ABS and Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Power Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate and explore new technologies to support the floating offshore wind industry. FLOWRA is a technical research association that works with overseas organi
GHD has been appointed to lead the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and approval process for the 1 GW Blue Mackerel offshore wind project, being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex. GHD has a long-standing presence in the Gippsland region, having been part of the community and its infrastru
Van Oord has signed a contract with SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the contract, SPIE Wind Connect will be responsible for the termination and testing of 21 61 kV inter-array cables o
Floating wind technology developer Gazelle Wind Power has entered into a strategic agreement with the Portuguese conglomerate dstgroup, which will see dstgroup’s corporate venture capital firm, dstventures, investing EUR 1.5 million in Gazelle. Furthermore, dstgroup’s steel engineering and manufactu
Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid to perform surveys for a project that will develop offshore electricity substations and export cable routes to connect Ireland’s future offshore wind farms on the south coast to the national grid
Vattenfall has selected Danish helicopter operator KN Helicopters for air transport to and from four of its offshore wind farms, two in Denmark and two in Germany. The contracts, which already started this summer, are estimated to be worth EUR 30 million (excluding VAT) in total. In Germany, KN Heli
Iberdrola has selected Norway-headquartered Global Maritime (GM) to provide marine services in support of operations and maintenance (O&M) on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France. As part of this agreement, Global Maritime will deliver a range of marine services, including vessel ins
The Town and County of Nantucket in Massachusetts and GE Vernova have reached a settlement agreement worth USD 10.5 million (approximately EUR 9 million), which the wind turbine OEM will pay to compensate the Town and local businesses for losses resulting from the failure of a turbine blade on the V
LS Cable & System and its subsidiary LS Marine Solution have won contracts for the supply and installation of cables for the 532 MW Anma offshore wind project in South Korea. The contracts are worth KRW 255 billion (approximately USD 185 million). LS Marine Solution will be responsible for laying th
DNV has been awarded a contract by Ventyr, a consortium consisting of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, for the Design Certification of the Sørlige Nordsjø II wind turbines and offshore substation in Norway. “Certification plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, quality, and reliability of offshore
A decree has been approved by the Italian government to establish offshore wind manufacturing and assembly hubs at the ports of Augusta and Taranto. The total investment amounts to EUR 78.3 million, to be distributed over three years starting in 2025. Funding will come from the reallocation of reven
Ørsted has secured a finance package of approximately TWD 90 billion (about EUR 2.64 billion) for the 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The developer reached financial close on the project finance package with 25 banks and five Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). This is part of
Spanish renewable energy developer Iberdrola and UAE clean energy company Masdar have signed an agreement to co-invest in the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three project in the UK through what the partners say is the largest offshore wind transaction of the decade. Under the agreement, after the closing of the
The UK government and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding, under which the company plans to invest GBP 7.5 billion (approximately EUR 8.7 billion) into infrastructure and renewable energy projects across the UK by 2035. The investment will be focused on key offshor
LS Marine Solution has been selected as the preferred bidder for the submarine cable installation work at the Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea. The 390 MW offshore wind farm is being developed by a consortium led by Hanwha Ocean and SK Eternics. Construction is scheduled to begin in 20
