Energy

Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon is to acquire the Wave Hub offshore renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind is launching the Ventus Awards, a first-of-its-kind industry awards program.

2021 is shaping up to be a momentous year in offshore wind. The industry is rapidly expanding, and more companies than ever are looking for qualified new talent.

The promise of marine energy is seemingly boundless—and thanks to a recently upgraded tool powered by new high-resolution data sets, users can pinpoint promising sites.

The offshore wind industry’s global installed capacity is set to exceed 250 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, driven by a surge in coming projects, a Rystad Energy report shows.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project — the first large-scale, offshore wind project in the United States.

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has launched a new Walk-to-Work crew transfer suit that overcomes a cumbersome feature of offshore wind turbine maintenance procedures without compromising safety, further strengthening its reputation for innovation in the renewables sector.
 


Amanda Lefton, Director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), will join the Network's next IPF Virtual on May 13 to kick off the day's focus, “The First One Hundred Days: Offshore Wind Kicks into High Gear."

Through a collaboration agreement, Equinor and Vårgrønn, a Norwegian renewable energy company established by HitecVision and Eni, aim to jointly prepare and submit an application to the Norwegian authorities to develop floating offshore wind at Utsira Nord west off Utsira and Haugalandet in the Norwegian North Sea.

On May 5, BHP announced first oil production from the Ruby Project in offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

The next webinar in the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA’s) ongoing regional webinar series is on ‘North America and the Global Energy Outlook’.

Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has announced that Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III projects were awarded contracts for difference (CfD) under the first phase of Poland’s offshore wind development scheme. The projects, with a combined potential capacity of 1440 MW, are among the first to secure offshore wind awards in Poland.