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Canadian offshore vessel company Horizon Maritime has joined up with French competitor Bourbon to provide services on both sides of the Atlantic, the firms announced Thursday. The new JV company, Bourbon Horizon, is incorporated in Norway and will focus on the North Sea and the Canadian offshore market. It will operate a fleet of seven vessels,… Read More
Finland is working to develop its capacity for building offshore wind farms despite the challenges created by the unique sea conditions including water depths and freezing seas. The Ministry of Labor and Economic Affairs granted Finnish wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli $32 million for a demonstration project nearby the existing Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in… Read More
Siemens Gamesa today announced its intention to build a major offshore nacelle manufacturing facility in New York state, subject to the company’s wind turbines being selected by the New York authorities in their third offshore wind solicitation. The planned facility will be located at the Port of Coeymans. It would create up to approximately 420… Read More
In order to better protect shipwrecks and other cultural resources on the seabed from harm due to offshore energy activities, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing regulatory changes to its marine archaeology reporting requirements for activities proposed on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). “These changes are necessary to ensure that lessees, operators,… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed 2.4 GW SouthCoast Wind project off the shores of Massachusetts. SouthCoast Wind – which was recently renamed from Mayflower Wind – has submitted a construction and operation plan for its proposed development and the associated export cables on the outer continental… Read More
Norway’s Rem Offshore has secured a new charter agreement for its newbuild construction service operations vessels (CSOVs) Rem Power. Greece-based offshore contractor Asso Subsea has contracted the 85-m-long vessel to support the construction phase of wind farms with a startup from delivery in May and has further options to extend the charter. In January, the CSOV was… Read More
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), along with a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers, introduced the Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act. This legislation would reform the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) to lift a current revenue cap that unfairly penalizes Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is pleased to announce that the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has identified members of a new standing committee on offshore wind energy and fisheries. BOEM requested NASEM establish the committee as part of the bureau’s efforts to expand and improve its engagement and communication… Read More
DEME has been awarded two transport and installation contracts (1) for the foundations and the offshore substation for the Yeu and Noirmoutier islands’ offshore wind farm. For DEME this is the second major offshore wind farm project in France following groundbreaking solutions and industry-first technology deployed at Saint-Nazaire. DEME Offshore will execute the pre-piling works… Read More
The final monopile for CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm was successfully installed by Van Oord this week, bringing the total to 70. The offshore wind farm is located 18.5 kilometres off the coast of the Netherlands, near the seaside resort of Egmond aan Zee. Once finished it will have a total installed capacity of… Read More
Crowley has reached a Right of First Refusal agreement to potentially lease and develop an offshore wind terminal during Wednesday’s Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) Board Meeting in Cut Off, Louisiana. The more than 40-acre site, encompassing over 2,200 linear feet of prime waterfront property, is expected to become the home of a purpose-driven offshore wind… Read More
A trade body has hit out at “increasingly unsustainable” contracts in offshore wind, threatening targets for its rollout. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) warned projects risk “grinding to a halt” over “progressively poor market conditions” and “unrealistic expectations” of capital costs and share of risks in contracts. Without reversing these problems, contractors will not… Read More
Six offshore wind developers submitted proposals to develop projects as part of New York’s third solicitation. In total, the developers submitted more than 100 proposals. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) said the solicitation resulted in “record-setting” competition for an East Coast state. All proposals included supply chain investment plans to… Read More
SSE Renewables, part of UK utility SSE Plc (LON:SSE), and Norway’s Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are investigating the prospect of adding a 1.32-GW fourth phase to the 3.6-GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm project in the UK, which could power the grid or produce hydrogen. Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, is being built… Read More
Denmark is one of the friendliest jurisdictions in the world for offshore wind. It is home to top developers Orsted, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Vattenfall, as well as turbine builder Vestas. Its energy agency is considered a model for European development permitting, and offers a “one-stop-shop” service for all government reviews of future wind sites…. Read More