Malaysia’s Sapura Energy Berhad has issued a termination notice to Yunneng Wind Power Co., Ltd. related to a contract for the transportation and installation of monopiles at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sapura Offshore Sdn Bhd, was awarded the contr
The UK government has launched consultation on changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to boost supply chains. The proposed reforms include tougher examination of developers’ plans on supply chain commitments as well as expanding supply chain plans to cover new technologies such as floa
Texas-based NOV has once again been awarded contracts for the equipment and design of a GustoMSC™ NG-16000X wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for Eneti. This will be Eneti’s second next-generation jack-up vessel, and the contracts include an option for an additional jack-up vessel, NOV said.
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Agder Energi, a Norwegian power utility, have formed a partnership to bid for a floating offshore wind project at Utsira Nord, in the Norwegian North Sea. The 1.5 GW Utsira Nord is one of two areas the Norwegian Government opened to licensing applications
UK-based Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has won contracts with Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa to provide support on wind farms offshore the UK. Ørsted awarded SMC with a framework agreement to provide statutory inspection and auxiliary services to its sites across the UK. This is the second multi-ye
Norwegian company Norside Wind AS has given SMST a contract for the delivery of a motion compensated gangway joined with an Access & Cargo Tower to be installed on a platform supply vessel which will be converted to a walk-to-work vessel for the offshore wind industry. Back in January, Norside acqui
Eneti Inc. has discontinued discussions with a shipyard in the United States to build a Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). ”We believe the US Market for offshore wind will offer significant opportunities for the company in the future, but right now we are focused on deliver
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and PJM Interconnection have received 80 different proposals for offshore wind transmission solutions through solicitation launched last year. NJBPU and PJM are currently reviewing the applications, with a determination expected later in 2022, when th
Edda Wind has ordered three more Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) in addition to the six vessels the company has under construction. The vessels are specially designed for service operations during the commissioning and operation of offshore wind farms. The three CSOVs will be prepared
The engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) package management contract for inter-array and export cables at Taipower Offshore Wind Project Phase II (TPC Changhua Phase II) in Taiwan has been awarded to the Netherlands-based CrocWorks. As disclosed, IX Wind awarded CrocWorks with
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has approved the suitability of the N-3.5, N-3.6, and N-7.2 areas in the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea for the development of offshore wind farms. The three areas have a combined capacity of 1,880 MW. The area N-7.2, located
Ørsted and Eversource have selected two vessel operators in Northeast US that will partner with Rhode Island shipyards to build crew transfer vessels (CTVs) serving the two companies’ offshore wind farms in the region. Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource will charter five new offshore wind
ZPMC and Ulstein Design & Solutions have signed a ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group, the first purpose-made SOVs designed for the Chinese offshore wind industry, according to the Norwegian vessel designer. This contract marks
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has secured a contract with Vestas, and a reservation agreement with an undisclosed client. The contract with Vestas is said to have strengthened Cadeler’s order backlog and ensured optimal utilization of the company’s O-class vesse
