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  • Drones Could Streamline O&M Ops from Esvagt SOVs

    27 January 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    ESVAGT, Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted are looking into using drones for spare parts and tools transfer from service operation vessels (SOVs) to offshore wind turbines. The three companies will examine the potential in meeting offshore wind turbine technicians’ needs in an easier way within a project called Operative package deliveries by drones. The project, scheduled […]

  • Innogy to Acquire Half of Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm Project

    26 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Innogy has partnered with Irish company Saorgus Energy to progress the development of the Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm through to planning consent, and is set to acquire an equal share of the project. The next phase of project development will be led by innogy with support from Saorgus Energy.

  • Octopus Energy to Pour Billions in Offshore Wind Globally by 2030

    24 July 2023
    Business & Finance

    UK green energy supplier Octopus Energy Group has announced that it will invest, through its generation arm, USD 20 billion (about GBP 15 billion) into offshore wind by 2030. The company said that this will go towards the generation of 12 GW of renewable electricity a year, enough to power 10 million homes. Octopus is targeting projects […]

  • Ocean Winds Submits Bid for Hollandse Kust West Site VI

    19 May 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ocean Winds has submitted a bid to the Dutch government for the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) Site VI and as such the right to develop around 790 MW of offshore wind capacity. Located 53 kilometres from the coast, the site for a future bottom-fixed offshore wind farm covers an area of approximately 88 square kilometres […]

  • Six Answer Call to Build Thor Offshore Wind Farm

    14 January 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Danish Energy Agency has pre-qualified a total of six consortia and companies to participate in the tender for the Thor offshore wind farm. The applicants include Ørsted, Vattenfall, a consortium of Total and Iberdrola, as well as Thor Wind Farm I/S, owned by RWE Wind Holding A/S and RWE Offshore Wind A/S. Other pre-qualified […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Reports EUR 56 Million COVID-19 Hit in Q2 2020

    6 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affected Siemens Gamesa’s operations and commercial activity, leaving a EUR 56 million mark on the company’s profitability in its second quarter of the fiscal year 2020 (January–March). Siemens Gamesa adjusted its operations to employ COVID-19 health and safety measures, and applied new solutions to ensure operations continue. The latter included re-routing […]

  • Floating Wind Partners Launch New Projects

    11 April 2018
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has kicked off two new studies to investigate critical issues for large-scale floating wind farms.

  • US Gets Its First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    15 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Construction has been completed and all twelve wind turbines have been powered up at the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, the 132 MW South Fork Wind. The project has started delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways, offshore New York, with commissioning in its final stage. “When I broke ground on […]

  • 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 […]

  • USV AS Orders Its First Hybrid Unmanned Surface Vessel at Astilleros Gondán

    18 July 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    USV AS, a joint venture (JV) company established by DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø, has contracted Astilleros Gondán shipyard to build its first unmanned surface vessel (USV). Expected to enter service in 2025, the USV will be utilised for subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) work at offshore wind farms. It is estimated that the […]

  • TotalEnergies, Galp Eye Wind Opportunities Offshore Portugal

    21 June 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Portuguese energy company Galp has decided to join forces with French energy major TotalEnergies to explore the potential development of wind projects offshore Portugal. The partnership combines Galp’s knowledge of the Portuguese market with TotalEnergies’ expertise in large-scale offshore wind projects, according to the press release. The partners said that they intend to contribute with […]

  • Powerhouses Clash Offshore California in Bid to Build Wind Farms

    6 December 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding a live auction, starting on 6 December, for the rights to develop floating offshore wind energy projects in five areas off the California Coast. This is the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the US Pacific coast and the first-ever through which the country is […]

  • BlueFloat, Falck Renewables Looking Into Building Floating Wind Farms in Celtic Sea

    7 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    BlueFloat Energy and Falck Renewables, which have already partnered to develop floating offshore wind projects in Scotland and Italy, are now also exploring opportunities for building floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea off the coast of Cornwall and Wales. “The Celtic Sea offers great potential for deploying floating offshore wind farms due to the […]

  • Polish Government Pinpoints Optimal Offshore Wind Installation Hub

    10 August 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The Polish government has identified the Port of Gdynia as an optimal location for the construction of an installation terminal for future offshore wind farms. On 30 July, the Polish Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on the installation terminal for offshore wind farms submitted by the Ministry of Infrastructure. The installation terminal is expected […]

