LOC has won a contract with China Pacific Insurance Co (CPIC) to provide marine warranty services (MWS) to support transport and installation operations for the Jieyang II offshore wind project in China. Under the agreement, LOC China will provide document review and verification of all critical mar
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 500 million loan to finance the development of the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind project. The loan application was submitted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Located 18.5 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands, the Hollandse Ku
United Wind Logistics (UWL) has taken delivery of the deck carrier, MV BoldWind, which will shortly start her long-term charter with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The MV BoldWind will now start her maiden voyage from Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard’s yard in Zhenjiang, China, to Europe. On the maiden voyage,
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has arrived at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project in Denmark to begin the installation of monopile foundations. The monopiles, manufactured by EEW Special Pipe Constructions, will be transported floating from Rostock, Germany, to the project site. The transit
By Steelwind Nordenham. XXL-Monopiles have been successfully used for water depths of up to 40 metres. Now wind farm developers need monopiles “beyond XXL”. Evolution “At the beginning of this decade nobody could image that 10 MW turbines and XXL-monopiles will be state of the art in offshore wind f
Several offshore wind companies and organisations have already become members of the World Forum Offshore Wind’s (WFO’s) Floating Offshore Wind Committee, launched in February 2020. The latest ones to get onboard the committee are Japan’s utility company JERA, French wind energy industry association
Jan De Nul will set up a logistics and operations hub for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan. Jan De Nul and a subsidiary of the Taiwan International Port Corporation (TIPC) signed a lease and operating agreement covering a total of around 15 hectares of
Elia and 50Hertz have issued a tender seeking a provider of gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for offshore and onshore substations in Belgium and Germany. The selected party will be in charge of designing, factory testing, installing, on-site testing and commissioning 66kV offshore GIS, 220kV offshore
Macquarie, through its Green Investment Group (GIG), and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) have joined forces to bid for the development of an offshore wind project at the upcoming ScotWind leasing round. “By partnering right at the genesis of development, we’re making our earliest c
The Board of Directors of Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has appointed Peter Laurits, Vice Chairman of the Board, as the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. With Laurits now taking the helm, the interim CEO Peter Schou, who was heading the company during the spring, will work in parallel
The latest Public Attitudes Tracker in the United Kingdom has shown 81 per cent of the public chooses offshore wind as one of the preferred renewable energy sources. Wave and tidal energy also bode well with 80 per cent, and 77 of surveyed people back onshore wind. Overall, 82 per cent people are in
A consortium led by Dominion Energy is developing a Jones Act compliant installation vessel for the U.S. offshore wind sector. Funded by the consortium, the vessel is set to enter service in 2023 and operate on offshore wind projects located off the East Coast. According to the company, it will be e
Energinet is establishing a supplier qualification system (SQS) for the procurement of offshore and onshore geophysical and geotechnical work. The Danish transmission system operator is inviting responses for seven categories, including offshore geophysical and geotechnical site investigations, as w
MOJO Maritime France SAS has won a contract to investigate potential unexploded ordnance (UXO) targets along the export cable route connecting the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. MOJO Maritime will, through the use of ROVs and/or divers, investigate and identify the nature of th
