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  • ABL Secures Work on French Offshore Grid Connections

    9 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Energy and marine consultancy company, ABL, has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 offshore substations in France. Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 are part of two offshore wind projects – Appel d’Offre 4 (AO4) […]

  • 12 Developers in Running for Four New Offshore Wind Sites in France

    18 November 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The French government has pre-qualified twelve candidates for the AO9 tender, which offers four new sites for offshore wind development, one off South Brittany, two in the Mediterranean and one in the French South Atlantic region. France opened the tendering procedure in July 2024 and has now completed the first of its three phases. Competitive […]

  • French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

    22 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi Energy and Chantiers de l’Atlantique for the onshore converter stations and the offshore substations for the Centre Manche 1, Centre Manche 2, and Oléron offshore wind projects. The work scope consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and […]

  • EDF Renewables Opens Offshore Wind Transport & Installation Tender for Work Starting in 2029/2030

    16 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    EDF Renewables has issued a contract notice for offshore wind transport and installation (T&I) services. The France-based energy company intends to award a long-term agreement to a provider having the capability to install foundations and 15+ MW wind turbines, with work starting in 2029 or 2030. The procurement, which opened on 12 August, seeks offshore […]

  • Vattenfall, Metsähallitus Award Geophysical Survey Contracts for Finnish Offshore Wind Farm

    11 July 2024
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Research & Development, Supply Chain

    Vattenfall and Metsähallitus have awarded GEOxyz and Arctia contracts to provide geophysical surveys for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland. Vattenfall became a Metsähallitus project partner for the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in December 2022. The surveys involve mapping a 280 square-kilometre offshore wind farm area and two alternative corridors for the export cables […]

  • Petrobras to Start Major Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign Using Brazil-Made Floating LiDARs

    30 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    Brazil’s oil and gas major, Petrobras, will deploy five new units of a Brazil-made floating LiDAR for wind measurements off the country’s coasts starting this December. The company will invest BRL 60 million (approximately EUR 9.6 million) in the new measurement campaign which follows a one-year deployment of the first floating LiDAR buoy, called Bravo, […]

  • Norway Approves EIA for GoliatVIND Floating Wind Project, Paving Way for Licence Application

    12 November 2024
    Business development, Environment, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme for the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project. In line with the exemption provision in the Offshore Energy Act, GoliatVIND will shortly submit a licence application. If granted, the project is said to be the world’s first demonstration plant with turbines and floaters […]

  • Estonia’s Latest Offshore Wind Lease Auction Attracts Zero Bids

    9 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The auction for Saare 3, Estonia’s third offshore wind farm area, received no bids, as announced by the country’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) on July 4th. In its most recent offshore wind tender, Estonia aimed to grant the Saare 3 sea area, covering 20.1 square kilometres, with a starting bid price of […]

  • Canadian Pension Fund to Consolidate Its Offshore Wind Holdings into UK-Based Reventus Power

    10 April 2024
    Business & Finance

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will consolidate its existing direct and indirect offshore wind holdings into Reventus Power, its UK-based portfolio company, which will become its dedicated global offshore wind platform. Subject to customary approvals, the move will see Reventus Power growing its teams in the UK, Germany, Poland and Portugal to form […]

  • Rovco to Work on Site Characterisation at 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Project in UK

    22 May 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Rovco has been selected for site characterisation work on the 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project in the UK. With the project scheduled to start imminently, the UK-based company will be responsible for carrying out a full geophysical investigation of several key sites at Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind off the Lincolnshire coast. The scope […]

  • Petrobras to Explore Potential Wind Pilot Project Offshore Rio de Janeiro

    19 June 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Brazilian state-run oil company, Petrobras, has signed a Protocol of Intentions with the Rio de Janeiro state government to conduct joint studies to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind pilot project. According to Petrobras, the agreement establishes cooperation mechanisms, aligns the project with state programmes and policies, and stimulates actions to improve the […]

  • TGS Wraps Up Survey for Offshore Wind Project in New York Bight

    19 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Norwegian seismic company TGS has finished the acquisition of an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHRD3D) survey on behalf of Community Offshore Wind in the New York Bight, providing soil condition data to guide the design of the offshore wind project. According to TGS, the survey began in October 2023 and had a total duration of more than […]

  • RWE to Start Survey Work at Floating Wind Site Offshore California

    13 June 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Site investigation survey work will soon start at RWE’s floating wind project site off the coast of Northern California, where the Germany-based offshore wind developer plans to build its first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm, Canopy. RWE will be performing initial site investigation surveys during 2024 and 2025, with the first activities beginning in June […]

