The installation of the Liebherr HLC15000 crane on board OHT’s new vessel Alfa Lift has been completed at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu, China, the vessel owner reported via social media. Currently, the vessel is being fitted with monopile cradles in preparation for h
Massachusetts’s Baker-Polio Administration plans to invest USD 100 million from federal COVID relief funding in critical port infrastructure to support offshore wind development. “To ensure we maximize the economic potential of this industry and build on assets like the New Bedford Marine Commerce T
Aberdeen-based Swire Energy Services (SES) has signed a contract with Ørsted for the provision of helideck services and helicopter refuelling system services for the Hornsea One wind farm in the UK Southern North Sea. According to Swire Energy Services, the two-year contract, with the option of two
NED-Project, a Poland-headquartered naval architecture and ship design company with an office in the US, has developed a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which features a hydrogen-ready set-up and has the capability to install 15-20 MW wind turbines as well as to load and transport monop
Scottish start-up Zelim, developing a lifesaving system for offshore energy, has partnered with naval architect Chartwell Marine to deliver a remotely operated unmanned rescue vessel. As the offshore energy sites present a challenging environment for personnel and vessel crews, with a huge risk of m
Following the news that Shell had launched Shell Energy in Brazil, saying that the business would produce and market clean electricity from solar and wind power plants, OffshoreWIND.biz contacted the company to find out if offshore wind was part of its wind power plans in the country, given its grow
Siemens Gamesa has started installing the SG 14-222 DD prototype offshore wind turbine at the test centre in Østerild, Denmark. The wind turbine’s tower has now been erected at the site, Siemens Gamesa said. Upon completion, the prototype unit will become the most powerful wind turbine installed in
Energy company RWE is to make a strategic commitment to the UK’s east coast with the creation of an operations hub for offshore wind farms at Grimsby’s Royal Dock. The new ‘Grimsby Hub’ facility will expand the existing Triton Knoll offshore wind farm base and will be the home for RWE’s specialist t
Accelerating the development of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) will be a significant enabler to reaching net-zero targets, according to new research from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, which estimates that the global robotics market in the wind energy industry, both offshore an
The Ireland-based Alpha Marine is set to kick off a reconnaissance survey at the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 located off the Wicklow coast in the Irish Sea. The goal of the survey is to provide background information to inform future site investigation works for the 520 MW project. Works, which wi
Esvagt has taken delivery of the third and final service operation vessel (SOV) ordered for Vestas and delivered by Havyard in Norway. Esvagt NHST 149, as the yet-to-be-named vessel is known, completes a series of three vessels delivered over the last nine months that Esvagt had ordered at Havyard L
Buss Terminal in Eemshaven has been selected as the pre-assembly and installation port for the wind turbines that will spin as part of the Dutch Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. Starting in October 2022, the terminal will be serving as a base port for pre-assembly and installation of rotor b
Ørsted Wind Power A/S has awarded Pulse Structural Monitoring Ltd. with a contract to provide structural measurement campaigns for Gode Wind 03 and Borkum Riffgrund 03 offshore wind farms. Pulse will be in charge of the load, corrosion, and inclination measurement campaigns for Borkum Riffgrund 03 w
GE Renewable Energy and Acta Marine have signed a charter contract for the Acta Auriga Service Operations Vessel (SOV), which will support the commissioning of 80 Haliade 6 MW turbines at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. Operating out of the Port of Saint-Nazaire, the vessel will assi
