Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and AVANGRID, Inc.), has announced a pilot program to deploy and test a secondary bubble curtain during foundation installation through a partnership with ThayerMahan, a firm that specializes in seabed surveys, acoustic mitigation and monitoring, and other maritime related services, with facilities in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Eco Wave Power has entered into an agreement for the design of the Company’s pioneering technology in the Port of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece, with Rogan Associates SA (“Rogan Associates”).

The development of offshore renewable energy is going from strength to strength in France and driving forward the energy transition. The country's first offshore wind farm off Saint-Nazaire has officially opened, the winner of the Centre Manche 1 tender has been announced, the specifications of the southern Brittany floating offshore wind project have been published, the government has set the goal of 40GW with 50 farms by 2050, and the Green Industry law has been passed.

DEME Offshore has been awarded three contracts⁽¹⁾ for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. This is the third large-scale offshore wind farm project for DEME in France following ground-breaking solutions deployed at Saint-Nazaire and the recent contract award of Iles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier wind farm.

Caledonia offshore wind farm is on track to contribute to government green energy targets following an advanced two-year site survey campaign which included analysis of birds and marine mammal species in the area.

A collaboration between Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), SSE Renewables, Sif Group, and TWI, has resulted in the first-ever electron beam welded section to be incorporated in an offshore wind turbine monopile foundation (transition piece).

Worley is providing detailed engineering design services for the Kasawari carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Malaysia.

Saipem has achieved a new milestone in offshore wind with the completion of its first installation campaign for the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm development. Located over 130 km off the North East coast of England, Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be, at the time of completion, the world’s largest offshore wind farm and will be capable of powering 6 million British homes.

Leaders from 20 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) announces that they approved the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA), highlighting the implementation of the 1.5MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) platform being developed for deployment in São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with Global OTEC, as the basis for the implementation of an Ocean Energy Program in the Pacific.

Irish wave energy developer, OceanEnergy, has signed up to demonstrate its OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Petrobras is studying the implementation of an unprecedented project for CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS) hub in Brazil, in partnership with other companies.

The offshore wind sector must take action to address a rising tide of mechanical breakdown issues, component failures and serial defects ensuing from the deployment of ever-larger offshore wind turbines. This is according to GCube Insurance (GCube), a leading underwriter for renewable energy projects. 

A ‘treasure map’ of what lies beneath the North Sea will be created to help the UK become a world leader in carbon capture and storage.

ADNOC and Baker Hughes has agreed to accelerate the development and commercialization of technology solutions for green and low-carbon hydrogen, as well as graphene.

ABB is collaborating with Lhyfe, a world pioneer in the production of renewable hydrogen, and Skyborn, a global leader in renewable energy, to jointly realize and optimize one of Europe’s most ambitious renewable hydrogen projects ever, SoutH2Port.

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a comprehensive report on the U.S. offshore wind market, revealing a rapidly growing pipeline of projects across 32 leases totaling 51,377 MW of expected capacity – enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 20 million homes.