China Is Building World’s Biggest Floating Offshore Wind Farm
China has begun constructing the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm at a cost of CNY23 billion (USD3.3 billion), Hainan Daily reported.
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Norwegian Gov’t Plans Q1 2023 for Floating & Offshore Wind Auctions, Drafts Tender Frameworks
The Norwegian government aims to tender Utsira Nord and the first phase of the Southern North Sea (Sørlige Nordsjø II) offshore wind areas by the end of the first quarter of 2023, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, which has now issued frameworks for the tendering processes and opened consultation.
EU determined to secure its clean energy industrial base
he European Commission is launching “Clean Tech Europe”, a new platform to strengthen its value chains for clean energy. The new Platform aims to advance the key industries that will deliver Europe’s clean and digital transitions. These include wind and solar energy, heat pumps, storage, grids and renewable hydrogen.
NDRC：Remarkable achievements have been made in the green and low-carbon transformation of energy – progress in the “Top Ten Actions to Achieve Carbon Peak” (I)
The development and utilization of non fossil energy have been accelerated, and new energy sources have maintained rapid growth. Formulate and implement the planning and layout scheme of large-scale wind power photovoltaic bases focusing on desert, gobi and desert areas, with a total planned scale of about 450 million kilowatts.
Offshore Wind Majors Complete Phase 1 on Bottom-Impact Studies of Wind Turbine Jack-Up Vessels
Norway-headquartered DNV and its partners have completed Phase 1 of a joint industry project (JIP) on Bottom Impact and Partially Submerged Conditions for optimising the installation process of offshore wind turbines.
Rem Offshore’s CSOV Hull Arrives in Norway for Final Outfitting
Vard has announced that its first hull for the Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV), ordered by Rem Offshore, arrived at Vard Søviknes in Norway.
MEE: study and incorporate the treatment of new pollutants into relevant assessment of ecological environment protection
Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, presided over the ministerial meeting, which reviewed and approved the List of New Pollutants under Key Control (2023) in principle.
IWS Launches First Skywalker Vessel, Cuts First Steel for Third and Fourth from Same Class
The Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has launched IWS Skywalker, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK.
First Power Flows from World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm
First power has been produced from the first turbine at Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The power from the first turbine, which was installed in June, was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea on 13 November.
Kongsberg Maritime Wins Contract for Two Pelagic CSOVs
Norway-headquartered Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract for two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) from Pelagic Power.