Kent and Mainstream Renewable Power together with K&L Gates LLP have released an updated Offshore Wind Handbook to help guide investors and new market entrants through technical and regulatory issues in a fast-paced developing U.S. offshore wind market.
RWE Renewables is currently developing the 1600MW Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Södra Midsjöbanken located in the southern Baltic Sea.
New offshore wind capacity additions in Europe are poised to hit a record high this year, topping 4 gigawatts (GW) for the first time and more than doubling additions seen in 2021, Rystad Energy research shows.
As the United States works to shift more of its power generation to renewable resources, University of Delaware researchers Sara Parkison and Willett Kempton have co-authored a paper in the journal Energy Policy that sheds light into the infrastructure required to meet targets for offshore wind power generation.
The Department of the Interior has announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic.
A new analysis led by North Carolina State University researchers found offshore wind power could help lower wholesale electricity prices on average for six states in New England, with relatively low risk of wind turbines failing during extreme winter storms.
Ørsted, the world leader in offshore wind, has acquired a majority stake in the 100 MW Salamander floating offshore wind development project on the Scottish coast, entering a joint venture (JV) partnership with Simply Blue Group, a leading Irish blue economy developer in floating offshore wind, wave energy and low-impact aquaculture.
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaboration between nine offshore wind developers, is launching 16 new research and development (R&D) projects this year. These span five key areas of logistics and operations and maintenance, cables, electrical systems, foundations, yield and performance.
Clarksons Renewables division has launched AIR, a new full-service strategic marine advisory service. The service is designed to support clients already operating in, or looking to enter, the offshore wind sector.
Havfram, an international subsea and offshore wind contractor, has announced the award of a contract on the Yunlin Offshore Windfarm which is being developed offshore Taiwan.
By 2050, our oceans could contain more plastic than fish. Other, more benign, man-made inventions (like this ocean broom named Jenny) are helping clean up the mess, but these sea sweepers need a power source—preferably a clean one, like, for example, the ocean itself.
Jan De Nul’s Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Vole au vent has kicked off her mission on the Saint-Nazaire Wind Farm project in France.
Eneti Inc. has announced that Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti, and a leading provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a new contract with a UK-based utility for one of its NG2500X-class vessels to support offshore wind farm substation commissioning in the UK sector of the North Sea for a period of 90-120 days in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Installation of the first offshore wind turbine of the 1st French commercial wind farm, launch of the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine factory, visit in Le Havre for of the French President candidate Emmanuel Macron… In the last few days, the offshore renewable energies have been at the heart of the news.
New this year at International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF), the Business Network for Offshore Wind has partnered with SeaAhead, a blue tech startup platform that helps accelerate the growth and development of new companies who are working on issues related to ocean industries and sustainability.
Marine geoscience and offshore construction support service provider NextGeo has been carrying out various works as part of its contract with TenneT TSO B.V. for UXO survey services in support of the vast offshore wind energy program promoted by the Dutch Government in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
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