Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project
systems specialist Bekaert has joined the Tailwind project, which aims to develop advanced mooring solutions for floating wind industry.The Tailwind project, launched in January 2024, will aim to deliver advanced station-keeping technologies, designed to maintain the position of floating offshore wind energy farms through innovative mooring lines and anchoring systems.The development of these technologies is critical to open new paths towards the global effectiveness and sustainability of floating offshore wind farms, driving tangible cost savings while reducing dependency on primary raw materials
Mooreast to Anchor Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Southern France
, are expected to be delivered by October 2024.The anchors will be manufactured at Mooreast’s yard at 51 Shipyard Road in Singapore.“The project win in France underscores the growing confidence that international players in the floating renewable industry have in us. The European floating wind energy sector is known for its rigorous standards and we are proud that Mooreast is able to achieve market acceptance in this region,” said Sim Koon Lam, founder, Executive Director, CEO and Deputy Chairman of Mooreast.The three 10 MW turbines for Eolmed floating offshore wind farm will be supplied
Nexans Secures First Call-Off Under TenneT’s Offshore Wind Grid Deal
, Nexans will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for the BalWin3 and LanWin4 grid connection systems.The grid connection systems, each with 2 GW capacity, will be able to transmit total of 4 GW of offshore wind energy from the North Sea to Wilhelmshaven in Germany, Lower Saxony.Nexans said it will use its new 525 kV HVDC XLPE cable technology and implementing an innovative ‘four bundle’ cable laying method for the first time in the company’s history for the project installed by its new cable
Fugro Extends Partnership with Local Firm for Vietnam’s Offshore Wind Industry
set up in 2011, and reflects both parties’ commitment to support the country’s developing offshore wind industry and ambitious offshore wind targets.As outlined in Vietnam’s 8th Power Development Plan (PDP8) in 2023, these include an initial target of approximately 6 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030, and 70 GW to 91.5 GW by 2050, which is critical for the country to achieve its goal of carbon neutral by 2050.“Vietnam holds tremendous potential for offshore wind power and, after over a decade of working here with our local partner, PTSC G&S, we’re thrilled to be unlocking
Corio Deploys LiDARs for Offshore Wind Projects in Philippines
forward offshore wind projects for upcoming auctions in the country,” said Alma Roxas-Aguila, Development Director of the Philippines, Corio Generation.Corio aims to develop up to five projects totaling 3 GW in the Philippines off the coasts of Cavite, Batangas-Mindoro, IIoilo and Guimaras under wind energy service contracts that provide site exclusivity.This pipeline comprises 2 GW of fixed-bottom and 1 GW of floating wind projects
Weather Data Gathering Project Underway for US Offshore Wind
of the third phase of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP3), seeks to gather high-quality data to improve the design and operation of offshore wind turbines and wind farms. Accurate forecasts are essential for maximizing wind plant output.“The major goal of WFIP3 is to characterize the wind energy environment and what processes impact the wind speeds at hub-height,” said Dave Turner, manager of NOAA’s Atmospheric Science for Renewable Energy Program. “We want to use these insights to improve NOAA’s operational weather prediction models, which often serve as the foundation
Prysmian Signs $5B Contracts with Amprion for Germany’s Offshore Wind
projects. Contracts like the ones with Prysmian are essential in order to achieve our offshore expansion targets. For us, this is a major step towards project success,” added Hendrik Neumann, CTO of Amprion.The three projects are part of Germany’s overall plan to install 70 GW of offshore wind energy by 2045 and will support the transmission of the energy generated in the North Sea to consumers in the Western and Southern regions of the country.BalWin1 and BalWin2 each will transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind energy, produced in areas 9 and 10 of the German North Sea, to the grid connection
US and Denmark Team Up for $4.2M Floating Wind Innovation Call
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) and Innovation Fund Denmark have announced an intention to release a $4.2 million funding opportunity to advance floating offshore wind energy systems.The announcement builds on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between DOE, the Denmark Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the Denmark Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities, and Innovation Fund Denmark signed in 2021.The proposed funding opportunity will focus on research to improve mooring technologies and methods, which are used to secure floating platforms
Fugro Gets Dutch Offshore Wind Zone Survey Job
Dutch company Fugro has secured the geophysical survey contract for the development of the Doordewind offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands.The Doordewind project, led by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), is part of the Dutch Government’s Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030, which aims to accelerate the development of offshore wind in the Netherlands.The survey work is scheduled to start in April 2024 and will be conducted with Fugro’s geophysical vessel Fugro Pioneer.Onboard are customized digital streamers and processing technology that enable 2D ultra-ultra-high resolution
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