The Irish government has approved a new framework for offshore wind project procurement and development that will be in effect for auctions and projects that will follow after the country’s upcoming, first-ever offshore wind tender. The wind energy industry in Ireland has voiced concerns about some
Palfinger Marine has officially been commissioned to deliver 25 of its stiff boom cranes for the Kitakyusyu-Hibikinada offshore wind farm in Japan. The deliveries of the service platform cranes are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024. The Austrian-based company said that the design of th
The organisations, Norwegian Offshore Wind and Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Tokyo which aims to get the business going between the countries’ offshore wind companies. Both the Norwegian supply chain and developers are interested in the emerg
RWE is performing a benthic survey off the northeast coast of the UK, where the company plans to build its 3 GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) Offshore Wind Farm. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, the developer has contracted Ocean Ecology to carry out a seabed habitat survey at the offsh
Several subsea operations are scheduled to soon commence at the sites of the first two phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction off the North East coast of England. Later this month, NKT will begin nearshore intervention works in support of the installation of the Dogger Ban
Ocean Winds (OW), a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port of Setúbal in Portugal to work together on preliminary steps in getting the port infrastructure ready for the upcoming offshore wind development in the country. José Pinhe
GE could soon join the list of wind turbine manufacturers who have surpassed the current 15 MW “threshold” by producing and/or announcing more powerful models. According to information recently shared with investors, the US-headquartered company is likely to climb up the offshore wind turbine output
Japan’s Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure, a strategic investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group, has acquired a minority stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure announced the transaction on 10 March, saying that it is constructed on the company’s partn
Ørsted and Eversource, the developers of the 704 MW Revolution Wind project offshore Connecticut and Rhode Island, have filed a proposal in Rhode Island’s offshore wind solicitation for Revolution Wind 2 which would have a generation capacity of 884 MW. According to the developers, the new offshore
Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the installation of dynamic inter-array cables on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. The Norwegian company has been contracted to transport and install five 2.5-kilometre-long dynamic inter-array cables in water depths between
Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) has partnered with Shell to establish a research, training, and technology demonstration programme in an effort to advance offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico. GWT, supported by a USD 10 million investment from Shell, will create 30 new direct jobs and the Loui
Vestas has signed a five-year agreement with Blue Water for handling wind turbine components at Blue Water’s terminals in Denmark and Germany. The agreement covers terminal handling of the heavy wind turbine components, stevedoring, storage and service for five years on all Vestas’ components which
On 9 March, the Biden-Harris administration released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, with funds for federal agencies’ activities in offshore wind proposed to be increased. The budget also supports the agencies’ work on the next National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, however, in
Windar Renovables has delivered the first transition pieces to Iberdrola’s 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The loading of the transition pieces manufactured by the Spanish company at its facilities in Avilés began this weekend onto the general cargo vessel Happy Dragon. The ship,
