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Equinor and Gwynt Glas Secure Rights to Build Floating Wind Farms off UK

Jun 19, 2025

Equinor and Gwynt Glas, a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB, have secured seabed leases to develop floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England in Celtic Sea.The announcement was shared by the Crown Estate…

From Swamp Rigs to Floating Wind: Calvin Norton Reflects on 60 Years of Offshore Engineering

Jun 19, 2025

Calvin Norton spent 60 years with Friede & Goldman, with a career that spans and tracks some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the evolution of offshore energy production. As Norton heads toward retirement, and Friede & Goldman prepares to celebrate its own 80th anniversary…

Van Oord Christens World's Largest and Most Sustainable Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Jun 18, 2025

Van Oord's new offshore wind installation vessel Boreas was officially christened on June 18 in Rotterdam. The event marked a milestone in Van Oord’s commitment to enhancing the energy transition. In addition, Van Oord announced that it had…

EEW SPC Delivers Last Three Monopiles for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 18, 2025

EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) has loaded out the last three monopiles for RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, being built off the U.K.’s North East coast.The total of 100 monopiles, with weights of 1,143 to 1,521 tons and lengths of up to 91…

Acteon’s Rocksteady Tension Tool Selected by InnovateUK

Jun 17, 2025

Acteon’s Rocksteady Tension Tool (RSTT) has been selected by InnovateUK iX, a UK program designed to fast-track knowledge transfer and accelerate innovation.  The RSTT is a reusable in-line winch and connection system designed to enable mid…

Fugro-Led BeWild Completes First Fully Remote Ecology Survey at OW Farm

Jun 17, 2025

The BeWild project, led by Fugro, has completed the world’s first fully remote ecology survey at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, marking a significant shift in marine ecosystem monitoring.The innovative approach enables more efficient and less disruptive monitoring…

TotalEnergies Secures Offshore Wind Concession in Germany

Jun 17, 2025

TotalEnergies, as a shareholder of North Sea OFW One, has been awarded the N-9.4 offshore concession by the German Federal Network Agency in the North Sea.Located approximately 150 kilometers northwest of the German island of Heligoland, the N-9…

UK Offshore Wind Industry Employs 40,000 People, New Report Finds

Jun 17, 2025

RenewableUK and the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) have released a new report showing that the number of people working in the offshore wind industry has risen from just over 32,000 two years ago to nearly 40,000 today – an increase of 24%…

UK's Crown Estate Plans $543M Investment in Offshore Wind Supply Chain

Jun 17, 2025

King Charles III's Crown Estate, which owns Britain's seabed, said on Tuesday it will invest up to 400 million pounds ($543 million) in the country's offshore wind supply chain.The investment is intended to support the construction of new infrastructure…

Orsted Favors Increasing Investments in Taiwan, South Korea

Jun 16, 2025

Orsted, the world's biggest offshore wind developer, will increase investment in Taiwan and South Korea where it has already been awarded projects, instead of expanding to new markets in Asia, a senior company official told Reuters on Monday…

SMST Books Equipment Order for LDA’s Newbuild SOVs

Jun 16, 2025

Dutch offshore equipment supplier SMST has been selected by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment, with an option for a third set, for service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Vattenfall.The Telescopic Access Bridges (TAB-L1)…

EnBW, DHL Group Ink PPA for He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 16, 2025

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) and Bonn-based DHL Group have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the electricity that will come from the 960MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm, currently under construction off Germany.The long-term…

Edda Wind Welcomes New CSOV to its Fleet

Jun 13, 2025

GONDAN Shipbuilders has delivered a newly built Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV) Austri Enabler to Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind.The Austri Enabler, designed by Norwegian company Salt Ship Design, is part of a new generation of…

TotalEnergies’ Unit to Build Battery Storage Site in Japan to Help Balance Grid

Jun 13, 2025

French oil major TotalEnergies' subsidiary Saft has been selected to build a 1 gigawatt-hour battery energy storage system in Japan's Fukushima, the company said on Thursday.Part of a larger project by Asian renewable developer Gurin Energy…

Hai Long Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan Produces First Power

Jun 12, 2025

Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan, jointly developed by Mitsui & Co, Northland Power, and Gentari, has produced first power, marking successful energization of the project and connection to Taipower’s grid.The achievement comes ahead of schedule…

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