Offshore vessel construction: Waiting on the wind
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
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ABS classes a floating wind farm
WindFloat Atlantic, 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, has become the world’s first offshore wind farm to be in class with a classification society, after its three 8.4
Maine law prohibits offshore wind projects in state waters, but …
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law legislation prohibiting new offshore wind projects in state waters. According to her office, the prohibition preserves state waters—where up to 75% of Maine’s commercial
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
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
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
Wison delivers China’s first floating wind platform
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine Co., Ltd. (WOM) reports that it has completed construction of a semi-submersible foundation platform for the Three Gorges Guangdong floating offshore wind power project. Located in the
Business Network releases policy brief on floating offshore wind
The Business Network for Offshore Wind today published its Offshore Wind Policy Brief: The U.S. Opportunity in Floating Offshore Wind. The brief comes on the heels of the Biden administration’s recent announcement
Biden administration unveils plans for California offshore wind
Mid-2022 could see the first offshore wind lease sale for a Wind Energy Area (WEA) off the coast of California, opening the way for the first floating wind farms off the U.S.