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The Victorian government has walked back a timetable for delivering infrastructure central to the creation of a $100 billion offshore wind industry, leaving renewable energy developers concerned it could take far longer than first expected to deliver projects needed to phase out coal plants. In an overdue update, the state has removed earlier references which… Read More
Fine to be Reduced to $15 Million if Sable Applies for Permits The California Coastal Commission voted on Thursday, April 10, to impose a significant financial penalty on Sable Offshore. The oil company faces a fine exceeding $18 million, a substantial increase from the nearly $15 million originally suggested by commission staff. This decision followed… Read More
𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 With our offshore vessel Kamara, Boskalis has started a new identification and clearance campaign for unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the UK sector of the North Sea. The development of Ørsted‘s offshore wind farm Hornsea 3 will require potential explosive objects to be located and thoroughly investigated in… Read More
DEME (Euronext: DEME) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Havfram, an international offshore wind contractor based in Norway. This strategic acquisition aligns with DEME’s ambition to expand its footprint in the offshore wind energy market and enhances its competitive positioning in turbine and foundation installations. Havfram, an offshore wind infrastructure services… Read More
With our offshore vessel Kamara, Boskalis has started a new identification and clearance campaign for unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the UK sector of the North Sea. The development of Ørsted‘s offshore wind farm Hornsea 3 will require potential explosive objects to be located and thoroughly investigated in the coming weeks. During World War II, many… Read More
Despite a relatively stable short-term pipeline of U.S. wind power projects under construction, the five-year outlook of America’s wind capacity additions has been significantly limited due to the Trump Administration’s energy policies, Wood Mackenzie said in a new report. The energy consultancy slashed its five-year forecast of new capacity installations to just 45 gigawatts (GW), down by… Read More
Plans for a new generation of floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England moved a step closer as the leasing round for three sites in the Celtic Sea entered its final stages. The Crown Estate – which manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland also revealed that, as part… Read More
Smith Point’s Park Beach is where offshore wind energy will soon come ashore. Crews there are laying cables for New York’s second wind farm with 84 turbines 30 miles off Montauk. “We have this untapped renewable resource, the wind… this is going to power millions of homes… with almost zero fossil fuel use,” Melissa Parrot, executive… Read More
VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that we have signed a contract with the Taiwanese based company Dong Fang Offshore for the design and construction of one Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel, with option(s). The vessel is of VARD 3 39 design. The value of the… Read More
Oil giant Shell is abandoning its investment in the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project, citing market challenges, rising competition and regulatory uncertainty under President Donald Trump’s administration. In short: Shell is walking away from its stake in the Atlantic Shores wind project, which could have powered 1 million New Jersey homes, though partner EDF-RE Offshore… Read More
Plaintiffs suing the US government over its approval of Orsted’s Revolution Wind confirmed to Recharge that Trump’s Department of Justice (DoJ) declined to support the developer in its move to dismiss the case, signalling that even projects in construction may not be safe. Judge Royce Lamberth with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia in… Read More
In late March, Ørsted awarded OEG Energy Group subsidiary Specialist Marine Consultants a three-year contract to provide crane and lift servicing, lifting inspection and maintenance support across the company’s six German offshore wind farms. The award, which includes options for two one-year extensions, covers: Inspections of lifting equipment, cranes, service lifts, and associated electrical and… Read More
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued the following statement from Moira Cyphers, ACP Director of Atlantic Offshore & Eastern State Affairs, regarding the announcement from Massachusetts and Rhode Island that they will delay offshore wind contract awards until at least June 30, 2025: “Several states are now confronted with a crucial decision about whether… Read More
Our subsea rock installation vessel Rockpiper recently completed a major project in the North Sea. The development of the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm required the installation of 95 rock berms that serve as scour protection for the future wind turbine foundations and one pre-lay rock pad as foundation for the future offshore converter… Read More
In a few years, the blades of exactly one hundred wind turbines in RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be rotating continuously. But in order to install the foundations, turbines and blades, dredging work must first be carried out. Not in the future wind farm itself but at the… Read More