SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have signed a partnership agreement to form a joint venture EkWIL as a floating offshore wind pure player.The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the creating of EkWIL, which will be able of proposing a wide range of solutions to clients…
Tokyo Gas and 13 other Japanese companies plan to set up a consortium 'soon' to develop technology to mass produce floating offshore wind power facilities at a low cost, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.The other companies include…
Equinor has received an approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to connect the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into the New York City’s transmission system. Approved on March 1, the Large Generator Interconnection…
Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted has secured first offer rights to procure greener heavy-plate steel for offshore wind foundations from Dillinger, the largest heavy steel plate producer in Europe.Through the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the parties…
Japan's government on Tuesday approved a draft amendment to existing legislation to allow for the installation of offshore wind power in exclusive economic zones (EEZ), a milestone towards the country's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.Japan…
Dutch survey company Fugro and Vietnam's PTSC Geos & Subsea Services (PTSC G&S) have extended their memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide marine site characterization services in support of Vietnam’s growing offshore wind industry.Under the two-year agreement…
Venterra Group, the global offshore wind services company, has secured a contract to assess metocean data collection needs that will assist with offshore wind farm development off Canada's Atlantic Coast.Amidst a surge in interest in offshore wind power…
French subsea power cable maker Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins at 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland.Nexans used its cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora to perform offshore export cable pull-ins for both…
Corio Generation, a Macquarie Group company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a leading supplier of electricity to the Vietnamese power market EVNGENCO3, setting the intention to advance offshore wind industry in the Southeast Asian country…
Shell has awarded Worley a contract for detailed design, procurement and construction management support services a Holland Hydrogen 1, a project that will become the Europe’s largest commercial renewable hydrogen production facility.Under the contract…
Singapore’s Strategic Marine and Taiwan’s Prosperous Wind Shipping have delivered the hybrid-ready support vessel for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.The StratCat 27 hybrid-ready vessel is designed for the transfer of technicians and cargo…
A floating offshore wind farm planned in Arctic waters on Friday received 2 billion Norwegian crowns ($193 million) in state funding, with Norway viewing the still costly technology as a key contributor for industry development and emission cuts…
Vestas has received a firm order from Thyborøn-Harboøre Vindmøllelaug I/S af 2002 for a V236-15.0 MW wind turbine to be installed directly on the waterfront in the Port of Thyborøn in the northwestern part of Denmark.The order consists of one V236-15…
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has secured a contract for the design and construction of one tailor-made offshore wind commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Norwind Offshore, with options for two additional vessels.Vard signed the contract with Navigare Capital Partners…
TDI-Brooks' latest dynamic positioning vessel, the RV Nautilus, has reached the shores of the East Coast of the United States ahead of work for offshore wind sector.After undergoing a six-month retrofit in Las Palmas, the 2000-built vessel will…