Mammoet has signed a five-year exclusive contract to provide heavy lift and transport equipment and services to Steel River Quay, an offshore wind marshalling facility located in the Teesworks industrial zone in the UK. Under the contract, the Dutch heavy lift specialist will supply specialist field
Vard has signed a contract for an energy construction vessel (ECV) with Wind Energy Construction, a Norwegian company partly owned by the founders and owners of Norwind Offshore. According to the two companies, this is a whole new vessel category, developed jointly by Vard and Norwind Offshore. Unde
PGE Group has contracted Polish company Energoprojekt-Katowice to prepare a conceptual design for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm. The 900 MW Baltica 1 is the third project in PGE’s Baltica Offshore Wind Farm portfolio. The first two, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, are being developed by PGE and Ørsted a
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
This is an op-ed piece by Sam Salustro, Vice President of Strategic Communication at Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. Six months occupied with questions about the upcoming election have muddied the waters, shifting the conversation about offshore wind energy
Windar Renovables has manufactured and loaded the final batch of transition pieces (TPs) for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States. In 2019, Windar Renovables won a contract to manufacture, certify, assemble, inspect, store, and deliver TPs for the offshore wind project,
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has initiated a EUR 5 billion programme to support the wind energy sector, starting with a EUR 500 million counter-guarantee to Deutsche Bank. The transaction is said to enable Deutsche Bank to set up a portfolio of up to EUR 1 billion of banking guarantees for new
MOL Drybulk, part of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a contract with China’s Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for the construction of a module carrier that the company says is Japan’s first coastal module carrier to transport components for offshore wind turbine foundations. The vessel is schedul
Vestas has received a firm order for the OranjeWind offshore wind project, previously named Hollandse Kust West VII, situated off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea. Vestas will provide 53 V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and is responsible for the supply, delivery, and commissioning of the uni
UK-headquartered Intertek has been re-appointed by the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, to provide long-term client representation services in support of North Sea offshore wind grid connections. Intertek Metoc has been selected for the full framework contract scope that incl
Twin Brothers Marine (TBM), a provider of heavy steel fabrication for the oil and gas, infrastructure, and renewable energy industries, has joined a major infrastructure development project to support multiple renewable energy initiatives, including offshore wind, along the Northeast Coast in the US
More than a quarter of wind turbines at Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm, have been installed. So far, 27 of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines that Dogger Bank A will comprise are in place, according to information in Equinor’s results for the […]
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE Réseau Transport d’Electricité plans to issue calls for tenders for geophysical, geotechnical and UXO surveys for multiple projects from 2025 to 2026. RTE, responsible for developing, implementing and operating offshore wind farm connections to the Frenc
The breakage of the blade on one of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind turbines at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US was caused by a manufacturing deviation, the company’s CEO Scott Strazik revealed during an earnings call on 24 July. Strazik also pointed out that a blade event that happened
