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A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be carried out by the shallow draft vessel Fastnet Pelican,... Continue Reading →
(OET) Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened... Continue Reading →
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has this week announced novel patents in the floating wind turbine industry including a vertical axis wind turbine which, the company says, can be deployed quickly, and even submerged in the wake of a hurricane. AOE said said: "The AOE VAWT design, the "American Turbine", is the first wind turbine that... Continue Reading →
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has appointed Christian Bruch, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy AG and member of Siemens Gamesa’s Board of Directors, as its new non-executive Chairman. Born in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Bruch holds a doctorate in engineering from the Swiss Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Switzerland. He... Continue Reading →
(BJ) Prumo Logística and TotalEnergies signed a memorandum of understanding to install logistical support bases at the Port of Açu that will support the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. The agreement with the French multinational is the third of its kind signed by Prumo, which owns the port and intends to turn it... Continue Reading →
(OED) Offshore wind developer Vattenfall said Thursday it had hit the halfway mark with the installation of wind turbines at the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm offshore the Netherlands. “We're halfway towards having constructed the world’s first offshore wind farm built without subsidies, a major milestone we can all be very proud of,” says Søren... Continue Reading →
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wednesday announced eight draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore the U.S. central Atlantic coast for public review and comment. The draft offshore wind areas cover approximately 1.7 million acres offshore North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware The areas' closest points range from about 19 to 77 nautical... Continue Reading →
(OE) Over the last few years, many statements have been made concerning growth in offshore wind turbine and foundation installation demand. These statements have been followed, in some cases, by firm orders for high-specification vessels, mainly from established players. However, many of the announcements remain unconverted into shipyard orders. According to a new report released... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Commonwealth Wind said late Monday it will move forward with a submitted but not yet approved power purchase agreement with Massachusetts electric companies and its 1,232-megawatt offshore wind project. Commonwealth made its announcement after the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) denied in early November Commonwealth's motion to suspend its agreement. That motion... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Shell (SHEL.L) and state-owned Chinese energy company CGN on Tuesday said that they would drop their plan for a floating wind power project on France's Brittany coast, citing inflation and supply chain problems among other reasons. "The project faced several technical, commercial and financial challenges, all in a context of constantly increasing costs... Continue Reading →
