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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish Department of Transport have established an advisory cooperation to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies for the development of offshore renewable energy port infrastructure, which is crucial for long-term operation of offshore wind projects in Irish waters. While no Irish port has the facilities and capabilities required… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of approximately 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, which could… Read More
Offshore wind power is coming to Maryland, and with it, jobs. Earlier this month, the Biden administration approved Baltimore-based US Wind’s project to install wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast of Ocean City. The offshore wind farm could generate more than two gigawatts of wind energy and power more than 718,000 homes, according… Read More
Boskalis‘s semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte installed the Gallaf GE Central Processing Platform (CPP) topside at its final destination, the Al Shaheen field offshore Qatar, according to the company’s release. This was done through a DP float-over operation in which Forte positioned the CCP topside between the legs of the pre-installed jacket. By ballasting the… Read More
Rhode Island has agreed to buy 200 megawatts of electricity from Southcoast Wind in a joint energy procurement agreement with Massachusetts. The two states announced Sept. 6 that they will buy electricity from three offshore wind companies that could power 125,000 homes in Rhode Island and 1.4 million in Massachusetts. This is the largest offshore… Read More
The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast confirmed Peter Kaizer’s worst fears about the dangers a new clean energy business could pose to fishermen like him. Jagged pieces of fiberglass and other materials from the shattered blade drifted with the tide, forcing officials to close beaches on Nantucket and leaving Mr. Kaizer… Read More
Consortium of Technical Experts Will Support States to Advance Potential Transmission Solutions and Accelerate Wind Deployment WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) opened an initial funding opportunity of up to $1.25 million that will advance offshore wind (OSW) deployment along the Atlantic Coast by identifying opportunities and strategies to standardize transmission… Read More
DEME Group, a global leader in offshore construction, announced significant progress this week at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) farm, developed in partnership with Dominion Energy. The project has achieved a key milestone with the installation of 70 monopile foundations, a critical step in the construction of one of the largest offshore wind farms… Read More
In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goals for deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the availability of its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Wind Energy Area (WEA) located in the U.S…. Read More
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
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
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
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 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
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