shaped floating wind turbine platform, has secured $10 million in an early venture capital investment round led by GM Ventures – the VC arm of General Motors. GM, a towering icon of internal combustion engine technology, intends to have an all-electric product lineup by 2035 and has… Read More
France’s Bourbon group is partnering with Wilhelmsen’s start-up Integrated Wind Solutions to provide services for the commissioning and maintenance of offshore wind farms in France’s developing renewable energy market. Bourbon group which has been a leader in the offshore oil and gas marine services sector since the 1990s is the latest example of offshore companies… Read More
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique is working to expand the offshore engineering portion of its business to offset the continuing lull in future cruise ship orders. Today they announced an agreement with Lhyfe, a pioneering company in renewable green hydrogen, to develop offshore projects tied to Lhyfe’s renewable green hydrogen production platforms. Lhyfe already has… Read More
The Dutch government confirmed its plans to double the Netherlands offshore wind energy generation capacity. When completed the new projects added to the currently installed and projects under development would represent approximately 75 percent of the country’s current energy consumption. The new wind farm plans are part of the Netherlands’ commitment with its neighboring countries… Read More
Equinor and BP have announced the launch of a New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub aimed at facilitating partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the rapidly growing U.S. offshore wind industry. The initiative springs from a new three-year partnership between Equinor, the Urban Future Lab (UFL) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering,… Read More
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a full Operation and Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Termocabo S.A. The agreement covers a 48 MW power plant in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, in the northeast of Brazil. The agreement was signed in April 2022, and has been in effect from 1 June. Wärtsilä had an… Read More
As countries around the world implement ambitious environmental goals, adoption of renewable energy is setting new records. New research from The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG), an ERM Group company, finds that global offshore wind development capacity grew by a whopping 89 percent in 2021. About 200 GW of new offshore wind projects were announced in established… Read More
The Indian government on Thursday announced the first steps in developing offshore wind power and outlined a strategy and timetable for starting auctions. The first auctions are expected in the next three to four months with an initial strategy outlined for the development of at least 10 to 12 GW of offshore wind turbines. “During… Read More
Deploying ‘Orion’, the newest member of the DEME fleet and the most innovative vessel in the offshore wind industry, DEME Offshore has successfully installed the first XXL monopile at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. DEME’s revolutionary, floating DP3 offshore installation vessel is set to install the 28 giant monopiles, which at 110… Read More