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A high-tech offshore vessel suffered a major fire Friday morning while docked Brazil’s Açu port complex. Norwegian offshore specialist DOF Group confirmed the incident on board the vessel Skandi Buzios, an a subsea construction and pipe-laying vessel. “On Friday morning, June 2, a fire occurred onboard Skandi Buzios while the vessel was alongside Porto do Açu in Brazil,”… Read More
ESB, Ireland’s leading utility, and Ørsted, the world leader in offshore wind, have signed an agreement to jointly develop an Irish offshore wind portfolio in a landmark deal. The agreement was launched this morning in Cork Chamber’s Fitzgerald House by Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Simon Coveney TD, ESB’s Jim Dollard, and Duncan Clark,… Read More
In November 2022, Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution to supply and install in summer 2023 a 33kV interconnecting cable between mainland Scotland and the Orkney island of Hoy, strengthening the local distribution grid. Jan De Nul is responsible for the EPCI contract that includes the… Read More
Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) New Jersey, a non-profit group of elected officials who are working to solve the climate crisis, held a virtual press conference on May 30, 2023 on the progress of offshore wind development in New Jersey. Offshore wind has the potential to provide more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of electric… Read More
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone towards the… Read More
International engineering and contracting group Semco Maritime A/S (‘Semco Maritime’) has entered an agreement to acquire German Full-Service Provider Wind Multiplikator GmbH (‘Wind Multiplikator’), specialised in management of offshore wind farms and projects as well as provisioning of engineering and consulting services. The transaction also includes all activities in offshore service provider OWS Off-Shore Wind… Read More
Netherlands contractor Boskalis has won the contract to remove and recycle Velesto Energy’s rig that capsized offshore Malaysia in May 2021 just as it was about to begin a drilling campaign for US major ConocoPhillips. Boskalis Malaysia will remove and recycle Velesto’s jack-up Naga 7, which suffered a punch through before tilting and then submerging… Read More
Boskalis’ new crane vessel Bokalift 2, equipped with an upending hinge and pile gripper frame, is now heading West to install turbine foundations for multiple offshore wind farms in the USA. The vessel has left the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the journey across the Atlantic. Her first task will be to install a… Read More
France’s TotalEnergies signed an MOU with Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state to collaborate with the development of offshore wind projects. The two-year agreement contemplates cooperation for studies related to fiscal and tax incentives and the expansion of the power grid for future projects. In late 2022, TotalEnergies announced the signing of an MOU with Prumo Logística, which is… Read More
In another sign that the U.S.’s ambitions to catch up and start its offshore wind power industry are finally showing progress, the first turbine components for the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts arrived at the terminal in New Bedford while offshore work is scheduled to start in days. Company and government officials were on hand… Read More
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a final environmental assessment (EA) on potential impacts from offshore wind leasing on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone towards the… Read More
Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are being built all over the world. More than 5,000 turbines must be installed each year until 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5℃. But in certain regions, like California, it is difficult to build wind turbines directly on the seafloor due to the steep drop-off of the… Read More
Years from now, when Chicagoans stroll the Lake Michigan waterfront, they may see the blades of wind turbines glinting on the horizon. Clevelanders could glimpse wind farms over Lake Erie. And cities like Milwaukee and Buffalo could be vying to attract a burgeoning offshore wind industry on the Great Lakes. That’s the vision some regional leaders have… Read More
Every morning, more than 600 workers clock in at the Louisiana shipyard where the Eco Edison, the first US-built vessel to service offshore wind farms, is under construction. At quitting time, a parade of pickups and dusty sedans forms a traffic jam on the road back into town, past buildings that serve the long-dominant oil and gas industry…. Read More
The shift toward renewable energy is gaining momentum as the world grapples with the urgent need to combat climate change and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Idaho is emerging as a player in the transition to clean, renewable energy by ensuring responsible mining practices and taking measures to diminish the use of environmentally harmful… Read More