Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Ignitis Renewables have placed the highest bid in Estonia’s auction-based competitive tender, securing the rights for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Liivi 1 seabed area.CIP and Ignitis Renewables placed the highest bid of $1…
Petrobras, Shell Brasil, TotalEnergies, CNPC, and CNOOC, along with the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), have started a series of offshore wind measurements in the Santos Basin to gather data for potential floating wind projects at Búzios and Mero fields offshore Brazil…
Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Seaway 7 to supply inter-array cables for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind farms in Poland.Hellenic Cables was appointed by Seaway7 as the key subcontractor for the design, manufacturing,…
Vestas has established a partnership with ArcelorMittal to launch a low-emission steel offering, said to significantly reduce lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from the production of wind turbine towers.The low-emission steel is produced using…
UK-based company HydroWing has designed an innovative new barge that aims to cut costs of installation and maintenance for its patented tidal stream array technology.HydroWing technology features a wing system that streamlines operations and…
OX2 and Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, have submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct the offshore energy hub Neptunus off the coast of Blekinge, in the south of Sweden…
BlackRock said on Friday it would buy Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for $12.5 billion in a major bet on alternative assets and announced a shake-up of its top management.The deal, which includes $3 billion in cash and 12 million BlackRock shares…
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure has begun for Odra Energia, the proposed 1.3 GW floating offshore wind project that the partnership between Renantis and BlueFloat Energy plans to develop off the southern coast of the province of Lecce in Italy…
The first of two methanol-ready newbuild Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for the Norwegian shipowner Olympic has arrived at the outfitting yard of Ulstein Verft in Norway.The contract between Olympic and Ulstein was signed in…
The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected 10 projects to share $1.3 million for marine energy-related research.The projects have been selected…
The European Union has built 17 GW of new wind energy in 2023, with 3 GW of new capacity coming from offshore wind farms.The WindEurope data shows that Germany built the most new wind capacity followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. The Netherlands built the most new offshore wind…
Swedish tidal energy company Minesto has completed the installation of subsea infrastructure and verified the launch and recovery procedures for the 1.2 MW tidal energy device that will soon be deployed offshore Faroe Islands.The device, dubbed Dragon 12…
Dutch companies Sif and Ballast Nedam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a joint venture for the decommissioning of offshore wind farms under the name of BNS Decom.BNS Decom intends to revolutionize the decommissioning process for offshore wind farms…
Danish offshore wind turbine maker Vestas has announced plans to establish a new offshore wind blade factory in Poland.The factory, to be located at Szczecin, is planned to produce blades for Vestas’ flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15…
The grid connection for Hollandse Kust (west) Alpha offshore substation is officially ready for commissioning after receiving grid readiness certificate three months ahead of schedule.This means that wind farm operator Ecowende can connect the wind turbines…