Belgian marine contractor DEME has secured a major role in Poland’s offshore wind expansion after winning three contracts covering foundation and cable installation work for the BC-Wind project in the Baltic Sea. The combined awards are worth €150m–300m, ($175m–$350m). BC-Wind is being developed by Ocean Winds, the EDP Renewables–ENGIE joint venture, about 23 km off… Read More
The Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) based in Panama City, Florida, has completed and redelivered HOS Rocinante, a US-flagged service operation vessel (SOV) belonging to Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS). Originally built by ESG as an offshore supply vessel, HOS Rocinante has undergone an extensive conversion at ESG’s Allanton and Port St Joe Shipyards in Panama City. The project transformed… Read More
In December, Jan De Nul is commissioning two high-tech simulators at its Aalst office. The eye-catcher is the crane simulator designed for the installation of wind farms at sea. With wind turbines reaching tip heights of 300 metres and beyond, installation has become a highly complex operation. The new simulator will help prepare all project… Read More
A coalition of 18 attorneys general prevail in their lawsuit, saying Trump’s freeze will raise their states’ energy costs and jeopardize climate goals. President Donald Trump’s freeze on approvals of new wind energy projects has been deemed “unlawful” in a federal court. On Monday, Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled in favor of 18 state attorneys general… Read More
If Don Quixote believed that the windmills in La Mancha were giants, we don’t want to imagine what he would think of the innovative turbines that have been installed in the Norwegian Sea. Offshore wind power seems to be one of the cornerstones of the global energy transition. After all, offshore turbines do not bother… Read More
