Though U.S. offshore wind is in a hiatus, that’s not the case in the rest of the world and Goleta, Calif.-headquartered Bardex Corporation and U.K.-based Gabriel Engineering Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on cutting-edge anchor, mooring, and precision-component technologies for floating offshore wind.
The partnership will investigate development of a state-of-the-art U.K. production facility for anchor, mooring, and “jewelry” (precision component) systems,...
The UK government has announced a major investment of over £55.7 million (USD $70.5 million) to transform the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland into the country’s first facility capable of…
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) documents for a groundbreaking deep water floating offshore wind platform created by US-based ECO TLP, Inc. and MOCEAN-Offshore…
https://gcaptain.com/abs-greenlights-xxl-floating-wind-platform-design-for-deepwater/
San Francisco-based Aikido Technologies, one of the winners of Phase One of the U.S. Department of Energies FLOWIN prize, has now gained a statement of maturity from ABS for its innovative floating wind platform design., the latest stage in ABS new technology qualification.
The Aikido design is a steel semi-submersible floating platform made of steel tubes that can be manufactured at tower facilities. The platform design offers a streamlined installation process because it can be transported in...
Jan De Nul has won a contract to install the export cables that will transport the renewable energy from France’s first commercial-scale floating wind farms from the offshore substation to shore. The two wind farms, off the coast of southern Brittany, will have a total installed capacity of 750 MW, and French transmission system operator RTE has now awarded a framework agreement to Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, to supply and install the export cables. Each cable will have a...
ABS and Switzerland-headquartered Akselos, a specialist in structural performance management software have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU aims to advance engineering and certification processes for floating offshore wind projects and will see the companies collaborate on solutions aimed at optimizing design, reducing costs, and improving efficiency for the floating wind sector globally.
The collaboration utilizes ABS’s expertise in offshore certification and classification...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/abs-and-akselos-in-floating-wind-mou/
Today, BOEM completed its sixth offshore wind lease sale by offering areas in the Gulf of Maine – the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the U.S. Atlantic Coast. The floating wind lease sale resulted in two provisional winners on four lease areas and over $21.9 million in winning bids.
Avangrid Renewables, LLC won Lease OCS-564 at $4,928,250, which consists of 98,565 acres and Lease OCS-568 at $6,244,850, which consists of 124,897 acres. Both lease areas are approximately 29.5...
Norway’s world-leading test center, METCentre, has signed contracts with three companies to test innovative floating offshore wind technology, hoping to reduce costs and advance the development in the nascent renewables…
https://gcaptain.com/norway-seeks-leading-role-in-floating-offshore-wind-technology/
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it is delaying the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time.
Oregon is one of the states that has been studying the potential for floating offshore wind and there had been hopes that the lease sale would move development of this technology forward. Still, as we saw in this year’s U.S. GoM wind sale, the challenges it poses are making potential...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/boem-postpones-oregon-offshore-wind-energy-auction/
In a remarkable maritime discovery, surveys conducted for the proposed MarramWind floating offshore wind farm in the North Sea have likely uncovered the resting place of the SS Tobol, a…
https://gcaptain.com/lost-wwi-russian-shipwreck-found-during-north-sea-wind-farm-survey/