ABS and Japan Blue Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on strategic studies for a floating wind pilot in Brazil.
Nadara, the developer of the Bellrock floating wind farm in Scotland, has confirmed the project’s landfall location and submitted a Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report for the project’s offshore transmission infrastructure to the Marine Directorate, with a plan t
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and Harbour Energy, based in London, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy. “The agreement brings together Harbour Energy’s
BW Ideol’s 2 MW Floatgen floating wind turbine has been in operation for eight years at the SEM-REV offshore test site off Le Croisic, France, with cumulative electricity production now exceeding 40 GWh. The turbine, installed on BW Ideol’s concrete Damping Pool floating foundation, entered operatio
Encomara’s Squid connection system for floating offshore wind has reached Technology Readiness Level 7/8 following inshore trials at Ardersier Port in Scotland, with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) recognising the technology as ready for commercial manufacture at scale. The Aberdeen-based comp
The five port infrastructure projects that the French government recently announced were selected to receive a combined EUR 258.5 million in funding will prepare the country’s ports for the construction of floating wind farms, for which France has set a 2040 target of nearly 6 GW. The funding, award
Stillstrom by Maersk has completed a trial of an automated cable control system for its offshore charging technology using a vessel operating on dynamic positioning (DP). According to the company, this removes a key operational barrier to charging hybrid and electric support vessels at offshore wind
Tekmar Group has been awarded a contract valued at around EUR 1 million to deliver concrete protection solutions for an offshore wind project. The company did not disclose the name of the project or its client, but it said that its contract was with an existing customer, which is “a leading submarin
Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers has formally designated a 711.4-square-kilometre water area in the country’s sector of the Caspian Sea for offshore wind development. The designation was made through Cabinet Decision No. 251, signed by Prime Minister Ali Asadov on 31 July 2026. The decision identif
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has started operating its 16 MW Haiyou Anlan floating wind platform in the South China Sea, with the unit now supplying electricity to the Lufeng oilfield grid, according to Chinese media. CNOOC had previously reported that Haiyou Anlan was under devel
Sumitomo Corporation has joined the Gwynt Glas floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea as an equal partner alongside EDF power solutions UK and Ireland and ESB, with each company now holding a 33.33 per cent stake. DP Energy will continue to support the project’s development, including earl
RWE and the US Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached a settlement agreement under which RWE will relinquish its offshore wind leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of California and Louisiana in exchange for USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.06 billion) in settlement funds. The agreem
