Offshore Renewables
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NewsConstruction kicks off at 1.1GW Inch Cape wind farm
Construction has started at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, and giant Chinese XXL monopile foundations are confirmed to be on their way to the Scottish port of Montrose.
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NewsE-CTV and offshore charging system ready for sea trials
Charge Offshore has completed installation of the charging system for the ’world’s first’ diesel-to-electric retrofit crew transfer vessel (CTV).
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NewsAIS buys Norwegian subsea plastics innovator
Buoyancy system, cable protection and insulation firm AIS has signalled its intention to expand into energy developments further north with the purchase of Norwegian innovator Ovun.
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NewsPort of Tyne upgrades for offshore wind and manufacturing
The northern English Port of Tyne is spending £150 million (€173 million) on upgrades to its port to support the offshore wind industry and other manufacturing.
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NewsNorway deadline looms for three floating wind projects
A September 15 deadline is looming for applications to bid for three offshore wind projects in Norway.
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NewsØrsted cuts profit forecast after wind doesn’t blow
Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted has lowered its profit forecast because the wind didn’t blow as much as normal in July and August.
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NewsFinal floating turbine installed at French site
Three floating wind turbines have now been installed in the Gulf of Lion in the French Occitanie region, where high-wind areas that were ‘previously out of reach’ can now be tapped.
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NewsSubsea UXO clearance clears path for energy island
Boskalis is working on unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance vital for the Modular Offshore Grid 2 (MOG2) project
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NewsFrench and Danish set up offshore wind partnership
A ‘strategic partnership’ is being set up between Danish water consultancy firm DHI and France Energies Marines to advance innovation in wind energy.
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NewsKongsberg unveils simplified mooring solutions
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled simplified mooring solutions to cut costs, complexity and emissions in offshore operations
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NewsScotland on the move to lead UK with offshore wind
Wind turbine blades more than 80 metres long have been handled for the first time at a Scottish port after it spent more than £3 million (€3.4 million) on infrastructure to accommodate them.
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NewsØrsted sues Trump over stop-work order on wind farm
Danish energy giant Ørsted’s joint venture is suing Donald Trump over his administration’s stop-work order on Revolution Wind, which is 80% complete.
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NewsMorgan Offshore Wind Project approved
A major windfarm development project in the Irish Sea has been granted development consent
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NewsN-O-S orders record number of CTVs
Swedish fleet operator Northern-Offshore-Services has ordered a record number of CTVs in a sign of confidence in the offshore wind sector.
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NewsWindEurope slashes offshore wind target for 2030
Figures released by the WindEurope trade body have shown big reductions in offshore wind installations, connections and awards.
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NewsWindcat presents first H2-capable Elevation series CSOV
The first of a series of six CSOVs has been presented with an auxiliary engine ’hydrogen ready’, although hydrogen is still a tricky future option because of the energy needed to produce it.
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NewsPlans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger
A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.
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NewsVan Oord lays foundations for North Sea oyster revival
Marine contractor Van Oord is to breathe life into thousands of oysters to mitigate the damage caused to the North Sea bed by the growing scale of wind farms, cables and other infrastructure.
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NewsUS wind faces another setback while Cadeler soars
Donald Trump has sent more shockwaves through the US offshore wind industry just as offshore wind vessel owner Cadeler reported better than expected results in the sector.
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NewsØrsted deploys drones for wind farms
Heavy-lift cargo drones are being used by Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted and its UK-based drone operator Skylift to deliver critical safety evacuation equipment to the nacelles of wind turbines.
