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  • New Method for Developing Recyclable Bio-Derivable Wind Turbine Blades Unveiled

    23 August 2024
    Business development, Industry, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found a practical path for manufacturing bio-derivable wind turbine blades that can be recycled and reused, potentially ending the practice of landfilling old blades. The paper “Manufacture and testing of biomass-derivable thermosets for wind blade recycling” involved work from investigators at five […]

  • California ISO Unveils USD 6.1 Billion Transmission Plan, Spotlights Offshore Wind

    4 April 2024
    Business development, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Onshore Infrastructure, Research & Development

    The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has unveiled its draft 2023-2024 Transmission Plan, which includes 26 proposed projects worth USD 6.1 billion (approximately EUR 5.6 billion), with a majority of the investment related to offshore wind. According to the California ISO, the plan is based on the state projections that California needs to add more […]

  • Maryland Governor Enacts Bill that Enables State to Re-Allocate Ørsted’s Skipjack ORECs to US Wind

    13 May 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a new offshore wind bill on 9 May, under which the State will create a schedule for offshore wind solicitations until 2031 and revise previous solicitations. The latter will allow the State to re-allocate the support awarded to Ørsted’s Skipjack project, from whose power purchase agreement the developer withdrew, to […]

  • 2 GW Maryland Offshore Wind Project Receives Federal Approval

    6 September 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    US Wind has received approval on the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released its Record of Decision (ROD), authorising the construction of up to 114 wind turbines. The Maryland Offshore Wind Project consists of three planned phases. Two phases, known as […]

  • Akrocean Wins French Offshore Wind Data Collection Gig

    2 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development

    Operating for the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), Météo-France has selected Akrocean to collect offshore wind, wave, and current data for potential offshore wind farm sites in France. The framework contract won by Akrocean includes several measurement campaigns that will be conducted on all the French coastlines over four years, according to the […]

  • SSE Buys Power from 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

    17 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    SSE Energy Markets has signed a long-term route-to-market power purchase agreement (PPA) with Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Renewables and ESB, to offtake electricity from Scotland’s 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm. SSE Energy Markets will offtake 50 per cent of the offshore wind farm’s electricity output and associated […]

  • BREAKING: Noordzeker Consortium, Vattenfall-CIP JV Secure Sites in 4 GW Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

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

    Noordzeker, a consortium comprising SSE Renewables, Dutch pension fund ABP and its asset manager AGP, and a joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Zeevonk II, have been awarded development permits for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta offshore wind sites in the Netherlands. Under the tender requirements, the developers will pay special […]

  • 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 […]

  • Brazil Could Tap Into 96 GW of Offshore Wind by 2050, Says World Bank Report

    18 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Research & Development

    Brazil holds a technical offshore wind potential of over 1,200 GW and – with offshore wind strategy and policies, permitting regulations, grid and port upgrades in place – could install as much as 96 GW of generation capacity by 2050, according to a study released by the World Bank Group. The study, conducted by DNV, […]

  • Petrobras to Explore Potential Wind Pilot Project Offshore Rio de Janeiro

    19 June 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Brazilian state-run oil company, Petrobras, has signed a Protocol of Intentions with the Rio de Janeiro state government to conduct joint studies to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind pilot project. According to Petrobras, the agreement establishes cooperation mechanisms, aligns the project with state programmes and policies, and stimulates actions to improve the […]

  • Baltica 2 Final Investment Decision Expected in Second Half of 2024

    5 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted are expected to reach the final investment decision (FID) on the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in the second half of this year, Dariusz Marzec, Chairman of the Board at PGE, said at the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) Conference on 4 June. The 1.5 GW Baltica […]

  • Dutch Government: Several Bids In for IJmuiden Ver, 85 Pct of Tender Points Concern Qualitative Criteria

    29 March 2024
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has received several applications in the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta offshore wind tender, according to the government agency which closed the application period at 5 p.m. (CET) on 28 March. RVO will now assess the applications in collaboration with two expert committees and expects to announce the […]

