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Ampelmann, the global offshore access specialist, has signed a major contract with Seaway7 to supply an E5000 gangway to support the construction of a major US coast offshore wind project. With Ampelmann’s recent engagements in South Fork and Vineyard Wind nearing completion, the project sees the continuation of the company’s involvement in the emergent US offshore wind market. This… Read More
The new Labour Government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been in office for less than a month. Yet they have already initiated several significant reforms to accelerate the expansion of onshore and offshore wind. Just yesterday the Government raised the budget for the upcoming contract for difference auction round (AR6) to a record £1.56bn…. Read More
Vessel number 6 from VARD Wind Energy Construction AS is a Norwegian company partly owned by the founders and owners of Norwind Offshore AS. This is the 6th vessel the owners of Norwind Offshore have contracted with VARD since October 2021. The five previous vessels were CSOVs. VARD 3 11 design The Energy Construction Vessel… Read More
Dominion Energy, which is developing the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Commercial windfarm in the US says the cost of the vessel that will install the project, Charybdis, has risen steeply again Dominion Energy said the CVOW Commercial project remains on schedule, as does construction of the vessel, but in a Q2 earnings call on… Read More
Taihan Cable & Solution announced that on July 24, they held a launching ceremony for the 6,200-ton submarine cable laying vessel “Palos” at the Godeok Pier in the Asan National Industrial Complex, Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, where their submarine cable factory is located. Palos is the only offshore wind power CLV (Cable Laying Vessel) in the country… Read More
Equipment will be used for gas injection at Lapa pre-salt field Dutch-based pipe manufacturer Strohm has signed a contract with French supermajor TotalEnergies to provide its thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) solution for the Lapa pre-salt field in the prolific Santos basin offshore Brazil. TCP can be used for a wide spectrum of applications such as… Read More
The installation of an offshore wind farm requires many specialist activities. Of course, the installation vessels that install both foundations and turbines stand out the most. But before actual construction can begin at sea, the seabed must be prepared. That is exactly what our trailing suction hopper dredgers Shoreway and Beachway and water injection dredger… Read More
Covington, Louisiana — Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (“Hornbeck Offshore” or the “Company”) announced today that the United States Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs recently approved a Mentor Protégé Agreement between the Company and Next Generation Logistics, LLC (“NGL”). Small businesses, including Veteran/Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zone small businesses, Small… Read More
US Wind, a proposed 2.2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm in Maryland, has achieved a major milestone in its journey towards securing federal permits by the end of 2024. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), marking a crucial advancement for the developers, Renexia, an Italian… Read More
This year’s budget to support the next wave of renewable energy schemes has been raised to a “record” £1.5bn, the government has announced, following a failed funding process in 2023. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the additional £500m for the looming renewable energy auction represented a commitment towards Labour’s goal of delivering clean, cheap, low-carbon electricity… Read More
The agreement is the first step in what could be a six-plus year development process resulting in a facility that would anchor the multi-billion-dollar offshore wind industry and several hundred high-quality, long-term jobs in the Central Coast region. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — On Tuesday evening, the Port San Luis Harbor District’s Board approved entering… Read More
Subsea specialist Sulmara has been awarded funding by the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) to develop an over-the-horizon (OTH) uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with the ability to launch and recover towed sensor packages. The project will deliver a platform designed and certified to the standard set out in the recently released UK MCA Workboat Code… Read More
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has received an unsolicited lease request from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC to acquire commercial wind energy lease(s) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). In response, BOEM is seeking information regarding whether competitive interest exists in the areas included in Hecate… Read More
U.S. Congressman Bill Keating called for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to establish protocols requiring local officials to be immediately notified of any potentially hazardous conditions related to offshore wind lease areas in a letter distributed on Friday. It comes two weeks after Vineyard Wind’s disastrous turbine blade failure that spread fiberglass… Read More
Cyan Renewables, Asia’s leading offshore wind services operator based in Singapore, today announced its acquisition of Australian offshore marine services provider MMA Offshore (ASX:MRM) for USD 702 million. The transaction marks the Asia Pacific (APAC) region’s largest take-private deal in the offshore wind energy services industry, strengthening Cyan’s position in the region and underscoring the… Read More