Offshore Wind

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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The USA’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a new draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine which covers over 3.5 million acres.

24th October 2023

Gulf of Maine earmarked for offshore wind development

24th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The PivotBuoy project, developed by X1 Wind in collaboration with nine industry partners, has completed its offshore demonstration project successfully with plenty of lessons learned for the future.

17th October 2023

VIDEO: New platform could revolutionise floating wind

17th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project is looking to overcome the effects of strong winds and extreme wave loads on floating turbines.

16th October 2023

Project seeks answers to harsh seas in floating wind

16th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

New figures reveal the workforce challenge facing the global wind industry with nearly 600,000 technicians needed to service the sector during the next five years.

11th October 2023

Huge global demand revealed for wind technicians

11th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Support in the American state of New Jersey for building offshore wind turbines off the coast has plummeted over the past four years, according to a new poll.

9th October 2023

Poll shows popularity slumping for US offshore windfarms

9th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Chartwell Marine and VARD have joined forces to deliver a ‘Midi-SOV’ vessel design for offshore wind which aims to fill a new operational role between CTVs and SOVs.

4th October 2023

Chartwell and Vard team up on new CTV design

4th October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Prysmian PowerLink has been awarded a €1.1 billion contract by a German transmission grid operator as part of the country’s overall goal to reach a capacity of 70 GW for offshore wind by 2045.

3rd October 2023

Prysmian to power up German offshore wind supply

3rd October 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The DemoSATH floating offshore wind project is now fully operational and generating clean energy to the Spanish grid.

25th September 2023

DemoSATH floating offshore wind project switches on

25th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new procurement bill in California has put the state on a path to realise its 25GW offshore wind goal, says America’s Business Network for Offshore Wind.

18th September 2023

US legislation key to offshore wind investments

18th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers have been awarded funding to create an offshore wind cyber security research and development facility that will protect the technology against cyber-attacks.

5th September 2023

Ensuring offshore wind technology remains cyber secure

5th September 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II & III (noord).

30th August 2023

Dutch wind farm survey double for Fugro

30th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iberdrola will receive a €500 million green loan from Citi and Eksfin for the construction and development of the UK’s East Anglia Three offshore windfarm.

30th August 2023

Iberdrola nets green finance for UK windfarm

30th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

America’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced new draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon opening up the US west coast to offshore wind.

16th August 2023

US selects Oregon as next offshore wind area

16th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Rovco has been contracted by Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometres off the north-east coast of Scotland.

9th August 2023

Rovco survey expertise for Scottish floating offshore windfarm

9th August 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) will construct the US offshore wind industry’s first ever mini-crew transfer vessel (CTV), designed by Chartwell Marine.

7th August 2023

A US wind industry first for Chartwell’s mini CTV

7th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans are being revised to support the sustainable delivery of commercial-scale offshore wind in Scotland.

4th August 2023

Plans under way for offshore wind in Scotland

4th August 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

VESSELS

VESSELS

North Star shipping is expanding its team to help leverage its expertise beyond the UK and into Europe as it seeks to galvanise its offshore wind growth ambitions.

12th July 2023

North Star expands into Europe to chase offshore wind growth

12th July 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