Edda Wind’s new Service Operation Vessel Edda Goelo (C416) was launched at Astilleros Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on Friday.Edda Goelo will serve as a mother vessel for wind turbine technicians as they perform maintenance work on offshore wind turbines…
The U.S. House has this week passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), in which it attached a provision that would change rules for manning offshore vessels in U.S. waters, with the goal of fostering American jobs in the U.S. offshore wind sector…
Norway's Aibel has won a contract to build two HVDC converter platforms for Ørsted's Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. Dutch offshore installation firm Heerema Marine Contractors will transport and install the two units in the UK North Sea…
Danish offshore services company Maersk Supply Service has won its second offshore wind installation contract in the U.S. The company, best known for its offshore support vessels, in March ordered a wind turbine installation vessel, and won…
Equinor's Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway will become operational this year, becoming the world's largest floating wind farm, however, it will not be as big as planned, at least not in 2022, due to steel quality issues found in four of 11 turbines…
Almost two-thirds or 163 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable power capacity added last year had lower costs than the cheapest coal-fired power plants in G20 countries, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed.Last year…
Yunneng Wind Power's Yunlin wind farm project off the west coast of Taiwan has suffered a setback after a monopile was reportedly lost during the recently restarted installation works.Citing sources close to the matter, a local offshore wind industry news website Unredacted…
Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a vessel reservation deal with ScottishPower Renewables, a UK subsidiary of the Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola.The vessel reservation agreement is for the transport and installation of 95 wind turbine generators (WTGs)…
British energy regulator Ofgem is proposing reforms to wholesale electricity markets to reduce Britain's reliance on gas imports and accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy supply, it said on Friday.Last year, the government set out plans…
Offshore wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first offshore wind turbine at the Akita Noshiro offshore wind project in Japan.This will be Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project.Thirty-three V117-4.2MW turbines, totaling 140MW…
Klaipėdos Nafta AB, Lithuanian operator of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, and the companies of the largest Polish oil group ORLEN, ORLEN Neptun I, and Energa Wytwarzanie, signed a letter of intent on the possibility of cooperation…
Italian energy services firm Saipem on Friday said it had reached important milestones in offshore wind, in relation to the Saint Brieuc project in France, and the Formosa 2 project in Taiwan.In France, Saipem said it has successfully completed…
Spanish power group Iberdrola will develop 16 new renewables projects in the UK after it secured their financial viability through contracts for difference (CfD) with the British government, the company said on Thursday.Through ScottishPower…
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier's Bold Tern offshore wind installation vessel has left Taichung in Taiwan with the first wind turbine loadout for Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms, the company said via social media.Back in March 2020, Fred. Olsen…
Britain's latest subsidy auction to help support new renewable energy projects awarded contracts to projects capable of generating a record 11 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, the government said on Thursday.The 11 GW of clean energy capacity…