When it comes to floating offshore wind, Norway and Japan are an ideal match for business collaboration. While Norway is the global leader in floating wind energy, Japan has high ambitions to develop its own floating offshore wind industry. “With unique expertise in marine operations, Norwegian comp
The global capacity of fully operational offshore wind farms has reached 80.9 GW, according to RenewableUK, whose new report also shows China is leading in total operational capacity, new capacity installed in 2024, as well as in the capacity of the project pipeline. The global operational offshore
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a range of methods designed to transform and industrialize the transportation and installation (T&I) of floating offshore wind turbines. According to the Norway-headquartered company, the new solutions promise to streamline the entire process, from anchor and mooring
ABL Group has established a business unit specialising in offshore wind foundation design. The new unit will be part of Longitude, the Group’s design and engineering arm. The foundation design division will bring together multi-disciplined engineering and offshore wind foundation design expertise fr
Innovation in wind energy has been one of the main pillars driving the upscale of the sector, enabling better components, larger and stronger turbines, faster and more cost-effective logistics, but what about its integration into tenders? Innovative approaches in tender designs can have a major impa
The metocean and LiDAR surveys have been completed at the Buchan floating offshore wind farm site located off the northeast coast of Scotland. Partrac recently recovered the project LiDAR and seabed instrumentation at the project site some 75 kilometres northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire
Norway-headquartered DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea survey contract for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia. Under the contract, DeepOcean will carry out geophysical seabed surveys of the export and inter-array cable
Haventus, the owner of the Ardersier Port in the Moray Firth, Scotland, has submitted a scoping report to the Highland Council for a proposed extension to its port. Haventus is looking to expand its Ardersier Energy Transition Facility onto nearly 200 acres of land next to the current site. Subject
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company, TGS, has secured a contract for offshore wind site characterisation on the UK continental shelf for a repeat client. According to TGS, the project is set to last around 60 days and will begin in the first quarter of 2025. The Ramform Vanguard will b
Poland’s Tele-Fonika Kable (TFK) and the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the construction of a cable laying vessel (CLV) for the installation and maintenance of subsea cables in offshore wind farms, mainly in the Baltic Sea. On 28 January, the two
Greece’s Motor Oil and Terna Energy, a subsidiary of Masdar Group, have teamed up for the development of the first offshore wind farm in Greek waters. The procedures for the participation of the Motor Oil Group, through its subsidiary Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE), with a 50 per cent stake in th
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie; BSH) has marked two areas, N-10.1 and N-10.2, as suitable for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. On 28 January, BSH issued the 5th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Offshore W
Wind Catching Demo, a subsidiary of Wind Catching Systems, has received a NOK 1.2 billion (approximately EUR 102 million) grant from Enova, a state enterprise owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, for the deployment of a commercial demonstrator unit of its multi-turbine floatin
Corio Generation has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives (Suhyup) and the Western Busan Fisheries Committee (WBFC) for the 96 MW Dadaepo offshore wind project, currently under development in Busan, South Korea. With this agreement, a mutual
