Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann has signed its first contract in the US offshore wind market under which the company will provide a Walk-to-Work (W2W) gangway system to the marine transportation and towing company, Otto Candies. Under the contract, Ampelmann will provide an E1000 motion-co
International subsea and offshore wind contractor Havfram will provide Project Management and Owners Engineer Services within the foundation installation package for the Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. The contract was awarded by Yunneng Wind Power, the owner and developer of the 640 MW project. L
Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte to support the development of wind projects off the state’s coast. The objective of the MoU, signed in March, is to share technical knowledge so that governmental institutions can
Boskalis informed on 20 April that the company won a contract for the transportation and installation of export cables for an offshore wind project, classifying the contract value as “significant”, which for Boskalis means it is worth between EUR 150-300 million. The company said the project for whi
GE Renewable Energy (GE) has selected Denmark-based Global Wind Service (GWS) for 50 per cent of the service and maintenance scope at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm offshore France. Under the agreement, GWS will perform planned maintenance, including brake-in and annual maintenance along with correctiv
Eager.one has been awarded a contract to design and supply the South Korean offshore wind specialist Samkang M&T with a remote-operated Jacket Lifting Tool (JLT). The JLT will be able to handle jackets of up to 2500 tonnes that will be moved from the yard onto transport vessels. According to the man
The Danish government has begun preparations for the development of new energy islands in an effort to secure the country’s and Europe’s independence from Russian fossil fuels. According to Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the EU in a new geo
Seawind Ocean Technology has announced a collaboration with Singapore-based SeaTech Solutions International on the design of semi-submersible floating platforms. Under the agreement, SeaTech will provide Seawind with the basic design of the semi-submersible floating platform according to internation
BP and EnBW have selected RPS to complete the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) for the development of the Morven offshore wind farm in Scotland, for which BP and EnBW secured a seabed lease in the ScotWind auction. RPS is already supporting BP an
The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has won a contract to install the remaining monopiles on the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan some two and a half months after Sapura Energy decided to leave the project mid-construction. The contract was awarded to NPCC by Yu
Singapore-based offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Service Holdings (POSH) has partnered with Aberdeen-headquartered mooring and marine service specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) to explore growth opportunities for floating offshore wind in Europe. The companies signed a Memorandum
Sweden-based Eolus Vind has submitted applications for developing three offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The three potential projects have an expected capacity of 1,000 MW, 1,200 MW, and 1,060 MW. The offshore wind farms are intended to be ready for construction in 2029 and completed by
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been selected to deliver its cable hang-off systems for the first two phases of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank A and B. Hellenic Cables, the sole supplier of inter-array cables for the Dogger Bank, has awarded VPI with a contract to engineer and
Irish floating wind developer Simply Blue Group has applied to the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure for the offshore location license 60.E.4, currently the deepest water site in Poland’s Maritime Spatial Plan. In a social media post, Simply Blue Group said that the company recognise ”the enormous p
