Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes deep-water expansion possible. However, for the first time, large areas of the UK continental shelf now open for development are “seasonally stratified”…
Island Offshore, a Norwegian offshore vessel owner, said Monday it had won several important vessel deals worth around $55,4M in the first few months of the year, with 25 vessels currently employed.According to the vessel owner, the total value of awarded contracts is approx…
Edda Wind's new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) was named Edda Breeze during a ceremony at Astilleros Gondan Shipyard in Spain, on Saturday.The purpose-built CSOV is designed for emissions-free operations with a hydrogen-based propulsion system…
Singapore-based shipbuilding company Strategic Marine has delivered two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to the UK-based offshore support vessel company WEM Marine Ltd. The new 27m vessels, built to the Stratcat 26 design, are the very first CTVs…
Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream Renewable Power have closed the transaction which will see them take an initial 50 percent ownership stake in Progression Energy's 800 MW floating offshore wind project in Japan.The news comes after the two…
Swedish company OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland.The name of the wind farm is Aurora. The wind farm is expected to be located 20…
Asia-first newbuild Service Operation Vessel for the offshore wind industry was delivered earlier this week at the VARD Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. The Taiwan-flagged SOV has been built for owner Ta San Shang Marine Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Mitsui O…
Offshore wind is playing an important role in Europe’s shift to renewables. Australia’s excellent offshore resources now look like they are going to contribute to our own energy transition. Last week, the Victorian government announced ambitious…
Paris-based offshore cable making and installation company Nexans has won a contract with Ørsted and Eversource to install and protect the export cable link for the Revolution offshore wind farm in the U.S.The project will connect the wind farm…
Aberdeen-based risk management consultancy Marex Risk and Marine Consultancy (Marex) has won the marine services contract for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in the UK, its first offshore wind project.East Anglia ONE, located off the Suffolk coast…
Subsea services provider James Fisher has chartered Go Marine Group's multi-purpose service vessel Go Electra for UXO identification services and IMR projects in the North Sea.The vessel will be used by James Fisher group companies James Fisher…
Norwegian subsea services company Reach Subsea said Wednesday it had secured a contract in the UK offshore wind space.Reach said the contract, in the North Sea, would start early in Q2 2022, representing about 80 project days.'The project involves…
Offshore wind giant RWE Renewables and National Grid, British multinational electricity and gas utility, have unveiled the official name of their U.S. offshore wind joint venture, Community Offshore Wind.This follows the success of the duo's…
Iberdrola-owned Scottish Power and Shell said on Wednesday they will invest 75 million pounds ($99 million) in infrastructure and facilities to support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Scotland.The two companies were awarded seabed…
Norwegian companies Akastor and IKM, best known for their services in the offshore oil and gas space, are teaming up to create an operations and maintenance services firm for the offshore wind industry called Føn Energy Services.According to the two companies…