Offshore Renewables

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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Shares of Siemens Energy slumped by 37% after CEO Christian Bruch admitted to massive problems in the wind turbine side of the company – Siemens Gamesa – and scrapped the firm’s 2023…

27th June 2023

Siemens Energy value slumps on turbine failures

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first 32m parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Incat Crowther has gone into operation servicing Germany’s offshore wind sector.

27th June 2023

Germany benefits from cutting-edge hybrid CTV

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US moves ahead with its first commercial offshore wind farm.

22nd June 2023

Video: First US offshore wind farm underway

22nd June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The future of two US offshore wind farms has been left in question after one was sued and politicians called for another to be paused.

21st June 2023

Two US offshore wind farms under threat

21st June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Jan De Nul’s mammoth jack-up vessel Voltaire has arrived at Dogger Bank, which when completed will be the largest wind farm in the world.

21st June 2023

Largest jack-up arrives at largest wind farm

21st June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One of the main obstacles to building enough offshore wind capacity in Europe to satisfy government targets is the lack of vessels needed to install them – so a new partnership aiming…

16th June 2023

​New partnership to produce fleet of 10 WTIVs and WFIVs

16th June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Engineering consultant Chartwell Marine has signed contracts with North Star and Alicat and another with Manor Marine and Volvo Penta.

15th June 2023

Chartwell signs brace of contracts

15th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The new CEO of the International Marine Contractors’ Association, Iain Grainger, told Seawork attendees on Tuesday that if offshore wind is to have a future, consumers will inevitably have to foot the…

14th June 2023

Consumers will pay the price for offshore wind, IMCA says

14th June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Artemis Technologies has been awarded €2.7 million to demonstrate its efoiling propulsion technology on a crew transfer vessel and daughter craft.

12th June 2023

Efoiling vessel designer wins CTV demo cash

12th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with German energy provider, RWE, for the long-term charter of two of its next-generation offshore wind installation vessels.

12th June 2023

Jan De Nul bags RWE offshore wind charter deal

12th June 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Offshore wind farm owner Northland Power and Subsea Europe Services are teaming up on a pilot project to position autonomous underwater inspection at the heart of operations and maintenance (O&M).

9th June 2023

Autonomous subsea surveys at German wind farm

9th June 2023

EVENTS

EVENTS

At last it seems that the burgeoning offshore wind market is applying the brakes on an industry some believe is spinning out of control in terms of design and manufacturing pace.

8th June 2023

Offshore wind giants admit industry needs consensus

8th June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

ABB will supply two newbuild Havfram Wind NG20000X-HF Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) with a comprehensive bridge-to-propeller solution.

6th June 2023

ABB power for offshore wind turbine installation vessels

6th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A UK transportable dry dock developer has been approached by the US offshore wind market to develop its unique docking equipment for a growing sector.

1st June 2023

US maritime firm invests in UK portable dry dock firm

1st June 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Jan De Nul Group is to supply and install a 33kV interconnecting cable between mainland Scotland and the Orkney island of Hoy.

31st May 2023

Jan De Nul to install Scottish interconnector

31st May 2023