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Ignitis Group Seeks Partner for Lithuania’s 700MW Offshore Wind Tender

Oct 15, 2024

Ignitis Group has set out plans to participate in the second offshore wind tender for the rights to develop around 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea, while also launching a selection process for the partner in potential developments…

Empire Energy and Herrick Corporation Establish US Offshore Wind Joint Venture

Oct 15, 2024

Empire Energy Partners and Herrick Corporation have formed a joint venture to boost the United States’ offshore wind supply chain.Empire Energy Partners and Herrick Corporation will work together to manufacture key components for both fixed and floating offshore wind projects…

South Korea’s 1.1GW Floating Wind Farm Gets Grid Connection Clearance

Oct 10, 2024

KF Wind floating wind project, being developed by Aker Horizons majority-owned Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds, has secured a transmission service agreement (TSA) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).The agreement covers the first phase of the project…

Beam Launches New System to Advance 3D Mapping for Offshore Wind

Oct 16, 2024

Beam, a company created by the merger of Rovco and Vaarst, has unveiled SubSLAM X3, a new underwater perception system designed to enhance the monitoring and maintenance of offshore wind farms.SubSLAM X3 offers real-time, high-resolution 3D…

Fugro to Collect Metocean Data for Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farms in Australia

Oct 10, 2024

Fugro has been selected by Ørsted to undertake a 12-month floating lidar measurement campaign for its Gippsland offshore wind farms, off south coast Gippsland in Victoria.Fugro’s SEAWATCH Wind Lidar Buoy will measure wind, wave, current and…

Equinor Sees 13% Fall in Quarterly Profit

Oct 24, 2024

Equinor reported a sharper-than-expected 13% decline in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hit by weaker oil prices and lower production, and cut its full-year outlook for capital expenditure and renewable energy production growth.The Norwegian…

Industry Partnership to Deliver SOV Tailor-Made for Floating Wind Farms

Oct 09, 2024

North Star has launched a partnership which includes MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to fast-track the development of high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms.The companies…

Fugro Kicks Off Site Investigation Survey for Offshore Wind Cable Route in Germany

Oct 15, 2024

Fugro has started site investigation and geoconsulting works for Germany’s Rhein-Main-Link energy route, which will transport electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to Germany’s Rhein-Main metropolitan region.Fugro is conducting the works under the contract with ARGE R-M-L…

Friede & Goldman Model Tests Its BargeRack Solution

Oct 15, 2024

Houston-based offshore engineering firm Friede & Goldman (F&G) announced it has completed model testing for its BargeRack offshore wind feeder solution at the MARIN maritime research institute in the Netherlands, bringing F&G closer to commercializing the technology…

TotalEnergies Joins RWE in 4GW Offshore Wind Scheme in Germany

Oct 07, 2024

TotalEnergies has made an agreement with RWE to acquire 50% equity stake in two large-scale offshore wind projects in Germany, whose combined capacity is 4 GW.RWE was awarded the sites in the latest offshore wind auction in Germany in August…

ABL to Oversee Installation of Offshore Wind Substations in France

Oct 09, 2024

Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations relating to the construction of the grid connection system known as Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2…

Three Floating Wind Projects Up for Testing at Norway’s METCentre

Oct 08, 2024

Three new floating offshore wind projects have signed contracts with Norway's test facility METCentre to trial new technologies aimed at reducing costs of floating offshore wind.The companies that have signed with METCentre will demonstrate floaters with 15 + MW turbines…

CBED’s Wind Evolution CSOV to Stay a Little Longer with Hughes Subsea

Oct 08, 2024

Danish shipowner CBED has secured a one-year contract extension with Hughes Subsea, an OEG Renewables company, for its Wind Evolution commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV).Only six months into the Wind Evolution’s first contract with Hughes Subsea…

Acteon and TAISEI Join Forces for Floating Wind Projects in Japan

Oct 08, 2024

Acteon, the international  marine energy and infrastructure services business, has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TAISEI Corporation that sets out how the companies will use each other’s skills and services for floating offshore wind projects in Japan…

Norway to Offer $3.3B Floating Wind Subsidy

Oct 07, 2024

The Norwegian government proposed on Monday to offer up to 35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.29 billion) in subsidy payments in the country's first commercial floating wind power tender, in line with a compromise reached earlier this year.'Norway…

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