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Maryland is officially teaming up with the federal government to advance the state’s and country’s offshore wind energy goals. Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other officials met Friday morning in Annapolis to sign a memorandum of understanding focused on offshore wind development. “Offshore wind means we don’t have… Read More
BNEF sees nation meeting less than half the 2030 goal, but predicts it will be world’s second largest market by 2040 BloombergNEF has once again lowered its 2030 forecast for US offshore wind capacity to just 13.1GW on slower “than initially anticipated” project timelines, the research consultancy noted in its 1H 2024 Offshore Wind Market Outlook report…. Read More
A public information session will be held this week to inform community members of US Wind’s progress with its offshore wind projects off the Delmarva coast. The session will be focused on impacts the projects will have on Delaware’s shores, specifically the impacts of cables that will require potential dredging of Delaware’s wetlands and interconnection to the… Read More
On May 31, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering held an “International Tech Forum” in Athens, Greece, inviting over 100 shipbuilding and maritime professionals from around the world. During the event, the company unveiled a new eco-friendly technology capable of reducing the emission levels of toxic gases from ammonia fuel to zero. The technology revealed… Read More
The U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management just announced two exciting proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate over 18 gigawatts of squeaky clean energy. That’s enough to power more than 5 million homes, according to Electrek. So, what’s the scoop? The first-ever offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Maine… Read More
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the finalization of contracts for two major offshore wind projects, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, as part of the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Empire Wind 1, a 810-megawatt project developed by Equinor, and Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt project developed by Ørsted and Eversource, will collectively generate over 1,700… Read More
Contracts were finalized for two New York state offshore wind projects, one for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and the other for Sunrise Wind, developed by Ørsted and Eversource. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that the projects will be held to “new provisions that bring additional benefits to the State,” including investments in disadvantaged communities and… Read More
(WO) – Petrobras has awared Subsea7 a “super major” contract for the development of the Búzios 9 field approximately 180 km offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 2,000 m water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin. According to an online statement from Subsea7, the offshore award is worth over $1.25 billion. The contract scope includes… Read More
OEG Renewables (OEGR) and Sojitz Machinery Corp (SOMAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on providing pre-construction, operations and maintenance (O&M), and vessel services to offshore wind projects in Japan. The combination will draw on OEGR’s experience in offshore energy solutions with SOMAC’s in-country capabilities. Japan seeks to install 10 GW of capacity by 2030… Read More
Technip Energies’ floater solution, INO15TM, is one of the five winners of the United States Department of Energy’s Phase Two FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) prize. INO15TM is a three-column semi-submersible concept designed to support a 15 MW wind turbine and is scalable to a larger capacity wind turbine. This latest prize is part of the FLOWIN initiative, which is designed… Read More
A federal judge has rejected a legal attempt to put a pause on Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project that many see as a critical tool to address the root causes of climate change and provide clean energy to Virginia. Judge Loren L. AliKhan, for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on Friday… Read More
Ørsted has pledged to $2 million to two Connecticut community non-profits – the Thames Valley Council for Community Action (TVCCA) and the Community Renewal Team (CRT) – if their offshore wind proposal, Starboard Wind, is selected by the state. Ørsted says each agency would receive $1 million to help them deliver services and resources in… Read More
UAE’s ADNOC Offshore has awarded a 3.588 billion dirhams ($975 million) artificial island construction contract to ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S). The project involves dredging, land reclamation, and marine construction for artificial island G at the Lower Zakum field offshore. ADNOC L&S is primed to execute major offshore engineering, procurement, and construction contracts. “The… Read More
The Biden Administration wants to boost offshore wind. But other forces, including cost, political opposition and disinformation, have slowed adoption. In the early 2000s, a long-time Louisiana engineer and entrepreneur thought it would be natural for the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico to expand into offshore wind. The industry could use… Read More
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has bagged an international order from North Star Shipping, a UK-based offshore renewable operator, for constructing a hybrid service operation vessel (SOV). The contract also has an option to construct two more such vessels. North Star Shipping had earlier in the year contracted another hybrid SOV with the Cochin Shipyard. With… Read More