Tag: offshore wind

Last week, the OPEN-C Foundation was announced as Europe's largest offshore testing facility dedicated to floating wind turbines and renewable marine energy.

Earlier, Norwegian renewable energy developers Vårgrønn and Å Energi, together with Corio Generation, launched the Brigg Vind brand to develop sustainable offshore wind in Norway. In the meantime, Havfram Wind announced that it will install turbines at Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm in the UK, starting autumn 2026.

Earlier this week, the Port of Argentia in Canada announced a significant contract in support of offshore wind development in the United States. The contract will strengthen the Port's position as a monopile marshalling yard for US offshore wind.

Gulf Wind Technology and Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell) announced yesterday that they have partnered up for the offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico.

On March 9th DNV released a statement to announce key findings from its report, Spatial Competition Forecast, on the growing Blue Economy and the global race for space among ocean sectors.

On March 10th, Maritime UK launched a landmark Offshore Wind Plan which puts forward a strategy for realising the UK’s offshore wind potential in the decades to come.

Mr. Jacob Damgaard, Associate Director, Loss Prevention, Britannia P&I Club says that the construction of offshore windmill farms has been a booming market over the last decade and expected to grow even further in the years to come as more and more countries are shifting to green energy.

Petrobras and Equinor have released a statement on their agreement to evaluate seven offshore wind projects in Brazil. During CERAWeek (annual energy conference organized by S&P Global in Houston, Texas), the two companies signed a letter of intent that expands the cooperation between them to assess seven offshore wind power generation projects.

The expansion of renewable energy generation is a key part of the global energy transition. In particular, offshore wind generation will be vital, with DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook projecting that by 2050 it will supply some 15% of the world’s total electricity generation and grow to 50% of ocean CAPEX. However, for this growth to be realized will require massive ramp up in the development and deployment of offshore wind installation vessels.

In effort, Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior announced the the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.