Spain’s Haizea Wind Group has secured a EUR 35 million green loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to enhance manufacturing technologies and research and development (R&D) for wind turbine components. Announced on 2 August, the loan will enable the Spanish company to implement advanced manufa
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Fugro and Ocean Infinity AB contracts to carry out geotechnical investigations at the Doordewind zone, one of the three new areas designated by the Dutch Government in 2022 to increase offshore wind capacity. RVO launched the tender for offshore ge
Several universities from Australia have teamed up to launch the Australian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (ACOWE), aimed at tackling key challenges in the country’s offshore wind sector. The Centre involves collaboration between the University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Federation University
Japan’s Sumimoto Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation have signed an agreement to investigate the possibility of collaboration in the detailed design, manufacture, and delivery of structural components for floating offshore wind turbines. According to the companies, they aim to cut costs, improve e
Green Marine UK’s initiative aiming to retrofit CTVs with hydrogen, fuel cells and battery, to cut emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has been granted AiP by RINA.
Entrion Wind has joined forces with the offshore wind developer, Simply Blue Group, to explore the feasibility of the Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopile foundation technology. Entrion Wind is developing the FRP which combines fixed and floating platform technologies extending the water depths
The global energy landscape is undergoing a transformation with an increasing demand for clean and renewable energy sources. Wind energy is a crucial player in this transition. The technology that can increasingly contribute to this development is floating offshore wind. This promising technology is
Corio Generation’s offshore wind projects in the Philippines have received green lane certification from the Philippine Board of Investments, which is expected to simplify the permitting process for the company’s upcoming projects. The UK-headquartered company explained in a social media post that t
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 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
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
TGS has completed a wind and metocean data collection project along the US East Coast, which the company describes as the largest in the region. The campaign involved deploying and simultaneously operating five offshore LiDAR buoys covering nearly 600 kilometres from Massachusetts to the Virginia/No
Norway’s Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV for its 40 MW Windcatcher design, which the company says is an important milestone on the route to commercial demonstration of its Windcatcher technology. The objective of an AiP is to perform a third-party techni
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to CLS Wind for its wind turbine assembly system. The patented elevator-style assembly is said to promise easier, safer, and faster wind turbine and nacelle installation and maintenance, without the use of large cranes a
