Offshore Wind News


Mammoet Launches World’s Strongest Land-Based Crane for Energy Sector

Sep 02, 2024

Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet has launched the SK6000 land-based crane, said to be the world’s strongest, capable of handling large offshore wind components and delivering reduced integration times to offshore oil and gas projects…

GE Vernova Says Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Failures Are Unrelated

Aug 30, 2024

GE Vernova on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom are unrelated.The statement comes as the company has been grappling with fallout from three separate blade accidents in four months…

China’s New Installation Vessel Capable of Installing 20MW Turbines

Aug 29, 2024

The mobile wind power installation platform Hengtong Haiyue has been delivered to the Hengtong Group by Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry in China.The mobile platform is equipped with a 1,600t leg encircling full-circle slewing crane as well as a 4…

First Oregon Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced

Aug 29, 2024

The US Department of the Interior will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon on October 15, 2024.The auction will be conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of renewable energy if fully developed…

Senesco Launches Fifth CTV for WindServe Marine

Aug 29, 2024

Senesco Marine recently held a launch and christening ceremony for WindServe Marine's new Jones-Act-compliant crew transfer vessel (CTV), WindServe Frontier.WindServe Marine, a sister company to the North Kingstown, R.I. shipbuilder—both part…

New Deepwater Berth Opens to Accommodate Offshore Wind Vessels in New Bedford

Aug 29, 2024

The New Bedford Foss Marine Terminal (NBFMT) this month opened its first deepwater berth to accommodate vessels serving North America’s emerging offshore wind sector.This milestone, reached after two years of demolition and construction, marks…

Mass. Maritime Renews Offshore Wind Training Partnership with RelyOn Nutec

Aug 29, 2024

Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) on Thursday announced it has renewed its training partnership agreement with RelyOn Nutec GoM (Gulf of Mexico).The partnership was formed in 2019 and over the past five years has provided specialized Global…

Archer to Support TotalEnergies' Culzean Floating Wind Project

Aug 29, 2024

Archer Wind, Archer’s floating offshore wind solutions provider, has been awarded its first contract by TotalEnergies for delivery of the floating wind foundation for the Culzean Wind Pilot.The Culzean Wind Pilot will be connected to the Culzean platform…

1.1 GW Floating Offshore Wind Farm earns Key Approval

Aug 29, 2024

Mainstream Renewable Power, the pureplay global wind and solar company majority-owned by Aker Horizons ASA, announced that joint venture KF Wind, a 1,125 MW floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan and owned by Mainstream (33…

Environmental Approval Granted for Floating Wind Project in South Korea

Aug 29, 2024

Mainstream Renewable Power, the pureplay global wind and solar company majority-owned by Aker Horizons, has announced that KF Wind, a 1,125MW floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea, has secured the…

Ørsted Marks Green Transition with Final Coal Plant Shut-Down

Aug 29, 2024

On August 31, Ørsted will shut down its last coal-fired combined heat and power plant, Esbjerg Power Station, located in the Western part of Denmark.The yearly consumption of coal at Esbjerg Power Station has been approximately 500,000 tonnes…

Inertial Navigation System to Boost Wind Turbine Installation Precision

Aug 28, 2024

Manufacturer of advanced inertial navigation systems (INS), Exail, has secured a contract to supply three Hydrins INS to Pliant Offshore, an offshore measurement specialist.The units will be integrated into Pliant Offshore’s installation measurement…

Equinor Drops Offshore Wind Projects in Spain and Portugal Due to Rising Costs

Aug 28, 2024

Norwegian energy company Equinor has canceled its offshore-wind projects in Spain and Portugal, in addition to its previously announced exit from Vietnam, and could withdraw from more countries to rein in spending, an executive told Reuters on Wednesday…

China's First Purpose-built Offshore Wind SOVs Delivered

Aug 28, 2024

Shanghai Electric earlier this month celebrated the combined naming and delivery of two service operation vessels (SOV) at ZPMC, Qidong base, China. The vessels are based on two different ship designs from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and are…

Cadeler Boasts Record High Order Backlog

Aug 27, 2024

On release of its interim financial report 2024 Cadeler reports that it has delivered results in line with expectations and achieved a record high order backlog.The world’s largest operator in offshore wind installation, operation, and maintenance…

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