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Archer Acquires Norwegian Floating Wind Solutions Provider

Jul 01, 2024

Oilfield services firm Archer has entered into an agreement with Remold Invest to fully acquire the floating offshore wind solutions provider Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW), including a minority stake in U.S.-French technology company Ocergy (OCY)…

DOE Awards $7.4 Million for Sandia National Laboratories Energy Projects

Jun 30, 2024

The Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions has awarded $7.4 million to develop seven projects at Sandia National Laboratories aimed at advancing clean energy technologies.In total, DOE’s OTT announced $41.4 million in federal…

US Announces Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Sale for August

Jun 28, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Friday it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia in August as part of its broader efforts to expand the industry to fight climate change…

Vineyard Wind 1 Becomes Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in United States

Jun 28, 2024

The Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, being built by Iberdrola’s Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has become the largest operating offshore wind farm in the United States, with the commissioning of 10 turbines totaling 136 MW…

Preparing for Floating Wind – Leveraging the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

Jun 28, 2024

Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging floating wind segment.There has been much excitement around the potential for the offshore wind industry to access deeper water sites through the deployment of floating wind technology…

American Offshore Services Launches Its Second CTV

Jun 28, 2024

American Offshore Services (A-O-S) announced the launch of its second crew transfer vessel (CTV), Generater, designed to support the United States' growing offshore wind industry.Generater is a 99-foot, Jones-Act-qualified catamaran built to serve wind farms off the U…

Damen Books New SOV Oder for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

Jun 28, 2024

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has signed a deal with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of new service operation vessel (SOV) for Taiwanese offshore wind operations.This is the third newbuilding SOV for TSSM, a joint venture between Mitsui O…

ABS and FibreMax Team Up for Floating Wind Mooring Tech

Jun 28, 2024

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Dutch company FibreMax have signed an agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the floating offshore wind market.The collaboration, which is principally focused on floating offshore wind assets…

BP Halts Hiring, Pauses New Offshore Wind Projects to Win Over Investors

Jun 27, 2024

BP's new CEO Murray Auchincloss has imposed a hiring freeze and paused new offshore wind projects as he places a renewed emphasis on oil and gas amid investor discontent over its energy transition strategy, sources at the company said.The moves…

Iberdrola Gives Go-Ahead for Its Third Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Jun 27, 2024

Iberdrola has taken the final investment decision (FID) for its Windanker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea, advancing the 315 MW project to delivery phase.Windanker wind farm will reinforce Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub, which will add more than 1…

Fugro Gets Offshore Wind Survey Job in Japan

Jun 27, 2024

Fugro has been awarded a site characterization contract for a 684 MW offshore wind farm development off the coast of the Japanese cities of Murakami and Tainai, Niigate Prefecture, Japan.The offshore wind farm off the country’s west coast will be developed and realized by a consortium of RWE…

Edison Buys 50% Stake in Offshore Wind Project in Sicily

Jun 26, 2024

Edison has acquired a 50% stake in a special purpose company aimed at developing a 975 megawatt (MW) offshore floating wind project in Sicily, the utility said on Wednesday.Italy, which has no floating offshore wind farms in operation yet, aims…

TGS Set for Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign in Morro Bay Off California

Jun 26, 2024

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has announced a new campaign for offshore wind and metocean measurement located in Morro Bay, off the U.S. West Coast.This initiative further expands the company's pioneering multi-client wind and metocean measurement initiatives in key global offshore wind regions…

Atlantic Shores Picks Substation Expansion Contractor for NJ’s First Offshore Wind Project

Jun 26, 2024

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50-50 partnership between Shell and EDF, has selected contractor Riggs Distler & Company to lead the Cardiff substation expansion program for Atlantic Shores Project 1, New Jersey’s first offshore wind project…

Japan's Industry Minister to Visit Key Offshore Wind Site

Jun 25, 2024

Japanese Industry Minister Ken Saito will visit Akita in northern Japan on Saturday to discuss the development of offshore wind power with industry and government officials, the ministry said on Tuesday.The move aligns with Japan's increased efforts to boost the deployment of renewable energy…

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