Norway’s offshore wind association Norwegian Offshore Wind has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ANEV, the Italian National Wind Association to increase offshore wind cooperation.The signing of the MoU sets a framework for extensive…
Belgian offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul has secured a contract for the installation of monopiles for 72 offshore wind turbines that will make up the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland.Inch Cape offshore wind farm, being…
Enefit Green and Sumitomo Corporation have signed an agreement which outlines the start of strategic partnership for developing the first offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea.Under the agreement, Enefit Green will sell 50%…
Investment group Eurazeo has made a $73.1 million investment in MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture established by MPC Capital and German offshore services firm O.S. Energy, with the aim of building and managing new service operations vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind farms…
Ørsted has started the offshore construction for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan, which have the combined capacity of 920 MW.Ørsted was awarded the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in June 2018…
A report published by RenewableUK has outlined key proposals to enable the operational lifespan of offshore wind farms to be extended, as well as recommendations for the development of the best decommissioning options.The UK’s first offshore wind farm began generating clean power in 2000…
Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a vessel reservation agreement with Ocean Winds for the installation of the wind turbine generators at BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.The potential value of the contract…
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) workforce report has highlighted hiring challenges for offshore oil and gas employers in the U.K, as the average age in the offshore engineering construction industry (ECI) starts falling behind wider industry…
Norwegian vessel management and operations services provider Aurora Offshore, pat of Borealis Group, has welcomed the first of three high-end subsea vessels to the fleet as part of vessels transfer agreed with Sea1 Offshore.The transferred ship…
Tidal Transit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Asian firms to develop, fund, build and operate offshore support vessels for the South Korean offshore wind industry.The U.K. supplier of purpose-design crew transfer vessels…
The financial close for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, developed by ESB and Red Rock Renewables as equal joint owners, has been reached, raising more than $4.3 billion in funding.The 1,080 MW offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea 15 kilometres off the Scottish Angus coast…
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) views President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum to pause offshore wind development projects as a critical opportunity to reassess the industry’s direction.While offshore wind offers tremendous potential for economic growth and job creation in the U…
NYK and Akita Eisen KK have established a joint company Japan Offshore Support (JOS) to provide ship maintenance and management services for offshore wind power projects, as well as training and employment for seafarersBy actively recruiting local talent…
The National Audubon Society has released a report that shares clear strategies and policy recommendations for balancing clean energy demand with conservation in order to combat climate change while protecting birds and their habitats.The report…
BP and its consortium partners have been selected to develop a 450 MW offshore wind farm in Japan.Aside from BP, the consortium partners include Tokyo Gas, Marubeni Corporation, Kansai Electric Power, and Marutaka Corporation.The 450 MW project will be developed offshore Yuza Town…
