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Jan. 23 (offshoreWIND.biz) Wind turbine installation on Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) has started with the first of the project’s 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines currently being erected. Virginia-based broadcaster WAVY reported on 21 January that a wind turbine tower was being installed at the CVOW site, next to the two... Continue Reading →
Nov. 21 (OE) Swiss-based equipment supplier Sulzer has secured an order to supply multiple water injection packages to Seatrium for Petrobras’ next generation P-84 and P-85 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. To support the construction of both vessels, Sulzer will deliver fully integrated pump skids designed to provide maximum efficiency in a compact... Continue Reading →
Nov. 20 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has completed the 2025 foundation installation campaign at the Sunrise Wind offshore project site in the US and is now commencing cable installation works on both its projects under construction in the Northeast US, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind. According to the latest Notice to Mariners from the developer, Bokalift 2 and Bokalift 1 have... Continue Reading →
Nov. 17 - Belga Marine and Global Maritime are proud to announce a strategic partnership aimed at advancing safety, innovation, and operational excellence in Brazil’s offshore energy market. This collaboration will deliver comprehensive solutions tailored to the needs of developers and operators, marine contractors and vessel owners across the region, offering a broad portfolio of... Continue Reading →
Nov. 3 - Petrobras has contracted Allseas to provide a subsea solution with rigid risers for the Atapu-2 pre-salt field, located 230 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The contract, obtained through a bidding process, covers the design, acquisition, construction, and installation of 143 kilometers of rigid risers and pipelines in water depths... Continue Reading →
Oct. 30 (offshoreWIND.biz) “The pilot plant project in Rio Grande do Norte is no longer just an idea, a dream. We are talking about something concrete, which exists”, said Rodrigo Mello, director at SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and its arm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, SENAI-RN, as the... Continue Reading →
Maersk Supply Service, with the support of Maritime Developments (MDL), has completed a complex dynamic riser assembly installation at Brazil’s Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, connecting the deepwater site to a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) sensor grid. The project featured MDL’s largest equipment spread to date, mobilized from Peterhead, Scotland, on board the... Continue Reading →
Oct. 23 (OE) Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured contract extensions for two of its subsea vessels, both operating in Guyana. The contract extensions are for Skandi Nomad and Skandi Constructor, which will remain on duty for one more year each. Following the extensions, Skandi Nomad is contracted until the fourth quarter... Continue Reading →
Oct. 9 (offshoreWIND.biz) The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded USD 20 million (approximately EUR 17 million) to the Port of Long Beach to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed USD 4.7 billion (approx. EUR 4 billion) terminal that would serve the floating wind industry. CEC has awarded the grant through the... Continue Reading →
Oct. 8 (OE) Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has issued a certification for the recently inaugurated 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project, developed and owned by EDF Power Solutions, Enbridge and CPP Investments. BV has been involved in Provence Grand Large project journey since 2017, applying international certification methodologies. The certification... Continue Reading →
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