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With a total installed capacity of 900 MW, the two offshore wind farms are in operation and fully connected to the grid, making them the largest of their kind in … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/asias-largest-offshore-wind-farms/
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The challenge—Floating Offshore Wind—Safe Solutions for Black Swan Events—is the first of a new NOW partnership with Wazoku. It seeks solutions from sustainability start-ups that safeguard the environment... |
https://maritime-professionals.com/how-to-manage-emergencies-on-floating-offshore-wind-turbines/
Van Oord has been contracted to build the Hollandse Kust (west) lot V wind farm. Located about 28.6 nautical miles west of the Netherlands, it is being billed by developer Ecowende (a joint venture of Shell and Eneco) as “the most ecological wind farm yet.”
As Ecowende’s contractor, Van Oord will be responsible for transporting and installing the foundations and will also lay, connect and bury the cables between the wind turbines. Finally, Van Oord will be handling the transportation and...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/van-oord-to-build-most-ecological-wind-farm-yet-for-ecowende/
New autonomous platforms and workflows integrate seamlessly with resident ‘mothership’ operations at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm.
Pilot Project ConcludedTeams from wind farm owner Northland Power and marine technology company Subsea Europe Services have successfully concluded a pilot project to apply state-of-the-art Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to marine survey and underwater inspection operations at the Deutsche...
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But shifting away from oil and gas, for decades a mainstay of the country’s economy, is only a part of that journey. Advances in green energy infrastructure are vital … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/norway-to-become-wind-farm-hub/
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán S.A. held a naming ceremony at its Figueras shipyard for the first of five offshore wind commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) it is building for Norway’s Edda Wind.
Named Edda Breeze, the vessel has a length of 88.3 meters and a beam of 19.7 meters. Designed by Salt Ship Design, it has accommodations for 120 people (93 technicians and 27 crewmembers) and will support charterer Ocean Breeze Energy during its operations at the Bard Offshore 1 wind...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/first-of-5-edda-wind-csovs-named-at-gondan/
Aberdeen, Scotland-based North Star Renewables has awarded Finantieri’s Norwegian based subsidiary Vard an additional contract for the design and construction of a hybrid service operation vessel (SOV).
To be built at Vard’s Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, the Vard 4 12 design vessel will be the fourth SOV to be delivered from Vard to North Star for operation on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea. It is set for delivery in fourth quarter 2024.
North Star placed the order after securing a...
At March’s TTB 2021, Jonathan Zier, manager-business development of offshore services for Crowley Maritime, spoke on tug and barge opportunities for U.S. offshore wind installations. Last month, Zier told us more.
Marine Log (ML): Crowley has recently partnered with Watco and Esvagt on U.S. offshore wind related projects. Can you tell us more about these partnerships and Crowley’s plans for offshore?
Jonathan Zier (JZ): Crowley is taking a “cradle-to-grave” approach with respect...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/tugs-barges/10-minutes-with-crowleys-jonathan-zier/
INESC TEC Insitute along with the energy company EDP, launched a project for the construction of the first real-time maritime robot testing center, used for offshore wind in Europe. Through this offshore project, development of monitoring and maintenance technologies for offshore infrastructures will get a boost.
Namely, the European real-time maritime robot testing center, “European Atlantis” will be located in Viana do Castelo, Portugal and involves 8.5 million euros financed by the H2020 –...
https://safety4sea.com/europe-gets-its-first-robot-testing-center-for-offshore-wind/
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved Dominion Energy on designing, constructing and installing the 12MW Coastal Virginia offshore wind project, making it the only fully-permitted offshore wind project in the US.
The shore side infrastructure was being constructed in July, with Siemens Gamesa providing the wind turbines and Ørsted being the lead developer.
Dominion Energy stated that the offshore project will be ready in summer of 2020. Dominion issued its Facility Design Report...
https://safety4sea.com/boem-greenlights-first-wind-offshore-project-in-us-federal-waters/