Global Maritime (GM) has signed a framework agreement with Van Oord, under which the marine and engineering consultancy company will provide a range of services to support Van Oord’s work in the offshore wind sector. The framework covers consultancy and technical support for operations and maintenan
Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of subsea export cables on the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm. SRE has also selected the Belgian offshore construction contractor for export cables on its Formosa 6 offshore wind project. Under the contract for Fo
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded USD 20 million (approximately EUR 17 million) to the Port of Long Beach to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed USD 4.7 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion) terminal that would serve the floating wind industry. CEC has awarded the grant
Vard has cut the first steel for Norwind Offshore’s energy construction vessel (ECV), the first vessel of this category, according to the two companies. A steel-cutting ceremony was held on 6 October at Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, kicking off the construction of the vessel, which Norwind Offs
Tekmar Group has signed a framework agreement with Jan De Nul for the engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the Cable Protection System (CPS) for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection programme in Germany. The first awards under the agreement cover two projects. Work has commenced immediately o
The consortium comprising BayWa r.e., Elicio, and BW Ideol has submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for the onshore infrastructure required to connect the Buchan floating offshore wind farm to the electricity grid. The application details the proposed onshore electrical infrastr
Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has confirmed that the nation’s second offshore wind tender, aimed at developing a 700 MW project, did not proceed as only one participant applied. Under Article 22 (10) of Lithuania’s Law on Renewable Energy, a tender is considered invalid if fe
All 37 turbines have been installed at Taiwan’s 532 MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind farm, while installation of the 36 turbines at Hai Long 3 is scheduled for completion next year. To produce the 14 MW turbines required for the approximately 1 GW Hai Long offshore wind project, Siemens Gamesa expanded i
Robosys Automation has secured a new contract to retrofit a Damen crew transfer vessel (CTV) with its Voyager AI maritime autonomy software. This is the second CTV designed and built by Damen to be fitted with the UK company’s autonomy software. Robosys Automation left the client who ordered the ret
As the US seeks to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains by prioritising domestic oil and gas, its offshore wind sector has faced many challenges, from policy setbacks to rising inflationary costs. Meanwhile, Rystad Energy projects that China will account for 45 per cent of global offshore wind c
The two developers that the Crown Estate selected this year to build floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea, Equinor and a joint venture between EDF and ESB, have now entered into lease agreements for their floating wind projects with the UK seabed manager. Equinor and the EDF-ESB joint vent
Ørsted has completed its rights issue, raising DKK 59.56 billion (approximately EUR 7.98 billion) with a subscription rate of approximately 99.3 per cent, the company said on 6 October. Existing shareholders were offered new shares at DKK 66.60 (EUR 8.92) each. The demand for shares not taken up via
The permit decision for the Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm, being developed by a joint venture of TotalEnergies, Corio Generation, and Gulf Energy Development, has been postponed by the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. A decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) application was
Spain’s EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions has been awarded a contract to carry out in-situ measurement campaigns for ELWIND, the Estonian-Latvian offshore wind project. The measurement campaign for each site is divided into three phases: preparatory, execution, and data validation and reporting. The ca
G-Tec has started geophysical survey work for ELWIND, an offshore wind project that Estonia and Latvia will build together. The Belgian company’s survey vessel Karina has been investigating the seabed in the ELWIND offshore wind farm areas in Estonia and Latvia since early September, with the work e
