Ørsted to acquire Deepwater Wind for $510 million

OCTOBER 9, 2018 – Danish headquartered Ørsted A/S, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms, has entered into an agreement with the D.E. Shaw Group to acquire a 100% equity interest

VIDEO: Giant Ocean Energy Buoy takes shape at Vigor

OCTOBER 2, 2018 — An 826 ton buoy under construction by shipbuilder Vigor in Oregon for Irish based wave power pioneer Ocean Energy has the potential to meet the power demands of

First offshore wind farm in federal waters inches closer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 — What could be the first offshore wind farm in federal waters took a major step forward last month when Dominion Energy applied to the Virginia State Corporation Commission

DNV GL issues new guidelines for floating wind turbines

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — Classification society DNV GL has published a revised standard for design of floating wind turbine structures DNV GL-ST-0119, and a new guideline for the certification of floating wind

Havyard books order for two more windfarm service vessels

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 — Norway’s Havyard Design & Solution and Havyard Ship Technology have won a contract from Esbjerg, Denmark, headquartered Esvagt for the design and building of two further offshore windfarm

VIDEO: Marine energy kite completes initial commissioning trials

AUGUST 14, 2018 — One way to harness ocean energy? Go fly a kite. If you are standing on a beach, flying a kite in the wind, you will feel lift force

Schulte back at Ulstein for third offshore wind SOV

JULY 31, 2018 — Germany’s Bernard Schulte Offshore has signed a contract with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft covering construction of an offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV). The ship will be built

Cuomo to Zinke: Time to get moving on NY offshore wind

JULY 31, 2018 — In a letter yesterday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo called on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to support New York’s offshore wind initiative by delineating

BMT wins first mid-range wind farm CTV design contract

JULY 18, 2018 — BMT has secured a new contract to design two 23m offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels (CTVs) ordered at Cheoy Lee Shipyards in China by U.K. based CTV

Van Oord to buy Vroon offshore wind installation subsidiary

JULY 16, 2018 — Rotterdam, Netherlands, headquartered dredging and offshore contracting specialist Van Oord is adding to its U.K. offshore wind related capabilities by signing an agreement to acquire Vroon Group’s MPI

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