Van Oord has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of monopile foundations and the supply, transportation and installation of inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The offshore construction specialist will deploy its heavy lift installation vessel Sva
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all export cables for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company installed four export cables with a total length of 34 kilometres using its cable laying vessel (CLV) Willem de Vlamingh, which was able to position itself close to the b
TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG) are set to commence survey work at a site offshore the UK where they plan to build a wind farm through a newly set up joint venture company, whose name was revealed in the project’s update on the upcoming offshore activities.
An uncrewed surface vessel (USV) is set to begin a hydrographic survey at the operational Gwynt y Môr offshore wind project located off the North Wales Coast. The USV will be performing the hydrographic survey of the export routes from 26 July for up to 7 days until 2 August, subject to weather cond
Estonian and Latvian governments have opened a tender looking for services that will lead them towards identifying two most suitable areas for their joint offshore wind development.
A new set of surveys is now underway at the Mayflower Wind site offshore Massachusetts, where a joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America plans to build an 804 MW offshore wind farm. As part of a geophysical and geotechnical (G&G) survey campaign which started with geoph
After announcing their intention to bid in the ScotWind seabed leasing this May, British oil & gas major BP and German offshore wind developer EnBW have now detailed on their plan in Scotland, which encompasses more than offshore wind. With an investment of GBP 10 billion (around EUR 11.65 billion),
A consortium between Vietsovpetro, PTSC G&S and Fugro has won a contract for offshore geotechnical survey services for the 3.5 GW La Gan offshore wind project in Vietnam. As part of the contract, Fugro will carry out offshore geotechnical surveys using its geotechnical vessel Fugro Mariner and deliv
A remotely operated uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has been deployed for a hydrographic survey on an operational offshore wind farm in the UK.
Cerulean Winds has signed an agreement with px Group to support onshore green hydrogen plants and associated industrial infrastructure at sites in Scotland and England as part of its 200-turbine floating wind-to-hydrogen project in the North Sea. The UK operator of large-scale industrial facilities
A number of energy transition-related updates hit our headlines this week, from new developments in the renewables sector to further initiatives in ship decarbonisation – and oil & gas companies’ new moves in both of those, and more.
Shell and Scottish Power Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iberdrola, have joined forces to bid to develop the world’s first large-scale floating offshore wind farms in the north-east of Scotland. The partnership has submitted multiple proposals for new large-scale floating offshore wind farm
Fugro has secured a contract to conduct geophysical and environmental site investigations at the Five Estuaries project, the extension of the operational Galloper offshore wind farm. Fugro Mercator has been appointed to carry out the geophysical survey at the UK project, which will start on 5 August
The Borssele series: How did the Netherlands reach the point where the country would pay less in subsidies while also keeping the developers interested in building and operating wind farms off its coast?