  • Green Marine UK’s Hydrogen CTV Retrofit Initiative Receives RINA’s Blessing

    30 July 2024
    Business development, Collaboration, Green Hydrogen, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Green Marine UK’s initiative aiming to retrofit CTVs with hydrogen, fuel cells and battery, to cut emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has been granted AiP by RINA.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • US Selects Five Floating Wind Technologies Enabling Mass Production and Deployment in Second FLOWIN Phase

    16 May 2024
    Authorities, Business development, Floating Wind, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Principle Power’s WindFloat, PelaStar, Technip Energies’ INO15, Stiesdal’s Tetra Triple-One, and Esteyco’s WHEEL floating wind platforms are the winners of the second phase of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize in the United States, set up to support technologies that can facilitate mass production and deployment of floating wind turbines. Each of the five […]

  • Vattenfall and BASF Deepen Offshore Wind Farm Partnership Ties

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

    Vattenfall and BASF have agreed the sale of 49 per cent of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms to BASF. Nordlicht is Vattenfall’s second major offshore wind project in which BASF is participating as a partner. In 2021, BASF acquired almost half of the shares in the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in […]

  • Hyundai Heavy Sets Sights on Scottish Floating Offshore Wind

    18 April 2024
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Industry, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Supply Chain, Transition

    Major South Korean shipbuilder, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two Scottish enterprise agencies which is expected to unlock expertise in the design and manufacture of floating offshore wind substructures. Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) signed the MoU with Hyundai Heavy in Edinburgh, described as a […]

  • 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 […]

  • Allseas to Deploy Pioneering Spirit on Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Allseas has been contracted for the transport and installation (T&I) of two substations for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, developed by transmission operator 50Hertz. Located 15 kilometres off the German coast near the Darß peninsula, and with a production capacity of 927 MW, Gennaker will be the largest and most […]

  • BASF, Mingyang Receive Approval for 500 MW Offshore Wind Project in China

    3 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Xuwen Dongsan Offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project, a joint venture between Mingyang Smart Energy and German BASF, has received approval in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China. China’s Mingyang and the world’s largest chemicals producer, German BASF, created a joint venture in July 2023 to build and operate a 500 MW offshore wind farm in China. […]

  • ‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Floating Wind Platform En Route to Installation Site

    12 August 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform according to Mingyang, has sailed out of Guangzhou, China, and is heading towards the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, where it will be installed. The floater is a dual-turbine V-shaped platform and has a generation capacity of 16.6 MW, featuring two […]

  • Neoenergia Deploys Floating LiDAR Offshore Brazil

    1 April 2024
    Business development, Research & Development

    Iberdrola’s renewable energy development arm in Brazil, Neoenergia, has deployed a floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor for wind measurement in an area on the north coast of Rio de Janeiro. The LiDAR system will collect data on wind and sea characteristics in an area located approximately 40 kilometres from the coast. Among other […]

  • Iberdrola Gets Final Federal Go-Ahead to Build New Offshore Wind Farms in Waters Off Massachusetts

    2 July 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Avangrid, a US renewable energy company majority-owned by Spanish Iberdrola, has received the authorisation to build and operate its New England Wind offshore wind farms from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the two projects offshore Massachusetts totalling 2.6 GW, following the federal agency’s Record […]

  • Belgium to Launch Tender Next Month for First Offshore Wind Farm in Princess Elisabeth Zone

    16 September 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain

    The European Commission (EC) has approved a EUR 682 million Belgian scheme to back the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. This approval sets the stage for the auction, planned to be launched on 28 October, for the first 700 MW wind farm in the Princess Elisabeth Zone. The […]

  • First Coastal Virginia Transition Pieces Begin Journey to US

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

    The first transition pieces (TPs) for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project have been loaded onto the heavy load carrier, Sun Rise, and are en route to the US East Coast. On 24 April, MV Sun Rise left the quayside of CS WIND Offshore (previously known as Bladt Industries) in Aalborg, […]