NORTH AMERICA

The US Department of the Interior has approved the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project – the nation’s ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden’s leadership.

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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of Avangrid’s New England Wind Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes construction and operation of two wind energy projects. This is the final approval of these two projects from BOEM, following the agency’s April 2024 Record of Decision.

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Delaware’s State Senate has passed a bill that enables the US state to issue an offshore wind solicitation to procure 1.2 GW of offshore wind generation capacity and in participate in regional offshore wind transmission planning.

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California lawmakers released a $10 billion climate bond proposal late Saturday night, teeing up votes ahead of the Wednesday deadline to place borrowing measures on the ballot.

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New Project Seeks To Build Offshore Wind Farms Near Kaiwi Channel

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EUROPE

Marine and engineering consultancy Global Maritime said it has been awarded a contract by the Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, to provide engineering services for the PREDICT 2.0 project.

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Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest container shipping company, is continuing investments in the Port of Hamburg — one of the home ports for the company.

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Aberdeen-based ZOEX Power has finished the installation of its 100 kW wave energy device at the Port of Aberdeen, South Harbour.

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UK Election Update: What a Labour Government means for Offshore Wind

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Eolus has submitted an application to the Swedish Government to construct the Skidbladner offshore wind farm, featuring up to 147 wind turbines situated over 20 kilometres north of Gotska Sandön.

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AFRICA

TotalEnergies has contracted SLB OneSubsea to provide 13 subsea wellsets and associated equipment and services for the Kaminho project in Block 20/11 offshore Angola.

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ASIA

Inpex Corporation has joined Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA).

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Japan’s Marubeni Group and Doosan Enerbility Vietnam (Doosan Vina) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop offshore wind power in Vietnam.

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NON-REGION SPECIFIC NEWS

Eleven projects have reached FID so far this year, with nine projects being either shallow- or deepwater, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Oracle report.

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So Much Winning: Big Offshore Wind News From US, Europe

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INDUSTRY / BUSINESS NEWS

The Sener-led DECIMAP project will receive a grant of EUR700,000 (US$749,000) from the Strategic Plan for the Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) of the Spanish marine sector. The DECIMAP development aims to deliver a new floating foundation for offshore wind turbines of more than 15 MW capacity.

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Maersk Offshore Wind will provide installation services to the offshore wind market based on a new and state-of-the-art offshore Wind Installation Vessel (Maersk WIV) concept.

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With the creation of new WorkBoat West programming and the development of an innovative partnership with Washington Maritime Blue, the 2024 Pacific Marine Expo (PME), which will be held from Wednesday, November 20th, through Friday, November 22nd, promises to be the most engaging ever for the maritime industry.

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