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SBM Offshore and Technip Energies Launch Floating Wind Joint Venture

Jul 05, 2024

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have formally launched Ekwil, a 50-50 joint venture dedicated to floating offshore wind.Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of ‘series production’ floating offshore wind solutions…

Maersk Forms Dedicated Offshore Wind Installation Business

Jul 02, 2024

Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk has launched a dedicated division to provide installation services to the growing offshore wind industry.Maersk Offshore Wind has been formed as a spin off from Maersk Supply Service (MSS), which was acquired…

Esgian Week 26 Report: Drilling Activity is High

Jun 30, 2024

Esgian provides an update on drilling activity in its Week 26 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsVentura Offshore has been granted exclusive marketing rights from Hanwha Drilling LLC for the newbuild 12,000-ft 7th generation drillship…

Norwegian Company Secures GW-Scale Offshore Wind Site in Estonia

Jun 21, 2024

Norway-based Deep Wind Offshore has been awarded rights to develop a GW-scale offshore wind site Saare 2.1 in Estonia.The Baltic countries have agreed to open areas for offshore wind production for a total capacity of 20 GW within 2030, with Estonia setting the pace…

BOEM Seeks Input on Environmental Analysis of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Area

Jun 20, 2024

In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goals for deploying 30GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the availability…

Ørsted Installs First Turbine at Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 20, 2024

Ørsted has installed the first 11 MW offshore wind turbine at Borkum Riffgrund 3 project, set to be the largest offshore wind farm in Germany upon completion.Borkum Riffgrund 3’s first wind turbine was installed by the installation vessel Seaway Ventus from Seaway7…

CDWE to Install Foundations on CIP’s 500 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Jun 18, 2024

CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), a joint venture set up by Belgian DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, has secured a contract from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for transport and installation of foundations for 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan…

Norwegian-Korean Academic Cooperation Set Up to Boost Offshore Wind Workforce

Jun 18, 2024

Norway-based company Deep Wind Offshore has joined forces with the Korean Jeollanam-do province and leading maritime universities in Norway and South Korea, to develop and strengthen the offshore wind workforce.Deep Wind Offshore has initiated…

North Star Secures First Mover Rights for New Offshore Wind Midi-SOV

Jun 18, 2024

North Star, specialist vessel operator for offshore infrastructure support services, has been announced as the first mover on the Midi-SOV – a new offshore wind ship design developed by Chartwell Marine and Vard that bridges the gap between…

ABL Group Wraps Up Ross Offshore Acquisition

Jun 17, 2024

Global consultancy ABL Group has completed the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares of specialist energy consultancy Ross Offshore, which now will merge with ABL Group company AGR.The combination of AGR and Ross Offshore will further strengthen…

Strategic Marine Delivers Two Offshore Wind CTVs to Mainprize Offshore

Jun 04, 2024

Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered two offshore wind Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to UK-based Mainprize Offshore.The two 27-meter vessels are part of the UK-based CTV owner and operator’s ongoing fleet expansion and will add to its current fleet of 11 vessels…

CIP Inaugurates 595MW Changfang-Xidao Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

May 22, 2024

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has completed construction and officially inaugurated the Changfang-Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan, with a total capacity of 595 MW.The Changfang-Xidao offshore wind farms increase Taiwan’s combined…

Nearly $1 Billion Dedicated to US Floating Wind Development

May 17, 2024

The U.S. departments of Energy (DOE), Interior, Commerce, and Transportation has released a report summarizing their progress toward the goals of the Floating Offshore Wind Shot™, an interagency initiative to drive U.S. leadership in design…

Maryland Sets Course for Offshore Wind Energy Expansion

May 14, 2024

Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a bill aimed at reevaluating and potentially revising existing offshore wind project plans, setting the stage for the state's goal of achieving 8,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2031.The bill…

Mainstream Renewable Power Welcomes Australia’s 2.5GW Offshore Wind License

May 02, 2024

Mainstream Renewable Power, as part of the Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind consortium, has secured a feasibility license from the Australian government for a fixed-bottom 2.5 GW offshore wind project off the Gippsland region of Victoria.The feasibility…

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