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Moray East mirth for Cromarty Firth

EDPR has signed a contract with the Port of Cromarty Firth to use the Scottish facility as a pre-assembly base during construction of the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm.

Nexans confirms Hornsea 2 nearshore wire job

Nexans is to supply cabling for the nearshore section of the export cable for Orsted's 1400MW Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.

US unveils roadmap to accelerate offshore wind industry

The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, the first US-funded public-private partnership focused on advancing research and development to accelerate the offshore wind industry in the country

SSE seeks Arklow Bank 2 survey squad

SSE has gone to market for contractors to run a geotechnical campaign at its up to 520MW Arklow Bank 2 project off the east coast of Ireland.

Catapult widens offshore innovation vision

The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has identified four new areas for innovation to boost offshore wind development in the UK.

COWI Expands in US Offshore Wind Energy

In a major developement, international consulting group COWI announced it plan to increase its presence in the USA significantly with the consultancy contract with Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts

Van Oord team ‘shields’ marine fauna

Van Oord and Scottish outfit Ace Aquatec are working together to make an acoustic device to protect marine fauna during offshore construction available to all contractors and interested parties around the world.

France finalises Dunkirk details

France has outlined the bidding terms for the 500MW Dunkirk Round 3 offshore wind farm off the country's northern coast, with the winner to be named by mid-2019.

First targetless laser sensor for offshore wind farms developed

Wärtsilä developed the first targetless laser sensor for offshore wind farm applications, called 'SceneScan Monopole'.

Danes take back the Middelgrunden

Danish company Hofor has bought 10 turbines back from Orsted at the 40MW Middelgrunden offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark.

Hitachi secures Taiwan O&M base

Japanese manufacturer Hitachi will use the port of Changhua as an operations and maintenance base for the over 109MW Changhua offshore wind farm under development by Taiwan Power Company.

Manor preps for second service build

UK outfit Manor Renewable Energy is preparing to start construction of a wind farm service vessel for delivery in the latter part of 2019.

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