The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most-read news on the site in the first month of 2020.
Ørsted and Eversource have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ThayerMahan to explore the provision of maritime wildlife monitoring and seabed surveillance services for the Revolution Wind wind project offshore Connecticut. The MOU with this Groton-based marine automation and monitoring
Denmark’s ProCon Wind Energy and the UK-based CPower Energy have entered into a joint venture partnership agreement to jointly deal with the effects of the UK’s formal exit from the European Union on 31 January. Through the joint venture agreement, the two companies plan to ”overcome any potential c
The converter for 50Hertz and Energinet’s Combined Grid Solution interconnector in the Baltic Sea is ready for energization. The energization will include all converter components as well as the expansion in the substation in Bentwisch, and control technology, 50Hertz said. Developed by Denmark’s En
The Asia Wind Energy Association (AsiaWEA) and De Oude Bibliotheek Academy (DOB-Academy) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Asia-Pacific Offshore Wind Academy in Singapore. The Asia-Pacific regional Academy will be the first dedicated academy for the offshore wind industry in
Headquartered in Chelmsford, UK, GMG owns and operates a fleet comprising three specialist cable installation and repair vessels, four maintenance vessels, and 19 crew transfer vessels. Additionally, the company has a range of subsea equipment including eight trenchers and working class ROVs.
Ørsted has commissioned the 1,218MW Hornsea One wind farm off Yorkshire, UK, the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has issued a request for qualifications/proposals (RFQ/P) to support an Offshore Wind Technical Assistance Program.
DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Innovation has installed 13 of the 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, Ørsted said. Innovation is loading the monopiles and transition pieces at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility before transporting and installing them
Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) has invested in a synthetic securitisation of NatWest’s GBP 1.1 billion portfolio of project finance loans in the UK’s sustainable energy market. The transaction was a structured finance solution delivered by MIDIS in partnership with BAE Sy
Renewable Strategy Limited (RSL) has deployed computerized maintenance management software on the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan.
Vattenfall has placed the wind turbines on the Vesterhav Syd and Nord nearshore wind farms as far from the Danish North Sea coast as possible within the two areas designated by the state, the latest design drafts show. In the new drafts, the wind turbines are placed in rows approximately nine kilome
Ørsted has set a target to become carbon neutral by 2025 and achieve a carbon-neutral footprint by 2040.
Van Oord has awarded Vos Prodect Innovations with a contract to deliver cable hang-off systems for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind project in the Netherlands.
