The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR 300 million financing package for Prysmian that will support the Italian cabling giant’s research and development (R&D) activities with the ultimate goal of accelerating energy security and digitalization in Europe. The financing will support Pry
Indeximate, a UK-based provider of fibre optic sensing technology for predictive maintenance of offshore wind subsea cables, has received a DNV Statement of Feasibility for its Scattersphere cable health monitoring platform, the company said on 3 December. The platform was granted the Statement of F
A joint venture (JV) between Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT and Taiwanese cable company Walsin Lihwa has inaugurated Taiwan’s first offshore power cable factory. Operated by the JV Walsin Energy Cable System (WECS), the factory was inaugurated on Saturday, 6 December, in K
RWE and TotalEnergies have signed an agreement with ARC marine for the supply of 66 reef cubes, which will be installed at eleven wind turbine foundations at the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Foundation installation at OranjeWind will start in 2026, and once the construction
Eolos Floating Lidar Solutions, together with the University of Stuttgart, Whiffle, TNO, Pondera, REdouble, and RWE Offshore Wind, has been selected for funding for a research and development (R&D) project that aims to advance 3D wind flow and wake measurements in offshore wind farms. Called SSwiFT
Stillstrom and Port of Roenne have teamed up on a study looking into integrating offshore wind energy with maritime electrification. Maersk’s offshore power and charging solutions developer and the Danish port have initiated a joint white paper to explore how Energy Island Bornholm could serve as a
The joint venture (JV) between Nadara and BlueFloat Energy has confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz that Nadara will acquire BlueFloat’s stake in the JV’s floating offshore wind projects in the UK and Italy, and become their sole owner. “Nadara has reached an agreement with its joint venture partner BlueFl
BuhaWind Energy Northern Luzon Corporation (BENLC) has commenced a new round of feasibility studies for its 2 GW offshore wind project in the Philippines. The company has launched two scanning LiDAR units and a second meteorological mast in Ilocos Norte to enhance wind resource validation for its of
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Encomara for its Squid system, a deployable floating wind solution that integrates disconnectable mooring technology. The Squid system draws on the proven Disconnectable Turret Buoy (DTB) concept, long used in offshore o
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has signed an agreement with Bladena to test blade reinforcement technology designed to extend the operational life of offshore wind turbines. The full-scale testing programme at ORE Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, the UK, will use a
Fugro has completed geophysical and archaeological surveys for Energia Wind 2020 to support the development of the 330 MW Rimini offshore wind farm. The survey covered both the wind farm site and the export cable corridor, located approximately 12 nautical miles (approximately 22 kilometres) off the
Tohoku Electric Power and BW Ideol have obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from Japan’s Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for the design of a floating offshore wind turbine system. The system, based on BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology, features a concrete barge-type floating foundation desi
[PRESS RELEASE BY NAVINGO BV] The energy is rising as we enter the final countdown to the 18th edition of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), taking place on 25–26 November at RAI Amsterdam. In less than one week, thousands of professionals from across the offshore energy sector will
The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) has teamed up with France’s BrestPort and Ireland’s Shannon Foynes Port to establish the Global Floating Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (FLOW Ports Alliance) to help bring together major floating offshore wind ports across the world and unlock the technology’s f
