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Ørsted announced it is divesting a 50% equity stake in three U.S. onshore projects to Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading energy transition-focused investor and the largest private owner of power generation and renewables in the US. The farm-downs include two solar farms in Texas, Mockingbird Solar (468 MW) and Sparta Solar (250 MW), and… Read More
BOSTON — December 16, 2024 — Ørsted announced today it has selected Amanda Dasch as its new Region Americas CEO, tapping a seasoned executive with leadership experience in the U.S. energy sector and several international markets. “We’re thrilled to welcome Amanda to our leadership team and to draw from her 20+ years of energy experience… Read More
The Greater Changhua 4 site is part of our 920 MW offshore wind farms Greater Changhua 2b and 4, which Ørsted are currently constructing and expect to finalise by the end of 2025. The total sales price for the Greater Changhua 4 Offshore Wind Farm comprises the acquisition of a 50 % ownership share and… Read More
Anemoi Marine Technologies completed the installation of five Rotor Sails onboard the 400,000 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC), Sohar Max, making it the largest vessel to receive wind propulsion technology to date. Sohar Max is a first generation Valemax, built in 2012 in China’s Rongsheng shipyard. The project showcased global collaboration between Brazilian mining… Read More
OSLO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab and partners have agreed to join two planned offshore wind projects in Britain into one legal entity, in a move it said would be more cost-effective and help to minimise the environmental impact. The projects are extensions to the operational Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore Wind… Read More
Numerous East Coast states are counting on offshore wind projects to power tens of millions of homes and to help them transition to cleaner energy. But putting wind turbines at sea requires the cooperation of a powerful landlord: the federal government. Soon, that government will be led by President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently disparaged… Read More
Rob Langford, Vice President of Global Offshore Renewables at the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), discusses the growth opportunities for the United States as the nation generates power from offshore wind for the first time. He explains how greater industry collaboration, the upskilling of energy workers, and the repurposing of legacy assets can lower the cost of… Read More
Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, has secured a landmark project to build and install Ostwind 4, a 2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind grid connection that will power nearly two million German households, Drydocks World said in its media release. Awarded by 50Hertz, the Transmission System Operator for eastern Germany, including Berlin and Hamburg,… Read More
The government of Australia has declared a new offshore wind zone in the Bass Strait in northern Tasmania. The zone, the country’s sixth, could support up to 20GW of reliable renewable energy – more than half of the current electricity demand across southeast Australia. This could also contribute to the creation of up to 12,000… Read More
By Sanne Wass (Bloomberg) Denmark received no bids in its largest-ever wind power tender, aimed to more than triple its offshore capacity by the end of the decade. The Danish Energy Agency hadn’t received a single bid in a tender for three offshore wind farms in the North Sea by Thursday’s deadline, it said in… Read More
Ørsted has signed an agreement with Cathay Life Insurance, the leading insurance company in Taiwan, and its affiliate Cathay Wind Power Holdings Co., Ltd, under which Cathay Life Insurance will acquire a 50 % ownership share of Ørsted’s 583 MW Greater Changhua 4 Offshore Wind Farm. Ørsted will continue to own the remaining 50 %… Read More
Brazil’s Federal Senate has passed the country’s offshore wind bill, passing the legislation on to the President for final approval. The bill paves the way for the offshore wind sector to establish itself in the country and deliver clean, secure, and green energy. Offshore wind also presents a huge opportunity for Brazil to play a… Read More
Coos Bay, OR — Oregonians Against Wind Turbines (OAWT) has long been at the forefront of opposing the massive offshore wind energy development proposed for Oregon’s southern coast. Supported by both the state of Oregon and the federal government, this project would place hundreds of towering wind turbines in near-shore ocean waters off Coos and… Read More
One year after the proposed Icebreaker Wind demonstration project in Lake Erie got shelved, there continues to be talk — but little movement — toward erecting commercial-scale offshore wind turbines in the Great Lakes. During an hourlong webinar last week, Cora Sutherland, interim assistant director of the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,… Read More
Developing offshore wind projects along Sweden’s coasts is not commercially viable, a government commission tasked with reviewing and speeding up the system for authorising new wind parks said on Friday. The commission recommended Sweden should switch to an auction system for offshore wind farms, widely used in other countries, but the head of the commission… Read More