Norway’s Vard has signed a contract with its compatriot Rem Offshore to design and construct another commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV). The VARD 4 19 design CSOV, developed by Vard Design in Ålesund, will be the third vessel Vard delivers to Rem Offshore. The first two, REM Power and REM
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to CLS Wind for its wind turbine assembly system. The patented elevator-style assembly is said to promise easier, safer, and faster wind turbine and nacelle installation and maintenance, without the use of large cranes a
China’s largest city, Shanghai, plans to have 29.3 GW of offshore wind capacity installed and feeding into its grid. The plan, formulated by the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, aims to have offshore wind generating around 100 TWh of green electricity annually. The news was firs
Parkwind, a subsidiary of JERA Nex, has installed a vessel charging station system at its 165 MW Nobelwind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. At the Nobelwind wind farm, a newly operational system enables ships to connect to a charging cable and use locally generated renewable energy while
Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has been awarded a charter for a newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2027, the new CSOV will be used to su
Estonia-based renewable energy developer Enefit Green is currently running a competitive tender for a meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) campaign at the company’s Liivi offshore wind site in the Estonian part of the Gulf of Riga. The tender, first issued in mid-July with a submission deadli
Germany-headquartered SAL Heavy Lift has signed contracts with Van Oord to support the transportation and installation of secondary structures for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. Baltica 2 is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm developed by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and
BadaEnergy has completed the environmental impact assessment (EIA) consultation with South Korea’s Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, for its Gray Whale floating offshore wind project in Ulsan. The completion of the EIA consultation
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved the plan for the Hesselø offshore wind farm, taking into account the environmental plan and the feedback from the consultation process. According to the DEA, the offshore wind farm, which will have a total capacity between 800 MW and 1,200 MW, must consist
White Cross Offshore Windfarm Limited, a joint venture between Cobra and Flotation Energy, has submitted further environmental information to support its application for the 100 MW floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. The developer behind the White Cross floating offshore wind project is seeking
Alinta Energy and Belgium’s Parkwind have submitted a feasibility application for the 1 GW Spinifex offshore wind project in Australia. The application was lodged with the Offshore Infrastructure Registrar. According to the partners, a feasibility license would grant Spinifex the opportunity to expl
The transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded the consortium comprising Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of Cobra IS, and Siemens Energy a EUR 2.9 billion contract to design, build, and install two electrical conversion stations. The consortium’s scope of work consists of supplying an of
A sea trials campaign for monitoring dynamic subsea power cables was conducted from 1 to 6 July in the Bay of Douarnenez, France. The trials are part of the HT-20MW project that aims to design, test, and certify a high-voltage rotating mechanical and electrical connection for a 20 MW floating wind t
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued an order instructing Vineyard Wind to halt electricity production from all wind turbines following a blade failure incident on 13 July. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm is planned to feature 62 GE Vernova’s Haliade-X
