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June 8 (Renewables Now) – Danish energy major Ørsted A/S (CPH:ORSTED) announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Madrid with a view to pursue development of gigawatts of land-based renewables in Spain. Ørsted said it had set up four partnerships with locally-based and geographically scattered companies — Glide Energy, Rolwind, Arba Energias… Read More
The Business Network for Offshore Wind today announced the launch of the U.S. Offshore Wind Pathway Program, a new partnership with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) designed to support the entry of Korean-based offshore wind companies in the fast-growing U.S. offshore wind market. Starting this month, the Network will host ten companies, selected… Read More
Professor Cale Jaffe ’01 and his students at the University of Virginia School of Law have gone tilting at — actually, tilting for — windmills off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Sierra Club asked Jaffe’s Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic to joust with multiple parties before the Virginia State Corporation Commission to support and improve an enormous… Read More
Fourteen miles off the coast of New York, vast fields of offshore wind turbines will soon be installed in the Atlantic Ocean. Spurred by a recent $4.37 billion federal auction of more than 488,000 acres of offshore leases in the New York Bight, these wind farms will help New York realize its 2019 mandate to generate 70% of its… Read More
Continuing the momentum to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of the first proposed wind energy project offshore Maryland. This week, the Department will publish a… Read More
Denmark-based energy company Ørsted has developed a technique to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations, and plans to run a proof-of-concept trial in Taiwan in June. Ørsted noted that coral reefs provide habitat for an estimated 32% of all marine species and benefit 1 billion people worldwide, directly or indirectly,… Read More
Harland & Wolff has been awarded an initial contract worth approximately £8.5 million with Cory for the fabrication of eleven barges. The barges will be used by Cory to transport London’s recyclable and non-recyclable waste on the River Thames. Fabrication will take place at Harland & Wolff’s Belfast site, with first steel being cut within… Read More
Harland & Wolff has acquired the former HMS Atherstone from the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The former HMS Atherstone is a mine hunting class vessel that is no longer in Service. Harland & Wolff has acquired this vessel with a view to refurbishing it for non-military uses, discussions for which have already commenced with interested… Read More
The rapid growth in the offshore power generation sector is creating new opportunities for the creative reuse of offshore skills and vessels from the oil and gas sector which has been in a long-term downturn. As an example of the opportunities, a 2021 startup for the offshore sector, Norwind Offshore, working with Vard has repurposed… Read More
Jan De Nul Group ordered a high-end crane simulator covering its two Next Generation Offshore Installation Vessels Voltaire and Les Alizés, soon to be delivered. The crane simulator will be based on real physics and the actual vessel models, enabling Jan De Nul to train its crewmembers and realistically simulate complex offshore installations in a… Read More
This study provides a comprehensive demand forecast, historical data, and estimates, as well as a thorough explanation of methodology and assumptions. In order to compete in global and local markets, the study report analyses the Offshore Wind Installation Vessel industry’s economic condition. The industry’s history, evolution, causes, rivals, and present strategic activities are all included in the… Read More
The world’s first offshore charging points for wind farm vessels will be in operation as early as this summer, thanks to sponsorship from the government of the United Kingdom. The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) incubator announced last week that it has selected five offshore-wind projects to share about $4.1 million in funding,… Read More
Offshore wind service company Edda Wind today announces that it has taken delivery of its first CSOV, the hydrogen-ready Edda Breeze. The vessel is the first to be delivered as part of a nine-vessel newbuilding programme. The new Commissioning Operation Vessel (CSOV), named Edda Breeze, will in August go on a ten-year contract with Ocean Breeze… Read More
Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of its first vessel, Norwind Breeze. Handed over today by Fincantieri subsidiary Vard’s Brattvåg, Norway, shipyard, the vessel was originally built as a platform supply vessel developed for the oil and gas market and has now been converted to a service operation vessel for the offshore wind industry. Together… Read More
The Gulf of Mexico, a longtime hub for petroleum, could become a primary source for offshore wind energy after a review of the area for potential wind turbines by the Biden administration. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which plans and leases offshore energy projects, is conducting a review of about 30 million… Read More