The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued a statement in support of two bills introduced in the U.S. Senate this week, which would both extend the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for offshore wind energy.The legislation comes at a critical time for offshore wind in America…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received the firm order from the Danish energy company and offshore wind giant Ørsted for their 900MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind power project in Taiwan.The project includes the Asia-Pacific variant of the SG 8…
Oceaneering International said it has secured a contract to provide integrated remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) services for Wintershall offshore Norway.The deal covers ROV services for the Northern Drilling Moss Maritime CS-60Mk type drilling unit West Mira…
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling plans to recruit more than 200 personnel as it adds two new semisubmersible drilling rigs to its fleet.The Norwegian-headquartered company, which will mobilize the two sixth generation semisubmersibles for drilling…
UK electrical installation company Correll Services has won contract award for the Subsea and Land Cable Termination & Testing works on the Formosa 1 (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm, in Taiwan.The contract has been awarded by Formosa 1 project turnkey contractor Jan De Nul Group…
Norwegian based Odfjell Drilling has taken delivery of a a new semi-submersible drilling rig from South Korean builder Samsung Heavy Industries.The sixth generation dynamically positioned Deepsea Nordkapp is an enhanced Moss Maritime CS-60 design…
Norwegian subsea operating company DOF Subsea has been awarded three new contracts in the North Sea.The first of these contracts will see DOF Subsea undertake a workscope in the Norwegian North Sea involving subsea construction support and pre…
New cyber security standard for newbuild offshore unitsABS said it has awarded a Cyber Security-Ready (CS-Ready) Notation to a jack-up drilling rig built by Sembcorp Marine, marking a first-of-its-kind certification for an offshore facility…
The global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries ABS awarded a Cyber Security-Ready (CS-Ready) Notation to a Sembcorp Marine jack-up drilling rig built to its proprietary Pacific Class 400 design…
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas Wind Systems, signed a conditional contract with CS Wind/Chin Fong the local manufacture of towers, as wind industry veteran takes the reins at newly formed entity in Taipei…
Danish wind power company Ørsted has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as the preferred supplier for the first 900MW Greater Changhua offshore wind farms.The project is subject to certain conditions such as the signing of a power…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has awarded the first two local supply agreements for offshore wind projects in Taiwan in ceremonies in Taipei.Firstly, Swancor will supply resin used in the blades slated for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind power plant…
Plexus Holdings was awarded a contract with Centrica North Sea to supply its POS-GRIP 'HG' 10,000psi adjustable production wellhead for a gas production well in the UK Southern North Sea. Plexus has previously supplied Centrica with its…
Global Marine Group (GMG) has expanded its operations base in the United Kingdom to include the Port of Blyth, Northumberland. Blyth has emerged as a major support base for UK offshore energy projects. Operating from the Port of Blyth…
US offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has unveiled plans for a 'utility-scale' offshore wind and energy storage project offshore Massachusetts. Revolution Wind would be a 144 MW wind farm paired with a 40 MW hour battery storage system provided by Tesla…