Sif Group has completed the first two of the 70 monopiles to be manufactured for CrossWind’s 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. With a combined weight of 64,356 tonnes, the 70 monopiles are designed in such a manner that they do not require transition pieces. The desi
Belgium’s NHV has become the first helicopter operator to carry out a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) flight in the offshore wind industry, in collaboration with partner TotalEnergies. This project marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the two companies to support their commitment
Atlantique Offshore Energy, a marine business unit of Chantiers de l’Atlantique, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission the offshore substation topsides for Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe Le Tréport wind projects offshore France. Éoliennes en Mer Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) a
SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogge
MJR Power and Automation, a UK company which will soon install charging points for electric crew transfer vessels (CTVs) on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms, has been awarded a second round of government funding for development of its technology to connect and charge Service Operation
RWE has signed a contract with UK-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) to explore the feasibility of deploying up to 1 GW of floating wind in the Celtic Sea, using local ports and supply chain. The company has commissioned MPS to develop a project plan for delivering up to 1 GW of floating wind using th
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), a 50:50 partnership between Shell New Energies and EDF Renewables, has selected Vestas as the preferred supplier for its 1.5 GW offshore wind project in New Jersey, USA. Vestas will provide its V236-15.0 MW™ offshore wind turbines, with installation e
Nexans has landed a significant contract for phase one of the Empire Wind offshore wind project developed by a 50/50 partnership between BP and Equinor. This contract follows the preferred supplier agreement signed in March 2021 and covers the design and manufacturing, as well as the laying and prot
Lhyfe plans to build a large-scale hydrogen production facility in the Delfzijl chemical cluster in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands, which will use offshore wind power for electrolysis. The 200 MW plant will have an annual production capacity of more than 20,000 tonnes of green hydrogen w
Deep Wind Offshore has secured site exclusivity for gigawatt-scale wind development in the Southern Sea offshore South Korea. A few months ago, the Norwegian developer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with East West Power to collaborate on four projects totalling more than 4 GW of floating
RWE has submitted a bid to build an offshore wind farm at the up to 1.5 GW site in the Polish Baltic Sea which the Polish Government has opened for competitive process for a seabed permit. The Germany-based developer has filed a proposal for the 53.E1 area offshore Poland, located around 75 kilometr
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a finding of no significant impacts (FONSI) to environmental resources from potential offshore wind energy leasing activities in the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area (WEA), located off the coast of San Luis Obispo County in central California. On
Crowley has completed the purchase of 42 acres in Salem, Massachusetts, which will serve as the future home of the Salem Harbor Wind Terminal, the second major offshore wind port terminal in the state. The terminal site project will result in the redevelopment of the former Salem Harbor Station, a d
Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West. The survey campaign, which started in May this year, will be underway until 31 October, subject to weather conditions, and is now being performed from the Fu
