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US Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Just $22 Million in Bids

Oct 29, 2024

A Biden administration auction of offshore wind development rights in the Gulf of Maine drew $21.9 million in high bids for half of the eight areas offered, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said on Tuesday.Offshore wind developers Avangrid AGR…

Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Construction Well Underway

Oct 25, 2024

Van Oord has installed over a quarter of the foundations which will support Sofia offshore wind farm’s 100 wind turbines in the North Sea since the start of operations in May.The Dutch contractor Van Oord is using the Port of Tyne’s Clean Energy Park as a storage and marshalling base…

LR Publishes Recommended Practices for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures

Oct 22, 2024

Lloyd's Register (LR) has published its first Recommended Practice (RP) for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures.  Developed in alignment with established international codes and standards, including IEC 61400-3-2 and the ISO 19000 series…

Saipem Installs Trunkline for Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project off Australia

Oct 11, 2024

Saipem and sub-contractor teams have installed the trunkline for Woodside’s Scarborough gas project, a critical piece of infrastructure that will enable gas transport from the offshore field to onshore facilities in Australia.The installation…

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…

Sea1 Offshore Secures Work for AHTS Fleet in Australia

Oct 04, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Sea1 Offshore, formerly Siem Offshore, has secured a multi-well project for three anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in Australia.The contract begins in second to third quarter of 2025, for a firm period of around 380 days up to 670 days per vessel…

First Turbine Blade for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm Sees the Light of Day

Oct 03, 2024

RWE has unveiled the first 108-meter turbine blade, made at the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull, which will form part of 100 offshore wind turbines, each rated at 14 MW, set for operation at Sofia offshore wind farm.On target for completion towards the end of 2026…

BOEM Approves New Jersey's First Offshore Wind Project

Oct 01, 2024

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Atlantic Shores South project plan to construct and operate two wind energy facilities.The Atlantic Shores South Offshore Wind Projects 1 and 2 have the potential to generate up to 2…

Empire Energy Offshore, Sarens Partner Up for US Offshore Wind

Oct 01, 2024

Empire Energy Partners’ Offshore Division has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) framework agreement with Sarens to enhance the development of U.S. offshore wind projects.The collaboration, which combines Empire Energy’s engineering…

BOEM Postpones Oregon’s Offshore Wind Lease Sale

Sep 30, 2024

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to delay the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time.On August 29, 2024, the Department of the Interior…

German JV Orders Four New Vessels for Offshore Energy Market

Sep 24, 2024

A joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt has ordered four construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) from the Chinese shipyard for offshore wind and wider offshore energy sector.The construction…

OceanAlpha Set for One-Year USV Exhibit in Middle East

Sep 17, 2024

Hong Kong-based developed of uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) OceanAlpha has unveiled plans for year-long showcase of its USVs across the Middle East Region for offshore energy sector and other maritime industries.Beginning in Qatar’s Doha, the…

US Schedules Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction

Sep 16, 2024

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday announced an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29 for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of about 13 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy…

Dragados Offshore Orders 10 Liebherr Cranes for North Sea Platforms

Sep 10, 2024

Dragados Offshore, a subsidiary of VINCI company Cobra IS, and Liebherr have signed a frame agreement for the supply of 10 RL 2600 offshore cranes to be used on the platforms that Dragados Offshore will manufacture for European companies in the North Sea…

Developers Submit Two New Proposals for New York’s Offshore Wind Solicitation

Sep 10, 2024

Vineyard Offshore and Community Offshore Wind have submitted proposals to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop two offshore wind projects as part of the state’s fifth solicitation round.Vineyard Offshore…

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