The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Notice of Intent (NOI) to launch the formal environmental review for Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project offshore New Jersey. The NOI announces the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction and Operations P
Written by Javier Lanfranchi – Senior Sales Area Manager The wind energy industry has grown rapidly in recent years, manufacturing capacity is increasing, and the component supply chain is pushed to its limits. The wind power industry, pushed by the targets of reduction in greenhouse emissions, has
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a German operating aid scheme to further develop offshore wind energy generation in Germany. The modified WindSeeG will replace support for offshore wind under an existing scheme that the Commission approved in 2017. The new scheme will
The consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine has been awarded the full contract to supply a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm. Located in the North Sea 195 kilometers off the coast of the North East of Engla
Jack-up vessels are in high demand in China’s surging offshore wind market and OHT’s fleet of semi-submersible heavy transportation vessels is working on delivering them to this construction hot spot. This includes the transportation of DEME Offshore’s Apollo from Rotterdam and the transportation of
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Seacat Services to provide its steel-series waterjet propulsion systems for the UK company’s new wind farm support vessels. Seacat Services placed the order for two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs) with naval architects BAR Techno
Sembcorp Marine has contracted Palfinger to provide cranes for the offshore substation and the reactive compensation station to be installed at Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Hornsea Two wind farm offshore the UK. Palfinger will equip the offshore substation with one telescopic crane (DKT400), two davit cranes (PF
Aker Offshore Wind and Hexicon have entered into an agreement to together explore floating wind opportunities offshore Sweden. The companies intend to establish a 50-50 joint venture with an ambition to realize multiple Swedish projects with a combined capacity of several gigawatts. Aker Offshore Wi
Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7 have entered into a joint venture to develop the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland. The joint venture, in which Subsea 7 has a minority interest, will focus on developing the pre-commercial project of up to 200 MW off the North East Coast of Scotla
The Danish government and the parties to the Climate Agreement have agreed on a subsidy scheme for the Hesselø offshore wind farm. To a large extent, the subsidy scheme for Hesselø is similar to the subsidy scheme decided for the Thor offshore wind farm which was based on the recommendations from Th
Jan De Nul has laid the keel for its jack-up vessel Voltaire at the Cosco Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. Jan De Nul started the construction of Voltaire in May last year with a steel cutting ceremony at the Cosco shipyard. The jack-up will be able to transport, lift and install the next-genera
US utility Dominion Energy has contracted StormGeo as the sole weather forecast provider for the 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project (CVOW). Forecasting for CVOW is delivered by StormGeo’s 24/7 operations center in Houston, Texas, with offshore wind project support from the company’s headqu
France’s Fouré Lagadec and the Spanish Haizea Wind are set to assemble the 62 wind turbine towers for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in the port of Brest’s new polder. Construction of the new assembly plant is expected to start in early 2022 with commissioning scheduled for the end of the sa
Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has secured three new contracts in the offshore wind market in Taiwan. These three contracts, with firm periods totalling 270 days, increase MMA Offshore’s contracted revenue by an aggregate total of approximately AUD 7 million (EUR 4.5 million). The
