The U.S. government has decided to advance areas northwest of Morro Bay and off Humboldt County, California, for offshore wind development. With these two initial areas, the U.S. is opening up the Pacific Coast for commercial scale offshore wind projects. The two areas could accommodate up to 4.6 GW
Fugro has received a contract renewal from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind for the provision of real-time wind and metocean measurements off the coast of New Jersey in the US over the next two years. The award is the latest in a set of three contract renewals between Fugro and Atlantic Shores based on
The French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded James Fisher Renewables with a contract for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable routes for the Fécamp offshore wind farm. Under the contract, the company’s subsidiary Mojo Maritime France
The installation of inter-array cables has been completed at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake in the Netherlands. The inter-array cables will undergo tests in the coming days, Windpark Fryslân said. The cables connect the wind farm’s 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbi
Several new energy transition developments in the offshore energy and maritime sectors have made headlines this week, contributing to the global 2050 net-zero targets and – at least to some extent – to the ambitious path that International Energy Agency (IEA) mapped in its latest report. Climate ple
German offshore wind operator has issued a contract notice for repair works on transition pieces across a wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract is scheduled to start in October 2021 and be completed by the end of April 2022. The contract notice was issued by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II
ZTT has sent off the submarine cable ordered by China Guangdong Nuclear Engineering (CGN) for the Huizhou Port offshore wind project in China.
Chemicals giant BASF and RWE have presented a project to build a 2 GW offshore wind farm that would power BASF’s chemical site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and enable CO2-free production of hydrogen. No public subsidies would be needed for the construction of the wind farm, which is already in the plan
BW Ideol has entered into an agreement with an unnamed partner with whom it will bid to build a floating wind farm in France. According to the company, BW Ideol formalised a partnership with “an undisclosed leading utility” during the first quarter of this year. The partners will submit a joint bid
Fraunhofer IWES has secured a contract to provide geophysical investigation and hydrographic survey services at the N-9.4 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. The work will be carried out in 2022 as part of the preliminary investigations of the seabed at the zone. The contract was awarded by
The European Commission has approved Polish offshore wind Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, through which the country plans to support the realisation of offshore wind projects with € 22.5 billion and reach its renewable energy targets without unduly distorting competition. The CfD scheme, whic
GEOxyz is set to soon kick off the geotechnical survey along the cable route at the Erebus floating offshore wind project in Wales. The 68-meter long VOS Star will carry out the survey from 28 May until 6 June at the project’s main offshore array areas and cable corridor. During the campaign, the ve
A new joint industry project has been launched as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme with an aim to build industry consensus on setting the future standard array voltage for offshore wind farms. The High Voltage Array Systems (Hi-VAS) project aims to understand the costs, benefits
Fugro has commenced the seabed surveys at the North Falls offshore wind project, the proposed extension of the operational Greater Gabbard wind farm in the UK. Vessels Fugro Mercator and Fugro Seeker will conduct geophysical surveys of the seabed, while Curtis Marshall will take benthic grab samples
