The Lithuanian government plans to announce the opening of the tender for the construction of the country’s first offshore wind farm at the end of March. Preparations are now underway to announce the tender for the development of a 700 MW, subsidy-free offshore wind farm in the Lithuanian part of th
Dura Vermeer, BAM Infra Nederland, and Visser & Smit Bouw have signed a framework agreement with Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT for civil engineering works for the construction of the land-based stations for the 2 GW offshore projects in the Netherlands. From 2024, TenneT plans to
Eneti has announced that Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has secured another contract in Northwest Europe for one of its NG2500-class jack-ups. The work is planned to keep the vessel busy for 41 and 53 days and is expected to generate between USD 3.3 million (about EUR
Purus Wind’s High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based Strategic Marine to build three new Chartwell Marine-designed hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The 27-metre-long catamarans, which have a capacity of up to 32 personnel, are schedul
Seaway7 has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of cables on the Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, Seaway7 will be responsible for the transport and installation of inter-array cables, the respective cable protection systems, and four export cables. T
Denmark plans to put 9 GW of new offshore wind capacity out to tender by the end of the year in an effort to increase its offshore wind capacity fivefold by 2030, according to the country’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. The government and the authorities are working to ensure that there
James Fisher and Sons plc (James Fisher) and Uptime International (Uptime) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the use of motion-compensated gangways in the development of the ULSTEIN SX221 Diamond SOV. The news follows the unveiling of the Diamond Consortium’s ULSTEIN SX221 Diamond
The Norwegian Marine Energy Test Center (METCentre) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Portugal-based WavEC to collaborate on offshore wind development. The MoU was signed after Norway’s offshore wind organisation, Norwegian Offshore Wind, visited the Portuguese government and indus
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has opened a qualification period for a tender seeking technical consultancy services for the power equipment of the artificial island Denmark plans to build in the North Sea. The North Sea Energy Island will connect 3 GW of offshore wind capacity
The Netherlands-based Fugro has signed a letter of intent to optimise and perform a site characterisation programme for undisclosed offshore wind development on the US East Coast. The programme is focused on accelerating the construction and operations permitting process and represents Fugro’s lates
Singapore-headquartered Mooreast has signed a collaboration agreement with ETZ to explore establishing a manufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, for the production of subsea foundations, and the consolidation and assembly of mooring components for the floating offshore wind market. Signed in S
UK ship repair, shipbuilding, and offshore construction company, Harland & Wolff, has terminated a contract with Saipem for the manufacture and delivery of jacket foundations for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe wind farm offshore Scotland. As previously reported, Saipem contracted Harland & Wolff to man
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) has chosen Navatia S.A., S.M.E., and the facilities of Navantia Fene Ferrol Shipyards in Spain for the update and upgrade of its wind turbine installation vessel Brave Tern. Brave Tern is a jack-up vessel for the installation of wind turbines and associated equipment
Equinor and EnBW have announced that they will jointly pursue offshore wind opportunities in Germany. “In a tough international field, we are delighted to be working together with a strong partner like Equinor and combining the individual strengths of the two companies to develop German offshore win
