Offshore

Scottish government announces £2m grant for offshore innovation

The Scottish government has announced a new funding of up to £2m to promote innovation in the offshore wind sector and to cut down development costs.

SSE and Fluor to bid Seagreen Scottish offshore wind project in CfD auction

SSE and Fluor have announced plans to bid Seagreen offshore wind farm project into the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, which is expected to take place in Spring 2019.

WSP USA, Wood Thilsted to design foundations for Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm

WSP USA and Wood Thilsted have been selected to provide detailed design of foundations for Vineyard Wind’s offshore wind project off the Massachusetts coast.

GustoMSC, Barge Master partner to develop US offshore wind feeder solution

GustoMSC and Barge Master have joined hands for the development of a motion-compensated feeder solution for the US offshore wind market.

LOC Renewables acquires 70% stake in Innosea

UK-based consultancy LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has acquired a 70% stake in French marine energy engineering firm Innosea for undisclosed sum.

Prysmian Group to supply submarine cable links for Borssele III & IV offshore wind farms

Cable systems services provider Prysmian Group has secured an order to supply cable links for Borssele III & IV offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

TenneT, Vattenfall to study electricity trade between Dutch and UK offshore wind connections

The Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT and Swedish energy group Vattenfall are planning to take up a feasibility study of trading electricity between the UK and the Netherlands by connecting the offshore electrical infrastructure of a UK and Dutch offshore wind farms.

ABSG Consulting signs MoU to help advance offshore wind technology and services in Taiwan

ABSG Consulting, a subsidiary of ABS Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with a consortium advance offshore wind technology and services in Taiwan.

Ørsted inaugurates 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm

Race Bank, the 573MW offshore wind farm owned by Ørsted, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5, Sumitomo and Gravis Capital Management, has been officially opened.