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With an important new product introduction, technology group Wärtsilä offers operators of offshore vessels, ferries and tugs notable improved operational performance and greater efficiency. The company’s new high-performance thruster and propulsion control solution package utilises a combination of Wärtsilä’s WST-E embedded electric steerable thruster and WST-R retractable thrusters, together with an updated remote propulsion control system featuring an enhanced user interface ProTouch, to… Read More
A draft plan estimates it could cost up to $4.5 billion dollars to connect a future offshore wind energy project on the Northern California coast with the rest of the state’s electric grid. The California Independent System Operator, which oversees the operation of most of the state’s power grid and transmission lines, released the 2023-2024… Read More
The global wind industry installed a record 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity last year but needs to add triple this amount annually by the end of the decade to meet climate targets, according to an industry report on Tuesday. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) report said capacity installation last year was 50% higher… Read More
DEME’s flagship ‘Orion’ completed monopile installation works on Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm project in Scotland. Despite harsh winter conditions, DEME swiftly installed 29 monopiles in approximately two months. Meanwhile, DEME’s DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Apollo’ is installing the transition pieces. The Moray West offshore wind farm, developed by Ocean Winds in Scotland’s Moray Firth,… Read More
Royal IHC and Kalypso Offshore Energy, LLC (Kalypso), an emerging contractor for the offshore wind industry in the U.S., have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to build America’s first innovative Jones Act compliant Cable Lay Vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market. Kalypso brings robust experience in offshore wind management as well as US… Read More
The Charybdis, the first U.S. flagged, Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel, was launched at the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Dominion Energy announced April 15. The 472’ WTIV is the first U.S.-built entry to the offshore wind installation market, where the high international market drives up costs and lowers availability for U.S. project developers. When complete the Charybdis will… Read More
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is celebrating a major victory for Texas’s energy industry today after the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) granted a license to construct a deepwater port to Houston’s Enterprise Products’ Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT). This announcement follows Sen. Cruz’s probe into MARAD’s lengthy delays in reaching decisions… Read More
Japan has agreed to partner with the United States to help reduce the cost of floating offshore wind projects, the White House said in a statement released during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden. Under the agreement, Japan and the U.S. would work to accelerate developments in engineering,… Read More
NEW LONDON, CT – As Danish Energy developer Ørsted is preparing to start work on its Revolution Wind offshore energy farm, a lawsuit may create problems before construction can get underway for the 65-turbine project that is expected to power homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The agency that granted Ørsted the permit for the… Read More
The US offshore wind power industry along the East Coast is recovering from a tough 2023 when several developers canceled projects or contracts, dealing a blow to state decarbonization policies that relied on that emissions-free generation, but state regulators acted fast and conditions are improving, developers, regulators and other stakeholders, said April 9. “I think… Read More
The Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to protect sand dunes on Sears Island where the Mills administration has proposed to build an offshore wind terminal. In an 80-65 vote, the House rejected legislation that would have authorized the Department of Environmental Protection to grant a permit to build the terminal on an area of Sears Island… Read More
The United States crossed a significant milestone at the end of 2023. For the first time, wind power turbines sent electricity to the power grid from commercial-scale offshore wind farms. A turbine in the South Fork Wind Farm 35 miles from Montauk Point, New York, sent power to the state’s grid. A few weeks later, a turbine… Read More
Offshore wind is a big part of California’s new transmission plan as New Jersey proposal is unveiled and Equinor gets FERC boost After a difficult period in 2023, the offshore wind sector in the US is recovering quickly, but much remains to be done to build a transmission network that supports the rapid expansion of… Read More
California’s main grid operator wants to spend more than $4.5 billion to upgrade the state’s transmission system for offshore wind, underscoring a nationwide shift toward major investments in grid expansion. The California Independent System Operator released a $6.1 billion draft plan last week to prep the Golden State’s power system for clean energy. The largest… Read More
The Biden Administration, Tuesday, approved two large offshore wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts. Both projects– New England Wind 1 and New England Wind 2– will be built approximately 20 miles off Martha’s Vineyard, just south of the first U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, which brought 100% clean power to the grid in January of this… Read More