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  • BREAKING: Australia Awards First Offshore Wind Feasibility Licences, Major Developers Lined Up with 12+ GW in Generation Capacity

    1 May 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Australian government has awarded the first feasibility licences for offshore wind projects to six wind farms proposed to be built offshore Gippsland in Victoria, with a further six licences expected to be awarded, subject to First Nations consultation. The total capacity of Australia’s first six offshore wind projects to receive feasibility licences is around […]

  • OWGP Launches GBP 1 Million Offshore Wind Innovation Grant for UK Companies

    1 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a GBP 1 million Innovation Grant funding competition aimed at boosting the local offshore wind supply chain. Innovation Grants between GBP 25,000 and GBP 200,000 are available for projects that focus on future cables, electrical systems, next-generation installation, and operations and maintenance technologies. The scope of the […]

  • Seabed Survey of New Offshore Wind Area in Norway Goes to Finnish Firm

    16 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Arctia Meritaito, a subsidiary of Finland’s icebreaking, fairway maintenance, and hydrographic surveying player Arctia, has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of one of the offshore wind farm areas the Norwegian government plans to auction off next year. Thanks to a contract with the Norwegian Mapping Authority, Hydrographic Service (NHS), Arctia Meritaito […]

  • Contract Signed for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    19 April 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Norway has signed a two-way Contract for Difference (CfD) related to the offshore wind farm project in the Sørlige Nordsjø II zone with Ventyr Energi, the winner of the recently held auction. Ventyr Energi, a consortium of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, won the rights to develop the wind farm project at the […]

  • North Sea, Baltic Sea Countries Enter Pacts to Protect Offshore Energy Infrastructure Amid Concerns Over Russian Sabotage

    11 April 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection

    Eight Baltic Sea countries signed a joint declaration on collaborating closer to secure critical offshore energy infrastructure in the region on 10 April, only a day after six North Sea countries entered into a similar agreement. Both are a result of security concerns arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reports of possible sabotage […]

  • Significant Offshore Wind Growth Brings Fugro Strong Start of the Year

    26 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, reported a 9 per cent revenue growth for the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was EUR […]

  • Drydocks World Cuts First Steel for Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Substations

    18 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Drydocks World has hosted a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of work on the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind platforms project. The steel cutting ceremony for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East HVDC Platforms was held at Drydocks World’s yard in Dubai and included the joint venture partner for the project, Aker Solutions, the […]

  • DEME Wins ‘Most Extensive’ Cabling Contract in Company’s History

    18 April 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms

    Cable solutions provider Prysmian has selected DEME to provide the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. This is the most extensive cabling award in DEME’s history and marks the company’s first project involving Prysmian’s 525 kV HVDC cable technology, featuring increased transmission capacity, […]

  • Brazil Could Soon Approve 22 MW Pilot Offshore Wind Project in Rio Grande do Norte

    8 April 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) expects to receive a licence for a pilot offshore wind project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the second half of this year. ISI-ER filed an application with the country’s Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) at the beginning of 2023, […]

  • Construction of World’s First Energy Island About to Start

    27 March 2024
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Project Updates

    Offshore construction work on Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first energy island, is expected to start soon in the Belgian sector of the North Sea as cardinal buoys have been deployed to demarcate an exclusion zone within which only vessels working on the energy island will be allowed, according to a Notice to Mariners issued […]

  • Norway Postpones Floating Wind Tender to 2025 as Gov’t Establishing ‘Common State Aid Model’

    25 March 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The award of 1.5 GW of floating wind capacity in Norway, which was planned for this year, will be held in 2025 as the Norwegian government plans to have the subsidy model in place and announced before allocating the Utsira Nord (Utsira North) offshore areas for development. In this article: The government says the decision […]

  • First Steel Cut for RWE’s Nordseecluster A Offshore Substation

    4 April 2024
    Grid Connection, Infrastructure, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first steel has been cut for RWE’s Nordseecluster NC 2 offshore substation which is being built by Atlantique Offshore Energy, the marine energy business unit of French company Chantiers de l’Atlantique. The Nordseecluster will be constructed in two phases, Nordseecluster A and Nordseecluster B, each comprising two offshore wind farms. The sites of Phase A […]

  • Seaway7 to Transport and Install Baltica 2 Offshore Substations in Poland

    29 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the substations for the Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The deal is worth between USD 50 million and […]

