Norwegian energy company Equinor has hired Technip Energies to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the offshore floating wind Firefly project, located 70 kilometers offshore the East Coast of South Korea.The FEED contract covers the engineering…
Kongsberg Maritime will supply integrated equipment packages for two more Integrated Wind Services' offshore wind commissioning service operation vessels, slated for delivery in H1 2024.IWS already has the two identical vessels on order for delivery in 2023…
The American Bureau of Shipping said Monday that the recently ordered wind turbine Installation vessel Sembcorp Marine is building for Maersk Supply Service would be built to ABS Class.Maersk Supply Service's vessel will be capable of handling the latest generation 15MW turbines…
Odfjell Oceanwind, a Norwegian company that plans to make floating wind turbines to power offshore oil and gas drilling rigs and platforms, has appointed Eirik Knudsen as its Chief Financial Officer.'We are happy to welcome Eirik Knudsen as Chief Finance Officer to the Odfjell Oceanwind team…
Danish offshore wind farm developer Ørsted has installed the first wind turbine at its Greater Changhua 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan.The wind farm is part of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a project. Ørsted announced the milestone via social media…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has signed a new contract for the “Siem Sapphire” AHTS vessel for operations in Taiwan. 'Delivery [of the vessel] has already taken place, and secures firm utilization well into the third quarter of 2022 plus options…
Offshore renewables company RWE Renewables has this week seen the 1,400-tonne Kaskasi offshore wind farm substation topside installed onto the monopile foundation, off Germany.The 342-megawatt Kaskasi offshore wind project is being built 35 kilometers north of the island of Heligoland…
Britain has approved the development of East Anglia One and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1.7 gigawatts, located in Southwold off the coast of Suffolk in the North Sea, Britain's planning inspectorate said.Britain has a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has an “insatiable desire” to expand energy production from wind, a spokesperson for his Downing Street office said on Thursday.Johnson chaired a roundtable of industry leaders from the wind sector, telling…
Madrid-based Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE, has ordered three Vestas wind turbines for its 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind pilot project it holds in partnership with the Banque des Territoires in France…
Norwegian energy firm Equinor has awarded offshore installation company Havfram a contract to carry out a transport and installation study on the Firefly floating offshore wind project in South Korea.The Firefly project is an 800MW project and…
Offshore wind turbine installation services company Cadeler has appointed Peter Brogaard Hansen as its next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will assume his position starting from June 1, 2022.Peter Brogaard Hansen is currently Vice President…
Dutch grid operator TenneT has this week installed the topside of the second offshore transformer platform built to serve Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.Following the installation of the first transformer platform…
Since the acquisition of ALL NRG in August 2021, Swire Energy Services Wind division has seen several new senior appointments, with the most recent being that of Jan Harrestrup as Head of Commercial.Leading the commercial team, Harrestrup will be responsible for global business development…
Offshore wind installation company Cadeler said its 2021 revenue had tripled compared to 2020. The Danish firm also said it had returned to profitability.The revenue for 2021 totaled EUR 61 million, an increase of 212% against EUR 19.5 million in 2020…