Huisman has won a contract from Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes for the delivery of a 3,000mt Ringer Crane, with an option for a second unit. The crane setup has been optimised for operations in the wind industry. With the capability to lift components of 1,200mt at heights of up to 225m, and heavy s
DEME Offshore’s jack-up Sea Installer has left the Port of Hull loaded with the last batch of turbine components to be installed at the 1.32 GW Hornsea Two – soon to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm in operation. Sea Installer and Sea Challenger have been transporting the wind farm’s 165 Si
The first shipment of nacelles and blades for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm has reached Akita Port in Japan. A SAL ship carrying 17 nacelles and 30 blades arrived from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to Akita Port on Friday, 24 December. This is the second shipment of wind turbine compo
34 out of the 140 monopile foundations were installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands in the first installation campaign, falling short of the target set for 2021, Vattenfall said. The first offshore construction phase at the subsidy-free wind farm started in ear
New York’s Port of Albany and Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal have secured USD 49.5 million in grants from the federal pot for upgrades to support offshore wind development in the US, which set a target of 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 at the beginning of this year and has si
A study into the offshore wind opportunities and challenges in the US State of Connecticut has found that, while the state can already meet many of the industry’s requirements, Connecticut needs to quickly add other elements to attract and fully accommodate the industry, and to position itself highe
The Connecticut Port Authority Board of Directors has authorized a notice to proceed to its construction manager to begin permitted dredging activities at its State Pier Improvements Project in New London. The Department of the Army through the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England Distric
Ireland’s Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021 has passed through all stages of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), bringing a simpler permitting process for offshore wind development and, according to the Irish government, marking the biggest reform of marine governance since the foundation of the State
The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) project has signed an MOU with Scrabster Harbour Trust to work together on the development of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) requirements, services, and facilities as part of a wider commitment to boost the Scottish supply chain. The MOU also sees t
A ship carrying the first batch of wind turbine parts for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, entered the Akita Port on Sunday, 12 December. SAL’s vessel, loaded with 11 wind turbine tower sections, departed from Taicang Port in China in early December, Akita
The Falck Renewables/BlueFloat Energy partnership set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Italian coast has announced the creation of Minervia Energia, an ad hoc company to develop a floating offshore wind farm off Catanzaro, Calabria. Recognizing the potential for the floating wind t
British marine operator Attollo has unveiled designs for USD 100 million zero-emission autonomous hydrogen vessels to support the next generation of offshore marine projects including offshore wind. The futuristic concepts are part of a multi-generational Research & Development mission known as ‘Pro
Spain’s Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, has approved the Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energy. The Roadmap contains 20 lines of action with the aim of reaching between 1 GW and 3 GW of floati
The recently announced seven offshore wind lease auctions in the United States by 2025 could generate up to USD 4.5 billion in new federal revenue, create up to 128,000 jobs during construction of the projects, and spark USD 120 billion in clean energy investments, a report released by the American
