Spain-based EOLOS and Japanese Windpal have signed an agreement to secure business in the Japanese offshore wind market. The two companies will combine EOLOS FLS200 technology and digital services with Windpal environmental marine services to execute safe and sustainable operations at sea. Under the
RWE and DNV have agreed on a scope to conduct a study assessing the impact of far wakes from large offshore wind clusters. RWE reviews its methodology and approaches to wind energy yield modeling on an ongoing basis, the company said. Based on this RWE said it has developed a good understanding of t
Norway-based energy data and intelligence provider, TGS, has added four more locations on the US East Coast to its multi-client offshore wind and metocean measurement campaign. In addition to their floating LiDAR buoy in the New York Bight, TGS announced four further deployments, one offshore Massac
James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has partnered with TÜV SÜD to provide engineering consultancy and project management services to Foxwell on the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Wind Farm Phase II (TPC Offshore Phase 2) in Changhua. The partners will act as impartial and independent mediator bet
South Korean SK ecoplant and its compatriot POSCO have announced that their K-Floater, a floating body model for offshore wind power developed with domestic technology, secured basic design certification from DNV. The K-floating body is a 10 MW semi-submersible floating model which is capable of wit
Maritime UK has unveiled its Offshore Wind Plan which makes a series of recommendations for how the maritime sector, the offshore wind sector, and governments can work together to maximise growth. The plan outlines how the growth of offshore wind can provide opportunities across the maritime supply
Navantia Seanergies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US shipyard General Dynamics NASSCO to jointly bid for offshore wind farm projects in the United States. The agreement was signed by the Director of Navantia Seanergies, Javier Herrador, and the President of General Dynamics
A study, funded by RWE, has identified supply chain opportunities for Wales and the region from Celtic Sea floating offshore wind development. The study was carried out by Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) which is developing a floating wind platform solution called PelaFlex for industrial-sc
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has given the green light on the state’s third solicitation of offshore wind capacity. This third solicitation seeks to award between 1.2 GW and 4 GW of offshore wind capacity, building on the previously awarded 3.75 GW. The application window opened
X1 Wind has announced that its floating offshore wind turbine prototype delivered first power to PLOCAN’s smart grid in the Canary Islands, Spain. First Power was fed from the prototype, installed at a 50-metre water depth in a downwind configuration, into PLOCAN’s offshore platform smart grid via a
The world’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has been granted a Natura 2000 permit for the 1.5 GW Skåne Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden. The County Administrative Board in Skåne granted Ørsted a permit for the construction and operation of the Skåne Havsvindpark project in connection with a Natur
Vestas has completed the sale of its converters and controls business, marking the transfer of the company’s three converters and controls factories to KK Wind Solutions (KK). Following the acquisition, KK becomes a world leader within converter and controls for the wind industry, adding 600 employe
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, who recently filed a Marine Licence application for their 500 MW Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland, have now submitted a Scoping Report for the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind farm to Marine Scotland. The developers have submitted leasing applications for b
BlueFloat Energy has announced plans for developing a 1.7 GW floating offshore wind project off the coast of the New South Wales Hunter region in Australia. The Eastern Rise Offshore Wind Project follows last week’s announcement by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, about the p
