Norwegian oil and gas Equinor has informed that the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, the world's largest, has started delivering power to its Snorre field, offshore Norway.'As the operator, we’re proud to announce on behalf of the partners…
Wind industry service company FairWind has been awarded the turnkey pre-assembly contract for the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Nord and Syd at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark.FairWind will be responsible for the pre-assembly erection of 41 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 8…
Renewable energy developer European Energy and offshore wind company Vårgrønn have entered a long-term strategic partnership to jointly pursue offshore wind opportunities in the Baltic Sea within Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.The Baltic states have significant offshore wind potential…
SSE Renewables and RWE joint venture's Southern North Sea offshore wind farm project, North Falls has launched the statutory consultation on its proposals.North Falls is a proposed extension to the existing 504MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm…
Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working in collaboration with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES)…
U.S. offshore wind farm developer Vineyard Wind will deploy and test a secondary bubble curtain noise mitigation system during foundation installation at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm, the first commercial-scale wind farm installation project in the U…
Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has won a contract for the design and construction of two offshore wind Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) from UK-based Purus Wind. Purus Wind will have the option to order two more vessels.The two CSOVs…
Offshore wind turbine installation company Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a firm contract with renewable energy firm RWE to install 72 offshore wind turbine generators (WTGs) at the 1GW Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea.For this project…
While the fixed-bottom offshore wind dominates, in the not-too-distant future, floating wind will be the answer to efficient and voluminous renewable offshore wind power. Acteon CCO Barry Parsons discusses the technologies being developed and…
British power generator and network operator SSE Plc on Wednesday set out plans to invest up to 40 billion pounds ($50.48 billion) this decade on clean energy projects and called on the government to ensure the country remains competitive. Britain…
The EnerGeo Alliance has sent a letter to New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy and Assemblyman Christopher Tully, Chairman of the state’s Committee on Science, Innovation and Technology in advance of the Assembly’s hearing on marine mammal deaths scheduled for Thursday May 18…
Spanish offshore wind developer Iberdrola said Friday it had installed the first wind turbine at the offshore farm in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, France.The installation of the first of 62 wind turbines for the Saint-Brieuc wind farm was carried out on May 12 by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy…
OX2 said Tuesday it had received permission from the Swedish government to build the northern part of the offshore wind project Galatea-Galene on the west coast of Sweden, with a potential capacity of 400 MW. The total project Galatea-Galene comprised 1…
Hellenic Cables has this week won contracts to supply cables for two large offshore wind projects in Denmark and the UK.Vattenfall has awarded Hellenic Cables a contract to provide inter-array cables for its giant Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone in the UK…
OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group have received approvals from competition authorities to merge and create one of the world's largest ship management companies.The merged company, OSM Thome, says it will be a powerhouse in the international ship management market…