The PlemCat test site has secured Environmental Impact Assessment approval for the NextFloat Project in Spain, enabling deployment of X1 Wind’s X100 8.5 MW floating offshore wind platform following recent DNV design validation.
Kent has been appointed Owner’s Engineer for the nearly 1 GW Buchan Offshore Wind project in Scotland as the floating offshore wind development moves toward FEED.
Orient Cable has installed China’s first 66kV dynamic cable for CTG’s 16MW floating offshore wind demonstration project, located about 70 km offshore.
Ocean Winds has started power production at its 30 MW floating wind farm off Port-La Nouvelle, marking its first project in France.
China has installed Three Gorges Pilot, a 16 MW floating offshore wind turbine off Yangjiang, supported by a semi-submersible platform and new mooring system.
The Low Carbon Contracts Company has terminated the CfD for Hexicon’s 32 MW TwinHub floating offshore wind project off Cornwall, after the developer secured the contract in Allocation Round 4 in 2022.
MacGregor has been selected to supply a 400 t SWL AHC subsea crane for a new 127 m FWCV, with crane delivery due end-2027 and vessel delivery in Q2 2028.
Hexicon reports a net SEK 115 million impairment tied to the UK-based TwinHub project, including a SEK 127 million write-down partly offset by a SEK 12 million positive tax effect.
UK CfD AR7 awarded 8.4GW of offshore wind—enough to power the equivalent of over 12 million homes—at an average £90.9 per megawatt hour for fixed-bottom projects.
