Dutch offshore survey services company Fugro has won two geotechnical site investigation contracts with Energinet for Denmark’s proposed Energy Island project.The artificial island will be located 80 km offshore in the North Sea and act as a hub connecting the surrounding offshore wind turbines…
Renewable energy firms Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy said Tuesday there were about to file, on behalf of the company Odra Energia, the documentation required to start the authorization process for a floating offshore wind farm off the southern coast of the province of Lecce…
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC), a subsidiary of AqualisBraemar LOC, has said it has secured a large contract to provide engineering services for an offshore wind development project on the UKCS. AqualisBraemar LOC defines a large contract as between $4 million and $7 million…
RWE Renewables has pre-qualified as a bidder for the upcoming French tender for a commercial floating offshore wind project off the coast of South Brittany with a capacity of up to 270 megawatts (MW). RWE said Thursday it was looking forward…
Scana’s subsidiary Seasystems has secured a contract for the mooring of the world’s first floating tidal energy array, the Pempa’q In-stream Tidal Energy Project in Minas Passage in Nova Scotia, Canada. When completed, the project run by Scottish…
Philippe Kavafyan, the former CEO of offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (now Vestas), has officially taken over as the CEO of the recently established Norwegian offshore wind developer Aker Offshore Wind.Kavafyan's appointment was announced back in May…
Simply Blue Group, an Irish-based floating offshore wind pioneer with over 3.2 gigawatts (GW) in development in Ireland and the UK, on Tuesday unveiled its key leadership team for new operations in the U.S., targeting floating wind development opportunities there…
Orcadian Energy, a UK North Sea-focused oil and gas development company previously known as Pharis Energy, has said it has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO for its Pilot field development.The company engaged…
Azerbaijan's national oil company SOCAR has signed a cooperation agreement with energy services firm Technip Energies for a floating wind pilot project.SOCAR said the two firms would study sustainability measures in the offshore upstream activities…
A little over a year ago, Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling announced its entry into the offshore renewables space, through its investment in Oceanwind AS, a company working on developing harsh environment floating offshore wind turbines…
Solstad Offshore said Thursday its Far Sapphire vessel has completed the installation of the inter-array cable for the TetraSpar floating wind turbine in Norway.The TetraSpar floating foundation, fitted with an offshore wind turbine, was recently…
Italy's Falck family will sell its controlling stake in Falck Renewables to a JPMorgan-owned infrastructure fund for 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 bln), the company said on Wednesday.Under the agreement, Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF), which is run by JP Morgan Investment Management…
Mooring solutions company Mooreast Asia has acquired an upgraded water-front facility in Singapore that will more than double its capacity.The company said the move was part of its plan to shift towards offshore renewable energy, particularly floating wind farms…
Offshore services firm Subsea 7 on Monday revealed has reached a deal to acquire a majority interest in the equity of Nautilus Floating Solutions S.L., a Bilbao, Spain-based developer of technology for the floating wind market.Nautilus has developed…
Italy-based subsea cable maker Prysmian Group together with subsea installation firm Asso.subsea, has signed a contract with RTE, Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, for the development of an export subsea power cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore wind farm located in Southern France…