Palfinger Marine has signed a deal to deliver two jetty cranes and 64 fixed boom cranes for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. Palfinger Marine will deliver 64 PF14000-4.0 fixed boom cranes for the wind turbine platforms and two PTM600 jetty cranes to the offshore wind project. The un
Scotland-headquartered PD&MS Group has secured a three-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Vattenfall to support its European offshore wind portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The contract, which also has options to extend for a further two-year period, will see the international engin
The DolWin kappa offshore platform, part of the DolWin6 grid connection project, has sailed out from the Dragados shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, and is en route to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. After three years of construction, the platform was loaded on the transport barge Iron Lady on 5 Au
The US Department of Commerce has awarded a USD 22.9 million federal grant to the Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) to develop a new apprenticeship model under the Maryland Works for Wind programme to support the region’s growing offshore wind industry. The Maryland Works for Wind scheme will par
Sweden-based Hexicon has decided to increase its direct ownership to 20 per cent in the MunmuBaram floating wind project off the southeast coast of South Korea. Hexicon Korea, a joint venture between Hexicon and Korean company Coens & Co where Hexicon holds 49 per cent, owned 20 per cent of the Munm
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has expanded the state’s offshore wind planning goals from 3 GW to 2-5 GW by 2030, with an aim to have up to 25 GW installed by 2045. This move comes after California Governor Gavin Newsom called for the increase in the state’s offshore wind target to at least
Octopus Energy Generation, through a joint venture with GLIL Infrastructure, has agreed to acquire a 12.5 per cent stake in the 1.2 GW Hornsea One offshore wind farm from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for a total cash consideration of GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 480 million). Octopus E
TotalEnergies and Corio Generation, a portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, have submitted a scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate for the 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing wind project offshore the UK. Following the recent approval by the UK Government of the Crown Estate’s Habitats Reg
Investment in the offshore wind sector in the first half of this year amounted to USD 32 billion, 52 per cent more than in the same same period in 2021, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). The financing of the 1 GW China Three Gorges (CTG) Yangjiang Yangxi Shapa Qingzhouwu Offshore Wind Farm for USD 2
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has reported a loss of EUR 343 million pre PPA and before integration and restructuring costs recorded in the third quarter of the Fiscal Year 2022. The company reported revenue of EUR 2.436 billion in the three months up to 30 June, a ten per cent decrease y
The Netherlands-based offshore foundations manufacturer Sif Group has postponed the final investment decision (FID), initially scheduled for this month, for the expansion of its offshore wind foundations manufacturing facility near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As reported earlier, Sif has been in n
A Spain-based offshore wind player could be one of the bidders in an auction that will be held in Australia at the end of this year, or in the first half of 2023. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by […]
The United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shared ambitions when it comes to renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular. Considering this, how can we collaborate and find synergy within the different projects that the two countries are developing in the North Sea? During this round
The shipping and maritime logistics arm of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), has announced the acquisition of the offshore support vessel owner and operator Zakher Marine International (ZMI). Upon completion of the transaction, which is s
