142 results found for 'bluefloat energy'

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  • Scotland and Brittany Discuss Partnership on Floating Wind Turbines

    9 February 2023
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    A delegation of fifteen Scottish companies met in Rennes, France, with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector to discuss the development of partnerships around floating wind turbines. Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe. The two territories have the advantage of having floating […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis Ink Exclusivity Agreements for Scottish Floaters

    19 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership has signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland to develop its Sinclair and Scaraben innovation projects which will now be part of a phased delivery of the partnership’s Broadshore project. The two 99.5 MW floating offshore wind farms will now be developed as part of a phased delivery of […]

  • UK Expertise Can Help Boost New Zealand’s Offshore Wind Industry, Report Says

    15 August 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    A new report, prepared by global energy consultancy Xodus and published on 14 August, says that the UK, as the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, can help unlock the full potential of New Zealand’s offshore wind industry. With 15,000 kilometres of coastline, New Zealand holds vast offshore wind potential and, on top of that, has […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed at Stromar Wind Project Site Offshore Scotland

    15 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    A floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) buoy has been launched at the Stromar floating wind farm site offshore Scotland. The E38 EOLOS LiDAR was deployed at the Stromar site off the coast of Caithness, approximately 50 kilometres from the Port of Wick on 8 September. Equipped with fully independent and remote sensing devices, the […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Strike Again Offshore Italy

    14 December 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Falck Renewables/BlueFloat Energy partnership set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Italian coast has announced the creation of Minervia Energia, an ad hoc company to develop a floating offshore wind farm off Catanzaro, Calabria. Recognizing the potential for the floating wind technology in Italy, the developers have chosen Calabria as a […]

  • BlueFloat, Energy Estate to Increase Greater Gippsland Capacity to 2.1 GW

    8 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate have expanded the proposed capacity of the Greater Gippsland wind project offshore Australia from 1,275 MW to 2,085 MW. Initially, the two companies planned to develop a 1.3 GW bottom-fixed offshore wind project located off the coast of the Gippsland region in Victoria. The increase in the capacity of the […]

  • Plans for New Floating Wind Project Revealed in Spain, Green Hydrogen Production Included

    26 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    A joint venture between Spanish companies BlueFloat Energy and Sener has revealed plans for one of the first floating offshore wind farms in Andalusia, Spain. The project is planned to have an installed capacity of 300 MW and to potentially power green hydrogen production. Called Mar de Ágata, the floating wind farm would be located […]

  • Offshore Wind Partnerships Form Down Under

    25 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate, and Elemental Group are partnering to develop offshore wind farms in New Zealand. The partners have launched “Haumoana – New Zealand Offshore Wind Capacity Building”, a report which highlights New Zealand’s untapped potential for offshore wind development and the opportunities to establish a local supply chain as well as create enduring […]

  • Consortium Bidding in ScotWind Plans Sharing Project Ownership with Community

    5 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    The consortium between Falck Renewables, Ørsted, and BlueFloat Energy, which is bidding in the latest ScotWind leasing round, has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding with the community ownership organisation Energy4All to work on opportunities for Scottish communities to own a stake in the consortium’s offshore wind projects. Under the agreement, Energy4All will co-operate with […]

  • Developers in New Zealand Team Up to Explore Port Taranaki’s Offshore Wind Hub Potential

    27 March 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP), a partnership between NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in New Zealand, has signed an agreement with Port Taranaki and BlueFloat Energy for a joint study into how the port’s assets, infrastructure and land can support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Aotearoa. The study, which aims […]

  • BOEM Clears Oregon Offshore Wind Areas for Leasing, Expects to Hold Auction Later This Year

    14 August 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised the environmental review of the possible impacts of issuing leases for potential offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon. BOEM expects to hold the lease sale, the first-ever of this kind in Oregon, later this year. On 13 August, the federal agency issued the […]

  • US Moves Closer to Oregon (Floating) Offshore Wind Lease Sale

    16 August 2023
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified two draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore southern Oregon with which the federal agency plans to move forward and offer them in a lease sale, expected to take place in the first quarter of 2024. Avangrid, Ocean Winds, BlueFloat Energy, and Mainstream Renewable Power, as […]

  • Ørsted, Falck and BlueFloat Support Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Bid

    23 May 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Ørsted UK, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have expressed their support for the bid to give Scottish Green Freeport status to the Cromarty Firth. The three companies, which have secured seabed leases in the recent ScotWind round, have become members of Opportunity Cromarty Firth (OCF), the partnership of private, public, and academic sector bodies committed […]

