The US State of New Jersey has argued that its residents will be ”irreparably harmed” if the 1.1 GW Ocean Wind offshore wind project is not exempt from a permanent injunction against the use of GE Haliade-X wind turbines on offshore wind projects in the USA sought by Siemens Gamesa. Back in June, a
Bombora Wave Power has completed tank testing of its floating foundation system suitable for the InSPIRE solution, which combines the mWave wave energy technology with a wind turbine onto a single floating offshore platform. As part of the EuropeWave project, an adapted version of the semi-submersib
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed an agreement with KK Wind Solutions (KK) for the acquisition of Vestas’ converters and controls business. The deal includes Vestas’ three converters and control panels factories in Denmark, India, and China and associated staff functions. In total, around
Ten UK technology innovator companies have secured more than GBP 1 million (approximately EUR 1.2 million) in funding to help deliver solutions for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The companies, which are part of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Launch Academy programme, have created
Crown Estate Scotland has opened the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process aimed at promoting innovations and decarbonising the UK’s oil and gas sector. A two-week registration window opened on Wednesday, 10 August. The application window will open later this mont
The Netherlands-based engineering company Iv-Offshore & Energy has developed a platform that uses offshore wind energy to produce 85 kilotonnes of hydrogen per year. With a capacity of 500 MW, the platform can produce enough green hydrogen in a single day to power more than 300,000 hydrogen cars to
BladeBUG’s six-legged robot that walks on wind turbine blades has been upgraded with a waterproof outer shell that protects it from harsh elements while it is carrying out inspection and maintenance work. “The BladeBUG has, until now, appeared to be exposed to the elements without an outer casing to
Floating offshore wind platform developer Gazelle Wind Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ferrofab FZE, a UAE-based engineering and manufacturing firm, to establish a Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the Ferrofab Jebel Ali facility in Dubai. This Center is being established to
X1 Wind has laid the dynamic cable for its PivotBuoy floating offshore wind turbine prototype, which is now ready to be installed at the PLOCAN test site off the Canary Islands. The voltage was increased to 20kV with a transformer, to allow the connection to PLOCAN’s smart grid with the 1.4 kilometr
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has picked TSC Engineering to provide the design and development of the tensioner deployment system for its floating wind and wave energy project. The company plans to demonstrate the floating platform DualSub which can be configured to harness wind and wave energy or as a
Cerulean Winds and Ping Petroleum UK have signed an agreement to create one of the UK’s first offshore oil and gas facilities powered mainly by offshore wind. Under the agreement signed in a meeting hosted by the UK Secretary of State, Kwasi Kwarteng, the production facility at Ping Petroleum’s Aval
The first Siemens Gamesa wind turbine equipped with the company’s RecyclableBlades has generated first power at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. This marks the first commercial installation of Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable wind turbine technology and the first time a wind turbine with recycl
GreenSpur Wind, the UK-based company that has developed a new generator for the global offshore wind market, and Niron Magnetics, the US company pioneering the world’s first high-performance, rare earth-free permanent magnets, have announced a milestone in developing a new, lighter, rare-earth-free
Huisman has launched a 700mt Travelling Quayside Crane for the load-out of offshore wind turbine components. The development of the new crane comes as a result of rising demand for large, 2,600mt and 4,000mt Skyhook Cranes for the load-out of foundation pieces and installation of floating turbines,
