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(OE) Beam, a provider of high-technology offshore wind services, has unveiled Scout, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Scout, a concept expected to enter the market in 2025, will put the power of subsea inspection directly in the hands of wind farm operators. This is an important step in Beam’s journey... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(offshoreWIND.biz) ScottishPower has awarded Siemens Gamesa a turbine contract worth more than GBP 1 billion for its 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, Siemens Gamesa will supply 64 of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbines, which have a rotor diameter of 236 metres, for ScottishPower’s third... Continue Reading →
(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 →
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind Project available. If approved, the project could generate up to 2.4GW of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than 800,000 homes. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbine... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Republic of Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has launched an offshore wind roadmap for the country that outlines the potential for up to 7 GW of capacity to be installed by 2040. The Government of Türkiye has set a target of 5 GW installed capacity... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has published a report that lays out a new approach to environmental monitoring and consenting within the UK offshore wind sector. With the UK Government looking to radically increasing offshore wind deployment, there is a clear need for changes to the environmental consenting process, says ORE as it... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country's next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday. Offshore wind developers have seen profits shrink in recent years due to rising raw material costs, high interest rates, inadequate grid connections, supply chain bottlenecks,... Continue Reading →
(offshorewind.biz) Dominion Energy revealed that 78 monopile foundations and four offshore substations were installed at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in the US during the first installation season. Dominion Energy said that it achieved its initial goal of installing at least 70 monopiles into the seafloor 27 miles off the coast... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Norway’s Deep Wind Offshore has submitted an application for an area lease to develop one floating and one fixed-bottom offshore wind project along the Chilean coastline. The Chilean government has set a target of 60 per cent of the country’s electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2030. By 2040, the annual electricity... Continue Reading →
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