COLUMN | Offshore wind update: Ziton refinances, Esvagt pays big, Acta announces newbuilds, Edda delivers, Norwind and IWS exercise options [Offshore Accounts]

This month Europe has sweltered under a heat wave, with temperatures crossing forty degrees Celsius in many parts of Spain. So too, the heat has returned to the offshore ..

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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 MW floating turbines were accepted by the ABS Class Committee.

The three ABS-classed, semi-submersible type units were designed by Principle Power. They carry MHI Vestas turbines producing a total of 25 MW of floating offshore wind power.

WindFloat Atlantic, of which Ocean Winds is the majority...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore-wind/abs-classes-a-floating-wind-farm/

Offshore wind developers, designers size up first U.S. SOVs

The 269'x59' VARD 4 04 SOV design will be capable of accommodating up to 40 offshore wind technicians with all their equipment at sea for sustained work periods. Vard Marine US image.

With Dominion Energy’s completion of the first two offshore wind turbines on a federal lease, the Virginia-based power company and its partner Ørsted are looking to have the first U.S.-built wind turbine installation vessel – essential to building offshore wind turbine projects – designed and built for a planned 2.6 gigawatt array off Virginia.

“It would be an option for our project, particularly when we get to these larger turbines,” said Mark Mitchell, vice president of generator construction...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-developers-designers-size-up-first-u-s-sovs/