Giant wind turbines could face installation bottlenecks
By 2030, more than half of all wind turbines installed offshore will be super-sized units of more than 8 MW capacity. That is one of the findings of research by Norway’s Rystad
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Next-gen Eneti WTIVs will feature advanced ABB solutions
Two $330 million wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) on order for Eneti, Inc. at South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) will feature advanced power, automation and control systems, real-time
Eneti puts U.S.-built WTIV plan on hold
Eneti Inc. (NYSE:NETI) said today that it has discontinued discussions with a shipyard in the United States to build a Jones Act-compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). Chairman and CEO Emanuele Lauro
Edda Wind orders three more CSOVs
Offshore wind service company Edda Wind (OSL:EWIND), Haugesund, Norway, has ordered three Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) in addition to the six it already has under construction. On delivery of the three
Ulstein inks contract to design SOVs for Chinese offshore wind market
Shanghai Electric Windpower Group has signed a contract with Ulstein Design and Solutions and China’s ZPMC shipyard that will see them design two types of service operation vessels (SOVs) that will be
Ørsted and Eversource pick CTV partners
Ørsted and Eversource have selected two regional vessel operators that will partner with Rhode Island shipyards to build crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to Northeast wind farms. The joint venture partners will charter
BargeRack WTIV solution gains ABS Approval in Principle
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to a coordinated design for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in conjunction with the innovative BargeRack feeder barge system
SENSE PelaStar: A floating wind game changer?
The U.K’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has granted GBP10 million (about $13.5 million) to technology partners SENSEWind, Glosten, and Subsea Micropiles, and six delivery partners to design and
Wärtsilä says Van Oord mega WTIV engine order is a “methanol milestone”
The mega jack-up WTIV (wind turbine installation vessel) on order for Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord at China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard (see earlier story) will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable
NY’s first offshore wind farm gets approval to start construction
The Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm, has received approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).