Offshore news – Page 5
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NewsØrsted moves first at New Jersey Wind Port
Ørsted will be the first to move into the New Jersey Wind Port (NJWP) having signed the sublease for 34 acres (13.7 ha). It will serve as the base for its Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind energy project.
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NewsDEME Orion to haul and place substations offshore Virginia
The biggest, heaviest, and most delicate lifts in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) development are not the components for the 176 wind turbines, but the three 4,000-ton (3,629-tonne) offshore substations.
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NewsFirst Provence Grand Large turbine erected
The first turbine for France’s floating offshore wind farm, Provence Grand Large, has been erected.
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NewsWork suspended at Norfolk Boreas due to cost inflation
The UK’s offshore wind energy industry suffered a blow this week when developer Vattenfall said that it suspended work on its 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas site.
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NewsFrecon to open Odense office
Danish engineering company Frecon is opening an office at the port of Odense, as it expands its business and network to position itself closer to partners in the wind energy industry.
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NewsNeart na Gaoithe turbine installation kicks off
The first wind turbine of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, located off the Scottish coast, has been installed.
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NewsBOEM sets date for Gulf of Mexico offshore wind auction
The USA will hold the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, including two lease areas off the coast of Texas and one off the coast of Louisiana.
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NewsSeajacks vessels deployed to Europe
Seajacks UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed two contracts that will see two of its NG2500X-class vessels deployed in Northwest Europe.
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NewsBoskalis completes foundation installation at Changfang and Xidao
Boskalis has installed the foundations for the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
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NewsArgentia opens monopile transit route
The port of Argentia in Canada has opened a monopile transit route ahead of the arrival of wind turbine foundations for offshore wind farms in the USA.
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NewsFirst Fécamp turbine installed while onshore projects gather support
The first turbine has been installed at the 500 MW Fécamp wind farm, located off Normandy in northern France. The country also awarded almost 1.2 GW of wind projects in an oversubscribed tendering round.
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NewsJensen named Global Wind Service COO
Wind turbine installation and service provider Global Wind Service (GWS) has appointed Nina H. Jensen as its chief operating officer, effective August 1.
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NewsSwathe of energy projects approved by Norway regulators
Norway has approved 19 oil and gas projects on the Norwegian continental shelf, with a combined value of approximately USD19 billion.
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NewsSeaway7 lands major East Anglia Three contract
ScottishPower Renewables selected Seaway7 for the transport and installation of foundations and inner-array cables for the East Anglia Three offshore farm. The award comes a year after the preferred bidder agreement was announced.
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NewsOffshore turbine tower demand to outstrip supply by 2028
Offshore wind energy is a critical component of Europe’s energy transition plans, but a supply headache could be on the horizon for the industry before the end of the decade. Analyst Rystad Energy suggests that by 2028 the demand for offshore turbine towers will outstrip manufacturing capacity.
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NewsOffshore wind support and maintenance facility breaks ground at Norfolk
Ground was broken June 29 at Fairwinds Landing in Norfolk, Virginia for what will be one of the first dedicated offshore wind energy operations support facilities in North America. Plans include enhanced project cargo and heavy lift handling capabilities.
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NewsOffshore installation vessel Green Jade ready to serve APAC market
The heavy lift and offshore installation vessel Green Jade has officially joined the DEME fleet. The moment was marked with a naming ceremony held at the Kaohsiung shipyard in Taiwan.
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NewsWagenborg bolsters tug fleet
The Netherlands-headquartered Wagenborg has purchased an ASD 3280 tug to boost its position in the northwest Europe towage market.
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NewsCIP confirms USD350 million investment for South Korean offshore wind
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has committed to investing USD350 million into offshore wind energy projects in South Korea.
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NewsBOA steps up for Q4000 drydock
BOA has successfully drydocked the semi-submersible well intervention vessel, Q4000, in the Gulf of Mexico.