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Germany's EEW SPC has completed the construction of 50 monopiles for Iberdrola's second wind farm project in the German Baltic Sea, the Baltic Eagle. "In December 2022, as scheduled, the last monopile for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project left the production line at EEW Special Pipe Constructions’ Rostock site," EEW said Monday. EEW constructed... Continue Reading →
Industrial services provider Bilfinger UK said Monday it had teamed up with Sulzer to help wind farm operators and developers cut their operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. According to Bilfinger, the partnership will see Bilfinger UK provide the fluid engineering firm’s specialist services within its wider offering to the sector. Sulzer delivers overhaul and testing... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) The drivers for global offshore wind growth look good for 2023. Global offshore wind is forecast to grow from over 60 GW at the end of 2022 to 240 GW by 2030 and over 410 GW by 2035. But the sunny outlook must be balanced with some building dark clouds. As we... Continue Reading →
Norwegian industrial giant Hydro and compatriot next-generation offshore wind technology developer World Wide Wind (WWW) plan to explore using recycled aluminium to build a potentially revolutionary new floating design, under a letter of intent (LoI) signed today (Thursday). The pair – which expects to expand its collabloration to investigate employing the lightweight metal alloy in... Continue Reading →
(OE) OTSC Offshore Corporation (“TSC”), a subsidiary of CMIC Ocean En-Tech Holding Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spain-based offshore vessel and equipment design firm Offshoretronic. The MoU entails bringing together Offshoretronic's technical engineering experience in offshore wind transportation and installation, and TSC offshore equipment design and manufacturing expertise, with the goal... Continue Reading →
Simon Hogg, Durham University In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of northeast England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric’s Haliade X, a turbine that stands more than a quarter of a kilometer high from the surface of... Continue Reading →
Marubeni said Thursday it had started commercial operation at the Noshiro Port offshore wind farm in Japan on December 22, 2022, based on the feed-in tariff program for renewable energy. Marubeni Corporation has been implementing this first utility-scale offshore wind power project in Japan at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture, through the... Continue Reading →
(OE) NOV has signed contracts with China's CIMC Raffles to design and equip a self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for the Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram NOV, until recently known as National Oilwell Varco, will supply the GustoMSC NG-20000X wind installation vessel design. NOV entered the offshore rig & vessel design arena through the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish engineering group Ramboll will investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, consisting of Eneco, RWE, Equinor and Shell, in partnership with Gasunie, is investigating how all aspects of the hydrogen value chain – from production to... Continue Reading →
(OE) N'GENIUS claims its high-strength austenitic stainless steels will transform the design and construction of onshore and offshore oil, gas, and LNG facilities."The global demand for LNG is projected to reach 700 million tonnes per year by 2040 fuelling the need for greater LNG infrastructure including import receiving and export terminals, FLNG vessels, and LNG... Continue Reading →
