Ørsted has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Executive Committee, following a decision to reorganise the company to position it for future growth. As of 1 June, the offshore wind developer’s COO will be Richard Hunter, who comes from a position as President of Rail Cont
The US National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) is funding a project developing a shallow-water floating offshore wind concept, with cost-share being provided by Equinor. The team behind the project includes the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass) as the main cont
Total, an oil major which entered the offshore wind market last year, has become a member of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA). In the Accelerator, dedicated to offshore wind research and development, Total has existing members: EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, RWE Renewables, ScottishPower R
DOF Subsea reported that it had won multiple contracts for execution in the North Sea, including on an offshore wind project, which the company left unnamed. The company will utilise its vessels Skandi Acergy, Skandi Skansen, Skandi Iceman, Skandi Hera and a contracted third-party vessel in the offs
A project developing a comprehensive study of the US offshore wind supply chain was launched on 13 May. The project is a partnership between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the State of Maryland, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the U.S. De
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has signed a contract with DEME Offshore to deliver grouting services for the installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, where the first turbine foundation was recently installed. The wind farm, first such project
Amazon is in talks with power utilities and trading houses in Japan as the tech giant is looking to build a renewable energy plant that would power its data centers in the country, Nikkei reported on 13 May. One of the options reported to be on the table is an offshore wind farm. A Japanese trading
On 14 May, Sumitomo Electric Industries reported that it was awarded an export cable supply contract for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The news comes a few months after Ofgem ruled in favour of Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc which had filed an Exceptional Event claim for the project’s export cable failu
Boskalis has reported a 10 per cent increase in the order book of its Offshore Energy division in the first quarter of the year (compared to the end of 2020), with around 50 per cent of new orders coming from the offshore wind sector. The first quarter at the company’s Offshore Energy division proce
Sweden-based Zephyr Vind, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Zephyr, has announced plans to build a large-scale offshore wind farm in Sweden, which would use both floating and fixed-bottom foundations. The company has proposed two preliminary project designs: one with 61 wind turbine
StormGeo and Vissim have been contracted to provide vessel management and weather forecasting services for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The collaboration between StormGeo and Vissim will see live, on-site measurement data from Vissim’s wave devices being sent to StormGeo, which the
Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has published a framework for the country’s future offshore electricity transmission system, which includes appointing EirGrid as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) and the Transmission Asset Owner for Offshore Grid Asset
DNV, in partnership with the University of Bristol and Perceptual Robotics, has launched a new research project to develop automated verification of offshore wind turbine inspection results. The project will develop an automated data processing procedure for verification of detected wind turbine bla
Polish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, ST3 Offshore, has issued a third tender looking for buyers for the company, now reducing the price by further 10 per cent. In the current tender, the starting price has been reduced to PLN 187,744,000 (around EUR 41.3 million) net. “This is 20% less
