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(OE) A group of industry specialist companies has achieved a world first for the wind industry, with a major component exchange (MCE) being performed on an offshore floating wind turbine while it remained on site at the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm, located south east of Aberdeen. The new, more cost-effective, process was delivered through… Read More
The need for urgent solutions to address global warming and climate change has turned the focus toward renewable energy sources such as offshore wind farms. Offshore wind energy has proven to be a divisive issue in coastal communities. In this year’s presidential election, it is on the ballot. Republican candidate Donald Trump has pledged to shut down… Read More
The federal government has set a date of Oct. 29 to auction ocean leases for offshore wind farms off the Outer Cape, and the number of acres to be auctioned is smaller than previously proposed. The eight lease areas now total just over 850,000 acres, a reduction of about 12 percent since this summer’s public… Read More
Damen Shipyards has started a construction programme of three shallow draft multipurpose support vessels at Albwardy Damen in the UAE, in anticipation of an increase in offshore and dredging activity. The vessels are proven Damen models, ideal for the operating conditions in the region including shallow waters. This initial programme will be comprised of a 27-metre Multi Cat… Read More
HOUSTON and SINGAPORE — McDermott and BW Offshore have entered into a collaboration to advance the technical and commercial viability of offshore blue ammonia production. This strategic partnership aims to enable a viable pathway for offshore blue ammonia production, contributing to the global transition to low-carbon energy sources, and reinforcing both companies’ commitment to sustainable… Read More
In a new agreement, Ørsted will sell carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits amounting to 330,000 tonnes of CO2 to Equinor over a ten-year period. This is part of Ørsted’s CO2 capture and storage project, ‘Ørsted Kalundborg CO2 Hub’, which will capture 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 annually from two of Ørsted’s biomass-fired CHP plants from 2026. The CO2 that is… Read More
The U.S. Interior Department announced it will host a lease sale for the eight areas in the Gulf of Maine that federal officials want to develop into commercial offshore wind farms. The auction will be held on Oct. 29. Six of the potential wind plots are located off outer Cape Cod. The remaining two sites are off… Read More
The Zhizhen 100 and Zhicheng 60 are equipped with active wave compensation systems and hybrid diesel-electric propulsion. Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group says that it has recently taken delivery of Asia’s first offshore wind power service and operation vessels, the Zhizhen 100 and Zhicheng 60. These vessels, built by Zhenhua Heavy Industries, are said to… Read More
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish Department of Transport have established an advisory cooperation to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies for the development of offshore renewable energy port infrastructure, which is crucial for long-term operation of offshore wind projects in Irish waters. While no Irish port has the facilities and capabilities required… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, which could… Read More
Offshore wind power is coming to Maryland, and with it, jobs. Earlier this month, the Biden administration approved Baltimore-based US Wind’s project to install wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast of Ocean City. The offshore wind farm could generate more than two gigawatts of wind energy and power more than 718,000 homes, according… Read More
Boskalis‘s semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte installed the Gallaf GE Central Processing Platform (CPP) topside at its final destination, the Al Shaheen field offshore Qatar, according to the company’s release. This was done through a DP float-over operation in which Forte positioned the CCP topside between the legs of the pre-installed jacket. By ballasting the… Read More
Rhode Island has agreed to buy 200 megawatts of electricity from Southcoast Wind in a joint energy procurement agreement with Massachusetts. The two states announced Sept. 6 that they will buy electricity from three offshore wind companies that could power 125,000 homes in Rhode Island and 1.4 million in Massachusetts. This is the largest offshore… Read More
The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast confirmed Peter Kaizer’s worst fears about the dangers a new clean energy business could pose to fishermen like him. Jagged pieces of fiberglass and other materials from the shattered blade drifted with the tide, forcing officials to close beaches on Nantucket and leaving Mr. Kaizer… Read More
Consortium of Technical Experts Will Support States to Advance Potential Transmission Solutions and Accelerate Wind Deployment WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) opened an initial funding opportunity of up to $1.25 million that will advance offshore wind (OSW) deployment along the Atlantic Coast by identifying opportunities and strategies to standardize transmission… Read More