The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States.
Significantly ahead of schedule, Jan De Nul’s Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Vole au vent has successfully completed her mission on the Saint-Nazaire Wind Farm project in France.
Van Oord has been selected as preferred contractor for the construction of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, 23 kilometres north of the Polish coastline.
Equinor is close to first power from the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms, Hywind Tampen, and preparing for the start-up of the world’s largest wind farm, Dogger Bank.