Scotland’s FoundOcean has secured a contract to provide foundation grouting for a 100-turbine offshore wind project in Taiwan. The contract is expected to create 30 new jobs at the Livingston-based company. FoundOcean won the contract after receiving financial support from UK Export Finance (UKEF),
An offshore hydrogen production plant powered by electricity from a floating wind turbine is scheduled to be put into operation next year in France. The hydrogen production system will be installed at the SEM-REV demonstration site, off the coast of Le Croisic in France where it will be linked with
Conservative wind turbine design lifetime limits are a costly distraction from the potential of offshore wind projects to continue to help meet decarbonisation targets, K2 Management said, calling on the offshore wind industry to be better aligned in project timelines and equipment lifecycles. As th
Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy is reviving its interest in offshore wind investments after deciding to bow out and stop investments and sell its ownership stakes in a number of wind farms in late 2015. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Ene
US-based Jones Act maritime solutions provider Crowley and Denmark-headquartered safety training specialist RelyOn Nutec have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on delivering offshore wind safety training across the US. Through a newly established consortium, the two companies will de
Ørsted has announced a ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades and has committed to either reuse, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of the blades coming from repowering or end-of-design-life decommissioning of its offshore and onshore wind farms. As part of its new sustainability strategy and w
Nexans has taken delivery of its newbuild DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora from Ulstein Verft. Nexans Aurora will be named at a ceremony in Ulsteinvik on 8 June, before leaving for its homeport Halden and Nexans’ subsea high voltage cables competence center. The vessel is delivered on tim
Belgian offshore wind developer Parkwind and the Norwegian company NorSea have joined forces to apply for a licence for offshore wind acreage in Norway. “Together with our Norwegian partners, we are able to offer a competitive value proposition by matching local expertise with over a decade of offsh
Two Norwegian investment companies have teamed up to establish an offshore wind company and compete in Norway’s upcoming licensing round. Arendals Fossekompani ASA (AFK) and Ferd AS (Ferd) established Seagust AS to compete in the offshore wind licensing round. Seagust Eyes Both Offshore Wind Areas T
Ørsted has decided to accelerate its global build-out of renewable energy and has now set a goal to reach around 50 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, of which 30 GW will come from offshore wind. Reaching this target will see the company investing approx. DKK 350 billion (approx. EUR
Norwegian company Caera has acquired its compatriot Energy Innovation as it plans to set up a skilled personnel base at the Egersund Energy Hub as part of the offshore wind supply chain in Norway. Caera is a supplier of skilled professionals in electrical and mechanical sciences, and Energy Innovati
A plan to decarbonise offshore oil and gas assets in the UK through an integrated 200-turbine floating wind and green hydrogen development was revealed today (1 June). The GBP 10 billion (approx. EUR 11.62 billion) project involves installing 200 of the largest floating wind turbines at sites West o
Upwards of 172,000 more people will need to be trained to GWO standards over the next five years to meet the global offshore wind power market demand in line with health and safety standards, a new report has found. These workers will need to be trained to construct, install, operate and maintain th
Salamander Floating Wind, a joint venture between Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Group (GEG) to collaborate on the Salamander project. Specifically, the MOU will see GEG and the developer collaborating in the design, development and
