SBM Offshore and Technip Energies are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a joint venture entity, EkWiL. The new company will be a Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) pure player, capable of proposing a wide range of solutions to clients.

Fugro has extended their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PTSC Geos & Subsea Services Co., Ltd (PTSC G&S) to meet Vietnam’s strong demand for geophysical, geotechnical and metocean data services. Under the 2-year agreement, Fugro’s full range of marine site characterization services and PTSC G&S’s local survey capabilities will support Vietnam’s growing offshore wind industry.

Petrovietnam (PVN) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Group (CIP) of Denmark will cooperate in the renewable energy sector following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the two companies.

COWI, a leading international engineering consulting group, has been awarded a contract by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a joint venture involving DEME, Qair and Aspiravi, with a focus on Scottish offshore wind development. Under the contract, COWI will conduct a Pre-FEED study for TWP’s Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms, which would enter construction in 2029 and produce more than 2 GW of energy by 2032-2033. Utilizing its local and global engineering expertise, COWI will provide essential analysis for the foundation design of each project.

KENC Engineering has secured multiple contracts with offshore energy contractor DEME. For KENC, the contracts involve a broad scope of work that will encompass engineering and fabrication of seafastening and auxiliary structures that DEME requires for its work on several international offshore wind farms. KENC will be carrying out the concept, basic and detailed designs on all projects.

Carnegie Clean Energy Ltd (Carnegie) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Carnegie Technologies Spain, has been awarded €2.1 m for the ACHIEVE+ project by the Ente Vasco de la Energia (EVE), the Basque Energy Agency. This award complements the contract awarded by the EuropeWave Project (€3.75 m) and RENMARINAS DEMOS funding (€1.2 m) creating a total funding pool of €7.05 m for the deployment of CETO at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country. 

Global energy consultancy Xodus has assisted Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, in its acquisition of a 50% interest in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (“CVOW”). CVOW is expected to be the largest offshore wind farm in the US.

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has gained four new major players in its Joint Industry Project to develop seabed mobility guidance for the offshore renewable sector.

Ørsted and Dillinger (Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke) strengthen their partnership as the energy company secures the first offer to procure Dillinger’s lower-emission heavy-plate steel for offshore wind foundations. Through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Ørsted supports Dillinger’s efforts to drive the decarbonization of steel production and leverage its influence to secure resilient supply chains, steel capacity, and the optionality to deliver on expected future costumer demands.

The Tidal Stream Technology Roadmap report, published by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has identified 10 technology innovations that could result in an 80% cost reduction in tidal stream energy, making it lower than current nuclear energy prices—if successfully commercialized.

Corio Generation has deployed Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology for offshore wind projects in the Philippines. To support its development strategy, LiDARs have been installed in the vicinity of sites in Guimaras and Cavite.

The Nautical SUNRISE project is set to support the world’s largest Offshore Floating Solar power installation. The €8.4 million project, supported with € 6.8 million of the Horizon Europe program, kicked off in December 2023 to execute research and development on offshore floating solar (OFS) systems and its components. The outcomes of the project will enable the large-scale deployment and commercialization of OFS systems in the future, both as standalone systems and integrated into offshore wind farms.

Odfjell Oceanwind, together with its partners Source Galileo Norge and Kansai Electric Power Company, has received two billion NOK (approximately 190 million USD) in a capex grant for the GoliatVIND project. GoliatVIND is a 75 MW demonstration project for floating offshore wind. The project has selected Odfjell Oceanwind’s Deepsea Star™ semisubmersible foundation technology and will use Odfjell Oceanwind’s supply chain.

Venterra Group, a global offshore wind services company, is delighted to announce a recent contract award to assess metocean data collection needs to enable offshore wind farm development off Canada's Atlantic Coast. This significant contract is a testament to Venterra's unmatched global expertise across the entire lifecycle of offshore wind farm development and experience guiding governments and policymakers to identify optimal locations for offshore wind farms.

Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has partnered with two Scottish universities to investigate any potential impact of floating windfarms on marine ecosystems.

Seatrium is pleased to announce the official signing of the Project Agreement with TCOMS - Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore for the development of a Semi-Submersible Wind Platform Design under the ENFORCE—Enabling Future Systems for Offshore Wind ResourCEs Program.