Offshore wind construction up 28 percent
The U.S. offshore wind market ramped up construction activities and saw several new vessels launched in the second quarter of 2024. In total, the...
Mammoet takes delivery of LR12500 crawler crane
Mammoet has received its first Liebherr LR12500 crane. With a capacity of 2,500t and a 200m hook height, it will help to ensure the...
Clearway begins repowering at Texas wind farm
Clearway Energy Group closed financing and has begun repowering construction of its Cedro Hill wind farm in Webb County, Texas. The repower will increase...
BOEM approves New England Wind construction plan
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently announced its approval of the New England Wind Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes construction...
Modulift helping to build energy island off Belgium
Modulift, a lifting equipment manufacturer, is facilitating the construction of a complex offshore energy project in the North Sea. Deemed to be the world’s...
Gulf Wind preparing Louisiana’s first wind turbine
Louisiana’s first wind turbine and its components have arrived at Avondale Global Gateway (AGG) after a transatlantic journey from Ireland. Gulf Wind Technology (GWT),...
Brittany wind farm turbine installation complete
Turbine installation at the Saint-Brieuc wind farm has been completed. The first offshore wind farm project in Brittany was recently commissioned with the connection...
Sarens to deliver base services for Moray West
Ocean Winds recently awarded SarensPSG with the contract to provide the intermediate delivery base services for the Moray West monopiles. The Moray West offshore...
DNV calls for HVDC transmission network
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has issued recommendations and a timeline to build an offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission network...
Windward Offshore orders Seaonics cranes
Seaonics will supply 3D Electric Controlled Motion Compensated (ECMC) cranes to two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) under construction for the German shipowner at...
Morrison announces contract for floating platform fabrication
Energy service company Chet Morrison Contractors, LLC recently announced a contract award by Aikido Technologies, Inc. (Aikido), a floating wind technology provider, for its...
James Fisher receives voltage contract at Taiwan wind farm
James Fisher has been awarded a contract for the provision of high voltage (HV) specialist personnel and HV safety management services. Developed in collaboration...
Mammoet to replace leg cranes in two vessels
Mammoet has been contracted by GustoMSC to carry out leg crane replacements on two offshore wind-farm installation jack-up vessels (Wind Orca and Wind Osprey)...
Mooreast secures wind-farm anchor order
Mooreast Holdings Ltd. has secured an order to supply its proprietary anchors for a pre-commercial floating offshore wind farm. Located off the French coast...
Fewer turbines needed in Codling Wind Park
Ireland’s largest Phase One offshore wind project, Codling Wind Park, which will be off the County Wicklow coast, has confirmed a further 25 percent...
Venterra company awarded Baltica Wind Farm contract
Venterra Group company Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, a leading global offshore wind services provider, has been awarded a contract to provide early supervisory and...
Motus wins contract for Empire Wind 1 crane
Motus Technology has been awarded a contract by Seatrium Limited to deliver engineering, design, and construction of the platform main crane to Empire Wind...
Enerpac introduces wind-turbine tower alignment tool
Enerpac has introduced the wind turbine tower flange alignment tool (TFA), allowing wind-farm installation contractors to eliminate costly project delays caused by non-conformity or...
James Fisher, Tokyo Gas to collaborate
James Fisher and Sons and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions have signed a joint collaboration agreement to provide construction and operations and maintenance (O&M) services.
The...
BOEM approves construction plan for offshore project
In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management...