wind farm

Equinor invests in floating wind farm to power oil platforms

Equinor, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced that it made a final investment on the first ever floating wind farm to power two North Sea offshore platforms, a project between Equinor, the Snorre and Gullfaks, which will begin operations in late 2022.

The project will make the Snorre and Gullfaks installations the first oil production platforms (and among the only facilities of any kind) ever powered by a floating wind farm.

Specifically, the wind farm will consist of 11 wind turbines...

https://safety4sea.com/equinor-invests-in-floating-wind-farm-to-power-oil-platforms/

UK’s Labour part recommends public-owned offshore wind farms

UK’s Labour Party published a plan to build 37 new offshore wind farms with the government holding a 51%. Rebecca Long Bailey MP, Labour’s Shadow Business and Energy Secretary, announced the Labour’s plan as part of a British ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ plan.

Long Bailey highlighted that

We will deliver a seven-fold increase in offshore turbines in twelve years. But we can’t rely on the market to act fast enough. So ‘the people’ will take a majority stake in all new offshore wind farms and Our...

https://safety4sea.com/uks-labour-part-recommends-public-owned-offshore-windfarms/

Partners receive grant for world’s first floating wind digital twin project

The US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) issued a 3.6 million grant to Principle Power and partners for the development, validation and operation of the world’s first digital twin software for floating offshore wind applications.

A digital twin is a digital replica of a living or non-living physical entity. By combining the physical and the virtual world, data is provided enabling the virtual entity to exist at the same time with the physical entity....

https://safety4sea.com/partners-receive-grant-for-worlds-first-floating-wind-digital-twin-project/

French partners hold ceremony for the construction of Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project

French EDF Renewables and Enbridge conducted a ceremony highlighting the beginning of the construction on the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The 480MW wind farm will be equipped with 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines manufactured in France and is planned to begin operations in 2022.

Eolien Maritime France (EMF), a joint initiative between EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, is constructing the Saint-Nazaire project approximately 12km off the coast of Loire-Atlantique.

Moreover, Atlantique...

https://safety4sea.com/french-partners-hold-ceremony-for-the-construction-of-saint-nazaire-offshore-wind-project/

Wight Shipyard breaks into wind farm market

Wight Shipyard Co Ltd (WSC) is breaking into the Windfarm Support Vessel (WFSV) market with the launch of its new Vortisea brand.

The Vortisea brand, designed in collaboration with Australia’s Incat Crowther, is specifically geared towards European and UK windfarms, particularly those further offshore, with the operator’s expectancy for flexibility, speed and operational efficiency.

“It’s fitting that being so well established in the fast ferry sector we have chosen to enter the WFSV market....

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/wight-shipyard-breaks-into-wind-farm-market/

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