Seaplace has received Approval in Principle from LR for its active ballast control system, designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platforms concept – CROWN. Seaplace’s ballast control system is a novel technology that includes both buoy and reduced-draft spar operational conc
Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil & gas operations, including a project using floating wind turbines to power oil & gas assets. The project, being developed by floating wind techno
GE Renewable Energy and Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation have signed a strategic partnership agreement to localize critical phases of the manufacturing process of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine in Japan and to support its commercialization in the country. The two companies said
DEME’s dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone has completed her liquefied natural gas (LNG) sea trials after being bunkered with LNG for the first time. The ship-to-ship bunkering was conducted in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, by Titan LNG’s FlexFueler, DEME said. Living Stone completed her sea t
Swedish floating wind specialist Hexicon will develop a demonstrator project for floating wind power at Metcentre’s deep water area off of Norway’s coast. The project, TwinWay, is a pilot to commercialise new offshore floating wind technology, Hexicon said. The Stockholm-based Hexicon develops wind
The first ship ever sailed to the future energy island in the Danish North Sea on Monday, 3 May. MMT’s Relume will undertake seabed mapping at the site which will ensure that the construction of the energy island and the hundreds of wind turbines takes place in a technically sustainable way, Energin
Ten major South Korean companies, municipalities, and organisations are spearheading a project to develop and build offshore hydrogen production plants powered by floating wind. The first phase of the project includes the construction of a 100 MW demonstration electrolyzer plant in the East Sea. Thi
RWE Renewables, itap, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart, and Technische Universität Berlin are to research an innovative vibratory pile driving technique at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm. The new method for installing foundations is said to have the potential to significantly reduce unde
Rapid advances in offshore wind turbine technology are currently outpacing the infrastructure capacity needed to install them, a new report from the Clean Energy Technology service at IHS Markit warns. Offshore wind annual gross capacity additions are expected to grow sixfold by 2030 due to dramatic
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has recorded zero orders in its offshore wind segment in 2021. Vestas is in the process of integrating the offshore wind business following the acquisition of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a 50-50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, back in December 20
Danish government has designated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s wind-to-hydrogen pilot project currently under development nearby the company’s Danish headquarters in Brande as an official regulatory energy test zone. The test zone permit gives Siemens Gamesa dispensation from electricity regulat
Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind project, will use what the developers say is ”a revolutionary platform design, unveiling the world’s first unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore substation.” When complete in 2026, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm will become th
The Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ocergy to evaluate how their foundation technology can be deployed for this project offshore Scotland. Last month, Simply Blue Energy joined forces with S
Ørsted and the cable protection systems (CPS) manufacturer Tekmar are jointly trying to identify the root cause of the inter-array cable issue identified at the Race Bank wind farm offshore UK earlier this year. As reported earlier, Ørsted flagged the issue in its Q1 2021 interim report, saying that
