Offshore Renewables

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Construction of the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the US and indeed the Americas has finally begun, with monopile installation work now under way.

31st May 2023

Large-scale US offshore wind industry kicks off

31st May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Can the push for bigger and bigger wind turbines be put on hold? With supply chains and manufacturers struggling to keep up, it might just have to be.

24th May 2023

Offshore wind faces ‘a race to the bottom’

24th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Offshore wind technology company, Osbit, is now operating a Netherlands business entity and office in a move to further grow its local capabilities for Dutch customers.

24th May 2023

Osbit expands its offering for Dutch customers

24th May 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fugro has been awarded a geophysical survey contract for two offshore windfarm sites in Germany’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea.

22nd May 2023

Fugro hired for German offshore wind site

22nd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Poland is joining the race for wind energy with offshore plans that will ultimately see the country generate 2.5GW off the coast.

19th May 2023

Poland on cusp of offshore wind bonanza

19th May 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Fourteen offshore substations capable of handling 2GW of power each will be installed in the Dutch and German North Sea.

17th May 2023

2GW offshore substations lined up for North Sea

17th May 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Specialist freight forwarder Deugro Danmark has joined forces with two major players to design and build two specialist wind turbine component transport vessels.

16th May 2023

Firms team up to build new vessel designs

16th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Opportunities for European firms with expertise in offshore wind could be dealt a blow if a new bill becomes law in the US.

15th May 2023

US offshore wind hurdles could deliver blow to Europeans

15th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All political parties must engage with the oil and gas industry to secure the strong pipeline of talent and skills needed to reach its legally-binding climate targets, according to a survey of…

15th May 2023

Calling on oil and gas expertise to deliver green goals

15th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first French offshore wind research platform has been launched to try to research and tackle long-standing environmental issues associated with the sector.

15th May 2023

French offshore wind research will tackle the environment

15th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nearthlab, a leading provider of autonomous drone solutions, is working with Nordex SE to foster efficient and safe blade inspections across European wind farms.

10th May 2023

Drone led – the future of wind farm inspections

10th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine contractors and manufacturers desperate to take advantage of the potential from offshore wind have called for major investment by governments at a recent summit in Belgium. 

9th May 2023

Summit urges leaders to save offshore wind

9th May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for its two newbuild Elevation Series CSOVs for Windcat Offshore.

9th May 2023

SMST supplies critical mission equipment for Damen CSOVs

9th May 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord’s new offshore installation vessel has been contracted for major works before it has even been built.

5th May 2023

Methanol-fuelled installation giant revealed

5th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine contractor DEME Offshore has won three contracts for an offshore wind farm in France.

3rd May 2023

DEME awarded €300 million contracts for wind farm

3rd May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

German maritime casualty investigators say time will tell whether the collision of a cargo ship into a North Sea wind turbine could become a more regular occurrence given the growth in offshore…

3rd May 2023

Cargo ship crashes into North Sea wind turbine

3rd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Framo’s new Submerged Turbine technology will help Yinson Production reduce its carbon footprint, cut CO2 taxes and increase its gas exports.

2nd May 2023

Framo reveals energy-generation with submerged turbine tech

2nd May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The latest project to be financed by Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is a new UK windfarm cable contract worth NOK2 billion (€171 million) for the Moray West windfarm in Scotland. 

26th April 2023

Norwegian finance for UK windfarm cable contract

26th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Gothenburg Port Authority is to become a partner in Eolus’s Västvind offshore wind power project in order to fulfill its future energy demands.

26th April 2023

Is wind power the answer to the port energy deficit?

26th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Fugro has carried out what it calls the ‘world’s first’ fully remote inspection of offshore windfarm assets using one of its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).

25th April 2023

Offshore windfarm inspections go fully remote

25th April 2023