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  • BOEM Gives Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Green Light to Begin Offshore Construction

    24 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Sunrise Wind’s construction and operations plan (COP), marking the final approval needed for the federal agency to move the 942 MW offshore wind project toward the start of offshore construction. Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, is being developed by Ørsted and Eversource […]

  • Ørsted Becomes Sole Owner of 924 MW Sunrise Wind in US for USD 152 Million

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource have finalized the transaction for Eversource’s share in the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project, initially announced in January. Ørsted has acquired its former partner’s stake for USD 78 million (approximately EUR 72 million) less than the originally agreed price earlier this year. In the agreement signed in January, the two companies agreed […]

  • New York’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground

    18 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 17 July, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction of Sunrise Wind, the state’s largest offshore wind project, developed by Ørsted. The groundbreaking at the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport on Long Island officially kicked off the start of the 924 MW Sunrise Wind project which is said to support […]

  • Equinor, Ørsted Sign New Empire Wind 1, Sunrise Wind Contracts with New York State

    5 June 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The State of New York and the developers of Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind projects, Equinor and Ørsted, have signed Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) Purchase and Sale Agreements for the two projects the developers re-bid in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation and were awarded capacity. Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind […]

  • Over Half of Sunrise Wind Foundation Components Built, Offshore Construction to Kick Off in 2025

    16 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    More than half of the advanced foundation components for the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm have already been built, as the project gears up for offshore construction in 2025. Ørsted selected Riggs Distler & Company, a union construction solutions firm with offices in Mt. Vernon and Saugerties, New York, as the general contractor […]

  • Skyborn Renewables Now Ørsted’s Joint Venture Partner on Two US Offshore Wind Farms

    1 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Skyborn Renewables has become Ørsted’s joint venture partner on the South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind offshore wind farms in the US as Skyborn’s parent company, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), acquired Eversource Energy’s 50 per cent ownership share in the two projects. Eversource initiated a strategic review of its offshore wind investment portfolio that involves […]

  • New York Opens Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation

    18 July 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation, with proposals due by 9 September. The offshore wind solicitation includes provisions such as inflation indexing, labor provisions, stakeholder engagement requirements, and disadvantaged community commitments, according to NYSERDA. A webinar will be held on 22 July to […]

  • US Offshore Wind Farm Encounters Another Construction Hiccup

    5 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After a delay in the construction of the onshore substation that also delayed the project’s commercial operation date, the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US has faced a challenge with the installation of one of the offshore substation monopiles. This is according to the information shared by Ørsted in the company’s third-quarter results, […]

  • New York Bidders File Final Proposals, RWE Plans 2.8 GW Offshore Wind Farm

    21 October 2024
    Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The developers who entered their projects in New York’s fifth solicitation for offshore wind energy have submitted finalised proposals, with RWE and National Grid Ventures’ Community Wind offshore wind farm now proposed to have a generation capacity of up to 2.8 GW and to be built in two phases by 2032. In September, the New […]

  • Eversource Secures USD 89 Million for Offshore Wind Hub in Connecticut

    20 August 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Planning & Permitting

    Eversource Energy, a US utility company, has secured a federal grant of USD 89 million (approximately EUR 80 million) to fund the development of new infrastructure aimed at enabling the interconnection of approximately 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity throughout several states in New England. The Huntsbrook Offshore Wind (OSW) Hub consists of building a […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Titan Wind to Build XXXL Monopile Production Facility in Northern Germany

    24 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The Titan Group has made the final investment decision (FID) to build a production facility for XXXL monopiles in Cuxhaven, Northern Germany. Up to EUR 300 million will be invested in the company, with production to ramp up next year. Titan Group said that more than 600 jobs will be created by the project. The […]

  • First Turbine Up at 704 MW Revolution Wind Project in US

    4 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 65 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The Revolution Wind offshore wind farm will utilise 65 Siemens Gamesa turbines, the same 11 MW turbine model used at the recently completed South Fork Wind. Once in operation, the […]

  • Transformers for First US HVDC Offshore Wind Grid Connection Arrive in New York

