COPENHAGEN, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had resumed work on a U.S. offshore wind project after a federal judge on Monday ruled it could restart construction, opens new tab while the Trump administration’s legal case to fully halt the project continues. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop-work… Read More
1.5 GW farm offshore Normandy would produce beginning 2033 66 euro/megawatt-hour tariff is 47% higher than nearby tender given to EDF in 2023 RWE aims to exit, Total to seek new consortium partner Total executive says France needs new energy planning law to reassure industry Sept 24 (Reuters) – A consortium led by TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens… Read More
Royal IHC and Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI), India’s largest shipbuilding and heavy fabrication company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in the build of Offshore Construction Vessels. The agreement, signed in collaboration with Alar Infrastructure, Royal IHC’s representative in India, marks a pivotal step in expanding Royal IHC’s footprint… Read More
TotalEnergies SE and RWE AG have won a French government tender to build the country’s largest offshore wind farm at the start of the coming decade, a €4.5 billion ($5.3 billion) project off the coast of Normandy. Centre Manche 2 is Total’s largest project in France for more than three decades, a 1.5 gigawatt operation in the English Channel… Read More
New Orleans, LA The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, today announced the Gulf of America Regional Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Post-Lease Activities Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, a key milestone in advancing the Trump administration’s American Energy Dominance agenda. The notice of availability will publish in the Federal… Read More
Ten years of renewable energy from Borkum Riffgrund 1 Over the past decade, our first offshore wind farm in Germany, Borkum Riffgrund 1, has generated nearly 10 TWh of green electricity – that’s approx. 1 TWh every year, supplying the equivalent of around 10 % of Hamburg’s total annual electricity consumption. By harnessing the strong… Read More
US ruling offers temporary relieve for Orsted Risk of credit downgrade reduced, analyst say Project was 80% complete at time of work-stop order Orsted incurs weekly cost of $15.7 million for project COPENHAGEN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab shares rose on Tuesday after a U.S. federal judge ruled it could resume work on… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, filed a motion in federal court… Read More
A major milestone for the offshore wind farm set to become Poland’s largest. The first of four horizontal directional drillings for Baltica 2 is now complete, enabling cable installation deep beneath the beach and dunes, protecting sensitive coastal areas and minimising shoreline impact. ZRB Janicki and Romgos Group successfully installed the protective casing pipe, which will… Read More
One year of South Fork Wind! To sum up year one: this project has been delivering affordable, reliable energy. In its first year of operations, South Fork Wind has supplied energy to Long Island Power Authority that New York can depend on. Through heat waves and growing energy demand, this project is generating electricity 92%… Read More
Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo’s green-energy strategy begins. Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a “trump card” in its drive to make renewables its top… Read More
The United States federal government, under the direction of Donald Trump, has challenged a planned Maryland offshore wind project approval in court. The Trump administration has signed into law several executive orders aimed at reducing the standing of renewable energies in the United States. The Trump administration has implemented a new approach to the energy sector that… Read More
HALIFAX — A prequalification process for potential bidders is among the initial steps announced Saturday as Ottawa and Nova Scotia look to kick-start the development of Canada’s first offshore wind projects. Sean Fraser, minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, was in Halifax where he told reporters the idea is to vet the strength… Read More
Netherlands-based Groeneveldt Marine Construction has handed over a new workboat to local marine services provider Sleepbedrijf Bootsma. Vigilant belongs to a series designed by Groeneveldt to be operated as seagoing work vessels that are also capable of coastal and nearshore navigation. The hull was built by Pattje Shipbuilders while Groeneveldt was responsible for the final… Read More
There are four offshore wind power projects currently producing electricity in the U.S., and four in various stages of construction. Three of the four projects in service are complete and one, Vineyard Wind, is nearing completion. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, meanwhile, has halted work on one of the four projects under construction – Danish… Read More