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Governor Hochul announces two offshore wind project awards

Wind Energy – New York

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the State has conditionally awarded two offshore wind projects from its fourth offshore wind solicitation – a planned 810-megawatt project, Empire Wind 1, (developed by Equinor) and Sunrise Wind, a planned 924-megawatt project (developed by Orsted and Eversource).

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Collaboration agreement for grid-scale offshore hybrid wind-solar project

General – OFPV Farm

SolarDuck, leader in OFPV technology, Green Arrow Capital, leading Italian Independent Asset Manager in the alternative investment world, and New Developments, one of Italy’s most experienced developers, have agreed to collaborate on the development of a landmark 120MWp OFPV farm integrated with 420MW Floating Offshore Wind (FOW).

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Odfjell Oceanwind creates Windsteel Technologies

Wind Energy – Foundations for Floating Wind Turbines

Odfjell Oceanwind, together with the leading automation and manufacturing expert Prodtex, have established a joint venture to address what is expected to become one of the biggest bottlenecks in scaling the floating offshore wind industry: low cost and high-capacity manufacturing of foundations for floating wind turbines.

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Alliance of the Seas: Introducing the JSI Alliance

General – Maritime Transport

After three years in a successful joint venture, Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor Jumbo Shipping and German breakbulk and project cargo specialist SAL Heavy Lift are thrilled to welcome their American sister, multipurpose and liner operator Intermarine, to the group.

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RTS Wind extends blade maintenance contract for Thornton Bank

Wind Energy – Blades Maintenance

RTS Wind has secured a multi-year framework agreement with C-Power to continue blade maintenance at Thornton Bank wind farm in the Belgian North Sea.

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German maritime agency confirms 5.5 GW North Sea wind zones

Wind Energy – Germany

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued the results of the preliminary investigation of three areas in the North Sea which are planned to accommodate 5.5 GW of wind capacity.

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MFSV design gets ClassNK Nod

General – Design Concept Approval

K Line Wind Service, together with Japan Marine United Corporation and Nihon Shipyard, has been jointly granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for the design concept of the multifunctional floating offshore wind farm support vessel (MFSV).

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