Offshore Renewables

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

New energy transition platform Cyan Renewables has stepped into the European offshore wind market by acquiring its first European vessel.

25th July 2023

Seraya makes first European vessel purchase

25th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

In 2024, the world’s first green fuels service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind operations will launch off the UK, courtesy of Ørsted and ESVAGT.

24th July 2023

Ørsted commits to second green methanol SOV

24th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Dutch are a step closer to connecting 759MW of offshore wind power to the grid, although this is a mere drop in the ocean when set against future targets.

24th July 2023

140km cables connected at Dutch offshore wind farm

24th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US will hold the first offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of the Interior announced on July 20.

20th July 2023

First Gulf of Mexico wind auction announced

20th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has axed one of its offshore wind farm projects off the English east coast after recording a loss of €480 million.

20th July 2023

Vattenfall axes 1.4GW offshore wind farm

20th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The French government is to furnish the tidal energy pilot farm FloWatt with €65 million of funding, setting a benchmark for others in Europe to follow.

17th July 2023

France boosts its tidal sector with €65m funding

17th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Siemens Financial Services is helping Orkney-based Green Marine to grow its business whilst focusing on its sustainability commitments.

14th July 2023

Green Marine cash injection boosts growth

14th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giants BP and Total Energies have been awarded offshore wind projects totalling 7GW in the German North Sea.

14th July 2023

Oil giants dig deep to win massive offshore wind projects

14th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Specialist shipping, navigation and maritime risk consultancy NASH Maritime has been commissioned to undertake a package of shipping and navigation studies for two offshore wind projects that are being developed by Thistle…

13th July 2023

Navigation studies under way for ScotWind projects

13th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore wind farms project has been given a boost with consent given for a fourth, bringing the total generating capacity of all of them to more than 8GW when they…

13th July 2023

Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm gets go-ahead

13th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK consortium being led by hydrogen developer Tower Group aims to build two new hydrogen powered marine vessels in conjunction with the University of Exeter.

12th July 2023

Powering the offshore sector with hydrogen vessels

12th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

What would you say to a 24 passenger CTV that could reach a top speed of 52 knots – but could be run in economy mode at 40kn drinking only 11.4 litres…

11th July 2023

Aircat CTV design promises comfort and efficiency

11th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bernhard Schulte Offshore has contracted Ulstein Verft to design and built two commissioning service operations vessels (CSOV) of type ULSTEIN SX22, with the option for a further four.

7th July 2023

Ulstein Verft to build twin stern CSOV duo

7th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent panel discussion hosted by the IMCA has reiterated calls to standardise contracts and allocate risk more fairly within the offshore wind industry.

7th July 2023

Panel calls for offshore contract standardisation

7th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A hybrid-propulsion service operation vessel (SOV) for what will be the world’s biggest wind farm has been delivered three months early by North Star, the company has revealed.

6th July 2023

North Star early SOV delivery for Dogger Bank

6th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Floating wind company BW Ideol has signed an agreement with state-owned financier ADEME Investissement in which they will each invest €40 million to develop offshore wind floating technology.

6th July 2023

BW Ideol secures €40m for new floating wind company

6th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Danish firms Ørsted and ESVAGT have agreed to build a second methanol-powered offshore service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farms off the UK east coast, where Ørsted has a 10-year contract to…

6th July 2023

Ørsted announces second methanol-powered SOV

6th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cadeler will transport and install 76 Vestas 15MW offshore wind turbines in the Polish Baltic Sea, the company confirmed – as a further sign of Poland’s keenness to embrace offshore wind.

5th July 2023

Cadeler to boost Polish offshore wind capacity

5th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Growing murmurs on how the rapidly increasing size of offshore wind turbines is not sustainable do not appear to have been heard by the Chinese.

4th July 2023

China develops world’s biggest offshore turbine

4th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Jan De Nul will roll out its 2015-built cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton to connect offshore wind farms to the German grid.

4th July 2023

‘Isaac Newton’ redeployed for cable-laying project

4th July 2023