  • ScotWind Floating Wind Consortium to Investigate Effects on Marine Environment

    19 November 2021
    Environment

    The Ørsted, Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Energy consortium currently bidding for offshore wind leases for floating wind projects in Scotland has announced a link up with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to investigate the potential effects of floating wind developments on the marine environment. Areas under discussion for future research projects if the consortium’s […]

  • Scottish INTOG Innovation Projects Clear First Stage with Crown Estate Scotland

    22 May 2023
    Authorities, Innovation, Wind Farm Update

    All five innovation projects selected in Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round have now signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, which allows the developers to start offshore wind development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan (INTOG SMP) is completed. The INTOG leasing round has three key […]

  • Australian Floating Offshore Wind Project Grows in Size

    7 October 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate, the developers of the Hunter Coast floating wind farm offshore Australia, have expanded the size of the project from 1.4 GW to 1.65 GW and released the visual simulation for it. Located between 20 and 50 kilometres off the Hunter-Central Coast region of New South Wales (NSW), the 110-turbine Hunter […]

  • Italian Floating Offshore Wind Farm Secures Maritime Concession

    8 March 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy have secured a 40-year maritime concession for the 1,350 MW Odra Energia floating wind project offshore off the southern coast of the province of Lecce, Italy. The Odra Energia wind farm will comprise 90 wind turbines installed in the Ionian Sea, between 12 kilometres and 24 kilometres off the south-eastern […]

  • Falck, BlueFloat to Request Permit to Build 1.3 GW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Italy

    26 October 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are set to apply for permission to develop a second floating offshore wind project in Puglia, Italy. After filing for authorisation of a 1.2 GW floating wind farm in the waters off Brindisi last month, the partners will now seek permits to install floating wind turbines with a total capacity […]

  • Parkwind’s First Move Outside Europe Made Down Under

    27 April 2022
    Business & Finance

    Parkwind is entering the offshore wind market in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, and has made its first move outside of Europe by naming a country manager in the two countries. The Belgium-based offshore wind developer, which says its move reflects the high potential in the region, has appointed Peter Lars Spencer as country manager […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Up Italian Portfolio to 4.6 GW

    22 February 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    Nora Ventu, a company set up by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy, has launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two floating wind projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore Italy. Nora Ventu, set up to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has begun a […]

  • Magnora-TechnipFMC JV Submits Two Proposals in ScotWind Leasing Round

    19 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Floating Wind

    Magnora Offshore Wind, a joint venture (JV) between Magnora and TechnipFMC, has submitted two applications in the ScotWind seabed leasing round in Scotland, the company informed on 19 July. The two companies, which established the joint venture earlier this year, did not detail on the projects, but the focus of the partnership is on floating […]

  • Spain Pushes Ahead with Offshore Wind Roadmap

    11 August 2021
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The Spanish government has closed the public consultation on the draft Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energies. According to the Roadmap, Spain intends to develop between 1 GW and 3 GW of offshore floating wind capacity by 2030. The Roadmap also includes plans to develop between 40 MW and 60 MW […]

  • Euroports, Port of Hanko Unveil Plans for Wind Hub in Finland

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Euroports and the Port of Hanko have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a wind hub at the Port of Hanko in Koverhar, Finland. According to Euroports, the initiative positions the harbour, situated in the southernmost part of the country, as a central place in the offshore wind supply chain, tackling the critical […]

  • Concession Sought for New 540 MW Floating Wind Farm in Italy

    22 January 2024
    Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    An Italy-registered company SCS 27 Srl has requested a 40-year concession from the Italian authorities for a floating offshore wind farm in the Ionian Sea. Currently in public consultation at the Port Authority of Gallipoli, the floating wind farm is proposed to be built approximately 20 kilometres off the coast south-west of the municipality of […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed Offshore Italy for Two Wind Projects

    24 July 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    A floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) buoy has been deployed in waters off the coast of Brindisi, Italy, to conduct surveys and preparations for the construction of the Kailia Energia and Lupiae Maris floating offshore wind farms. Equipped with fully autonomous remote sensing devices, the buoy will remain inside the water for a minimum […]

  • Italian Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Deploy 14+ MW Turbines

    22 December 2021
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Odra Energia will file an application for ministerial authorisation for its 1.3 GW floating offshore wind farm project off the southern coast of the province of Lecce, Italy, on 29 December. The proposed Odra Energia offshore wind farm project will comprise 90 wind turbines, generating around 4 TWh of electricity annually, Falck Renewables, who is […]