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BW Ideol, a company that builds foundations for floating wind farms, has signed an agreement with the EDF Renouvelables and Maple Power consortium to cooperate on the design of floating foundations for the AO6 floating offshore wind tender in the French section of the Mediterranean Sea. EDF Renouvelables is a subsidiary of the EDF group,... Continue Reading →
(OE) The UK government on Friday appointed Tim Pick as the UK's first Offshore Wind Champion, as a £160 million (around $199,6 million) floating offshore wind fund opens for expressions of interest. "Ambitious plans to expand offshore wind around the United Kingdom to power homes and businesses with cheap, homegrown energy received a further boost... Continue Reading →
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have proposed to build a 975MW floating offshore wind farm off the northeastern coast of Sardinia, Italy. The wind farm's name would be Tibula Energia. Before starting the Ministerial authorization process, the developers said they were holding a number of meetings with local stakeholders to present the project proposal in... Continue Reading →
Strohm, a manufacturer of fully bonded, thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP), has signed a memorandum of understanding with renewable hydrogen supplier Lhyfe, which is based in Nantes, France. The companies plan to jointly develop systems for hydrogen transport, offshore and onshore, including what they claim will be the first floating wind turbine integrated with a hydrogen... Continue Reading →
(OM) Thistle Wind Partners, a partnership between DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has successfully secured the rights to develop two offshore wind projects under the Scotwind leasing round after finalizing the option to lease agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, according to a recent DEME news release. Cluaran Deas Ear is a 1-GW fixed foundation project... Continue Reading →
(WO) Offshore wind continues to play a vital role in the global Energy Transition. It was another record breaking year in 2021 for the offshore wind industry, with record start-ups (84 farms, 18.5 GW, 3,400 turbines) increasing global active capacity 58% to an all- time high of 50.5 GW. This takes offshore wind to approximately 0.3%... Continue Reading →
Ireland-based floating wind developer Simply Blue Group on Thursday unveiled plans for two floating wind projects of a combined 4,75GW capacity offshore Sweden. The 2 GW Skidbladner floating wind project is located 100 km southeast of Stockholm and the 2.75GW Herkules floating wind project, is approximately 60 km Southeast of the Island of Gotland. Simply... Continue Reading →
The President of Petrobras, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, said that the state company is studying investing in offshore wind energy. “We are studying an alternative to capture offshore wind energy in deep and ultra-deep waters in a long-term project”, highlighted the executive at the Global Carbon Market Congress, held in Rio de Janeiro. “In 2020... Continue Reading →
(OE) SeaTech Solutions International and Seawind Ocean Technology Holding have partnered up to develop semi-submersible floating platforms customized for Seawind’s construction and assembly requirements for its integrated floating offshore wind turbines. "The semi-submersible floating platforms are a key component in Seawind’s integrated approach to construct the concrete floating foundations and subsequently lift and assemble the... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore vessel company Maersk Supply Service has installed six mooring lines and six anchors for the DemoSATH floating wind project at the BIMEP open sea test site in the Biscay Bay off the coast of Armintza, Spain. SATH Technology is based on a concrete platform concept with a plug-and-play Single Point Mooring, the same... Continue Reading →
