Almost 90 per cent of global electricity generation in 2050 could come from renewable energy sources, with solar PV and wind together accounting for nearly 70 per cent, according to International Energy Agency’s new Net Zero 2050 roadmap. The roadmap, published on 18 May, calls for scaling up solar
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued an approval in principle (AiP) to Spanish engineering company Seaplace, for an active ballast control system designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platform concept, CROWN.
Equinor and the Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles (Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop offshore wind projects in the Yellow Sea, off China’s Shandong province. The Norway-based energy major has confirmed to our sister site OffshoreWIND.biz that the t
Ørsted has started construction of the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark, for which the company reached a final investment decision (FID) in January. With a groundbreaking ceremony held on 17 May and led by Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities, Ørs
Gardline’s new survey vessel Ocean Resolution has commenced survey operations after completing equipment trials earlier this year. Ocean Resolution underwent a period of detailed planning, conversion, and commissioning, Gardline said, adding that the vessel has been purpose-designed to carry out sur
Over the next few months, Offshore Energy will be taking a closer look into the now operational Borssele offshore wind projects: Borssele 1 & 2, Borssele 3 & 4, and the Borssele innovation site. The three projects – one developed by Ørsted, one by the Blauwwind consortium, and one by the Two Towers
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has awarded Fugro a multi-year site investigation contract.
California is set to allocate USD 20 million to support offshore wind development in its 2021-2022 budget, on which the state government is currently working. Governor Gavin Newsom presented the US state’s revised 2021-2022 budget on 14 May, before the final budget is established this Summer. The ‘M
In this edition of In focus, we’ll be looking at ways through which the offshore energy sector is working to reduce carbon emissions.
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has signed a contract with DEME Offshore to deliver grouting services for the installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, where the first turbine foundation was recently installed. The wind farm, first such project
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) is funding a project developing a shallow-water floating offshore wind concept, with cost-share being provided by Equinor. The team behind the project includes the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass) as the main co
Sumitomo Electric Industries has won a contract to supply new 132 kV offshore export cable for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind project in the UK. The contract award comes a few months after Ofgem ruled in favor of Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc which had filed an Exceptional Event claim for the project’s export
Boskalis has reported a 10 per cent increase in the order book of its Offshore Energy division in the first quarter of the year (compared to the end of 2020), with around 50 per cent of new orders coming from the offshore wind sector. The first quarter at the company’s Offshore Energy division proce
Sweden-based Zephyr Vind, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Zephyr, has announced plans to build a large-scale offshore wind farm in Sweden, which would use both floating and fixed-bottom foundations. The company has proposed two preliminary project designs: one with 61 wind turbine
