Global installed offshore wind capacity increased in 2020 and reached around 5 per cent of total wind capacity, according to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Overall, wind energy expansion almost doubled last year with 111 GW, compared to 58 GW in 2019. O
Ørsted and Eversource are committing USD 5 million from their Sunrise Wind project in New York to Stony Brook University to support offshore wind research initiatives. The commitment funded by the project will underwrite research initiatives specific to the advancement of offshore wind through Stony
Japanese shipping company NYK and Akita Eisen KK, the only towing company in Akita prefecture, have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) business related to offshore wind mainly in the waters off Akita prefecture. In accordance with the Act of Promoting Util
French floating wind foundation developer Eolink and Dutch robotics company Kranendonk are looking into setting up a gigafactory for automated production of floating wind foundations. Eolink said it had slightly adapted its detailed design to be fully compatible with automated welding robots which w
Spain’s Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) and the Norwegian METCentre (Marine Energy Test Centre) have signed a collaboration agreement focused on offshore wind. Under the agreement, METCentre and PLOCAN pledge to work on offshore wind in deep waters in their respective countries, as w
Six companies and consortia are moving forward in France’s competitive tender to build a wind farm offshore Normandy. Back in January, France’s Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) opened a competitive dialogue process to select the developer of the offshore wind farm off the Cotentin Peninsu
One of the largest Polish construction companies, Mostostal Warszawa, plans to invest in a factory for offshore wind foundations, the company informed on 26 April. Mostostal Warszawa plans include manufacturing concrete gravity-based structure (GBS) foundations for offshore wind farm projects in Pol
The first of the total of 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed on 23 April at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern, which arrived in Taiwan in July last year, has been deployed for wind turbine installation at the project site som
Dutch provider of step-changing technical solutions Huisman has developed a Motion Compensated Platform to transfer wind turbine components from a feeder vessel. Since using internationally-flagged wind turbine installation vessels is restricted in the U.S. under the Jones Act, a feeder vessel with
Project partners Shell, RWE, GASCADE, and Gasunie have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the German North Sea directly to the continent. It is part of the AquaVentus initiative
With the aim of contributing to the growth of the wind industry, Faccin Group continues with its policy of creating, sharing and distributing relevant and valuable content for its customers and public in general. The Group broadcasted on April 8th 2021 an engaging webinar focused on the Wind Energy
A series of geophysical surveys is set to kick off at the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland on 26 April. Vessel LB Jill will undertake geotechnical operations to characterize the project site located approximately 13 km off the East Coast of Ireland, near Wicklow. The surveys are planned to b
Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, in a consortium with Esteyco, has won a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the Empire Wind offshore wind project in New York. The Spanish companies will analyse the feasibility of a concrete gravity-based foundation for the offshore wind farm developed
Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH has signed a multi-year service contract with Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH to provide personal and material helicopter transport services to the Global Tech I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. As part of this contract, Wiking will carry out helicopter cre
