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GHD Takes EIA Approvals Lead for Australian 1GW Offshore Wind Project

Jul 16, 2025

Engineering specialist GHD has been appointed to lead the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and approvals process for Blue Mackerel, a proposed 1 GW offshore wind project being developed by Parkwind, part of JERA Nex, JERA’s renewable energy subsidiary…

Seatrium Makes First Turnkey FPSO Delivery to Petrobras

Jul 15, 2025

Seatrium has announced the impending delivery of Petrobras 78 (P-78), the first of a series of turnkey floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units to Petrobras.The sailaway ceremony took place two weeks ago at Seatrium’s Singapore yard…

TechnipFMC Awarded Heidrun Extension Contract

Jul 15, 2025

TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract by Equinor for its Heidrun extension project in the Norwegian North Sea.The project will enhance the current infrastructure and extend the production lifecycle for the Heidrun platform…

Accelerator Chooses Six Companies for New York Wind Advances

Jul 15, 2025

NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Equinor, National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium (NOWRDC) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), announced its selection of the 2025 annual cohort of companies that will…

Van Oord Installs All Monopiles for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 15, 2025

Van Oord has completed the installation of all monopile foundations at RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm, marking a major milestone in the construction of one of world’s largest wind farms.To execute the works, Van Oord deployed offshore wind installation vessel Aeolus…

Mooreast Finds Geotechnical Partner for Floating Energy Solutions

Jul 15, 2025

Singapore-based mooring and anchoring specialist Mooreast Holdings has partnered with Norway-based GeoProvider to strengthen capabilities in offshore data analysis and enhance its value proposition to the floating offshore renewable energy market…

Fugro Gets On Board Ireland’s Offshore Grid Development Project

Jul 15, 2025

Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with EirGrid, Ireland’s state-owned electricity transmission operator, to deliver a full suite of geo-data surveys for the 'Powering Up Offshore - South Coast' project.The initiative will develop…

Masdar, RWE Get Closer to Official Go-Ahead for 3GW UK Offshore Wind Farms

Jul 14, 2025

The U.K. Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, with the consent decision now expected within the next six months…

Baker Hughes, Petronas Team Up for Asia-Pacific Energy Resilience

Jul 14, 2025

Energy technology company Baker Hughes and Malaysia’s state-run energy giant Petronas have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore business initiatives that have the potential to support the delivery of Asia’s energy expansion and transition…

GE Vernova Reaches $10.5M Settlement for Vineyard Wind 1 Turbine Blade Incident

Jul 14, 2025

The Town and County of Nantucket and GE Vernova have signed a $10.5 million settlement agreement for losses resulting from 2024 turbine blade failure on the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project.The settlement is aimed at compensating the town…

Iberdrola Picks Up $4.9B to Finance 1.4GW UK Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 11, 2025

Iberdrola has signed green financing agreement with 24 banks for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, being developed together with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar).The transaction valued at $4.88 billion, which was 40% oversubscribed…

Technip Energies Bags ‘Large Contract’ for FLNG Unit in Africa

Jul 11, 2025

Technip Energies has secured a large contract to perform ‘preliminary activities’ for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit in Africa.The contract, valued between $290 million and  $584 million, will be effective until September 30, 2025…

Lloyd's Register Study Identifies Hidden Fatigue Risks in Offshore Wind Tech

Jul 10, 2025

Some offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures may fall short of required fatigue life expectations, according to a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) report, which also pinpointed reliability-based inspection as one of the measures to manage fatigue-driven risks in such structures…

Ventyr Enlists DNV to Certify Norway’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 10, 2025

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has been awarded a contract by offshore wind developer Ventyr for the Design Certification of the Sørlige Nordsjø II wind turbines and offshore substation, Norway’s first bottom-fixed offshore wind farm…

Clean Power Starts Flowing from China’s Furthermost Offshore Wind Project

Jul 10, 2025

The first set of turbines at the 800 MW Dafeng offshore wind project have started delivering power to the Chinese grid.On July 4, China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG)’s offshore wind project in Dafeng, Jiangsu achieved its first grid connection…

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