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Principle Power Grows WindFloat Portfolio with Two New Products

Sep 17, 2024

Principle Power, provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, has unveiled two new semisubmersible floating wind foundation designs - WindFloat TC and WindFloat FC.The new designs, WindFloat TC (tubular, center column) and WindFloat FC (flat-panel…

Ocean Geophysics Sets Up New UXO Clearance Service for Dutch Offshore Wind

Sep 17, 2024

Renewable energy industry supplier Ocean Geophysics has established a dedicated team and is introducing CS-OOO certification support in the Netherlands in response to the growing demand for qualified professionals in the field of unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation for offshore operations…

Inch Cape Agrees 15-Year PPA with SSE Energy for 1.1GW Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 17, 2024

Inch Cape Offshore Limited, developer of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, has signed a long-term route-to-market power purchase agreement (PPA) with SSE Energy Markets.SSE Energy Markets will offtake 50% of the wind farm’s electricity output…

TWP Hands in Offshore Scoping Report for 1GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 16, 2024

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has submitted the offshore scoping report for its Bowdun offshore wind farm to the Scottish Government.The report provides information on the proposed offshore…

Nexans to Link Orkney Islands with UK Mainland via 220MW Interconnector

Sep 16, 2024

Following the capacity reservation agreement signed in November 2023, French cable maker Nexans has signed an agreement with SSEN Transmission to produce and install the cable that will connect Orkney Isles with the U.K. mainland.The contract…

Rovco and Vaarst Unite Under New Brand Beam

Sep 16, 2024

High-technology offshore wind companies Rovco and Vaarst have entered into merger, creating a new brand Beam to boost their offshore wind services.In uniting their capabilities across research, development, and deployment, Beam will provide…

Ireland and EIB to Jointly Assess Irish Offshore Wind Ports Development

Sep 13, 2024

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish Department of Transport have established an advisory cooperation to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies for the development of offshore renewable energy port infrastructure, which…

Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project

Sep 12, 2024

Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea…

Vattenfall Launches 344MW Danish Offshore Wind Farms

Sep 12, 2024

The Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms, developed by Vattenfall with a combined capacity of 344 MW, have been officially inaugurated offshore Denmark.The two, almost identical wind farms, are located off the Danish west coast and consists in total of 41 wind turbines…

Nexans Plans $99M Facilities Upgrade to Support European Offshore Wind

Sep 12, 2024

French subsea power cable maker Nexans has unveiled plans to invest $99 million (€90 million) in the construction of new and the upgrade of existing facilities to support the development of offshore wind and subsea interconnections in Europe…

First Steel Cut for IJmuiden Ver Beta HVDC Offshore Platform

Sep 11, 2024

Transmission system operator TenneT and marine engineering and construction company Seatrium have held a strike steel ceremony at Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore, marking the start of construction of offshore platform IJmuiden Ver Beta, one of the first Dutch 2 GW grid connection projects…

TWP Files Onshore Scoping Report for Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 11, 2024

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has submitted a scoping report for the onshore infrastructure related to its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland.The report provides information on the…

Van Oord’s Brand New Calypso CLV Set for Debut at RWE’s Offshore Wind Project

Sep 11, 2024

Van Oord’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Calypso is gearing up for its debut at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK.The inter-array cables have been loaded onto Calypso CLV at the Port of Blyth in the UK, ahead of its first job at RWE’s biggest offshore wind…

Dragados Offshore Orders 10 Liebherr Cranes for North Sea Platforms

Sep 10, 2024

Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of VINCI company Cobra IS, and Liebherr have signed a frame agreement for the supply of 10 RL 2600 offshore cranes to be used on the platforms that Dragados Offshore will manufacture for European companies in the North Sea…

Developers Submit Two New Proposals for New York’s Offshore Wind Solicitation

Sep 10, 2024

Vineyard Offshore and Community Offshore Wind have submitted proposals to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop two offshore wind projects as part of the state’s fifth solicitation round.Vineyard Offshore…

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