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(OE) Some offshore wind turbine (OWT) support structures may fall short of required fatigue life expectations, according to a new Lloyd’s Register (LR) report, which also pinpointed reliability-based inspection as one of the measures to manage fatigue-driven risks in such structures. The case study evaluated a North Atlantic offshore wind farm of 60–70 turbines, with the... Continue Reading →
(OE) The U.K. government has unlocked $10.1 billion investment into key clean energy projects, like offshore wind and hydrogen, with the signing of a new deal with the Sumitomo Corporation in Tokyo. Sumitomo Corporation aims to facilitate the investment into key U.K. infrastructure and clean energy projects by 2035, backing the government’s aim to significantly... Continue Reading →
ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean for its semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine design, named WindHive 15-H3, which can support 15 MW wind turbines. The AiP from ABS follows the Approval in Principle that the South Korean company secured for its floater from DNV at the beginning of this year. The... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol said on Monday it has purchased a wind power project in the northern province of La Guajira from Enel for $50 million. The Windpeshi project will have a capacity of 205 megawatts (MW), which will be added to Ecopetrol Group's self-consumption energy portfolio, the company said in a statement. "We have... Continue Reading →
The second wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for DEME Group, has been launched. Norse Energi, like its sister vessel Norse Wind, is engineered to install turbines with rotor diameters over 300 metres and XXL monopiles up to 3,000 tonnes, even in water depths of 70 metres. The first steel for... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Crown Estate, which manages King Charles' public property, reported an annual net profit of 1.15 billion pounds ($1.57 billion) on Tuesday, similar to the previous year, with offshore wind leases its biggest source of revenue. The Crown Estate, which comprises tracts of land and most of Britain’s sea bed, is an independently... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Republican Senator Joni Ernst has introduced an amendment to the U.S. Senate's tax and spending megabill that would change two of the most contentious parts of that bill and could give a small boost to wind and solar projects that had been targeted in the draft being debated on the Senate floor. The amendment introduced... Continue Reading →
(OE) Triton Anchor has secured two patents in the United States for its proprietary offshore anchor and subsea deployment tool, with a notice of allowance for the anchor patent also received in Japan. These newly patented technologies mark an advancement in enabling low-cost, low-impact deployment of floating wind, solar, and wave platforms. According to Triton... Continue Reading →
(OE) Equinor, the developer of Empire Wind, officially launched the Service Operations Vessel ECO Liberty on June 28 for deployment in its New York offshore wind project. Louisiana First Lady Sharon Landry served as the vessel’s “Godmother” during a christening ceremony on the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans. Speakers at the event included... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its autonomous, floating marine charging solution. Designed to address the increasing demand for clean maritime operations, the invention enables electric vessels, including uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), to locate, dock with, and recharge from a floating energy... Continue Reading →
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