France-based Akrocean has completed the Floating LiDAR campaign for the proposed 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taranaki, New Zealand, developed by a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and NZ Super Fund. On 11 March, Akrocean announced the completion of its Floating LiDAR tur
Offshore windfarm projects currently in development present unique business challenges, even for experienced developers and operators. Newer sites are increasingly:1) far from shore, in harsher metocean conditions,2) spread over large areas, and3) utilising floating structures. Floating turbines, wh
As part of the pre-construction works at the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm site in the UK, Ørsted will carry out a geophysical survey campaign, starting in late March/early April, to investigate the physical characteristics of the seabed. The data acquired from the campaign will be used for detail
Greece-headquartered tanker pool management firm, Heidmar, has signed a contract with TenneT under which Heidmar will provide a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew for supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. The contract was awarded following a tendering procedure that
ABL has been contracted by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. ABL’s scope of work covers the marine transportation and installation of the 107
Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) in the UK to consider collaboration on technology development in the floating offshore wind sector. The MoU aims to lay the grou
The joint venture between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies and PTTEP has signed an agreement with a consortium of Equitix and Kyuden Group to sell the offshore transmission assets of the Seagreen Phase 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Seagreen 1 transmission assets transmit electricity from the of
Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has been awarded a contract for soil investigation services for Parkwind’s Blue Mackerel offshore wind farm in Australia. Fugro will execute offshore geotechnical investigations to support the Blue Mackerel project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex. For th
Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the Mareld floating offshore wind farm in Sweden by the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland. The project is planned to be built approximately 40 kilometres west of Lys
Europea Servizi Terminalistici (EST), a subsidiary of the Italian Shipping & Logistics Agency (ISLA) which recently won a 25-year concession to operate the new container terminal in the port of Augusta, has ordered a new mobile harbour crane for the terminal. EST says the crane will, among other thi
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started the 2025 installation campaign for the 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan. The 1,022 MW Hai Long project comprises two offshore wind farms, the 518 MW Hai Long 2 and the 504 MW Hai Long 3, and is being developed in three phases. Hai Long 2 is
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables, has secured an electric business license (EBL) for the 1,125 MW Hanbando fixed-bottom offshore wind project in South Korea. The license has been granted by the Electricity Regulatory Commission under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and
ABS has approved the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) documents for a deepwater floating offshore wind platform design developed by ECO TLP and Mocean Offshore. According to ABS, with FEED documents approved, the platform design now moves into commercialisation for site-specific projects. “ABS ap
Ventus Energy has secured two contracts with Ocean Winds to support its Scotland-based offshore wind farms, Moray West and Moray East. The first contract, awarded in September 2024 for Moray West, spans an 18-month period and includes operations and maintenance (O&M) for the offshore transmission ow
