The Middle East might soon be home to a unique floating wind turbine project led by a group of European companies. Namely, unlike the other floating wind projects currently developed or being worked on, aimed purely at producing electricity…
Norway-based offshore engineering and construction company Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to study the design and delivery of concrete foundations for the wind turbine generators (WTG) for the planned Empire Wind project in New York…
Aibel and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have secured contracts to deliver the offshore platform and associated transmission link for the third phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the Dogger Bank in the UK.The Dogger Bank wind farm(s)…
BW Offshore, a company mainly known as the operator of FPSO vessels in the oil and gas industry, is creating what it calls 'a floating offshore wind champion targeting large-scale projects,' following an agreement signed Wednesday to buy into the floating offshore wind tech developer Ideol…
SeaTwirl, a Swedish company developing vertical-axis floating wind turbines, has said that it has been granted a patent by the Japanese Patent Office for its divisible wind turbine. According to the company, the patent protects a solution where…
Energy group Iberdrola plans to spend more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on an industrial-scale floating wind power farm off the Spanish coast if it secures help from a fund that seeks to lift Europe out of a coronavirus recession.The…
U.S. offshore wind crew transfer company Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) said its second Jones Act crew transfer vessel (CTV) Atlantic Endeavor was launched at the end of December.Designed by U.K. firm Chartwell Marine and built by Blount Boats in Warren…
The global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, with total capacity investment as well as cash amount earmarked surpassing that of 2018, the previous record year, according to The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG)…
French oil giant Total, which is working to transform itself into a wider energy industry company, will outpace green energy majors Iberdrola and Ørsted on renewable power capacity by 2030. This is according to analysis from energy intelligence group Westwood…
Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) is set to be the next big thing in renewable power. It can unlock huge wind potential in new areas globally, but it will also enable many countries lacking suitable seabed conditions for fixed bottom wind to realize large economic benefits…
Crown Estate Scotland has pushed back the deadline for applicants in its tender for seabed licenses for offshore wind projects after high prices secured in an English and Welsh auction this week, it said.Scotland’s ScotWind wind leasing tender…
The Danish authorities on Friday invited the public, companies, authorities, and other interested parties to submit ideas on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for the Plan for Hesselø offshore wind farm and the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the land-based part of the project…
Poland's biggest power producer PGE confirmed a deal on Wednesday to develop offshore wind farms with Denmark's Orsted in another sign the country reliant on coal is fast becoming a hot destination for renewable energy investors.Poland was the…
Tekmar Energy has this week announced a contract award to supply its cable protection systems for RWE's Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea.Construction work at the 342MW offshore wind farm will start in Q3 2021…
The U.S. offshore wind industry is set to flourish in the upcoming years due to planned fixed bottom turbine projects on the east coast, however, a floating wind boom is expected as well, a Danish offshore wind energy intelligence firm said Wednesday…