“We have overcome [a number of] challenges…” This notion appeared in announcements of the wind turbine installation completion at both Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 and Blauwwind’s Borssele 3 & 4 offshore wind farms last year, as the teams working to bring the projects to their completion were fighting th
Japanese company PowerX plans to design and build an automated Power Transfer Vessel to carry electricity from offshore wind farms to shore. The Power ARK 100 is a 100 TEU trimaran specially designed for transferring renewable energy in Japan’s coastal waters. Upon its completion in 2025, Power ARK
Cyprus-headquartered SeaBird Exploration, which recently won its first contract in offshore wind, will be looking to deploy its seismic research vessel Petrel Explorer on further projects within the sector after the vessel’s contract for an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea was extended for anoth
Jan De Nul Group, together with JDR Cable Systems as a subcontractor, will supply and install the inter-array cables for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in Massachusetts. Jan De Nul and the TFKable Group-owned JDR will deliver almost 210 kilometres of 66 kV cables that will connect the projec
Acteon has completed a cable survey at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in Virginia as part of a partnership with Siemens Gamesa. Acteon’s TerraSond performed the survey from Atlantic Endeavor, the project’s dedicated crew transfer vessel (CTV) that was specially modified for the wo
Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy has invited input on the technical specifications currently being prepared for the procurement of seabed and metocean survey services that will support the country’s offshore wind development plans. The Ministry has called on representatives of all interested parties t
Fugro and Fraunhofer IWES are set to carry out the geophysical investigation of offshore wind areas in the German North Sea. Fugro will perform the positioning and sub-bottom profiling recording and interpretation, while Fraunhofer IWES will focus on the seismic survey and interpretation. Work on th
Odfjell Oceanwind has secured a pre-project grant from Enova, Norway’s fund for climate and energy technologies, to mature its first commercial contracts for Mobile Offshore Wind Units (MOWUs) and WindGrid for the electrification of oil and gas installations. The grant is awarded under Enova’s full-
UXOcontrol has completed a UXO ID campaign for Vattenfall at the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind projects in Denmark. The work included conducting ten target locations in total, eight at Vesterhav North and two at Vesterhav South. This scope was conducted in July onboard the EDT Hercu
CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a series of geophysical surveys as part of an ongoing campaign of nearshore multidisciplinary marine surveys at a U.S. offshore wind project. Research vessel Dolphin began the work along a critical export cable route in May at the project located off the Northeastern
The pre-trenching campaign along the inter-array cable routes in the northern part of the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm has been completed, Ailes Marines reported, adding that the work was done five weeks ahead of schedule. The Aethra vessel, chartered by the inter-array cable supplier Prys
Tekmar Group and DeepWater Buoyancy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in the floating offshore wind sector. The partnership will offer a collective package of geotechnical assessment and engineering analysis, cable, and mooring system design, cable protection and stabi
The offshore energy sector has this week witnessed the unwavering nature of energy transition which is bound to continue – hopefully at an accelerated pace – as the nature itself steps up its cries for protection by employing the ‘shock and awe’ tactics which set many areas of the world ablaze due t
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency has accepted an amendment to an Environmental Impact Assessment of a gigawatt-scale offshore wind project which will allow the deployment of 14 MW wind turbines.