  • New Project Looking to Raise OWF Array Voltage Beyond 66 kV

    20 May 2021
    R&D

    A new joint industry project has been launched as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme with an aim to build industry consensus on setting the future standard array voltage for offshore wind farms. The High Voltage Array Systems (Hi-VAS) project aims to understand the costs, benefits and technology challenges associated with raising the […]

  • Eversource Completes First Phase of New England Transmission Project to Facilitate Offshore Wind Integration

    22 May 2024
    Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure

    US energy and electric distribution company Eversource has completed the first phase of the Cape Cod Solution, one of two transmission projects currently under construction in New England that will allow for the interconnection of offshore wind. The other project is Revolution Wind, for which Eversource is also building the transmission infrastructure. Phase I of […]

  • Denmark Designates Siemens Gamesa’s Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Site as Test Zone

    5 May 2021
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Danish government has designated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s wind-to-hydrogen pilot project currently under development nearby the company’s Danish headquarters in Brande as an official regulatory energy test zone. The test zone permit gives Siemens Gamesa dispensation from electricity regulations in order to test its potential future application for both onshore and offshore wind. The project, […]

  • UK Launches Offshore Wind Sector Deal, Commits to 30GW by 30

    7 March 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    The UK has launched the new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector Deal which will see offshore wind reach the connected capacity of 30GW and deliver one-third of the UK’s electricity by 2030. Under the new deal, the number of jobs in the industry is expected to rise to 27,000 by 2030, up from 7,200 today. The deal […]

  • Great Lakes Inks First Rock Supply Deal For US Offshore Wind Farm

    27 July 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Great Lakes) has signed the first-ever subcontract for the procurement of rock for a wind farm offshore the US with Carver Sand & Gravel LLC (Carver), a US quarry in the state of New York. Through this subcontract, Great Lakes will use rock produced in New York to provide […]

  • Ofgem’s New Net-Zero Mandate to Speed Up ‘Glacial Pace’ of Realising Grid Connections

    8 June 2023
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The UK government will amend the Energy Security Bill to include a statutory net-zero duty for Ofgem, which the British energy regulator will be required to apply and document in decision-making. According to RenewableUK, this will speed up the realisation of grid connections and help unlock at least GBP 15 billion of investment in offshore […]

  • Japanese Companies Make First Offshore Wind Foray Abroad

    4 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Toho Gas, and Hokuriku Electric Power Company have agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in Formosa I International Investment from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group in order to participate in Taiwan’s offshore wind power business. This will mark the first investment made into the offshore wind power generation space […]

  • RWE Signs Thor Concession Agreement with Danish State

    26 January 2022

    After winning the tender for the construction and operation of the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm last month, RWE has now signed a concession agreement with the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Danish Government. The concession grants RWE the right to build and operate the offshore wind farm for 30 years, during which […]

  • Vattenfall Forms Offshore Wind Top Team

    22 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D, Technology

    Vattenfall has hired Siemens Gamesa’s Chief Executive Officer in North America, Jacob Nørgaard Andersen, and Senior Vice President from Ørsted Energy, Mats Vikholm to help the Swedish energy company develop the next generation of offshore wind farms.

  • New York Readies for Potential Offshore Wind Project Cancellations

    13 October 2023
    Authorities, Industry, Planning & Permitting

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the release of a new 10-Point Action Plan to expand and support the growing large-scale renewable energy industry in the state. One of the plan’s points outlines that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) plans to launch an accelerated renewable energy procurement process for […]

  • CIP, COP Propose to Build Multi-Billion-Dollar Wind Project Offshore Bangladesh

    14 July 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) have submitted an investment proposal to the Government of Bangladesh to develop a commercial, utility-scale offshore wind project valued at USD 1.3 billion off the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Once implemented, the project, with an initial capacity of 500 MW, will be the first […]

  • Port of Esbjerg Lines Up EUR 780 Million Investment in Offshore Wind Turbine Production Facilities

    7 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development

    The Port of Esbjerg has entered into a cooperation agreement with PensionDanmark under which the port will receive DKK 5.8 billion (about EUR 779 million) for the construction of facilities for the production of offshore wind turbines. PensionDanmark has decided to invest up to DKK 7 billion (around EUR 940 million) in the Port of […]