UAE-based Masdar has signed an agreement with Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to explore the development and investment in wind projects in Bahrain with a potential of 2 GW capacity. Marking a strategic entry into the Bahrain market for the UAE’s clean energy company, the agreement for near-shore and offsh
Operating for the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), Météo-France has selected Akrocean to collect offshore wind, wave, and current data for potential offshore wind farm sites in France. The framework contract won by Akrocean includes several measurement campaigns that will be conduc
Balmoral Comtec, a Balmoral Group company, has been awarded a multi-billion-pound contract for the supply of cable protection systems for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope of work includes design engineering which will take place at Balmoral Comtec’s Aberdeen facility, suppl
Norway-based Seaonics has been chosen to deliver 3D Electric Controlled Motion Compensated (ECMC) cranes to the German shipowner Windward Offshore. The cranes are set for installation of Windward Offshore’s two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The 87.5-metre vessels will be delivered
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million Innovation Grant funding competition aimed at boosting the local offshore wind supply chain. Innovation Grants between GBP 25,000 and GBP 200,000 are available for projects that focus on future cables, electrical systems, next-
Octopus Energy’s generation arm has invested in US-headquartered Ocergy to boost the development of floating offshore wind farms globally. According to Octopus, Ocergy has an innovative approach to designing and manufacturing floating foundations, reducing the time and cost of building them. Ocergy
James Fisher and Sons plc (James Fisher) has been awarded a contract for the provision of high voltage (HV) specialist personnel and HV safety management services at the 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract, worth over GBP 1 million (approximately EUR 1.17 million), Jam
French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and the Hitachi Energy – Chantiers de l’Atlantique consortium will sign a contract for the construction of the first offshore substations and DC converter stations for two offshore wind farms that will be built off Ile d’Olé
In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, reported a 9 per cent revenue growth for the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quart
Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of USD 10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured USD 7.4 billio
Offshore wind service provider CBED has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for their new service operations vessel, Wind Creation, which will join the commissioning of an offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The project will commence by the end of the second quarter of 2024 and
Fugro has transferred its self-elevating platform (SEP) Amberjack to Japan in order to easier support the local offshore wind market with geotechnical services. Amberjack was reflagged in December 2023 and is now based in Tokyo, from where it will be deployed to Japanese wind farm projects and provi
Denmark has opened a new offshore wind tender, the country’s largest ever, offering a minimum of 6 GW of new capacity spread over six wind farms, with the overplanting option allowing for 10 GW or more of new capacity to be added. The Danish Energy Agency published the tender for the wind farms loca
US utility Eversource Energy has finalized definitive documents regarding its previously announced agreement to sell its 50 per cent ownership stake in the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind project to Ørsted. Eversource will remain contracted, under a separate construction management agreement, to l
