Building on more than 10 years experience in the installation of the main floating wind farm prototypes in Europe, Paris-headquartered offshore services specialist Bourbon has established a new division dedicated to offshore
The White House yesterday announced a new multi-agency floating offshore wind initiative. Called the Floating Offshore Wind Shot, it will see the administration advance lease areas in deep waters in order to
According to DNV, floating substations are the next challenge on the path to commercial scale floating wind farms. That’s because the deeper waters targeted for floating farms tend to be further offshore,
Royal IHC has won a significant contract from another major Netherlands headquartered company, Boskalis, covering the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS). The state-of-the-art cable lay system will be
Propulsion system specialist Schottel, Spay, Germany, has introduced a new rudder propeller optimized for DP (dynamic positioning) use. Meeting the growing requirements for W2W (walk-to-work) vessels to operate efficiently and reliably, the
The U.S. Department of the Interior is moving ahead on steps to bring offshore wind energy development to the Gulf of Maine. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made available
A ruling this week by the Ohio Supreme Court sets the stage for the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) to go ahead with marketing power from Icebreaker Wind, a proposed six-turbine
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
New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced the release of New York’s third competitive offshore wind solicitation, seeking enough clean, renewable energy to power at least 1.5 million New York homes.
Schiedam, Netherlands, headquartered Huisman Equipment BV has developed a 700 tonne traveling quayside crane for the load-out of offshore wind turbine components. It says that the move comes following rising demand for
