Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity.The center-left government, which has come…
TotalEnergies, the French oil major with growing renewables aspirations, on Tuesday confirmed the start of the construction of the 30MW Eolmed floating wind project in the Mediterranean Sea, off France.The project, in which TotalEnergies has a 20% stake…
A new agreement between Denmark and the Netherlands enhances the competitive situation for Danish ships operating within the offshore sector in the Netherlands.With the agreement, the authorities of the two countries mutually accept that high…
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine has awarded NOV contracts to supply equipment for the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) it is building for Maersk Supply Service. This will be the first WTIV for both Semcorp Marine and Maersk Supply Service…
Singapore-listed offshore services provider Marco Polo Marine has completed the acquisition of the offshore renewables service firm PKR Offshore.Marco Polo bought the Taiwan-based company through its 49% owned joint venture company, Oceanic Crown Offshore Marine Services Ltd…
Independent infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners ('GIP') has agreed to acquire offshore wind farm developer wpd offshore from the German company wpd AG.wpd offshore has a track record of ~7 GW of offshore wind developed to date…
RTS Wind reports it has secured a contract to provide offshore blade maintenance at Ørsted's Burbo Bank wind farm, off Liverpool in the UK.RTS Wind UK Operations Director, John Galliford, said, “We are delighted to be awarded this contract with…
Wind turbine makers racked up hefty losses last quarter, swelled by rocketing costs and cut-throat competition despite being more in demand than ever.The industry started seeing a steep decline in prices and increased competition back in 2017 as some governments moved away from generous…
Danish wind turbine installation company Cadeler is contemplating a private placement of shares to raise funds to pay for a portion of a planned order for a newbuild offshore wind foundation installation vessel (F-Class) vessel.The company, which owns two offshore wind turbine installation vessels…
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on Monday announced it has been selected with Dutch offshore services firm Van Oord to perform the subsea rock installation work for Equinor and bp's Empire Wind I and II wind farms off the U…
Incat Crowther has recently secured contracts to design three offshore Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) for the U.S. operator Windea CTV.Two of the CTVs will be built by St Johns Ship Building in Florida and one will be built by Gulf Craft in Louisiana…
Offshore construction work has officially started on what will become the world's largest offshore wind farm - Dogger Bank - in the UK North Sea, with the installation of the first length of HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast.Cable laying…
Spanish energy group Repsol is taking a 'softer' approach to its search for a partner for its newly created renewables unit as oil and gas prices are helping the company generate cash, its chief executive said on Thursday.Along with major European energy companies like BP and TotalEnergies…
Acteon, an offshore services and equipment provider, on Wednesday announced a new structure that it said would further accelerate its growth in offshore renewables. 'Three new client-facing service divisions, Data and Robotics, Engineering, Moorings and Foundations…
Construction of the 16.8 megawatt Goto floating wind farm in Japan is expected to start in September 2022, with the commercial operations scheduler to begin in January 2024.A a sole bidder, the Japanese Goto Floating Wind Farm consortium, in June 2021…