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The first-ever US-built offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV) is marking its 50% completion milestone this week. Offshore wind service operations vessels serve as floating accommodations for offshore wind technicians who will work at sea over the life of the wind farms, servicing and maintaining the turbines. The SOV also holds all of the tools… Read More
Maryland leaders are making a big commitment to offshore windmills in an effort to reach state goals increasing the use of renewable energy sources and making the state a leader in the wind energy industry. Both Gov. Wes Moore and the General Assembly are pushing those efforts, with Moore reaffirming the state’s effort to reach… Read More
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract from China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGN) for its Huizhou Port II offshore wind power project in China. The 750MW project is located off the coast of Huizhou city, Guangdong province. It will comprise wind turbines of different ratings:… Read More
Meet us at OTC Houston 2023 New technology is emerging and evolving in the offshore energy sector. Staying up to date on the latest innovations especially and the safest and most efficient ways to transfer personnel and cargo, can make all the difference in your offshore energy projects. Ampelmann will be exhibiting at OTC 2023… Read More
The installation of 24 turbines at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm on the Baltic Sea off the German shore has been completed, with most turbines already producing electricity. This marks the end of the first installation campaign of the wind farm using the floating RNA installation method developed with Heerema MC and Vestas. Due to some delays on… Read More
Jan De Nul Group, DEME Group, and Aertssen Group in JV Terranova join forces with Luminus and Nippon Gases to build and exploit an installation for the production of green hydrogen on the ‘Zonneberg’ in Zelzate. The companies have established the new partnership Terranova Hydrogen NV. The three companies want to work together on the… Read More
Google has signed a 150 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted to purchase renewable energy generated by Helena Wind Farm for the next 15 years, a partnership that builds on Ørsted’s growing U.S. renewable energy portfolio. The project, located in Bee County, Texas, was commissioned in mid-2022 and provides low-cost electricity to the South… Read More
Fincantieri and Cantiere Navale Vittoria celebrated the laying of the keel of the Multi-purpose Offshore Unit (UAM) destined for the Italian Coast Guard today, at the company’s yard in the Veneto region, symbolically and officially sanctioning the beginning of the most significant part of the construction phase of the boat. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Admiral Chief Inspector,… Read More
Unceded Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations –– Zephyrus Marine announces today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mirai Ships, a Japan-based leading shipyard located in Miyagi prefecture, to build the Zephyrus Zero Carbon Offshore wind service vessel. Ad Hoc Marine Designs Ltd. (Ad Hoc) will be providing the design for the zero-emission Crew… Read More
The Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has taken a final investment decision to build the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. These are among the four sites in the Taiwan Strait where Ørsted is developing 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy, all located about 20-30 nm off the coast of Changhua… Read More
He envisions the state becoming the headquarters for manufacturing, logistics and innovation in the industry and has charged his administration with an ambitious target of 100% clean energy by 2035. Clearly, he’s just a little bit competitive, Moore joked before a crowd of hundreds who gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center Wednesday morning to hear… Read More
The Philippines Department of Energy signed contracts with Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund, an affiliate of Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, for what will become the country’s first wholly foreign-owned offshore wind projects. The contracts call for three wind farms with a combined capacity of 2,000 MW to be built by the Danish organization… Read More
Transmission network operator TenneT has announced a landmark package of contract awards for offshore wind cable and transmission station infrastructure in the North Sea. The $25 billion parcel of orders will supply 40 GW worth of power transmission capacity in German and Dutch waters, enabling two-thirds of the 65GW offshore wind energy target set by… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the Phase One winners of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. Open to floating wind platform designers, fabricators, and project site developers, the three-phase competition, aims to bridge manufacturing and logistics gaps to help meet the Biden administration’s goals of reduce the cost of floating offshore wind… Read More
US offshore vessel owner Hornbeck Offshore Services has secured around $8.4m worth of work to provide services in support of US Navy operations. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command took an option on the 2013-built offshore support vessel HOS Red Rock for a period of one year. The contract with the Louisiana-based Hornbeck includes a three-one-year and an… Read More