After more than years of continuous monitoring, no collisions between the TetraSpar floating offshore wind turbine and birds have been recorded at the deployment site at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre), off the coast of Norway.Norwegian…
France will launch tenders in coming months for two fixed and three floating wind farms totalling 9.2 gigawatts (GW), the energy ministry said in a decision published on Friday.The projects will be built off the coast of Fecamp, northwest France…
Nevesbu, together with Iv, has developed a patented concept for a floating offshore substation (FOSS), which has already been tested at model scale at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) in the Netherlands.The concept developed…
KF Wind floating wind project, being developed by Aker Horizons majority-owned Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds, has secured a transmission service agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).The agreement covers the first phase of the project…
Schottel Marine Technologies has released a report highlighting the potential of its Swift Anchor technology, which found it could deliver up to 12% of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) savings for floating wind farms.The study was carried out…
North Star has launched a partnership which includes MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to fast-track the development of high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms.The companies…
Acteon, the international marine energy and infrastructure services business, has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TAISEI Corporation that sets out how the companies will use each other’s skills and services for floating offshore wind projects in Japan…
Three new floating offshore wind projects have signed contracts with Norway's test facility METCentre to trial new technologies aimed at reducing costs of floating offshore wind.The companies that have signed with METCentre will demonstrate floaters with 15 + MW turbines…
The Norwegian government proposed on Monday to offer up to 35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.29 billion) in subsidy payments in the country's first commercial floating wind power tender, in line with a compromise reached earlier this year.'Norway…
Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a project being developed by a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has submitted its consent applications for the onshore aspects of its proposed 100 MW floating wind development.The applications…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to delay the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time.On August 29, 2024, the Department of the Interior…
Saitec Offshore Technologies, in collaboration with RWE and Kansai Electric Power, has secured the final prototype certification from Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, marking a significant advancement in innovative SATH floating wind technology…
Sarens, a heavy lifting, engineered transport and crane rental services firm, has been commissioned by the Norwegian Port of Wergeland for the replacement of the bearings in the five Hywind Scotland floating wind turbines.Sarens' scope of work…
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to the OO-STAR concrete semi-submersible foundation for floating wind turbines from Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction.The floater can…
A group of industry specialist companies has achieved a world first for the wind industry, with a major component exchange (MCE) being performed on an offshore floating wind turbine while it remained on site at the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm…
