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XolarSurf Floating Solar Prototype Hits Water Offshore Norway

8 hours ago

The full-scale XolarSurf floating solar prototype unit, developed as part of a joint effort by Saipem, Moss Maritime, and Equinor, has been deployed offshore Norway where it will remain under trials for about one year.The XolarSurf prototype floater, created in collaboration with the Norwegian manufacturer Kystteknikk and other subcontractors, was lifted and launched at sea at Kystteknikk's facilities in Dyrvik…

Equinor Orders Vestas’ 15MW Turbines for Empire Wind 1 Project

6 hours ago

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has secured an 810 MW offshore order from Equinor to power New York’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project.The order includes 54 turbines, each rated at 15 MW, and marks Vestas’ first order in the U.S. for an offshore platform and its type-certified V236-15…

EU’s Go-Ahead Brings $22M Wave Energy Scheme Step Closer to Offshore Deployment

6 hours ago

The WEDUSEA project, involving 14 partners across offshore energy industry and academia, has received a formal go-ahead from the European Union, bringing the developers one step closer to the deployment of 1 MW wave energy device offshore Scotland…

Jumbo Offshore Wraps Up Work at Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

9 hours ago

Jumbo Offshore has completed transport and installation of transition pieces on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, under a contract with Yunneng Wind Power.For its role on the project, Jumbo Offshore deployed its DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Jumbo Javelin…

EU Grants Over $20M for Pilot Wave Energy Farm Offshore Portugal

Sep 06, 2024

The Ondas de Peniche (ONDEP) project has been awarded $21 million (€19 million) from the EU’s Horizon Europe funding program to deploy a 2 MW wave energy array featuring four WaveRoller wave energy converters.The ONDEP project will start in October 2024 and last for five and a half years…

OPT Concludes Next-Gen PowerBuoy Ocean Trials

Sep 05, 2024

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has completed more than four months of offshore testing of its next generation PowerBuoy in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey.The solar and wind power equipped PowerBuoy also featured OPT’s proprietary artificial intelligence capable Merrows suite of solutions…

OEG Renewables’ New CTV Secures First Charter at German Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 05, 2024

OEG Renewables, a division of OEG Energy Group, has secured a five-year charter for its multi-purpose Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) Furioso to support offshore wind farms in Germany.OEG Renewables has completed the construction and sea trials for the CTV Furioso…

Harlyn to Collect and Store Spare Inter Array Cables at Moray West

Sep 05, 2024

UK engineering company Harlyn Solutions has signed an agreement with Ocean Winds for the collection, storage, and emergency preparedness of Moray West’s spare inter array cables.Moray West, overseen by Ocean Winds, the 50/50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE…

Taiwan Gets New Offshore Wind Farm Ahead of Schedule

Sep 05, 2024

The 300 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan, developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and China Steel Corporation (CSC), has been inaugurated after completing construction ahead of ahead of schedule.Zhong Neng is the first offshore…

First Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall at US Revolution Wind Project

Sep 04, 2024

The first 11 MW Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine, out of total 65 planned, has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the United States.Once in operation, Revolution Wind will have the capacity to generate…

Smulders, Sif to Deliver Offshore Substations and Transition Pieces for Polish OW Farms

Sep 03, 2024

Equinor and Polenergia, the developers of the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, have hired Smulders for the delivery of substations for both Baltic Sea developments, which will also work in consortium with Sif for the manufacturing of 100 transition pieces…

SubCtech, Mocean Energy Team Up for Zero-Carbon Solution for Subsea Applications

Sep 03, 2024

Mocean Energy and SubCtech have joined forces to explore how wave and solar generation can be coupled with batteries to deliver continuous low carbon power and communications to a range of subsea technologies.Scottish ocean energy pioneers Mocean…

Six Tidal Energy Projects Secure Contracts in UK’s Renewables Round

Sep 03, 2024

Six tidal stream projects, with 28 MW in total capacity, have secured contracts in the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) sixth allocation round.The strike price for six projects across five sites has been set at £172/MWh. It represents a 34%…

UK Government Backs 5.3GW of Offshore Wind Projects in Latest CfD Auction

Sep 03, 2024

In the sixth UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round, offshore wind developers have secured support for around 5.3 GW in new capacity for both floating and bottom-fixed offshore wind.As part of the allocation round 6, nine bottom-fixed offshore wind projects…

Unviable Investment Climate Puts Swedish Offshore Wind Project on Pause

Sep 02, 2024

Vattenfall has decided to pause the development of the offshore wind power project Swedish Kriegers Flak until further notice, due to unviable investment prerequisites in Sweden.    Swedish Kriegers Flak, located about 30 km south of Trelleborg…

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