Perhaps taking a leaf from Equinor’s book in Norway, Crown Estates Scotland today opened a new offshore wind leasing round that is aimed, among other things, at providing green electricity for powering
By Jonathan Hawes Development of floating offshore wind sites in the U.S. has just begun, but industry pros say that current and planned development bodes well. The number of planned floating offshore
A new briefing on floating offshore wind from Clarksons Research sees a global potential for 14.5 GW and 1,300 turbines by 2030. Released onto the Clarksons Renewables Intelligence Network, the briefing profiles
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
Crown Estate Scotland has announced the outcome of its application process for ScotWind Leasing, the first Scottish offshore wind leasing round in over a decade and the first ever since the management
By Shivaprakash Rao, Head of Consulting Critical Infrastructure and Energy Transition, BMT This year’s COP26 global climate summit is sending a clear message reinforcing the commitment of world leaders to secure global net
Hoping to be successful in its ScotWind proposal, Norwegian based energy giant Equinor has now revealed its preferred floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) commercial floating offshore wind. Called the
Dublin, Ireland-based floating offshore wind system specialist Gazelle Wind Power is opening a U.S. office in Austin, Texas. The company claims to have “reinvented the floating wind platform to be lighter, flexible,
California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed legislation opening the state’s doors to offshore wind development. The legislation, introduced by Assembly member David Chiu, will require the California Energy Commission to establish
At one time, offshore service vessels were the bread and butter work of many U.S. Gulf Coast shipbuilders. Those days are long gone and, with them, a few shipyards. The big hope
