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Jumbo Offshore completes TP T&I scope at Yunlin Offshore wind farm

Taiwan

Jumbo Offshore has completed its TP  T&I  on the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm  in Taiwan under a contract with Yunneng Wind Power. For its role on the project, Jumbo Offshore deployed its DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Jumbo Javelin. Reliable project execution Prior to undertaking the project, Jumbo Offshore carried out extensive project preparations to… Read More

Saipem awarded two offshore contracts in Saudi Arabia worth approximately 1 billion USD

Saudi Arabia

Milan (Italy) – Saipem has been awarded two offshore contracts in Saudi Arabia under its existing Long-Term Agreement with Saudi Aramco. The overall value of the two contracts is approximately 1 billion USD. Saipem’s scope of work under the first contract involves the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of three production deck modules (PDMs), 33… Read More

Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4 awarded capacity in UK allocation round 6

United Kingdom

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has awarded Ørsted contracts for difference (CfD) for a 1,080 MW share of the Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, as well as a 2,400 MW CfD for Hornsea 4. The CfDs were awarded at inflation-indexed strike prices of GBP 54.23 per MWh for the share… Read More

US approves offshore wind project off Maryland coast

MD, United States

Synopsis The Biden administration has approved a wind project off Maryland’s coast, advancing its goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030. The Maryland Offshore Wind Project, developed by US Wind, aims to power 718,000 homes. Despite setbacks like rising costs and supply chain issues, officials remain committed to their target. President… Read More

Massachusetts, Rhode Island Announce Largest Offshore Wind Selection in New England History

Rhode Island , MA, United States

Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced on Sept. 6 the selection of 2,878 megawatts of offshore wind in the first coordinated procurement of its kind. This selection is New England’s and Massachusetts’ largest offshore wind selection to date, representing nearly 20 percent of Massachusetts overall electric demand. As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678… Read More

MV Canopée, the world’s first hybrid wind-powered cargo vessel, makes inaugural U.S. visit to Port Canaveral

United States

The MV Canopée, the world’s first hybrid propulsion commercial cargo vessel made its inaugural U.S. visit to Port Canaveral. The specially designed Ro-Ro (roll on- roll off) delivered the European Service Module (ESM-3) module, which will fly on the NASA SLS Artemis-III mission to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. “Port Canaveral was… Read More

New Jersey offshore wind project runs into supply chain issues

NJ, United States

Leading Light Wind developers seek “pause” as they look for new turbine supplier. Developers of the Leading Light Wind project offshore New Jersey have requested a “pause” in the project from the state’s Board of Public Utilities as the project confronts supply chain issues. As planned, the Leading Light Wind project would consist of an… Read More

Damen: The next step in crew transfer vessels

Netherlands

At this year’s Seawork trade show in Southampton, Damen announced the further development of its Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 3210. The company has prepared this revolutionary crew transfer vessel (CTV) to sail fully electric, with offshore and vessel-to-vessel recharging capabilities. Plus, to provide operators with the flexibility required to face future uncertainties, Damen has also prepared… Read More

Another NJ Offshore Wind Project Delayed as Leading Light Struggles to Find Blade Vendor

NJ, United States

Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Beach Island. In a filing with the utilities board made in… Read More

BOEM Offers Nearly 195,000 Acres Offshore Oregon for Wind Leasing

OR, United States

The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued Tuesday a final sale notice for two wind energy areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon covering a combined 194,995 acres and offering a potential 3.1 gigawatts of power. The auction, scheduled for October 15, will be the first-ever wind lease sale offshore Oregon, according to the… Read More

KNUD E HANSEN presents new concept of wind turbine maintenance platform

Denmark

The next generation of maintenance vessels for offshore wind turbines KNUD E HANSEN continues to expand its portfolio of innovative designs and extensive experience in the offshore wind farm sector with a new wind turbine maintenance platform – The “Jack-up on Jack-up” concept. This four-legged jack-up vessel features a 15 m wide working platform, which… Read More

Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4 awarded capacity in UK allocation round 6

United Kingdom

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has awarded Ørsted contracts for difference (CfD) for a 1,080 MW share of the Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, as well as a 2,400 MW CfD for Hornsea 4. The CfDs were awarded at inflation-indexed strike prices of GBP 54.23 per MWh for the share… Read More

Britain Awards 10 Contracts for Offshore Wind Projects

United Kingdom

The successful outcome of the government auction for renewable energy projects may bolster a wind industry battered by rising costs. The British government on Tuesday awarded price support contracts for a series of offshore wind farms as part of a wider package for renewable energy, a reversal from a disappointing auction last year in which there were… Read More

McDermott Completes Offshore Decommissioning Project in Western Australia

USA , Australia

HOUSTON, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott announces the safe and successful decommissioning of the Campbell platform and associated offshore infrastructure at the Varanus Island hub in Western Australia. Under a contract awarded to McDermott in January 2024 by Santos, the company provided engineering, procurement, removal, and transportation of the platform topsides, substructure, and associated items to… Read More

US: Biden-Harris administration announces first-ever wind lease sale offshore Oregon

OR, United States

In the latest step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum across America for a clean energy future, the Department of the Interior announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon. The two areas to be auctioned on October 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could generate more than 3.1… Read More

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