US-based supply chain solutions company serving the offshore wind sector, Crowley, has made an investment in Tugdock, developers of the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP). Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platfo
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has filed an application for a concession with the Italian authorities for a site located some 50 kilometres off the Sicilian coast, where the developer wants to build a floating wind farm. This is an excerpt from a Premium article publi
Lithuania’s first offshore wind auction has concluded, with two bidders submitting offers, announced the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) yesterday. The auction started on 31 March and was open until 29 May. The 137.5-square-kilometre site in the Baltic Sea, which the Lithuanian Government
Cyan Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Taiya Renewable Energy company to build vessel capacity and work together on deployment in Taiwan and other markets. The Taiwanese Government is planning to add 15 GW of offshore wind power capacity by 2035. Under the MoU,
After announcing plans to put 9 GW of new offshore wind capacity out to tender by the end of 2023 earlier this year, on 30 May, the Danish government entered into an agreement with a broad majority of parties that secures the framework for the upcoming auctions. The political agreement has been sign
50Hertz has completed the pull-in of two 220 kV subsea cable systems into Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle platform. The two 220 kV subsea cable systems were previously laid on the seabed in a safe area next to the destination of the substation platform. In February of this year, the substation platform was
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has started construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Scotland that will initially service the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm. The new 2,000 square metre base will feature cutting-edge technology, including a full
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that the development of offshore wind leasing areas in the Gulf of Mexico will have no significant impacts on environmental resources. The environmental assessment (EA) considered the potential environmental consequences of site character
EDF Renewables Ireland has entered into a partnership with Simply Blue Group to develop the Western Star and Emerald floating offshore wind projects. The 50:50 joint venture partners will now seek to progress the two projects to meet the Irish Government’s targets to have 2 GW of floating wind in de
The world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and with it, global energy demand is projected to rise by as much as 50%. But as society continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change, governments across the globe are looking to offshore energy to help meet these increas
Monopile installation work has started at the Vineyard Wind 1 site offshore Massachusetts, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the US and the Americas. DEME’s installation vessel Orion which, according to AIS data available online, will reach the project site today (30 May), will install the
The turbine at the Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Germany that was hit by a cargo vessel last month was put back into service around 24 hours after being taken out of operation for inspection, Ørsted tells offshoreWIND.biz. According to reports by German media, the vessel, which sustained major d
A consortium of Australian and global companies comprising Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream), Reventus Power, AGL, and Direct Infrastructure has submitted a feasibility licence application for a 2.5 GW offshore wind development off the coast of Victoria, Australia. The proposed 2.5 GW project
OX2 and Ingka Investments have entered into a conditional agreement with NKT for the delivery and installation of export power cables for two wind farm projects offshore Sweden. Under the agreement, NKT’s facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, will deliver the cables for the recently awarded Galene project
