"Offshore Wind" News

Eidesvik, Agalas and Reach Subsea Order New Dual-Fuel Hybrid CSV

Feb 20, 2025

Eidesvik Offshore, Agalas, and Reach Subsea have partnered up to build a new construction support vessel (CSV) for subsea and offshore renewables operations.The new CSV will have similar specifications as the vessel Eidesvik currently has under…

First US-Built Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Starts Sea Trials

Feb 20, 2025

The United States' first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Charybdis, has started sea trials ahead of delivery to Dominion Energy planned for later in 2025.The Seatrium AmFELS shipyard in Bronsville, Texas…

Louis Dreyfus Picks Chinese Shipyard to Build Three New SOVs for Vattenfall

Feb 19, 2025

French ship owner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected SALT as the naval architect and Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) as the shipyard for the construction of three new service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Vattenfall…

Eurazeo Provides Over $70M for MPC OSE Offshore’s New SOVs

Feb 19, 2025

Investment group Eurazeo has made a $73.1 million investment in MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture established by MPC Capital and German offshore services firm O.S. Energy, with the aim of building and managing new service operations vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind farms…

Enefit Green, Sumitomo Partner Up to Develop Offshore Wind Farm in Estonia

Feb 19, 2025

Enefit Green and Sumitomo Corporation have signed an agreement which outlines the start of strategic partnership for developing the first offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea.Under the agreement, Enefit Green will sell 50%…

Ørsted Kicks Off Construction of 920MW Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

Feb 18, 2025

Ørsted has started the offshore construction for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan, which have the combined capacity of 920 MW.Ørsted was awarded the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in June 2018…

NYK Becomes Co-Owner of N-O-G as it Eyes Offshore Wind Growth

Feb 18, 2025

NYK Line has become a co-owner of the crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G) with the most recent investment, in preparation for the anticipated future expansion of offshore wind in waters closer to Japan.N-O-G operates…

James Fisher Launches Japanese Business Unit

Feb 18, 2025

James Fisher and Sons, a global provider of specialist services to the energy, marine and defense industries, has launched new legal entity in Japan, reinforcing its long-term commitment to Japan and its footprint in North East Asia.The move…

Tekmar’s Ryder Gets Nexans’ Multi-Year Subsea Engineering Contract

Feb 18, 2025

Tekmar Group's subsidiary Ryder, a provider of global subsea engineering consultancy solutions, has secured a three-year framework agreement by Nexans to provide wide scope of engineering support for the French cable manufacturer and services provider…

TotalEnergies, Air Liquide Join Forces for OW-Powered Green Hydrogen Production

Feb 18, 2025

TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands for the delivery of green hydrogen, produced mainly by offshore wind power from the OranjeWind project, which will be used to decarbonize its refineries in Northern Europe…

Van Oord Gets Seabed Protection Job at Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Feb 17, 2025

Equinor and Polenergia have signed a contract with Van Oord for the seabed protection work at the Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland.The seabed protection in the form of stone surcharges will be conducted by Van Oord. The contract is valued around $100 million…

Kongsberg Maritime to Equip Bibby Marine’s Fully-Electric CSOV

Feb 17, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply an integrated package of equipment for Bibby Marine’s new electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV), the world’s first fully-electric offshore vessel.Kongsberg Maritime will provide…

Belgian Energy Island Faces Three-Year Delay as Elia Postpones HVDC Contracts

Feb 17, 2025

Belgium's transmission operator (TSO) Elia has temporarily postponed the signing of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) contracts for ‘the world’s first’ artificial energy island, due to the price increase for HVDC infrastructure, causing a three…

Equinor Gets Permit for New York Offshore Wind Farm’s Grid Cables

Feb 14, 2025

New York's utility regulator on Thursday granted a unit of Norwegian energy firm Equinor permission to build and operate transmission facilities for the company's Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm under construction off the state coast.The transmission line for the project runs about 17…

RWE to Protect Thor’s Offshore Wind Foundations with Reused Covers

Feb 14, 2025

RWE has taken delivery of 36 out of 72 of the reusable covers, supplied by Dutch company Circular Covers, which will be used to protect the foundations of the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, being built in the Danish North Sea.The covers, which have arrived in Thyboron Port…

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