Equinor and Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE) have completed a pilot study using environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor the biodiversity and abundance of marine life in waters around the 30 MW Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. The pilot study took place in August 2021, at Equinor’s Hywind Sc
European global offshore wind developer Parkwind has teamed up with Beach Energy to compete for a licence to develop offshore wind projects in the Bass Strait off the coast of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. The bid was submitted as part of the Commonwealth Government’s process for granting offsho
Corio Generation is partnering with the Portuguese renewable energy developer, Hyperion Renewables, to explore opportunities to build offshore wind projects off the coast of Portugal. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in preparing applications for off
J-POWER, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Chubu Electric Power, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), and Albatross Technology (Albatross) have entered into a joint research agreement for a next-generation floating axis wind demonstration project offshore Japan. With limited shallow sea ar
Fagioli S.p.A. has been contracted by Saipem to provide marshalling yard services for the 480 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Fagioli is providing Saipem with a marshalling yard of more than 120,000 square metres of quay and storage area. The operations include heavy lifting, relocation, h
Fraunhofer IGD, the Germany-based institute for applied research in visual computing, has recently awarded a contract for works on the Nienhagen offshore research platform, part of its Digital Ocean Lab, through a tender that was organised promptly to ensure early vessel booking amid high demand for
Offshore wind and hydrogen developers and organisations in Germany have called on the federal government to set clear targets for offshore hydrogen in the update of the country’s National Hydrogen Strategy, with an additional 10 GW of offshore electrolysis capacity to be added by 2035. On 26 May, se
The second Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, ordered by IWS Fleet, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has hit the water. The first steel for the IWS Windwalker vessel was cut in March 2022 at the China Merchants He
The UK government, supported by the Crown Estate, is currently reviewing a number of spatial considerations in the Celtic Sea as part of the work to narrow down the broader areas identified earlier into project development areas for the upcoming 4 GW floating offshore wind tender. In this article: O
The Danish company Ørsted and Łukasiewicz – Instytut Elektrotechniki in Poland have signed a cooperation agreement to develop an innovative technology for recycling turbine blades from offshore wind farms. On the basis of the concluded agreement, Ørsted will provide Łukasiewicz – Instytut Elektrotec
The offshore substation topside and the jacket foundation for the Vineyard Wind 1 project have left the quay at Bladt Industries’ production site in Southern Denmark heading for its destination 35 miles from mainland Massachusetts, USA. The sail-away is on time according to the original schedule and
RWE has decided to strengthen its position in the German offshore market by becoming the sole owner of the 1.6 GW cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The Nordseecluster, consisting of four sites located north of the Juist island, was formerly co-developed with Canadian company No
Ørsted and Eversource Energy have signed an agreement under which Ørsted will acquire 50 per cent interest in the uncontracted offshore wind lease area in the US the two companies currently own together. Eversource is also looking at selling its 50 per cent stake in the three jointly owned contracte
Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and AVANGRID, has received the first shipment of turbine components for GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW turbine at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in Massachusetts, USA. The tower sections will be constructed at the termin
