Worldwide opportunities in Offshore Wind

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More offshore wind farm planned in Japan:

Britain is going all out to develop offshore wind farms:

Wind turbines get heavier and the towers gets taller. For those who want to stay in the game it is important to follow the development with bigger and better equipment, both for installation:

And for servicing the OWFs while in operation:

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General Electric are investing big money in the UK wind industry:

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About time GE got a boost in their stock.

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And some foreign companies see opportunities here:

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Taiwan is a hot market for offshore wind activities:
Van Oord Sends Cable Installation Fleet to Taiwan | Offshore Wind.

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Lots of opportunities is likely to come up in the US Offshore wind market, both for US and foreign firms joining forces with them:

Here is a new Esvagt SOV just delivered from Havyard:

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Didn’t Foss make a similar announcement like two years ago? Someone smarter than I am tell me if we’re ever going to see these hundred year old West Coast tug companies actually building and operating these boats.

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I think FOSS has partnered with Orsted. They have partnered with someone to enter the wind business.

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The renewables division of an ERRV operator called North Star has won a big contract to operate SOVs for the Dogger Bank wind farm in the UK, it will be the world’s biggest offshore wind-farm.

Apparently there was tough competition for this contract, perhaps people who want to get into offshore wind will try and launch a takeover of North Star.

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The Offshore wind industry is as international as Offshore Oil&Gas:

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Taiwan is active in the Offshore wind sector:

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Fred Olsen’s BRAVE TERN coming into Taichung port, Taiwan to load a new batch of windmills for installation offshore. Photo : Warner ©

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Boat company is heavily into floating wind farms:

Floating wind farms require many different types of equipment to build, install, complete and service:

Amazon sees potential in offshore wind development worldwide:

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Lots of shipping companies sees opportunities in the Offshore Wind Industry, even without specially build vessels:

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The MINERVAGRACHT is up bound in the St Clair River heading to Bay City, Michigan with load of wind turbine blades. Photo : Bert Varady Michigan, USA (c)

PS> Of course this vessel deliver her cargo to a staging port, not directly to a WTIV offshore. For that last bit the components are either carried by the WTIV herself, or by specially built vessels, like this;

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Another example of ship used to carry equipment for wind farms. This time transition pieces:

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The CYPRESS ARROW anchored off Gibraltar Photo : Francis Ferro ©

Bound for Aransas, USA:

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Wind farm in ice prone Gulf of Riga planned:

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The WTIV Brave Tern installed the first offshore wind turbines in the US. (Block Island OWF)
Now they are doing the same off Taiwan:

The first WTIV Seajacks Zataran, blt. 2012, has arrived in Japan and preparing to start installation of the first OWF in the Sea of Japan, off Akita:

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From a VERY reliable and unbiased source I see.

Yes wind is a problem in the North Sea, usually the complain is about too much, not too little wind.
But some years are better (or worse, depending on your point of view) than other.

That stone covering directly on top off electric cable could cause problem should not be a surprise, but apparently it is. (At least according to this source. I haven’t seen this anywhere else)

One more step on the knowledge ladder to be shared with everyone, if proven true.

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Here from a more reliable source that doesn’t have any bias. They are in the business of developing reliable forecasts about future energy markets:

Here is one of their customers:

Who the h*ll is Cadeler??:
https://www.cadeler.com/

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OK I believe this source: