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In the latest milestone for the growth of the U.S. offshore wind supply chain, offshore wind joint development partners Ørsted and Eversource today marked the “sail away” of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which departed a Texas fabrication facility yesterday. The substation is transiting across the Gulf of Mexico and then up the East… Read More
IHC Offshore Energy is pleased to announce that a contract has been secured to supply its client in South East Asia, PT Ketrosden Triasmitra Tbk, with a full Royal IHC fibre optic plough spread. This state-of-the-art plough system will be used aboard the CS Bentang Bahari vessel for the installation of fibre optic cable networks… Read More
Norway’s Island Offshore has secured light well intervention work for its 2008-built Island Wellserver on the Norwegian continental shelf, taking its order book to close to $274m. The contract with the end customer, Equinor, has been entered into by TIOS, Island Offshore’s former joint venture with TechnipFMC and cooperation partner for this service for many years, which also… Read More
Equinor said today that it will postpone any further development of the Trollvind floating offshore wind farm initiative indefinitely. “This decision is based on several challenges facing the project, including technology availability, rising cost and a strained timetable to deliver on the original concept.” said the state-owned energy company. “The authorities have been informed about… Read More
A 99-meter cable installation vessel on order for first quarter 2025 delivery from Sefine Shipyard in Turkey will have a number of advanced features. The vessel will be owned by Harstad, Norway, based shipowner Agalas, which was established last year. One of the partners in the Agalas is NSK Ship Design, which has designed the cable layer in… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is proposing the first offshore wind farm lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed sale is part of the leasing project announced by the DOI in 2021 with a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy… Read More
The EnerGeo Alliance has sent a letter to New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy and Assemblyman Christopher Tully, Chairman of the state’s Committee on Science, Innovation and Technology in advance of the Assembly’s hearing on marine mammal deaths scheduled for Thursday May 18, 2023. There have been at least 11 whales that have washed up dead… Read More
As offshore wind companies seek permits for new projects, officials in New Bedford are weighing in on the impact on the fishing industry. SouthCoast Wind, formerly Mayflower Wind, is proposing a 2,400-megawatt offshore wind project located 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. New Bedford Port Authority Executive Director Gordon Carr is calling for SouthCoast Wind to… Read More
A Dublin-based company with a modular floating offshore wind turbine design believes its design checks one of the most important boxes the deep-sea wind industry has yet to solve: Affordability. Rather than reducing the height of their turbines, building a wider, more stable base or trying to develop an entirely new method for capturing wind energy, Gazelle… Read More
Amogy, a U.S.-based startup that seeks to commercialize ammonia-fueled power systems, announced that it has signed an agreement to explore the installation of its ammonia-fuel system aboard an offshore vessel. This comes as the company is currently working on a project to demonstrate an ammonia-fueled tugboat by the end of 2023 after it has already… Read More
Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam is gearing up to begin rapid series production of Damen’s Fast Crew Supplier 2710. This is to meet the projected rapid growth in demand for wind farm support vessels due to the expansion in offshore wind development across South-East Asia that is already underway. Damen Song Cam Shipyard (DSCS) is well… Read More
ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC announced today its portfolio company, Sequitur Renewables, LLC, has acquired an operating windfarm in the Altamont Pass region of California. Sequitur was established by ArcLight in 2022 with the acquisition of operating wind farms in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Sequitur is focused on acquiring mature operational wind farms and executing value-add operational, commercial and financial strategies. “Sequitur… Read More
Vineyard Wind, the first wind farm to begin construction in U.S. federal waters, is beginning a trial of bubble curtain technology to reduce the subsea noise impact of pile-driving during installation of wind turbine foundations. With $5 million in funding from Vineyard Wind’s own Industry Accelerator Fund, run by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, survey… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for two wind energy projects offshore New Jersey. If approved, the two projects could generate about 2,800 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power almost 1 million homes. Availability of the draft EIS sets the stage for… Read More
Upgraded and tailor made VARD 4 19 design UK based offshore wind services provider Purus Wind has committed to contribute to the next generation battery hybrid service, operation, and transfer vessels to the sector. The order of the two CSOVs is part of Purus Wind’s continued commitment to meet the needs of the clean energy… Read More