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February 20, 2023, 2:40pm
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More US Offshore Wind News:
By Carly Wanna, Jennifer A Dlouhy and Josh Saul (Bloomberg) âThe offshore wind industry has a 40-ton problem on its hands.   Since early December, close to two dozen large whales have washed up...
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February 22, 2023, 4:39pm
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Looks like some old mud boats will get work in the OWFs off USEC:
TDI-Brooks has been awarded a geophysical, geotechnical and benthic sampling survey campaigns to study seabed conditions within the project lease area and potential export cable corridors off the US East Coast. The data collected will help determine...
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February 23, 2023, 1:02pm
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A bit newer vessels will soon be joining the market geotechnical survey in the OWI worldwide:
Fugro has acquired two platform supply vessels from DP Worldâs P&O Maritime Logistics which will be repurposed to geotechnical vessels. The Dutch surveyor is adding the 2015-built and for an undisclosed sum to support the demand for its services...
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Wondered that myself. They had to take the photos on the one or two days a year that it occurs.
Floating wind turbines growing larger:
Norwegian floating offshore wind specialist Odfjell Oceanwind has launched a foundation design capable of taking 15 MW and larger wind turbine generators (WTGs). Named the Deepsea Star, the floater is a column-stabilised, semi-submersible steel...
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Floating wind is âin the windâ these days:
Subsea 7, Siem Offshore and Kongsberg Maritime have joined forces to look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The studyâs main goal is to identify gaps in existing marine operation methodologies and equipment capabilities...
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Spanish developer BlueFloat Energy has revealed plans for a new floating offshore wind project in Australia. The Eastern Rise offshore wind project, which sits within the proposed offshore wind zone in the Pacific Ocean off the Hunter region of New...
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March 15, 2023, 12:30pm
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The consortium behind Ossian floating offshore wind farm has awarded the contract for geotechnical investigations to Fugro and Ocean Infinity. The Ossian project is being delivered by a partnership of Scottish renewable energy developer SSE...
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A consortium of Scottish, Japanese and Danish companies planning to develop a floating wind farm off Scotland hire Dutch and American Geotechnical companies to do the site survey, using Singaporean and Norwegian vessels to perform the task.
Yes it is possible to convert a drillship into a crane vessel for Offshore wind operations:
Bokalift 2, a former drillship converted into a crane vessel, is undergoing modifications ahead of work on offshore wind farms in the US.
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In Spring 2022, the vessel owner said that it planned to convert a number of vessels within its Offshore Energy division, including the crane ships Bokalift 1 and Bokalift 2 , into hybrid vessels through the retrofitting of energy storage systems, or âpower packsâ.
Itâs big dimensions on the equipment used on Bokalift 2:
The BOKALIFT 2 lifted the new Huisman â Schiedam built 2008 mt (in weight) gripper onboard whilst alongside at the Mammoet Quayside
Another Oil & Gas company getting into offshore wind:
Eni-led renewables venture GreenIT has signed a deal with funds managed by Denmarkâs Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to develop three floating offshore wind projects in Latium and Sardinia. The wind farms are planned to be located on average...
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As is another major player in shipping:
BW Groupâs floating wind company, BW Ideol, has entered into exclusive negotiations with French state-owned financier ADEME Investissement for âŹ40m ($43m) funding to support project development activities. Under the agreement terms, BW Ideol...
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Of course they are all idiots and doesnât understand that all this BS about âgreen transitionâ will end in 2025.
