Cadeler’s jack-up Wind Osprey has left Sif’s facility at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam loaded with the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines to be installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The project milestone marks a series of firsts for the
Singapore-based offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Service Holdings (POSH) has partnered with Aberdeen-headquartered mooring and marine service specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) to explore growth opportunities for floating offshore wind in Europe. The companies signed a Memorandum
Rise Light & Power and Delaware River Partners (DRP) have partnered up to collaborate on developing the first offshore wind cable manufacturing facility in New Jersey, the US. The development of the manufacturing facility at the Repauno Port & Rail Terminal in Greenwich Township is subject to the Bo
Star of the South, together with Federation University Australia, has launched the Fed Cadet Program to give a Fed Uni student the opportunity to work in the offshore wind sector while completing their degree. Star of the South, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind farm, will provide up to two d
The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines and the World Bank Group will virtually launch the country’s first Offshore Wind Roadmap on 20 April. The World Bank Group and DOE have worked closely to prepare this first-of-its-kind roadmap, which aims to tap the country’s 178-gigawatt offshore wi
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore and Korean Register (KR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on floating offshore wind development in Korea’s East Sea. The two companies aim to share technologies, information, and experiences in the field of floating offshore wind farms in the E
EDF Renewables UK and DP Energy have revealed more details about the location of their Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea, which could have up to 1 GW of installed capacity. The Gwynt Glas wider search area is 70 kilometres off the coast of Pembrokeshire and 45 kilometres fr
Fugro has won a contract with BP and EnBW to carry out a geotechnical site investigation campaign at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind projects in the Irish Sea. Fieldwork will run from May to September at the site located approximately 30 kilometres off the coast of North Wales and North West Engla
Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has been appointed by EDF Renewables and ESB to act as the control point for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. Opened in 2018, Natural Power’s ControlCentre will provide NnG with out-of-hours system monitori
TotalEnergies and KGHM, a Polish state-owned mining corporation, signed a partnership to participate on a 50/50 basis in the Polish government tender for the development of offshore wind projects. The Polish government has launched a new auction scheme covering eleven areas in the Baltic Sea, repres
Swedish floating wind specialist Hexicon has created a joint venture, Hexicon Power SA, with Greece’s EAMAA, described as a first step to start the development of floating offshore wind projects off the coast of Greece. A new legal framework for offshore wind is expected this year and Hexicon is now
Scotland’s SSE Renewables has submitted an application for an Offshore Location License (OLL) for the allocation of development rights for an offshore wind farm at site 60.E.4 in the Baltic Sea in Poland. Spain’s Acciona Energía will collaborate in the development of the project if the license is gr
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has selected integrated logistics and materials management company ASCO to provide shipping services on the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The deal will see ASCO’s ship agency Seletar provide services including crew transfer to the operations of the
WPD Offshore AB has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the green hydrogen supplier, Lhyfe, to jointly establish and directly connect a facility for green hydrogen production to wpd’s planned Storgrundet offshore wind farm in Söderhamn, Sweden. The goal is to achieve a total instal
