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New CSOV Delivered to Rem Offshore

Apr 16, 2024

Shipbuilder Vard announced it has delivered a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Norway's Rem Offshore.The vessel—NB 948, to be named Rem Wind—was constructed at Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam and handed over one month before contractual delivery date…

Ørsted Signs Long-Term Lease for Cadeler’s Newbuild A-Class Vessel

Apr 08, 2024

Ørsted and Cadeler have signed a firm long-term lease agreement for a newbuilt wind farm installation vessel, designed to transport up to six XXL monopile foundations and five turbines of over 20 MW per round trip.With the agreement, Ørsted…

HSM Rolls Out Topside for ONE-Dyas’ Offshore Wind-Powered Gas Platform

Apr 16, 2024

HSM Offshore Energy has rolled out the topside for ONE-Dyas’ N05-A platform, which, once fully constructed, will be the first electrified gas production platform in the North Sea that runs completely on offshore wind power.HSM reached the milestone at its yard in Schiedam…

Arctia to Map Offshore Wind Area in Norway

Apr 11, 2024

Arctia Meritaito, a subsidiary of Finland's Arctia, announced it has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Mapping Authority to perform hydrographic seabed surveying as part of the 2024 Mareano program.Under its contract from the Norwegian Mapping Authority's Hydrographic Service (NHS)…

Scottish Floating Wind Farm Goes Forward with Slight Changes

Apr 08, 2024

Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm’s offshore consents, which will go forward with lower number of turbines, but with the same 100 MW capacity.The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm is being developed by Highland Wind…

Con Edison, NGV Propose Offshore Wind Project for New Jersey

Apr 04, 2024

Con Edison Transmission and National Grid Ventures submitted a plan to carry offshore wind power to New Jersey's electric grid as the state aims to meet renewable energy goals, according to a press release on Thursday.If awarded, the 'Garden…

Motus to Supply Platform Main Crane for Empire Wind 1 OSS

Apr 02, 2024

Norwegian crane specialist Motus Technology has secured a contract from Seatrium to deliver engineering, design, and construction of the platform main crane for Empire Wind 1 Offshore Substation (OSS).The main platform crane from Motus will be delivered to Seatrium’s Singapore yard…

Vattenfall, ORE Catapult Extend Test & Demo Alliance at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 02, 2024

Vattenfall and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a three-year extension on their testing and demonstration collaboration at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm.The partnership at the 96.8MW offshore wind test and demonstration facility first began in 2019…

Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project

Apr 04, 2024

Belgium-based offshore mooring systems specialist Bekaert has joined the Tailwind project, which aims to develop advanced mooring solutions for floating wind industry.The Tailwind project, launched in January 2024, will aim to deliver advanced station-keeping technologies…

RWE Secures 495 MW Offshore Wind Capacity in South Korea

Apr 04, 2024

South Korea has awarded Germany’s top utility RWE a 495 MW Electricity Business License (EBL) to develop the Seohae offshore wind project, off the coast of Taean County in South Korea’s Chungcheongnam Province.The license, awarded by the Ministry of Trade…

Biden Administration Approves Eighth US Offshore Wind Project

Apr 02, 2024

The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday approved the country's eighth commercial-scale offshore wind project, which will be built off the coast of Massachusetts, bringing online electricity to power more than 900,000 homes.The approval for Avangrid’s New England Wind Project brings the U…

Astilleros Balenciaga Delivers New SOV for Edda Wind

Apr 02, 2024

Norway-based Edda Wind on Tuesday announced it has taken delivery of a newly built service operation vessel (SOV) from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Balenciaga.The vessel, C416—to be renamed Edda Goelo at a later stage—was delivered on March 26…

Full Capacity Operations at Tyra II Gas Development Up for Potential Delays

Apr 18, 2024

The Tyra Redevelopment Project (Tyra II), operated by TotalEnergies, has faced an operational occurrence which has temporarily impacted the commissioning of the facilities at Denmark’s largest offshore gas development.According to an update from TotalEnergies…

Floating Wind Farm Set to Power O&G Platforms Gets Onshore Planning Approval

Apr 04, 2024

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, have announced that their 560 MW floating offshore wind project Green Volt has been granted full onshore planning approval.The Green Volt floating wind farm…

Eni Agrees to Merge UK Upstream Assets with Ithaca Energy

Apr 24, 2024

Eni has reached an agreement on the combination of substantially all of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activities, with Ithaca Energy, creating a major independent oil and gas company present on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…

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