The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has launched the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, allocating USD 48.6 million to projects designed to address several key needs in offshore wind development. The areas includ
The breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call on 24 July. Strazik also pointed out that a blade event that happened
The US Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a developer of offshore wind port facilities across the US, to jointly evaluate the feasibility of an offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) port facility in California’s S
RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement under which TotalEnergies will acquire a 50 per cent stake in RWE’s OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. TotalEnergies said it would use its share of the electricity from the 795 MW OranjeWind to produce green hydrogen. The new partne
Ocean Winds and Martifer Renewables & Energy have formed a strategic partnership to jointly participate in Portugal’s first tender for offshore wind farms, set to take place this year. As the industry anticipates the final criteria for the tender, Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables
Norway’s Vard has signed a contract with its compatriot Rem Offshore to design and construct another commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV). The VARD 4 19 design CSOV, developed by Vard Design in Ålesund, will be the third vessel Vard delivers to Rem Offshore. The first two, REM Power and REM
Germany-headquartered SAL Heavy Lift has signed contracts with Van Oord to support the transportation and installation of secondary structures for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland. Baltica 2 is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm developed by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and
EDF Renewables and Repsol have signed an exclusivity agreement to collaborate on future offshore wind tenders in Spain and Portugal. According to the press release, this collaboration combines Repsol’s commitment to multi-energy growth and its knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese markets with EDF
NIRAS has been selected by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to prepare pre-feasibility studies to assess the expansion of several ports for use as offshore wind ports. The Denmark-headquartered consultancy company has been commissioned by ADB on behalf of the Philippine government. Under the contrac
Macquarie Asset Management has unveiled its plans to take full control of the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms in the UK by acquiring the remaining stake currently controlled by BlackRock. Macquarie GIG Renewable Energy Fund 1 acquired a 60.75 per cent stake in Lynn and Inner Dowsing in 20
Two Dutch companies operating in the food and agro industries, Plukon and De Heus, have decided to buy electricity from Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell, Eneco, and Chubu, that owns the offshore wind farm which will be built at Hollandse Kust West (HKW) Site VI in the Netherlands. Rabobank’s new g
The Port of Gdańsk Authority has selected a company in charge of building and operating the offshore wind terminal that the Port and the Polish government announced in 2022. The company, called Istrana, is expected to soon complete its own tenders for engineering consultancy and terminal constructio
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been selected by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to conduct a navigational risk assessment of offshore wind farm sites in the N-10 identified area of interest in the German North Sea. ABL’s scope of work is to provide a comprehensive nav
The Netherlands’ Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of another Damen Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) 9020, that will deployed on offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The second CSOV will be built in Vietnam, with a delivery date planned
