Swedish Energy Agency Outlines Where 30 GW of Offshore Wind Could Be Installed, Calls for Prioritising Energy Production in Marine Planning

(OW) The Swedish Energy Agency has issued a report that provides a basis for the country’s marine planning to enable 120 TWh of offshore wind energy production (or 30 GW in generation capacity). However, while the report points to areas that could accommodate further offshore wind capacity, the authorities are yet to designate new marine... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Siemens Gamesa Taps Cadeler for Offshore Wind Installation Gig in Denmark

Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to transport and install 26 Siemens Gamesa 11MW wind turbines at the Aflandshage wind farm developed by HOFOR, Greater Copenhagen utility company. The contract has a day rate above 375,000 euros (currently around $412,185). When completed, the offshore wind farm will have... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Ampelmann to Deploy Second Gangway for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

(OE) Ampelmann, a Dutch-based firm providing offshore access solutions, will soon be deploying a second gangway to support the construction of the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway. The first gangway, an E1000 system, was fitted to OSCV Siem Barracuda in early December. Ampelmann said Monday that the second Ampelmann gangway would begin its operations on... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

G7 Ministers Set Big New Targets for Solar and Offshore Wind Capacity

(Reuters) The Group of Seven rich nations on Sunday set big new collective targets for solar power and offshore wind capacity, agreeing to speed up renewable energy development and move toward a quicker phase-out of fossil fuels. But they stopped short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out coal that Canada and other members... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2023 0

Floating Offshore Wind: New Seascape, New Challenges

Tom Ewing, Contributor (OE) Offshore wind energy planners are giving close review to fixed-tower systems in order to extend lessons learned to floating wind towers, under development now. In the U.S., floating towers have been most closely associated with plans for new wind energy areas (WEA) in the Pacific, off of California and maybe Oregon and... Continue Reading →

April 14, 2023 0

Q FWE’s Offshore Wind Turbine Index Grows to $2.2 Trillion Dollars CapEx in 1Q 2023

With the addition of 115 new global offshore wind projects over the Last Twelve Months (LTM), Quest Floating Wind Energy (Q FWE) are actively tracking 752 projects (with statuses Under development, Pre-development, Planned and Possible) representing $2.2 trillion in CapEx, a $1.06 trillion year over year (YoY) gain. The Quest Offshore Wind Turbine Index (QOWTI),... Continue Reading →

April 13, 2023 0

Markets: The Challenges of Developing Floating Wind at Scale

Philip Lewis, Contributor Tens of gigawatts of floating wind projects are slated for development in this and the next decade, but many obstacles remain. There has been much focus on the emerging floating wind market of late. The U.K. is forging ahead with commercial scale floating wind developments through the Scotwind and INTOG awards of at... Continue Reading →

April 13, 2023 0

SOFEC Awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for an Ammonia TransferSystem using its CALM and Tower Mooring Technologies

As a part of SOFEC’s commitment to the Energy Transition, SOFECis pleased to announce that the newly developed Ammonia Transfer System has been awardedan Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for use with two mooring technologies 1) CALM Buoy and2) Tower Mooring solutions.Both CALM Buoy and Tower Mooring solutions are part of SOFEC’s proven product... Continue Reading →

April 12, 2023 0

World’s Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed in Scotland

(OE) Italian energy services firm Saipem has installed what has been described as the world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundation at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen. Last Friday, Seaway 7 transported the jacket foundation on a barge to the offshore site it was met by the semisubmersible crane vessel Saipem 7000 which is... Continue Reading →

April 12, 2023 0

IberBlue Wind to invest $4.36 bln in Portugal-Spain offshore wind

(Reuters) - Irish-Spanish consortium IberBlue Wind plans to invest more than 4 billion euros ($4.36 billion) in two wind farms off the Atlantic coasts of Portugal and Spain, it said on Tuesday. IberBlue said in a statement it aimed to create a combined installed capacity of 1.96 gigawatts (GW), enough to supply electricity to over... Continue Reading →

April 11, 2023 0

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Swedish Energy Agency Outlines Where 30 GW of Offshore Wind Could Be Installed, Calls for Prioritising Energy Production in Marine Planning

Siemens Gamesa Taps Cadeler for Offshore Wind Installation Gig in Denmark

Ampelmann to Deploy Second Gangway for World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm

G7 Ministers Set Big New Targets for Solar and Offshore Wind Capacity

Floating Offshore Wind: New Seascape, New Challenges

Q FWE’s Offshore Wind Turbine Index Grows to $2.2 Trillion Dollars CapEx in 1Q 2023

Markets: The Challenges of Developing Floating Wind at Scale

SOFEC Awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for an Ammonia TransferSystem using its CALM and Tower Mooring Technologies

World’s Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed in Scotland

IberBlue Wind to invest $4.36 bln in Portugal-Spain offshore wind

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