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Prysmian’s cable-laying barge Ulisse has resumed cable laying operations at the first U.S. large-scale offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts. According to the project’s latest mariner update, cable laying operations of the mid-section cable for the Vineyard Wind 1 project were set to kick off on or about 9 April and continue... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.S. offshore shipbuilder and shipowner Edison Chouest this week marked the 50-percent completion milestone for the U.S.-flagged ECO Edison, the first Jones Act-compliant wind farm SOV. Senior executives from offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource toured the Edison Chouest Offshore shipyard in Louisiana to see the progress on the SOV. ECO Edison will be... Continue Reading →
The Eoliennes en Mer des îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier (EMYN) consortium, comprising Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, Banque des Territoires and Vendée Energie, has reached the final investment decision for the Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France and thus moved the project into the construction stage. The first offshore operations will take... Continue Reading →
(OW) DNV has awarded Entrion Wind with a Statement of Feasibility for its fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology said to extend the operating depth of the monopile technology to up to 100 metres. DNV issued a Statement of Feasibility, affirming that the FRP monopile is considered conceptually feasible and a promising candidate... Continue Reading →
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has launched seabed surveys for its 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm and the 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland. G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites, in leasing zones NE2 and E3, from March... Continue Reading →
The state administration of Maryland, US, has set a goal of achieving 8.5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2035, by which time the state aims to have 100 per cent of clean energy in its energy mix. To support this target, the administration is working to establish new lease areas and strengthen the... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) Electricite de France SA is betting that wind turbines at sea — already the size of skyscrapers — will be about 50% more powerful at the start of the next decade when it completes the country’s largest offshore farm. The French utility expects even larger machines to contribute to higher output when it builds... Continue Reading →
(OEM) In the aftermath of geopolitical challenges, energy and climate crises along with economic side effects from the turbulent events that marked 2022, the UK is pivoting towards renewable and low-carbon energy in a push to strengthen energy security, outlines the new report from the Energy Industries Council (EIC), an energy industry trade association and... Continue Reading →
(OE) UK's Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) said Tuesday that the biggest offshore wind ‘living lab’ in the world would be created off the Grimsby coast through the development of a 5G Testbed that includes Grimsby Port and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm. According to ORE Catapult, the £2.8 million project will... Continue Reading →
(OE) UK-based offshore wind developer SSE Renewables and Asia Pacific-focused renewable energy developer Equis have formed a joint venture to bid for a feasibility license to develop, construct, own, and operate an offshore wind farm project in Australia. The wind farm site is in Australia’s first Federal Government-declared offshore wind zone of Gippsland, near the... Continue Reading →
