Ørsted bids for Maryland’s Skipjack Wind 2
Ørsted said today that it has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission to develop Skipjack Wind 2, a proposed project of up to 760 MW. The bid is in
Offshore Wind
Island Offshore wins SOV contract on floating wind farm
Equinor has awarded Ulsteinvik, Norway, headquartered Island Offshore a contract for service operation vessel (SOV) for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm project in Norway. The contract will be served by W2W
BOEM set to prepare Dominion Energy offshore wind EIS
Another U.S. offshore wind project looks to be rolling smoothly along the regulatory track. Dominion Energy reports that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is publishing in the Federal Register the
Schottel thrusters for giant crane ship are on their way to Chinese yard
The main propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s latest heavy-lift crane vessel Les Alizés has left the Schottel production plant in Wismar, Germany, on its way to the CMHI Haimen shipyard in
New Jersey makes two major offshore wind awards
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today awarded a combined 2,658 MW of offshore wind capacity to EDF/Shell’s Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Ørsted’s Ocean Wind II, bringing the state’s
Cadeler places $651 million order for X-class WTIV duo
Copenhagen, Denmark, headquartered wind farm installation specialist Cadeler (OSE: CADLR) has signed a $651 million contract with Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. to build two new X-class wind turbine
BOEM starts Vineyard Wind South environmental review
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said yesterday that it will begin conducting an environmental review of a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind LLC, for its Vineyard
Will California open up the Golden Gate for floaters?
U.S. offshore wind development is picking up pace, with the Biden administration doing everything open to it to remove kinks from the regulatory pipeline. With multiple Atlantic Coast projects moving along, the
Senators seek to send more offshore wind revenues to coastal states
Current U.S. law requires all revenues generated from offshore wind leases and production beyond state waters be deposited in the U.S. Treasury. Now a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation
PODCAST: Designing a Jones Act compliant WTIV
As part of a joint development project with Lloyd’s Register North America, NETSCO engineers and naval architects are responsible for the concept design of a Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel.