The current US administration’s aggression towards the offshore wind market could put at risk up to USD 75 billion in investment, according to an analysis by Houston-based IntelStor. Based on the analysis, the application of tariffs as well as the recent moves to halt or cancel offshore wind project
ZF Wind Power has commissioned what the company claims to be the world’s most powerful validation test rig, which is capable of testing machines up to 30 MW. The 30 MW test rig, which is now ready for operation at ZF Wind Power’s Test and Prototype Center in Lommel, Belgium, can validate complete po
Lautec has been awarded a consultancy framework agreement for inspection services for the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As part of the agreement, Lautec will provide fabrication supervisors, quality inspectors, and HSE inspectors to oversee fabrication and construction quality thro
Jan De Nul’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés has installed the first of 72 monopiles at RWE’s 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea. The monopiles were shipped from the heavy-lift terminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to the Thor construction site located approximately 22 kilometres
Anders Opedal, CEO and President of Equinor, said on 29 April that the order from the US government to stop construction activities of the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm is “unlawful”. “We have invested in Empire Wind after obtaining all necessary approvals, and the order to halt work now is unpre
Construction has begun on the Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, in the Belgian North Sea, with the first two of 23 caissons already submerged at their final location. The work is being carried out on behalf of grid operator Elia Transmission Belgium by TM Edison, a joint ve
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has announced its participation in NavHyS, a new European research project aimed at advancing the use of liquid hydrogen (LH2) as marine fuel – specifically focusing on below-deck Type C LH2 tanks for service operation vessels (SOVs).
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The Dutch government has revised its offshore wind plans, scaling back its targets and eliminating one proposed development zone to allow greater access for the fishing industry, according to a new draft amendment to the North Sea Programme. The target for offshore wind energy has been adjusted from
More than half of the wind turbines at Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed. So far, 52 of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines that Dogger Bank A will feature are in place, according to a Notice to Mariners from the […]
South Korea-based LS Marine Solution has signed a contract, worth approximately USD 15.8 million (about EUR 13.8 million), to lay submarine cables for the Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan. According to the company, the contract marks LS Marine Solution’s firs
Construction work on LS Cable & System’s manufacturing facility for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables in Virginia, the US, has started. LS Cable & System announced that its US subsidiary, LS GreenLink, had held a groundbreaking ceremony for what the company says will be the largest fa
Equinor and Polenergia have secured the final environmental decision, issued by the Regional Director for Environmental Protection (RDOŚ) in Gdańsk, for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm as the project is being prepared for auction in Poland in 2025. “This is an extremely important moment for the Bałt
PGE Baltica has signed an agreement with Geofizyka Toruń SA to carry out a geophysical survey, including high-resolution reflection seismic with simultaneous bathymetric measurement for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm in Poland. The geophysical survey is scheduled to commence in the first half of M
