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Dutch Offshore Floating Solar (OFS) consortium Merganser has received a 7.8m EUR project subsidy from RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) to develop, test and validate the Merganser solar energy platform in harsh North Sea weather conditions. OFS company SolarDuck and marine research institutes TU Delft, TNO, MARIN and Deltares aim to prove that the new installation… Read More
Swiss-Dutch energy and commodity trading company Vitol has agreed to purchase a 100% stake in Polish renewable investment firm Vortex Energy from VH Invest . Based in Szczecin, Vortex Energy has delivered more than 400MW of wind and solar operational renewable capacity to date. The company also has more than 3GW of capacity in its development pipeline. The financial details of the… Read More
Norwegian offshore energy service companies Aker Solutions and Aibel have secured maintenance and modification contract extensions from Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. The extension of the call-off is in accordance with an existing frame agreement that lasts until February 2026. Both companies estimated the new deals to be worth between… Read More
Kongsberg Maritime has won a NOK 300 million (about $30 million) contract with Pelagic Wind Services to supply advanced vessel design and equipment for two new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) on order at Cochin Shipyard in India. The CSOVs are being built under a $350 million “2+2+2” contract placed at the shipyard earlier this… Read More
Norway’s floating wind farm Hywind Tampen, located nearly 90 miles off the west coast began power production on Sunday, November 13. The project is unique both as it is part of the emergence of floating wind turbines as well as for the first time its power is being used at offshore oil and gas production… Read More
On Tuesday, Israel signed a deal with TotalEnergies to allow exploration of a gas prospect that straddles the new maritime boundary line with Lebanon. The announcement comes just a few weeks before former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to return to office in Israel – and potentially retract the Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement, which was… Read More
The Business Network for Offshore Wind, the leading non-profit working to develop offshore wind and build a dedicated supply chain in the United States, will present U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo with the Heronemus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Offshore Wind at its annual Ventus Gala this Thursday, November 17, in recognition of her outstanding leadership and… Read More
Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF is the latest in a long string of peers to head for a balance sheet restructuring, but a shareholder revolt appears to have disrupted management’s preferred plan for how to go about it. In June 2022, after three years of negotiations, the company reached a comprehensive agreement with its major creditors…. Read More
The Netherlands announced the awarding of a new offshore lease for the first of two new wind farms which it believes represent the future of offshore energy generation. As part of the tender, the government required concepts that make better use of the full capacity. They called for new solutions for fully integrating all the… Read More
Born into offshore royalty, Laborde spent 15 years at the mother ship before founding his own company. “I never doubted I would make it,” he says. Let’s start with a little history. The Laborde name is synonymous with the offshore industry, which was practically invented by your father – a titan in the industry –… Read More
After Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupted the global energy market, especially in Europe, new energy suppliers have steadily emerged to plug the demand gap. Particularly, African nations rich with hydrocarbons have seen intensified interest in their gas fields. On Sunday, Mozambique flagged off its first shipment of LNG destined to Europe. This was a historic… Read More
An estimated 400 recruiters from 176 organizations, including many from the offshore wind industry, attended the recent Fall Career Fair at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA; www.maritime.edu), a top-ranked public university with undergraduate degree programs focusing on science, engineering, technology, math, and business that blend academics and experiential learning. Students had the opportunity to discover career paths and opportunities,… Read More
Ørsted, a U.S. clean energy leader, today announced a new hire to advance its partnership with the State of Maryland and the development of Skipjack Wind. Ørsted has hired Maddy Voytek to serve as Deputy Head of Government Affairs and Market Strategy in Maryland. Voytek will be responsible for developing and implementing engagement strategies in the state,… Read More
DEME has secured contracts representing 1 GW for the Hai Long wind farms in Taiwan. This milestone deal between CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind follows nearly three years of planning and preparation under a preferred bidder agreement. The large contract scope (1) covers the transportation and installation for the foundations, turbines and offshore… Read More
The UK Government is joining the Global Offshore Wind Alliance, which aims to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind worldwide to tackle climate change and increase energy security. The announcement was made in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt where COP27 is taking placve. Several other countries have also announced they’re joining the alliance, including Belgium, Colombia,… Read More