"Floating Wind" News

FID Reached for Floating Wind Project in France

Jan 27, 2022

Offshore wind energy developer Ocean Winds and the “Banque des territoires” as shareholders of the Eoliennes flottantes du golfe du Lion (EFGL) project, have reached the Final Investment Decision, committing to the construction of a floating wind project in France…

Ørsted, Falck, BlueFloat Win Rights to Build Large Floating Wind Farms in Scotland

Jan 17, 2022

Ørsted, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have won the seabed rights off the northeast coast of Scotland to an up to 1GW floating offshore wind site. This will be Ørsted’s first large-scale floating wind development project anywhere in the world…

Harland & Wolff Appoints Groat as Chairman of Its Board

Mar 18, 2022

Harland & Wolff Group Holdings plc has appointed Malcolm Groat as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Groat had earlier assumed the role of Interim Chairman on September 27, 2021, after Clive Richardson stepped down from the Board.The company…

Ex-NYSERDA Principal Engineer Joins Floating Wind Specialist Hexicon

Jan 24, 2022

Hexicon, a Swedish twin floating wind turbine technology company, is working to expand its presence and pipeline in North America with the appointment of Adrienne Downey as Principal Engineer and Country Manager for the US and Canada, on February 1st…

Iberdrola's ScottishPower, Shell to Invest $99M in Offshore Wind Infrastructure

Mar 09, 2022

Iberdrola-owned Scottish Power and Shell said on Wednesday they will invest 75 million pounds ($99 million) in infrastructure and facilities to support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Scotland.The two companies were awarded seabed…

Op/Ed: ScotWind Turns Blue Monday Green

Jan 18, 2022

Maybe yesterday should be renamed Green Monday rather than Blue Monday. It was certainly a day to celebrate the ambition for renewable energy in Scotland as the ScotWind licensing round was announced with provision for significantly more GW than anticipated…

ScotWind: Iberdrola's ScottishPower, Shell to Develop 5GW of Floating Wind Power in Scotland

Jan 17, 2022

ScottishPower, part of the Spanish renewables firm Iberdrola, and Shell have secured joint offers for seabed rights to develop large-scale floating wind farms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing. The partners have won two sites…

Floating Wind Project Gains Funding for Pilot

Jan 25, 2022

The U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has granted £10 million for the design and construction of a new floating wind turbine demonstrator off the coast of Scotland.The SENSE PelaStar project will feature SENSEWind’s turbine self-installation system…

Strategic Shift: POSH Focuses on Floating Wind, Divests Taiwan-based JV

Jan 28, 2022

PACC Offshore Services Holdings (“POSH”), a Singapore-based offshore marine services provider, said Friday it would be will be shifting its push into renewables away from operational support in the fixed wind market into the development of the fast-growing floating wind market…

Iberdrola Focused More on Partnerships in Offshore Wind than Spinoff - CEO

Feb 24, 2022

Iberdrola is more focused on striking partnerships in the offshore wind power generation business than on any potential spinoff, Chief Executive Ignacio Galan said on Wednesday.Asked about the possibility of spinning off that part of the business…

KF Wind Gets 'Key' License for Giant Floating Wind Farm in South Korea

Jan 25, 2022

Korea Floating Wind (“KF Wind”), a joint venture between Ocean Winds and Aker Offshore Wind, has secured its first Electric Business License (EBL) from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy for a capacity of 870MW.According to Aker Offshore Wind…

Nora Ventu Launches Consultations for Planned Floating Wind Farms Off Sardinia, Italy

Feb 23, 2022

Nora Ventu, a firm formed by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has now launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari…

M.A.R.S Buys 'Captain America' Diving Support Construction Vessel

Mar 03, 2022

Modern American Recycling Services, Inc. (M.A.R.S.) has acquired the DP3 diving support construction vessel “Caballo Marango” and will rename the vessel to 'Captain America.''The acquisition of this vessel represents a substantial investment…

TotalEnergies Joins JV Looking to Develop 1GW Floating Wind Farm Offshore California

Mar 02, 2022

French energy major TotalEnergies has joined Trident Winds Inc. in the Castle Wind joint venture for the development of a 1 GW floating offshore wind project off the coast of Morro Bay, off the Central California Coast. The company entered the…

Maersk Supply Service to Install Gazelle's Floating Wind Platform in Canary Islands

Dec 15, 2021

Ireland-based floating wind platform company Gazelle Wind Power has partnered up with the Danish offshore support vessel owner Maersk Supply Service to support the development of a 2 MW floating wind pilot plant in the Canary Islands.The project…

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