(OE) Energy firm Vattenfall has selected offshore installation company Havfram Wind as a preferred supplier for the wind turbine installation services for Vattenfall’s Norfolk projects in the United Kingdom. Havfram Wind will transport and install the turbines over a period of 3 years, utilizing one of Havfram Wind`s newbuild NG20000X jack-up wind turbine installation vessels... Continue Reading →
ScottishPower Renewables Orders $1.6B Worth of Offshore Wind Turbines from Siemens Gamesa
(OE) Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has secured a firm order with Iberdrola's ScottishPower Renewables to supply 95 units of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbine to the East Anglia 3 wind power project in the North Sea, off England’s east coast, with a total capacity of 1.4 GW. Also included is a service contract, initially for... Continue Reading →
New US Floating Wind Tech Developer Plans to Launch 2 MW Demo Project in 2024
(OW) Following Principle Power and Ocergy, California – the US state poised to become one of the global floating wind hotspots – is now also home to the third US floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, which aims to launch a demonstration project next year and plans on rolling its technology out internationally, once it is ready... Continue Reading →
McDermott to work for Shell offshore Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. offshore engineering and construction services firm McDermott has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Shell for a gas development project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Under the contract, McDermott will provide comprehensive FEED services for a wellhead platform, export pipeline system, shore approach, midstream pipeline and onshore control room for the Manatee gas... Continue Reading →
New Monopile and Tower Fabrication Facility to Open in Maryland
Baltimore-based offshore wind energy development company US Wind, Inc. announced its plan to form a long-term partnership with Haizea Wind Group Management S.L. to manage and operate Sparrows Point Steel, Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind factory in Baltimore County, Maryland. The facility will be available to manufacture steel components for the U.S. offshore wind industry,... Continue Reading →
Mammoet Wins Contracts for Two ‘large’ Offshore Wind Projects in United States
Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet said Monday it had secured contracts for two large offshore wind projects for undisclosed clients in the United States, both of which begin in 2023. Together, the two contracts cover a range of port scopes, including the load-in, load-out, handling, and temporary storage of XXL monopiles, plus the... Continue Reading →
Ampelmann Secures Six New Contracts in US Offshore Wind Market
Dutch offshore crew transfer equipment specialist Ampelmann said Tuesday it had signed six new contracts in the offshore wind market in the United States for 2023, 2024, and 2025. The contracts set for 2023 have been secured for work on two new offshore wind farms being built off New England's coast. "In the coming year,... Continue Reading →
Helix’s Newly Acquired T1400-1 Jet Trenching System to be Deployed at Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm
Helix Energy Solutions' robotics division Helix Robotics Solutions said Monday it had won a trenching services contract with "a leading renewables cable installation contractor." The contract is for the trenching of inter-array and export cables as part of a 640MW wind farm offshore Taiwan. Under the contract, Helix plans to mobilize its newly acquired T1400-1... Continue Reading →
Rovco makes reorganization moves as part of growth strategy
UK provider of subsea robotics and integrated survey solutions Rovco has set up two business units focused on delivering on a specific area of expertise as part of its plans for greater global and sectoral growth. The company, founded in 2016, will now operate through two separate business units, each to be led by a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Route 3 Integrated Project
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 09/23/22, informs that it has signed a contract with the company Toyo Setal Empreendimentos Ltda. to conclude the works on the Natural Gas Processing Unit (UPGN) of the Itaboraí Gaslub Cluster, which had been halted since June 2022. With the resumption of the... Continue Reading →