  • SSE Renewables Picks Ventus for Seagreen Maintenance Work

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    UK-based Ventus Energy has been awarded a contract by SSE Renewables to provide maintenance work on transmission assets for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. Throughout the duration of the contract, the company will operate across primary and secondary equipment at the wind farm’s offshore and onshore substations. In addition to substation asset maintenance, […]

  • BREAKING: Parkwind Consortium Wins Norway’s First Offshore Wind Tender

    20 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Norwegian government has unveiled Ventyr Energi, a consortium of Parkwind and Ingka Investments, as the winner of the Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. The winning bid in the auction was NOK 1.15 (EUR 0.099) per kilowatt hour. “This is a milestone in the government’s offshore wind […]

  • Shell Exits US Offshore Wind Project, Sells Stake to Ocean Winds

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Shell New Energies, a subsidiary of Shell, has sold its 50 per cent equity share in SouthCoast Wind Energy, established in 2018 to develop wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, to its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America for an undisclosed sum. According to Shell, the deal with Ocean Winds was structured to […]

  • Nexans, TenneT Get Things Rolling on BalWin3 and LanWin4 Offshore Grid Connections

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection

    TenneT and Nexans, which signed framework agreements for three offshore grid connections last year, have now signed a call-off contract for the BalWin3 and LanWin3 projects, each of which will have a capacity of 2 GW and will link offshore wind farms to the German grid. In May 2023, TenneT awarded NKT, Nexans, and a […]

  • US Picks Final Gulf of Maine Area for 32 GW of Offshore Wind

    18 March 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated a final Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine, which has the potential to support 32 GW of offshore wind capacity, exceeding the current state goals for Massachusetts (10 GW) and Maine (3 GW). The WEA totals about two million acres offshore Maine, […]

  • Fair Winds, New Capacity Lift RWE’s 2023 Offshore Wind Earnings

    14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    RWE has reported an adjusted EBITDA of nearly EUR 1.7 billion in its offshore wind segment for 2023, compared to EUR 1.4 billion for the previous fiscal year. The increase in earnings is due to the commissioning of new capacity and better wind conditions, according to the company. Electricity generation from renewable energy at RWE rose by […]

  • Germany to Auction Off 5.5 GW of Offshore Wind Capacity in 2024

    22 February 2024
    Authorities, Planning & Permitting

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has verified that three offshore wind areas in the North Sea, with a combined capacity of 5.5 GW, are approved for auction later this year. The BSH issued the fourth WindSeeV regulation, which contains the preliminary area investigation results for constructing offshore wind farms in three areas in […]

  • Acta Marine Set to Commence Maintenance Work at Vattenfall’s German Offshore Wind Farms

    28 February 2024
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Centaurus will soon commence maintenance work at Vattenfall’s DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The entire service campaign is expected to last until October 2024. The vessel is currently making a stop in the Port of Hamburg before starting work for Vattenfall’s offshore […]

  • Germany Kicks Off 5.5 GW Offshore Wind Tender

    28 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has launched a tender for three centrally pre-investigated areas in the North Sea with a combined offshore wind capacity of 5.5 GW. The three sites, with a combined 5,500 MW of projected generating capacity, are situated about 110 kilometres northwest of Borkum Island, bordering the Netherlands’ exclusive economic zone. Bids must […]

  • Five Applicants Secure Spots in Norway’s Southern North Sea II Offshore Wind Auction

    16 February 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    Five applicants have qualified for the upcoming 1.5 GW Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) offshore wind auction round in Norway. “Today, we can announce that several strong applicants have been qualified to participate in the auction for offshore wind for Sørlige Nordsjø II. We have decided to proceed with the auction, which will […]

  • Netherlands Launches 4 GW IJmuiden Ver Offshore Wind Tender

    29 February 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has launched a tender for two sites in the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone in the North Sea. The tender, issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, is for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta sites, each of which can house approximately 2 GW of installed offshore wind […]

  • Prysmian Lands EUR 5 Billion Cable Job for Projects Offshore Germany

    15 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Italy-headquartered Prysmian has finalized three contracts worth in aggregate around EUR 5 billion with the transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion for BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connection systems and the DC34 underground cable project in Germany. According to Prysmian, this package deal is the largest in value and in km of cable ever awarded to […]

  • Intertek and NIRAS Join North Sea Energy Island Roster

    8 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Energinet has selected Intertek to undertake constraints analysis, consenting advice, and cable route and landfall assessments for the North Sea Energy Island offshore Denmark. The project will include 3 GW of offshore wind farm assets, an energy hub on an artificial island 80 kilometres offshore to facilitate substation functionality in the North Sea, export cables […]