Dominion Energy offshore wind project

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

Les Alizés will mainly be used for the construction of offshore wind farms but is also suitable for decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms.

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

Two windturbine installation vessels

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 director announces Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas

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

A solution proposed by Friede & Goldman and Tetrahedron would use a small jack-up with a big crane fed with components by standard Jones Act barges.

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

One Big Beautiful Bill

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

Jones Act WTIV concept

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.

Wind turbine installation vessel

Knud E. Hansen unveils new WTIV design

The latest addition to Danish naval architectural consultancy Knud E. Hansen’s Atlas series of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV) designs, the Atlas A-class, is able to carry four new-generation 14 MW wind

BargeRack attached to WTIV

VIDEO: F&G offers further wind turbine installation solution

Houston-headquartered Friede & Goldman Ltd. (F&G), continues to draw on its 72 years of offshore industry experience to develop Jones Act solutions for offshore wind turbine installation. Following up on its earlier

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