GE Renewable Energy has contracted Teesside-based company Eastgate Engineering for mechanical and electrical work for the pre-assembly of the towers and nacelles for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore wind turbines, whose components started arriving at the marshalling port in January. Eastgate Engin
Esbjerg-headquartered Blue Water Shipping has signed a concession agreement with Novaporte, a transportation, logistics, and green energy development in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both parties aim to work together, along with equity partner Membertou First Nation, to develop a major marshalli
Dutch heavy lift and transportation specialist Mammoet has secured contracts for two large offshore wind projects in the United States, both of which begin in 2023. The two contracts cover a range of port scopes, including the load-in, handling, and temporary storage of XXL monopiles, plus the pre-a
Following Principle Power and Ocergy, California – the US state poised to become one of the global floating wind hotspots – is now also home to its third floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, which aims to launch a demonstration project next year and plans on rolling its technolog
Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider, Purus Wind, have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of eight new vessels. Purus Wind ordered four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid vessels, three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), and one 90-metre Const
France has selected candidates who will participate in the competitive dialogues for the two offshore wind farm projects located off the Ile d’Oléron (AO7) and Normandy (AO8). The two wind farms will have a combined capacity of 2.5 GW. The candidates selected to participate in the tendering procedur
China’s “first” deep-sea floating wind platform has set sail from Zhuhai in south China’s Guangdong province to Wenchang, Hainan province. The platform, named CNOOC Guanlan, is owned by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and is China’s first offshore wind power project with a water
Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie, a special purpose company of EDF Renouvelables and Canada’s Maple Power, has won the tender to build and operate the 1 GW Centre Manche 1 wind farm project offshore Normandy, France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie was one of the six pre-selected candidates in th
Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP), a partnership between NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in New Zealand, has signed an agreement with Port Taranaki and BlueFloat Energy for a joint study into how the port’s assets, infrastructure and land can support the growth of the of
Bohlen & Doyen, a subsidiary of the German energy infrastructure construction company Friedrich Vorwerk Group, has signed a contract with French cable manufacturer Nexans to build the onshore cable connection for the BorWin6 offshore wind grid in Germany. The total volume of the order is in the mid-
The government of Canada has, together with the government of Nova Scotia and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, launched the start of the regional assessments of offshore wind development in the two provinces. The recently released Agreement and Terms of Reference outline how the assessme
Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, has announced that the construction works on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm are now resuming, saying the installation vessel Aeolus will be continuing pile and drilling installation operations on the remaining wind turbine positions. According to
Singapore-based Strategic Marine announced the launch of what they describe as Asia’s first parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV), named HST Swansea. Scheduled for delivery soon, the vessel will be officially handed over to Purus Wind’s High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine in conjunction with Stra
SMST has been awarded a contract by Cemre Shipyard in Türkiye for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for the two newbuild Windkeeper Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) of Norwegian shipowner GC Rieber Shipping. The SMST gangway (Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series) combined with a tower and h
