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Project Labor Agreement Signed for Salem Offshore Wind Terminal

Aug 14, 2024

Workers, community members, and elected officials have marked the signing of a new Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of a $300 million maritime terminal that will support the construction of offshore wind farms in Massachusetts…

Poland Launches $5.5B Offshore Wind Loan Plan

Aug 14, 2024

Poland is launching a nearly 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) programme financed from the European Union's recovery funds to provide loans to builders of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea, the state assets ministry and bank BGK said on Tuesday…

BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon

Aug 14, 2024

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment.BOEM has made available its final Environmental…

‘World’s Largest’ Floating Wind Platform on Its Way to Offshore Site in China

Aug 13, 2024

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has started towing what’s said to be the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform, rated at 16.6MW, to the the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm site in South China Sea.The floater, dubbed OceanX, features…

Germany Picks Winners of 5.5GW Offshore Wind Tender

Aug 13, 2024

In the latest offshore wind auction, Germany has awarded three sites in the North Sea, totaling 5.5 GW, to RWE and Waterekke Energy, which is linked to the asset manager Luxcara.RWE has been awarded the N-9.1 and N-9.2 sites in the German North Sea…

XOCEAN to Deploy USV Fleet for Geophysical Survey at UK Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 12, 2024

A fleet of XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) will be deployed at Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm to carry out a multi-beam echosounder (MBES) geophysical survey, starting from August 13.Eleven XOCEAN USVs will be mobilized from Scarborough…

SeaTwirl, Serica Energy to Explore Electrification of Offshore Assets with Floating Wind

Aug 12, 2024

Floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with offshore oil and gas operator Serica Energy to collaborate on exploring the feasibility of electrification of offshore assets and oil and gas activities with SeaTwirl's floating wind turbine…

Italian Firm Gets Electrolyser Assembly Job for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 08, 2024

CrossWind has awarded Fores Engineering, a subsidiary of the Rosetti Marino Group, a contract for the assembly of 2.5 MW offshore electrolyser for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm.The contract is for the assembly of a 2.5 MW Offshore…

Ørsted Kicks Off World’s First Cargo Drone Ops at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 07, 2024

Ørsted has started deploying heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCD) for the first time in an operational campaign at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm.The move marks a significant leap forward in operational efficiency and safety in the offshore wind industry…

BlueFloat Selects Site for Floating Wind Demo Project Offshore Taiwan

Aug 07, 2024

BlueFloat Energy has revealed the site location for its floating wind project, which will participate in the upcoming floating demonstration program, due to be launched by the Taiwanese government later in 2024.The ‘Winds of September Phase 1’ project…

Equinor Picks SHI as Preferred Supplier for Korean 750 MW Floating Wind Project

Aug 07, 2024

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Equinor have signed a preferred supplier agreement for floating structures for the 750 MW Bandibuli offshore wind project being developed in South Korea.The supplier agreement for the fabrication and marshalling…

Tokyo Gas Invests in Floating Wind Farm Offshore Portugal

Aug 06, 2024

Tokyo Gas has acquired 21.2% stake in the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm, operational offshore Portugal since 2020, joining Ocean Winds and Repsol as partner.The investment marks a new collaboration milestone between Tokyo Gas and Ocean Winds…

Eco Wave Power Puts Development of MW-Scale Wave Energy Project in Motion

Aug 05, 2024

Swedish-Israeli company Eco Wave Power has held an official kick-off for the development of 1 MW wave energy project in Portugal.Eco Wave Power’s engineering team and the company’s CEO Inna Braverman have held an official site-visit with APDL (Administração dos Portos do Douro…

Topside and Jacket for ONE-Dyas’ OW-Powered Gas Platform Sail Away from HSM’s Shipyard

Aug 05, 2024

HSM Offshore Energy has completed the load out the N05-A topside and jacket for ONE-Dyas at its Schiedam yard in the Netherlands, which set sail to its final location to become part of the first electrified gas production platform in the North Sea that runs completely on offshore wind power…

Vard to Build Energy Construction Vessel for Norwegian Firm

Aug 02, 2024

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has signed a contract with Wind Energy Construction for the design and construction of a new energy construction vessel (ECV), securing also an option for one additional vessel.Wind Energy Construction is a Norwegian…

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