The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Defense (DOD) to support the coordinated development of wind energy generation on the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Petrobras will invest BRL 60 million in a new phase of offshore wind testing and measurements, with the launch of new Bravo buoy units for collecting, monitoring and evaluating offshore wind resources.

DNV has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), a non-profit foundation focused on the promotion of the development and upgrading of metals and related industries in Taiwan.

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, announced its partnership with the Leading Light Wind project, one of the largest offshore wind projects in the US, located over 40 miles off the coast of the New Jersey. Hellenic Cables will supply 65 km of 132kV inter-array cables, a part of the project’s total inter-array cable needs.

HydroWing has signed a binding agreement with one of PLN’s Subholdings to develop plans for the first tidal current power plant in Indonesia. The 10 MW tidal energy project is planned to be located in East Nusa Tenggara in the Indonesian archipelago.

French developers HydroQuest and Normandie Hydroliennes have been announced as the winners in the latest EU Innovation Fund call. 337 applications were received under the Innovation Fund’s 2023 call. In the ‘pilots’ topic, 17 projects have been preselected for a grant, with ocean energy securing 2 projects in France.

RWE has taken an important step in the construction of its offshore wind project Thor in the Danish North Sea: the first batch of eight monopile foundations for the wind turbines were offloaded and stored at the base port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands.

Energy and marine consultancy ABL has successfully completed its marine engineering scope to support the monopile foundation installation campaign for Taiwan’s 640 MW Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm.

DEME has been awarded a substantia contract to carry out the transport and installation works for the inter-array cables and secondary steel for the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. With an installed capacity of nearly 800 MW, the wind farm is being developed by a joint venture of leading energy companies RWE and TotalEnergies.

Ocean Winds (OW), an international company dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture in 2020 by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has formalized a partnership with Eletrobras by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in São Paulo.

Lloyd's Register (LR) has published its first Recommended Practice (RP) for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures marking a significant milestone in the rapidly expanding floating offshore wind sector.  

Oceantic Networks has released its US Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report (2024 Q3).

Ocean Winds (OW), an international company exclusively dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture in 2020 by EDP Renewables and ENGIE has formalized a partnership with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in October 2024, with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge between academic experts from UFRN and specialists from Ocean Winds to build a leading and reliable offshore wind energy industry in Brazil.

Leading Portuguese maritime engineering company Etermar announced the launch of Etermar Energia. The new branch is entirely dedicated to renewable energy, with a strong focus on offshore wind.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed an environmental review to assess potential wind development activities within six wind lease areas covering over 488,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey in an area known as the New York Bight.

Inyanga Marine Energy Group is taking over the D10 tidal turbine in France. The D10 tidal turbine was the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France, initially deployed in 2015.