    3 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The four transformers for the substations that will receive and transmit the electricity produced by the Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm to the mainland have arrived in New York, according to a social media post by Siemens Energy, which is supplying the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for the 924 MW offshore wind project […]

  • Opinion | The Offshore Wind Industry Is Strengthening American Communities—We Must Not Change Course

    1 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contribution, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Supply Chain

    This is an op-ed piece by Sam Salustro, Vice President of Strategic Communication at Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation.  Six months occupied with questions about the upcoming election have muddied the waters, shifting the conversation about offshore wind energy away from the real groundwork being laid and progress already underway in […]

  • First-Ever SOV Built in US Christened in Louisiana

    13 May 2024
    Vessels

    Ørsted and the US shipbuilder Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) officially christened the first-ever US-built service operations vessel (SOV), ECO Edison, at the Port of New Orleans on 11 May. The construction of the vessel started in March 2022 at ECO’s shipyard in Louisiana, where ECO marked a 50-per cent completion milestone in April last year. […]

  • Ørsted Buys Sunrise Wind Stake from Eversource

    22 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Fixed-Bottom, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    US utility Eversource Energy has finalized definitive documents regarding its previously announced agreement to sell its 50 per cent ownership stake in the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind project to Ørsted. Eversource will remain contracted, under a separate construction management agreement, to lead the onshore construction of the Sunrise Wind project following the closing. […]

  • New York Plans to Launch Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation This Summer

    24 April 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled plans to launch the fifth offshore wind solicitation (NY5) this summer. In addition, Governor Hochul announced on 23 April that a USD 200 million Supportive Manufacturing and Logistics Request for Proposals (RFP) is open to support infrastructure investments in the state’s domestic offshore wind supply chain. The news […]

  • LS Marine to Use Dong Fang Offshore’s SOV on South Korean Offshore Wind Projects

    14 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Korean company LS Marine Solution and Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see LS Marine chartering a service operations vessel (SOV) from DFO and participating in offshore wind project bidding in South Korea. According to LS Marine Solution, this will be the first time an SOV […]

  • WATCH: Dominion Energy Launches First US Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    16 April 2024
    Project Updates, Vessels

    The United States’ first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Charybdis, has been launched to water at Seatrium AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. The vessel, which will be operated by Dominion Energy’s subsidiary Blue Ocean Energy Marine, was launched after the welding of the hull and the commissioning of the vessel’s four legs and related […]

  • RWE Gets Go-Ahead for 100 MW Electrolyzer for Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

    1 November 2024
    Clean Fuels, Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    German energy company RWE has secured construction and environmental permits to build a 100 MW electrolyzer in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The electrolyzer is part of system integration solutions associated with OranjeWind, an offshore wind project RWE is jointly developing with TotalEnergies in the Dutch North Sea. RWE described the permits as an important step in […]

  • Ørsted, Eversource Greenlight 924 MW Sunrise Wind After Securing US Approval

    27 March 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm has received its Record of Decision (ROD) from the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). In addition, the project’s developers, Ørsted and Eversource, have taken a final investment decision (FID) on Sunrise Wind and will now advance with onshore construction activities. Located approximately […]

  • Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Wind Turbines Connected to Taiwanese Grid

    3 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms have achieved first power and been connected to the Taiwanese national grid. Offshore construction at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a commenced in the summer of 2021 with the installation of the first wind […]

  • Cadeler Inks Wind Turbine Installation Deal for Wind Scylla

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Denmark’s Cadeler has signed an offshore wind turbine installation contract for the vessel, Wind Scylla, with an undisclosed client. The contract has a value between USD 75 million and USD 150 million, including both the firm period and potential options. The installation work is planned to commence in 2025. During the project duration, spanning between […]

  • New York State Selects Two Shovel-Ready, Re-Bid Projects in 4th Offshore Wind Solicitation

    29 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has selected Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted and Eversource’s Sunrise Wind projects in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. Both projects secured agreements with the state earlier and re-bid in this procurement round to negotiate new 25-year contracts. NYSERDA and the developers of the selected […]

  • All Turbines Up at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms

    29 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    All 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines have been installed at the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Per Mejnert Kristensen, President of Ørsted Asia Pacific. Offshore construction on the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms started in the summer of […]