Ørsted and Acciona Team Up to Industrialise Fabrication of Carbon-Neutral Concrete Floating Wind Foundations

(OW) Ørsted and the infrastructure division of Spanish Acciona have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore options for floating wind foundations, including using carbon-neutral materials and industrialising the fabrication of concrete foundations. Under the MoU, the two companies’ focus will be on the use of carbon-neutral bio-cement, bio-concrete, and other materials and solutions,... Continue Reading →

April 19, 2023 0

CIMC Raffles to Build 2nd Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel for Havfram Wind

Offshore wind installation firm Havfram Wind has ordered a second Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). This is the first optional vessel ordered under the existing shipbuilding contract with China's CIMC Raffles. The vessel design will be similar to the first GustoMSC NG20000X Jack-Up vessel currently under construction. "The latest battery hybrid drive train technology is incorporated... Continue Reading →

April 18, 2023 0

DEME Offshore and Liftra Team Up to Develop Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Methodology

(OE) Belgium-based offshore installation services firm DEME Offshore and Danish offshore engineering company Liftra will partner up to develop an innovative offshore installation methodology for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators. The Liftra crane technology will be fully integrated onboard DEME’s vessels exclusively. Aalborg-based Liftra is providing the design and engineering, based on its... 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

N-Sea to connect German offshore wind farm to Dutch gas platform

(OET) Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial,... Continue Reading →

April 13, 2023 0

BP and EnBW Hire Kent for 2.9 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

Engineering and design service provider Kent has been awarded a contract by EnBW and BP to carry out pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for the 2.9 GW Morven offshore wind project in Scotland. The pre-FEED studies, which are expected to last six months, will involve engineering design work that supports key decisions, foundation type, corrosion... 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

Sany Enters Offshore Wind Market, Unveils 9 MW Wind Turbine

(OW) Chinese engineering company Sany Renewable Energy launched its 9 MW offshore wind turbine during a ceremony at Sany Wind Power Equipment Industrial Base in Dongying. The unit is 13.6 metres long, 4.1 metres high, and 9 MW in capacity. According to the company, it only took 45 days from the beginning of construction until... 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

Maersk Supply Service and GustoMSC to Design Innovative Wind Installation Vessel for European Waters

(OE) Danish offshore vessel operator Maersk Supply Service has entered a collaboration with the Dutch vessel designer GustoMSC to design the "next generation" Wind Installation Vessel. Maersk Supply Service, which is already building an offshore wind installation vessel for the U.S. market, said Tuesday the aim of the latest collaboration with GustoMSC was to create an... Continue Reading →

April 11, 2023 0

Category: Engineering

Ørsted and Acciona Team Up to Industrialise Fabrication of Carbon-Neutral Concrete Floating Wind Foundations

CIMC Raffles to Build 2nd Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel for Havfram Wind

DEME Offshore and Liftra Team Up to Develop Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Methodology

Floating Offshore Wind: New Seascape, New Challenges

N-Sea to connect German offshore wind farm to Dutch gas platform

BP and EnBW Hire Kent for 2.9 GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project

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

Sany Enters Offshore Wind Market, Unveils 9 MW Wind Turbine

World’s Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed in Scotland

Maersk Supply Service and GustoMSC to Design Innovative Wind Installation Vessel for European Waters

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