GWEC Calls for Government Action to Accelerate Floating Wind Commercialisation
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and more than 50 companies and organisations involved in floating offshore wind have called for coordinated...
France Energies Marines Launches Four Offshore Wind R&D Projects
France Energies Marines has approved four new research and innovation projects involving 33 public and private partners, with a combined...
Shore power dramatically cuts emissions at ports – but will anyone use it?
Portsmouth International Port has taken a huge step towards reducing the air pollution caused by idling marine engines with the launch of the UK’s first high-voltage, multi-berth shore power system that allows docked ships to connect to grid power and shut of…
Open-Source Project Aims to Make Power Grid Planning Data Easier to Share and Review
Its first application, planned for release in 2027, would transfer grid data and models between existing planning tools.
DNV Certifies Floating Wind Turbine Foundation Design for Buchan Project
Buchan Offshore Wind has received Basic Design Certification from DNV for the BW Ideol-designed concrete Damping Pool floating foundation...
Vestas Partners with Deepwater Wind Technology Developer
Vestas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Neretek, an offshore wind technology company founded by Wood Thilsted and COP...
All Turbines Installed at Poland's First Offshore Wind Farm
All 76 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines are in place at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland, jointly owned by Orlen and Northland Power....
Sumitomo Teams Up with Irish Floating Wind Mooring Tech Company
Sumitomo Corporation Global Metals (SCGM) and Ireland-based TFI Marine have formed a strategic partnership to bring TFI Marine’s SeaSpring...
Fit Energy Plans Data Center on Former Mining Site
Natural gas fuel cells would supply on-site electricity for a proposed development in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County.
Subsea Battery System for Offshore Wind Completes Test Before Deployment
Verlume, a UK-headquartered subsea batteries and power management systems specialist, has put its 500 kWh modular subsea energy storage system to...
EMEC Secures Multi-Million Funding for DeepWind Floating Wind Test Site
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured GBP 3 million (approximately EUR 3.5 million) from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to...
New Study Identifies Foundation Standardisation, Lower Cost of Capital as Key to Floating Wind Competitiveness
Standardising floating offshore wind foundations and reducing the cost of capital to bring it in line with fixed-bottom could deliver some of the...
Subsea Micropiles to Work on Anchor Design for Pentland Floating Wind Farm
Subsea Micropiles has signed an agreement to provide anchor engineering and conduct site investigations for the Pentland floating wind farm. The...
Equinor Assembles Celtic Sea Offshore Wind Scoping Report Team
Equinor has selected ERM as Environmental Consultant and CMS as legal advisor to support the delivery of the Scoping Report for its Celtic Sea...
Greenpeace Threatens Legal Action Over Crown Estate Fees for Morgan Offshore Wind Farm
Greenpeace UK has threatened legal action against the Crown Estate over the way seabed rights are priced for offshore wind projects, with its...
Acta Marine Christens CSOV Chartered by Vestas
Acta Marine has held an official naming ceremony for its construction service operation vessel (CSOV) Acta Hercules in IJmuiden, the Netherlands....
New Owner to Continue Operations at German Offshore Wind Farm Previously Set for Decommissioning
Ocean Breeze Energy is set to acquire the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in the German North Sea from EWE, RWE and Vattenfall, with the...
All Monopiles In at Nordlicht I Offshore Wind Farm
DEME has installed the 68th and final monopile at Vattenfall's Nordlicht I offshore wind farm site in the German North Sea. The company, using...
IWS Fleet Orders Four New Skywalker-Class CSOVs for EUR 260 Million
IWS Fleet, a subsidiary of Norway-based Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), has ordered four Skywalker-class commissioning service operation vessels...
Windward Offshore Officially Names Third CSOV
Windward Offshore has officially named its third commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), Windward Munich , during a ceremony in Hamburg on...
Boskalis to Install Inter-Array Cables at 1 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm
Boskalis has secured what the company calls a “sizable” contract to transport and install the inter-array cables for the first phase of the 2 GW...
Victoria Identifies Preferred Transmission Route for First Offshore Wind Projects
Victoria has identified a preferred transmission route to connect the state’s first offshore wind projects off the Gippsland coast to the...
China Three Gorges Connects First Qingzhou V & VII Offshore Wind Turbines to Grid
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has connected the first batch of turbines at its 2 GW Qingzhou V & VII offshore wind project off Yangjiang,...
Ørsted's First UK Offshore Wind Farm Marks 20 Years of Operation
Ørsted’s Barrow Offshore Wind Farm off the UK’s Cumbrian coast has been in commercial operation for 20 years. Located 7 kilometres south-west of...
German Offshore Wind Vessel Operator Acquires 50 Pct Stake in Norwegian Crewing Company
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Norwegian offshore recruitment and crewing company...
Dajin Heavy Industry Adds Third Large Deck Transport Vessel to Its Fleet
Dajin Heavy Industry has delivered a new large deck transport vessel in its King series at the company's shipbuilding facility in Panjin, China....
Tekmar Nets EUR 6 Million Contract Extension in Offshore Wind
Tekmar Group has secured a EUR 6 million contract extension for an offshore wind project in Europe, the company said in a trading update on 29...
Subsea Micropiles to Invest GBP 5 Million in Expanding Manufacturing, Offshore Ops at Scottish Port
Subsea Micropiles is investing GBP 5 million (approximately EUR 6 million) over the next three years to expand its manufacturing and offshore...
SSE Picks Montrose Port as O&M Base for 1.4 GW Offshore Wind Farm
SSE has selected Montrose Port in Angus as the preferred operations and maintenance (O&M) base for its 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm,...