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The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) campaign on sustainable contracting in offshore wind has been recognised by the UK’s first Offshore Wind Champion, and previous co-chair of the Offshore Wind Acceleration Taskforce (May 2022 to March 2023), Tim Pick. Tim Pick was commissioned by the UK Government to explore the challenges…
Geo-data specialist Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform an offshore geotechnical site investigation for Australia’s offshore wind project Star of the South (SOTS), located off the coast of Gippsland southeast of Australia.
The world’s first fully remote inspection of offshore wind farm assets has been successfully carried out by Fugro, using one of its Blue Essence® uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) with Blue Volta®, an electrical remotely operated vehicle (eROV). The inspection at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in the North Sea (also…
A new report from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) on the UK’s wind market states the UK government’s plan to streamline permitting for offshore wind projects could accelerate demand for Vestas and Siemens Energy, yet multiyear project lead times suggest the change won’t yield much before 2025-26. With about 18 gigawatts of…...
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Siemens Gamesa today announces the signing of a firm order with ScottishPower Renewables to supply 95 units of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbine to the East Anglia 3 wind power project in the North Sea, off England’s east coast, with a total capacity of 1.4 GW. Also included…
Hidroelectrica (the “Company”), the largest energy producer in Romania, yesterday signed a joint venture agreement with Masdar, a leading developer and operator of renewable energy projects in the UAE, for joint investment in off-shore wind farms and floating solar farms in Romania. The agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi at…
The Welsh Government has granted consent for Wales’ first floating windfarm located 40km off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Project Erebus will house seven next-generation 14 megawatt turbines on floating platforms, providing enough low carbon energy to power 93,000 homes. Erebus is part of the first phase of a four gigawatt…
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) and Astrimar join forces to provide their popular training course as an online virtual course 14-17 March 2023, It is aimed at engineers on both sides of the energy transition – offshore renewables and offshore oil and gas.
To achieve 30 GW of offshore wind capacity, a staggering 2,100 wind turbines and foundations, 6,800 miles of cable, 6 wind turbine installation vessels, 10 feeder barges, and 4 cable lay vessels will be required as a minimum. As national and international offshore wind supply chains are already nearing capacity,…...
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JF Renewables will provide impartial and independent engineering consultancy and project management services on the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Wind Farm Phase II (TPC2). Supporting the early construction and development of the wind turbine package, JF Renewables will facilitate contractor-developer relationships for reduced costs to customer, contractor, and owner. James…
