DNV issues certifications for floating offshore wind foundation concept

(offshore-mag.com) Fred. Olsen 1848 says the BRUNEL Floating Foundation initiative for the floating offshore wind sector has completed its comprehensive basic design phase. This was done in compliance with the DNV-SE-0422 certification, and the development subsequently gained a DNV Basic Design Certification. These milestones are said to confirm acceptance for the design methodologies and developments for primary... Continue Reading →

November 13, 2024 0

First Steel Cut for ExxonMobil’s Guyana Field-Bound FPSO Jaguar

(OE) SBM Offshore has held a steel strike ceremony for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) Jaguar, marking a significant step forward in the development of ExxonMobil's Whiptail project, located in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. The steel strike ceremony took place on November 12 at Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYSBI), kicking off the production... Continue Reading →

November 13, 2024 0

Gazelle Wind Power Scoops $12M to Advance Floating Wind Technology

(OE) Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based developer of foundations for floating offshore wind farms, has secured investment of $12.1 million to accelerate the development of its floating wind technology. The funding round for Gazelle Wind Power was led by Indico Capital Partners, a premier investor in ocean related sustainable technologies. Other investors in the round... Continue Reading →

November 13, 2024 0

Entrion Secures US Patent for Monopile that Can Be Installed in Water Depths of Up to 100 Metres

(offshoreWIND.biz) Norwegian company Entrion Wind has been issued a US patent for its Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopile, which combines fixed and floating platform technologies. The technology can extend the water depths for monopile foundations to up to 100 metres, according to the company. Entrion Wind plans to commercially roll out the FRP monopile in... Continue Reading →

November 11, 2024 0

Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti

Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (oedigital.com) Preparing for industrialization, the floating offshore wind industry is tackling its unique mooring and cabling challenges. The idea of keeping floating offshore wind platforms in place using dynamic positioning has been considered. The trouble is: it could take up to 80% of the electricity generated by the turbine to do it.... Continue Reading →

October 31, 2024 0

ABS Greenlights French Developer’s Concrete Floating Wind Foundation

(OE)The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to the OO-STAR concrete semi-submersible foundation for floating wind turbines from Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction. The floater can support wind turbines of more than 20 MW in harsh offshore environments, according to Bouygues Construction. The achievement market the first... Continue Reading →

September 25, 2024 0

Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project

Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Aker Solutions will work in close cooperation with its alliance partner ABB to deliver the project scope. The... Continue Reading →

September 12, 2024 0

China’s FPSO mooring system for deepwater oil & gas fields earns double blessing

(offshore-energy.biz) The internal turret buoy single-point mooring system developed by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), controlled by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has received two approvals in principle (AIP), one from the China Classification Society (CCC) and another from Bureau Veritas. As the system is said to be the first of its kind... Continue Reading →

August 23, 2024 0

Preparing for Floating Wind – Leveraging the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

Philip Lewis, Contributor Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging floating wind segment. (OE) There has been much excitement around the potential for the offshore wind industry to access deeper water sites through the deployment of floating wind technology. Further, there has been much discussion around the development and deployment... Continue Reading →

June 28, 2024 0

EU-Funded Project Aims to Develop Cheaper, More Environmentally Friendly Floating Wind Farms

(offshoreWIND.biz) A consortium gathering 17 partners from eight European countries has started working on a project, dubbed Floatfarm, with a goal to lower the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind through solutions such as shared mooring and anchoring, and to reduce the impact of floating wind farms on marine wildlife. Funded by the... Continue Reading →

June 25, 2024 0

Category: Mooring

DNV issues certifications for floating offshore wind foundation concept

First Steel Cut for ExxonMobil’s Guyana Field-Bound FPSO Jaguar

Gazelle Wind Power Scoops $12M to Advance Floating Wind Technology

Entrion Secures US Patent for Monopile that Can Be Installed in Water Depths of Up to 100 Metres

Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti

ABS Greenlights French Developer’s Concrete Floating Wind Foundation

Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project

China’s FPSO mooring system for deepwater oil & gas fields earns double blessing

Preparing for Floating Wind – Leveraging the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

EU-Funded Project Aims to Develop Cheaper, More Environmentally Friendly Floating Wind Farms

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