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July 22 (offshoreWIND.biz) Siemens Energy has announced plans to transition to a new corporate brand, Omterra, as the company prepares to move away from the Siemens name following its 2020 spin-off from Siemens AG and the expiry of its time-limited brand licensing agreement. The rebranding process is scheduled to begin later this year and will... Continue Reading →
July 16 (oilprice.com) It’s not often that wind power and oil and gas are mentioned in the same breath. The rare occasion concerns a new type of offshore wind turbine launched in China that will power the extraction of fossil fuels by offshore oil platforms. Developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the... Continue Reading →
July 15 (offshoreWIND.biz) The Floating Axis Wind Turbine (FAWT) consortium of six Japanese companies has installed an experimental low-cost next-generation floating wind turbine in the bay of Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The concept aims to make a fully domestic supply chain of offshore wind possible. The demonstration has started as of July 2026 and... Continue Reading →
July 15 (offshoreWIND.biz) Principle Power has been awarded the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support contract for the 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) project in the French Mediterranean operated by Ocean Winds (OW) in partnership with la Banque des Territoires. The agreement with EFGL covers the three WindFloat® foundations, which host three... Continue Reading →
July 14 (offshoreWIND.biz) The offshore wind sector is now standardizing around 15 MW+ mega-turbines, requiring monopile foundations with diameters stretching up to 15 meters (approx. 49 feet) and steel plate thicknesses exceeding 150 mm to 170 mm (approx. 6″ to 6.7″). For fabricators, the core challenge is clear: how to roll plates of this scale... Continue Reading →
July 10 (offshoreWIND.biz) The 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm, located off France’s Mediterranean coast, has reached full power, Ocean Winds (OW), the owner and developer of the project, said. With three 10 MW turbines located 16 kilometers off the Occitanie coast and installed on semi-submersible floaters, this... Continue Reading →
July 8 (OE) The PlemCat floating offshore wind test site in the Spanish Mediterranean has secured a favorable Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), clearing a key regulatory hurdle for deployment of X1 Wind's 8.5 MW X100 platform under the NextFloat project. The approval was officially published in Spain's Boletín Oficial del Estado on July 8 and... Continue Reading →
July 2 (OE) Classifications society DNV has updated its recommended practice for the seismic design of onshore and offshore wind power plants, introducing enhanced guidance as wind development expands into earthquake-prone regions. The updated DNV-RP-0585 Seismic Design of Wind Power Plants provides harmonized guidance for assessing and managing seismic risks during project design. It complements DNV standards... Continue Reading →
June 25 (offshoreWIND.biz) California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and Golden State Wind (GSW) of its intention to sue over the federal government’s agreement with the developer to terminate an offshore wind lease off the state’s Central Coast. In a Notice of Intent to Sue issued on 23 June, California Attorney... Continue Reading →
June 16 (OE) Scottish floating wind technology developer Encomara has received Product Design Assessment (PDA) approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its Squid floating offshore wind installation system, marking a key certification milestone as the company advances the technology toward commercial deployment. The PDA follows Approval in Principle (AiP) granted by ABS... Continue Reading →
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