"Offshore Wind" News

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, SJI in Green Hydrogen Collab

Dec 16, 2020

SJI, a Folsom, New Jersey-based energy services holding company has entered a partnership with offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind to collaborate on a green hydrogen pilot program.The collaboration will research, monitor, and…

Construction Begins for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base

Dec 16, 2020

Construction has started on the Operations and Maintenance base at Montrose Port which will service the recently sanctioned Seagreen offshore wind farm which will be located off the coast of Scotland, UK.Montrose Port was selected by SSE Renewables…

REM Offshore Orders Offshore Wind Vessel

Dec 16, 2020

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Rem Offshore has ordered a Construction Service Vessel for offshore wind operations from Green Yard Kleven shipyard in Ulsteinvik.Havyard Design & Solutions AS is responsible for the design. The vessel, which…

NETSCo, LR Designing Jones Act Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Dec 16, 2020

Northeast Technical Services Co., Inc. (NETSCo) and Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc. (LR) are working to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) capable of serving the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind sector…

Keppel AmFELS Lays Keel for First Jones Act WTIV

Dec 16, 2020

Shipbuilder Keppel AmFELS has laid the keel for the first ever Jones Act compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) at its shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, marking a key milestone for the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry…

Japan Plans to Install Up to 45GW of Offshore Wind Power

Dec 15, 2020

Japan plans to install between 30 gigawatts and 45 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2040 to reduce emissions and meet a target to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050, the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday, without citing sources…

Germany, Denmark to Work More Closely on Offshore Wind Projects

Dec 15, 2020

Germany and Denmark pledged on Monday to cooperate more closely on joint offshore wind power development via clusters in the North and Baltic Seas to spur renewable power and hydrogen production.The planned cooperation marks an important step…

E.ON, RWE Sign Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Power Offtake Deal

Dec 15, 2020

RWE Renewables has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with E.ON UK under which E.ON will offtake 100% of the electricity produced by the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK from 2022 until 2035. The contract directly follows on from the previous agreement to supply E…

Denmark Approves Vattenfall's Vesterhav Syd and Nord Wind Farm Plans

Dec 14, 2020

Danish Energy Agency has approved Vattenfall's environmental assessment and construction plans for offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord.Vattenfall can now begin the next stage of work on the offshore wind farms, which will produce electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of 380…

Engie Solutions, Smulders JV to Build Another Substation for Dutch Offshore Wind Sector

Dec 11, 2020

Dutch power grid operator TenneT has ordered the offshore wind transformer substation Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) from the Engie Solutions-Smulders joint venture.This contract follows a similar one signed earlier this year, when the construction…

Norway Launches Offshore Wind Research Center - Northwind

Dec 11, 2020

Norwegian government on Friday announced the launch of a major research center aimed at making wind power cheaper, with a big focus on offshore wind.The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (EUR 11…

Offshore Wind: Asia to Catch Up with Europe by 2025

Dec 11, 2020

Led by China, Asia's installed offshore wind capacity is expected to reach 52GW by 2025, and almost catch up with Europe, energy intelligence group Rystad Energy said Friday.'From almost no offshore wind farms in 2015, Asia’s operational capacity has grown to more than 6 gigawatts (GW) today…

US Defense Bill Affirms Jones Act Applies to Offshore Wind

Dec 11, 2020

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, a massive $741 billion defense bill setting policy for the Pentagon. Importantly for the U.S. offshore and maritime industries, the bill includes…

Harland & Wolff to Build Windfarm Development Vessels for Triumph Subsea Services

Dec 10, 2020

Triumph Subsea Services has signed a letter of intent with Infrastrata for the construction of offshore wind farm development vessels at Infrastrata's Harland & Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.The letter of intent envisions the construction…

UK Working on Roadmap to Decarbonize Offshore Wind Vessel Operations

Dec 10, 2020

The UK Government has tasked the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Workboat Association (WA) with the development of a Technology Roadmap, outlining a route to the decarbonization of North Sea offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) vessels…

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