High-technology offshore wind companies Rovco and Vaarst have entered into merger, creating a new brand Beam to boost their offshore wind services. In uniting their capabilities across research, development, and deployment, Beam will provide innovative automation technologies to service offshore wind, and deliver efficiencies and reduced costs for survey and subsea work across all lifecycle... Continue Reading →
Blade Failures Add to GE Vernova’s Q3 Loss
(Reuters) Power equipment maker GE Vernova expects its wind segment to post a core loss of $300 million in the third quarter due to additional costs related to offshore blade failures, the company said on Thursday. The projected core loss in GE Vernova's wind segment in the current quarter is more than double the loss... Continue Reading →
Vattenfall Launches 344MW Danish Offshore Wind Farms
(OE)The Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms, developed by Vattenfall with a combined capacity of 344 MW, have been officially inaugurated offshore Denmark. The two, almost identical wind farms, are located off the Danish west coast and consists in total of 41 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 8.4 MW. The capacity... Continue Reading →
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 →
Developers Submit Two New Proposals for New York’s Offshore Wind Solicitation
(OE) Vineyard Offshore and Community Offshore Wind have submitted proposals to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop two offshore wind projects as part of the state’s fifth solicitation round. Vineyard Offshore has submitted application to develop Excelsior Wind, a 1,350 MW offshore wind project, located 24 miles from the... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Offshore Wraps Up Work at Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) Jumbo Offshore has completed transport and installation of transition pieces on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, under a contract with Yunneng Wind Power. For its role on the project, Jumbo Offshore deployed its DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Jumbo Javelin. Jumbo Javelin was outfitted in a project-specific set-up to undertake the work... Continue Reading →
US Approves Maryland Offshore Wind Project
(Reuters) President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced final approval of a wind project off the coast of Maryland, bringing the U.S. halfway to its goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of the clean energy technology by 2030. The project is the 10th approved by Biden's Interior Department. He has made offshore wind a cornerstone of... Continue Reading →
First Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Tall at US Revolution Wind Project
(OE) The first 11 MW Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine, out of total 65 planned, has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the United States. Once in operation, Revolution Wind will have the capacity to generate 400 MW of clean power for Rhode Island and 304 MW for Connecticut,... Continue Reading →
China’s New Installation Vessel Capable of Installing 20MW Turbines
(OE) The mobile wind power installation platform Hengtong Haiyue has been delivered to the Hengtong Group by Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry in China. The mobile platform is equipped with a 1,600t leg encircling full-circle slewing crane as well as a 4,000m2 deck with a variable load of over 8,500t, and is capable of installing 20MW... Continue Reading →
First Oregon Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced
(OE) The US Department of the Interior will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon on October 15, 2024. The auction will be conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of renewable energy if fully developed, enough to power approximately one million homes. Lease... Continue Reading →