Floating assets have long been installed, operated and maintained to support oil and gas (O&G) production. The emerging floating wind sector has specific challenges to overcome, but also opportunities to build strategies informed by O&G experience. Opportunities and challengesThe global offshore flo
EEW Korea Heavy Pipe Construction (EEW KHPC) has signed a preferred supply agreement (PSA) with Anma Offshore Wind for the fabrication and supply of pin piles for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. In this project, EEW KHPC plans to manufacture and supply 60 pin piles, a substructure that
Greece’s Hellenic Cables, the cable segment of Cenergy Holdings, has signed a contract with Seaway7 for the supply of inter-array cables for the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, Hellenic Cables will be responsible for the engineering, manufacturing, testing, and su
The first batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the Moray West offshore wind farm have sailed out of Lamprell’s Hamriyah yard in UAE and are on their way to a marshalling harbour in the UK. “I want to congratulate the project team and thank our client for their trust in Lamprell as we underwent both
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by Equinor and Polenergia for the inter-array cables of the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and i
Following the launch of its HexDefence scour protection solution for monopile foundations earlier this year, Balmoral has now launched a HexDefence system specifically designed for offshore wind jacket foundations. At the beginning of this year, the Scottish engineering company introduced HexDefence
Smulders Projects Belgium, a subsidiary of Smulders, has been awarded a contract for the supply of transition pieces for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. Under the contract signed with Baltic Power, a joint venture between Orlen and Northland Power, Smulders will be responsible for the
Engineering company Iv-Offshore & Energy has signed a contract with Seatrium for the design of the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Beta offshore converter platform in the North Sea. Under the contract, Iv will be responsible for the detailed engineering of the offshore converter platform for both the topside and
TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFK), alongside JDR Cable Systems (JDR), has been awarded a contract to supply subsea and land cables for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. Together with partners NKT and DEME Offshore, TFK and JDR will design, manufacture, and install 340 kilometres of land an
Riggs Distler, a subsidiary of infrastructure company Centuri Group, has been selected as a tier 1 secondary steel contractor for 1.1 GW Ocean Wind 1, New Jersey’s first offshore wind project. Riggs Distler will provide onshore heavy civil, mechanical, and electrical services focused on the construc
CRP Subsea has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to provide NjordGuard, an integrated cable protection system, for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, CRP Subsea will supply a total of 142 NjordGuard cable protection systems, which will protect all inter-
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has started a series of tank tests of floating wind and wave energy structures at the University of Edinburgh’s FloWave facility to explore the potential benefits the synergy between the two technologies could bring. The tank tests currently being completed by WES use sea
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have unveiled plans to collaborate and jointly fund research to further support durable and environmentally responsible offshore wind and marine energy deployments in the United States. The agencies will launch the upcoming f
The following article is a guest post by Fred van Beers, CEO Sif Netherlands B.V., & Anne Vedel, SVP Product Solutions & Integration, Vestas. The looming climate crisis and an acute need for independence from Russian oil and gas have massively accelerated European appetite for offshore wind. Governm
