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Fugro IOVTEC Wins Survey Work at Hai Long Wind Farm Sites

May 26, 2020

Fugro IOVTEC, a JV between Dutch Fugro and Taiwan's IOVTEC, has secured an offshore geotechnical site investigation project in Taiwan for the Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind farms. The Hai Long offshore wind farms are being co-developed by Northland Power Inc…

Saipem Nets Offshore Engineering Services Deal with Equinor

May 26, 2020

Italian provider of oilfield and renewable energy services Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Norway's Equinor covering offshore engineering services worldwide.Per Saipem's statement on Tuesday, The frame agreement covers feasibility and conceptual studies…

Largest Wind Turbines for U.S. Largest Offshore Wind Project

May 26, 2020

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy's new wind turbines with up to 15MW capacity have been earmarked for an offshore wind project in the U.S.First, the company on Tuesday morning said it was planning to deploy the giant SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct…

Prysmian Targets Half of Sales from Low-Carbon Products by 2022

May 25, 2020

Prysmian, the world's largest cable maker, pledged on Friday to raise the share of revenues from low carbon products to 50% by 2022 as part of plans to cut its carbon footprint.The Italian company, which supplies cables for industries ranging…

Nauti-Craft, ST Engineering Working on Offshore Wind CTV

May 22, 2020

Australia's Nauti-Craft and Singapore's ST Engineering Marine Ltd, the marine arm of Singapore headquarters ST Engineering, have signed a letter of intent to explore options of collaborating on crew transfer vessels (CTV) for the offshore wind industry…

innogy Applauds Ireland's Offshore Wind Push

May 22, 2020

innogy Renewables Ireland, the joint developer of Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm, has this week welcomed the announcement by Ireland's Minister of State, Damien English TD, of a clear road map for the development of offshore wind energy in Ireland…

Iberdrola to Enter $8B Offshore Wind Project in UK

May 20, 2020

Iberdrola will enter a 6.5 billion pound ($8 billion) offshore wind project in Britain's renewable auction next year, the company's offshore wind head told Reuters.Britain, the world's largest offshore wind market accounting for around 40% of global capacity…

Prysmian's Cables for Hollandse Kust Zuid III and IV Offshore Wind Farm

May 20, 2020

Prysmian Group, Italian marine cable installation company Prysmian, has finalized a contract for a project awarded by offshore wind farm developer Vattenfall.The contract is for the provision of the subsea inter-array cable systems for the Hollandse…

LOC to Provide MWS Services for Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms

May 20, 2020

Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has contracted LOC for the provision of Marine Warranty Survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan.Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation & installation of the export and array cables…

Denmark Proposes Two Giant Wind Energy Islands

May 20, 2020

Denmark on Wednesday proposed a more than tripling of its offshore wind capacity by building two energy islands linked to new wind farms in the Baltic and North seas to help to meet climate change targets.The energy islands are an important…

Five Injured at Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm

May 19, 2020

Five people were injured earlier this month while working on the Seaway Heavy Lifting's Seaway Strashnov installation vessel on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project in the UK.This was confirmed to Offshore Engineer by innogy, the operator of the offshore wind development…

Siemens Gamesa Launches 14MW Offshore Wind Turbine

May 19, 2020

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has unveiled a new SG 14-222 DD offshore Direct Drive wind turbine with 14-megawatt (MW) capacity.The capacity can reach up to 15 MW using the company’s Power Boost function. The turbine will have a 222-meter diameter rotor…

U.S. Tops List of Most Attractive Countries for Renewables Investments. Overtakes China

May 19, 2020

The United States has overtaken China as the most attractive country in the world for renewables investment and the global clean energy sector is expected to bounce back quickly despite the coronavirus pandemic, research showed on Tuesday.In…

Longitude Designs Cable Layer for Taiwan Wind Farm Ops

May 19, 2020

Longitude Engineering, an LOC Group company, has said it has provided concept and basic design services, as well as construction specification for yard engagement and procurement activities, for a new DP2 cable lay ship for Woen Jinn Harbor Engineering (Woen Jinn)…

Vattenfall Taps NGI for Kriegers Flak Wind Farm Monitoring

May 19, 2020

Swedish wind farm development company Vattenfall has hired Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) to provide monitoring services for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm being built in the Baltic Sea, offshore Denmark.NGI will provide design…

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