Offshore Renewables

VESSELS

VESSELS

Havfram Wind and Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) are collaborating on the technical management of Havfram’s two newbuild Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessels WTIVs.

28th November 2023

Havfram’s strategic partnership approach to WTIV management

28th November 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Offshore equipment manufacturer, Osbit, has unveiled a new asset management tool to help enhance safety and performance.

24th November 2023

Osbit releases new asset management tool

24th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Despite more than €4 billion in losses and issues such as supply chain delays and turbine quality problems, Siemens Energy has insisted its wind power arm, Siemens Gamesa, will continue for the…

24th November 2023

Siemens vows to continue in wind despite €billions losses

24th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new project to explore using artificial intelligence to manage the structure integrity of offshore wind turbines has launched.

23rd November 2023

AI used to extend wind farm life

23rd November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new vessel build partnership will advance the StratCat range of Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) designs in order to meet emissions-reduction goals.

22nd November 2023

A powerful partnership in offshore wind crew vessels

22nd November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nine European countries have taken what is being called ‘an important step forward’ to progress the offshore wind energy agenda.

21st November 2023

EU countries agree ambitious plan for offshore wind

21st November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A £3 billion (€3.5 billion) fund in global offshore wind is to be launched by Octopus Energy with a cornerstone investment from Japanese giant Tokyo Gas.

21st November 2023

Octopus launches €3.5 billion offshore wind fund

21st November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bangladesh will get its first offshore wind farm Courtesy of Denmark’s Copenhagen infrastructure partners (CIP), offshore wind consultancy 4C Offshore has reported.

20th November 2023

SE Asia lures European offshore businesses

20th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A 700MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Lithuania will be the country’s first, with claims that it will supply a quarter of domestic electricity by 2030.

17th November 2023

Lithuania moves on with first offshore wind farm

17th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Environment groups have applauded the UK government’s decision to almost double the price developers can charge for offshore wind energy in the wake of a disastrous auction that did not attract a…

17th November 2023

UK doubles offshore wind price cap

17th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK-based heavy transportation company Harlyn Solutions has completed the first phase of the offshore substation transport for the Moray West Wind Farm.

16th November 2023

Harlyn completes Moray West substation transfer

16th November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK-based consortium is working towards retrofitting a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with hydrogen propulsion for the first time.

15th November 2023

Consortium works on UK’s first H2-fuelled CTV

15th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Offshore wind energy giant Ørsted has sacked its CFO and COO amid what it calls a ’challenging and volatile environment’.

14th November 2023

Ørsted culls management in ‘challenging environment’

14th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DNV has successfully concluded Phase 1 of its joint industry project (JIP) aimed at establishing offshore substation standards for the growing floating wind sector.

8th November 2023

New standards for offshore floating wind progressing

8th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has released guidance which aims to support Dynamic Positioning (DP) operations in shallow waters.

8th November 2023

Expanding offshore wind knowledge in shallow waters

8th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

€billions in losses due to supply chain bottlenecks and inflation have prompted Ørstedto shut the door on two offshore wind projects in the US.

7th November 2023

Ørsted slams the door on New Jersey offshore wind

7th November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Great inroads are being made into offshore charging which is paving the way for hybrid and fully electric vessels servicing offshore windfarms.

7th November 2023

Another milestone reached for offshore vessel charging

7th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime and Solstad Offshore have teamed up to trial decarbonisation technologies across Solstad’s fleet.

2nd November 2023

Solstad brings Kongsberg on board

2nd November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two floating wind farms with a total power generating capacity of 1.9GW will be installed to supply electricity to Scotland’s oil and gas operations.

2nd November 2023

Floating wind to power oil and gas

2nd November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Finnish shipbuilder Uudenkaupungin Työvene has secured an order for three hybrid-ready SWATH CTVs from Scotland’s Maritime Craft Services (MCS).

1st November 2023

Shipbuilder Työvene enters offshore wind market

1st November 2023