JDR Cables, the global subsea cable supplier and service provider, part of the TFKable Group, has announced a strategic expansion into Brazil where it has opened a new service centre in Macaé, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The service centre began operations in Q3 2024, providing clients with in-country technical and service... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind Industry Achieves ‘World’s First’ Offshore Generator Exchange
(OE) A group of industry specialist companies has achieved a world first for the wind industry, with a major component exchange (MCE) being performed on an offshore floating wind turbine while it remained on site at the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm, located south east of Aberdeen. The new, more cost-effective, process was delivered through... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola Inaugurates Second Largest Offshore Wind Farm in France
(OE) Iberdrola has inaugurated Brittany’s first offshore wind farm, the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc project, which is also the second largest offshore wind farm in France. With an investment of $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion), the Saint-Brieuc project began development in 2012 and entered full operation in May 2024, following three years of construction. It consists of... Continue Reading →
Principle Power expands WindFloat® portfolio, launches center column designs
Floating offshore wind pioneer adds two evolutionary center column platforms to its industry-leading semisubmersible product portfolio. 17 September, 2024 – Principle Power has unveiled two new semisubmersible floating wind foundation designs: the WindFloat TC (tubular, center column) and WindFloat FC (flat-panel, center column). The new designs are natural evolutions of the existing WindFloat® technologies that... Continue Reading →
BP to sell its US onshore wind business
(Reuters) - BP plans to sell its U.S. onshore wind energy business, it announced on Monday, saying the assets were not aligned with its growth plans. BP said it will launch the sale process shortly for the wind assets, bp Wind Energy, which has interests in 10 operating onshore wind energy assets across seven U.S. states.... Continue Reading →
Rovco and Vaarst Unite Under New Brand Beam
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 →
Iberdrola, BP to build 25-MW green hydrogen project in Spain
(Reuters) - Spanish renewable power company Iberdrola and Britain's BP said on Thursday they had agreed to build a 25-megawatt green hydrogen plant in Castellon, on Spain's eastern coast. The project, which will benefit from a 15-million-euro ($16.5 million) EU subsidy, is designed to help BP reduce the carbon footprint of its oil refinery located in Castellon,... 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 →