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ABS Issues AiP for Pengrui and COSCO Gangway Design

Jul 12, 2024

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Nantong Pengrui Offshore Technology and COSCO Shipping Shipyard (Nantong) for its novel design of an offshore access gangway.The motion compensated, active and passive…

RWE, Masdar’s 3GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms Enter Next Stage

Jul 11, 2024

RWE and Masdar have achieved a key milestone for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) Offshore Wind Farms as the Development Consent Order (DCO) application has been accepted into the UK Planning Inspectorate examination phase.The acceptance of the DCO…

Atlantic Shores, Attentive Energy Place Bids to NJ's Offshore Wind Solicitation

Jul 11, 2024

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Attentive Energy have submitted proposals for New Jersey’s fourth offshore wind solicitation.New Jersey’s application window for the fourth solicitation was opened since April 30 until July 10, 2024, with the…

Ørsted Assumes Full Ownership of Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 10, 2024

Ørsted has completed the acquisition of Eversource’s 50 % share of Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm located off the coast of New York.The purchase price at closing to acquire Eversource’s share of Sunrise Wind is $152 million.At signing in January 2024…

Acteon Hooks Structural Monitoring Deal for Changhua Offshore Wind Farms

Jul 10, 2024

Pulse Structural Monitoring, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has been awarded a contract by Ørsted Taiwan to deliver measurement and associated data acquisition systems for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms…

BP Energy Outlook: Both Main Scenarios See 2025 Oil Peak, Rapid Renewables Growth

Jul 10, 2024

BP expects oil demand to peak next year and wind and solar capacity to grow rapidly in both of the two main scenarios in its annual Energy Outlook, a study of the evolution of the global energy system to 2050 it published on Wednesday.Carbon emissions…

Sulmara Wraps Up Site Characterization Survey at Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Jul 09, 2024

Scottish subsea specialist Sulmara has completed a site characterization survey for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, being developed by Synera Renewable Energy (SRE).Sulmara’s team employed a multi-platform approach running the sensors…

Damen to Build Sixth Dual-Fuel Hydrogen CSOV for Windcat

Jul 09, 2024

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has secured a contract to build the sixth commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for offshore personnel transfer provider Windcat.The contract marks the further strengthening of the working relationship between Damen…

Huisman Set to Equip Cadeler’s OW Jack-Ups with Cranes and Installation Tools

Jul 09, 2024

Huisman has signed two contracts for the supply of cranes and installation tools for Cadeler’s A-Class newbuild offshore wind farm installation vessels.The first contract is for the design and construction of a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) and…

US Offshore Wind Will Fall Short of Biden's 2030 Goal, Analysis Says

Jul 09, 2024

The United States will fall far short of the Biden administration's 2030 offshore wind goal but will catch up quickly in the following years, according to an analysis by an industry group published on Tuesday.The American Clean Power Association…

Ramboll to Design Foundations for 945MW German Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 08, 2024

Danish engineering group Ramboll has secured a foundation design contract for Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.Ramboll's scope of work includes developing the basic and detailed design of 63 monopile foundations that will…

Solar, Wind Uptake to Reach 5.4 TWac from 2024 to 2033, Says Wood Mackenzie

Jul 08, 2024

Global solar deployment to add 3.8 TWac of new project capacity by 2033 compared to 1.6 TW of wind power, while 640% growth is forecast for energy storageFrom 2024 to 2033, developers will bring more than 5.4 terawatts (TWac) of new solar and wind capacity online…

Contracts Awarded for Poland's First Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 08, 2024

SeaRenergy Group was awarded a Marine Coordination Services contract by Baltic Power for the construction phase of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm.The services will be kicked off with the preparatory phase in summer, with operations starting in the last quarter of 2024…

Uncertainty Clouds US Offshore Wind in the Near Term

Jul 08, 2024

U.S. offshore wind aspirations, both federal and state, have resulted in excitement about the potential opportunity of a large U.S. offshore wind market. But uncertainty, initially financially driven and increasingly a result of political uncertainty…

British Renewable Industry Pushes Government to Boost Auction Budget

Jul 08, 2024

Britain's renewables industry has called on the new Labour government to increase the country’s renewable auction budget by hundreds of millions of pounds to help meet its offshore wind target and wider goal to decarbonize the power grid.Labour…

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