  • Offshore Wind Farms Could Spark EUR 65 Billion Economic Boom in South Korea – Report

    17 May 2024
    Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The construction of offshore wind farms in South Korea could introduce over 770,000 job opportunities and contribute KRW 87 trillion (approximately EUR 65 billion) worth of investments into the economy, according to two reports from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). GWEC’s new reports reveal that offshore wind development supports local economic growth, especially in […]

  • JDR’s Chief Strategy Officer: ‘Look at Floating Wind’

    19 August 2024
    Business development, Cables, Floating Wind, Industry

    JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with offshoreWIND.biz. In this article: The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already delivered […]

  • Rovco and Vaarst to Bring On Board Over 150 Subsea Roles by End of 2025

    10 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Jobs & Recruitment, Outlook & Strategy

    UK-based providers of tech-powered offshore wind solutions Rovco and Vaarst are planning to recruit over 150 specialist subsea roles across their offices by the end of 2025. Rovco unveiled its intention to recruit over 100 new roles across its Aberdeen and Edinburgh offices by the end of 2025 to support its “explosive growth” and the deployment […]

  • (Autonomous) Robotics, AI and Cloud Systems Shaping New Offshore Survey and Inspection Industry

    25 June 2024
    Business development, Industry, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain, Technology

    Amid the global energy transition, offshore survey and inspection companies are working on decarbonising – but the industry is also going through a transition of its own. Bureau Veritas,  Terradepth and Sulmara are among a number of offshore survey companies that are increasingly using autonomous or remotely operated robotics, cloud systems and artificial intelligence (AI) […]

  • Petrobras to Assess Offshore Wind Pilot Project in Rio Grande do Norte

    30 April 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras and the government of Rio Grande do Norte have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study for a pilot offshore wind project in the state. The MoU foresees that the Brazilian state will promote actions such as aligning the project with state programmes and policies, supporting […]

  • Significant Offshore Wind Growth Brings Fugro Strong Start of the Year

    26 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, reported a 9 per cent revenue growth for the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was EUR […]

  • Seabed Survey of New Offshore Wind Area in Norway Goes to Finnish Firm

    16 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Arctia Meritaito, a subsidiary of Finland’s icebreaking, fairway maintenance, and hydrographic surveying player Arctia, has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of one of the offshore wind farm areas the Norwegian government plans to auction off next year. Thanks to a contract with the Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hydrographic Service (NHS), Arctia Meritaito […]

  • World’s First Energy Island Starts Taking Shape – Video

    23 April 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Power-to-X

    The first of the 23 caissons being built for Princess Elisabeth Island in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost finished and will be immersed in the North Sea this summer. The artificial Belgian energy island is a world first. A Belgian consortium comprising DEME and Jan De Nul (TM Edison) is building the foundations of the […]

  • North Sea, Baltic Sea Countries Enter Pacts to Protect Offshore Energy Infrastructure Amid Concerns Over Russian Sabotage

    11 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection

    Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on 10 April, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reports of possible sabotage […]

  • Iberdrola, Rio de Janeiro Sign Offshore Wind MoU

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Iberdrola’s renewable energy development arm in Brazil, Neoenergia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Rio de Janeiro state to explore the development of offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, Neoenergia and the government of Rio de Janeiro will carry out studies regarding offshore wind generation in the state’s coastal region. […]

  • Swedish Floating Wind Project Could Include Fish Farms

    7 March 2024
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has entered into a collaboration with the Norwegian company Subfarm to enable fish farms inside the Mareld floating offshore wind farm, proposed to be built in the North Sea, off the coast of Lysekil in Sweden. The two companies will work together on a […]

  • Cenos Floating Wind Project to Perform Surveys to Revalidate NorthConnect Data from 2017

    6 March 2024
    Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers of the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind project in Scotland are set to run a nearshore survey campaign in March to revalidate data collected in 2017 by NorthConnect, an interconnector project whose infrastructure Cenos planned to use to connect to the grid. Starting on 11 March, the export cable corridor surveys will […]

  • Mainstream and Maple Power to Team Up Ahead of Celtic Sea Floating Wind Tender

    29 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Mainstream Renewable Power and Maple Power are jointly exploring the upcoming Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Tender in the UK, which will be launched in 2023. The Crown Estate is advancing the Celtic Sea seabed leasing tender for floating wind, which is anticipated to deliver a total of 4 GW of renewable energy by 2035. […]