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By Maria Gallucci The Trump administration has often evoked the plight of whales in its efforts to undermine U.S. offshore wind development — despite there being no evidence that wind-farm activities are harming the giant mammals. But those purported concerns didn’t stop federal officials last week from voting unanimously to override Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled whales in order to… Read More
By Nick Hood China has commissioned a 504 MW offshore wind farm in the northern Yellow Sea, located around 70 km off the coast of Shandong Province, in waters up to 56 m deep. The project is China’s deepest commercial offshore wind development so far and comprises 42 turbines, each with a capacity of 12 MW. At full output,… Read More
April 7 (Reuters) – House Democrats questioned the legality of the Trump administration’s deal to return nearly $1 billion to TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab to stop the development of two U.S. offshore wind farms, according to letters sent to administration officials and the French energy company. U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, both Democrats, sent… Read More
Jan De Nul has launched another next level high-performance vessel: the William Thomson, one of two identical subsea cable‑laying vessels currently under construction. Both vessels have a cargo capacity of 28,000 tonnes and a length of 215 metres. This makes them the largest of their kind. Subsea cables are needed to bring energy generated at sea… Read More
Ørsted Energie, a cornerstone of Ørsted A/S’s renewable energy portfolio, continues to anchor the company’s leadership in offshore wind development, delivering scalable clean power solutions critical for the energy transition. As global demand for sustainable electricity surges, particularly in North America where policy support and corporate decarbonization accelerate, this product line positions investors for long-term… Read More
The Philippines is starting to bet big on offshore wind, with new government policies and auctions aimed at turning its vast marine wind resources into real projects. A World Bank study released in 2022 estimated that the country has over 178 gigawatts (GW) of technical offshore wind potential, and this finding has helped anchor the government’s push to… Read More
By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians have one more month to weigh in on the future of floating offshore wind energy in the state, including a path forward that would abandon the effort for now. State officials extended the deadline to submit comments on the Oregon Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap from April 3 to April 27, before… Read More
The Dutch government has set aside 3.9 billion euros for a new offshore wind farm in the North Sea, Climate Minister Stientje van Veldhoven (D66) said. The government expects the project to cost about €2.3 billion in total. The wind farm, located in the IJmuiden Ver Gamma-B zone more than 60 kilometers off the Dutch… Read More
In the coming weeks, our rock installation vessel Simon Stevin will be working off the Dutch coast for the offshore wind farm OranjeWind. The vessel is installing an initial layer of scour protection on the seabed – the preparatory step in the construction process. The first two loads of rocks have now been successfully installed…. Read More
It’s done! Installation of Hornsea 3’s first offshore converter station is complete! This impressive structure towers 70 metres above sea level – that’s 1.2 times the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa! Made up of the jacket, which is piled into the seabed, and the topside, which sits above, the converter station will play a… Read More
Steady progress at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France. With our jack-up vessel Innovation, 33 of the 62 jacket foundations have now been installed, taking the works beyond the halfway mark for the foundation scope. The works are now moving into the next phase, as inter-array cable installation is set to start, another key… Read More
In a new attack on clean energy, the Trump administration will pay French energy developer TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to cancel two offshore wind projects that would have put at least 37,000 people to work building 4 gigawatts (GW) of new clean energy, enough to power 1.3 million homes in New Jersey and North Carolina. As part of the deal, the company has… Read More
The Trump administration’s latest move against offshore wind underscores a growing disconnect between political rhetoric and real-world results. On one hand, the administration is working to halt offshore wind development – most recently by striking a nearly $1 billion deal to cancel leases off the coasts of New York and North Carolina. On the other,… Read More
By Diana DiGangi Bank of America said in a Monday research note that it has upgraded its outlook on offshore wind developer Ørsted, citing recent developments including the potential for the conflict in the Middle East to “create impetus for fossil fuel independence in Europe.” “We believe that the risks facing Orsted’s US projects have… Read More
Boskalis’ construction support vessel BOKA Atlantic has been operating in Asia for several years. The vessel has been involved in the development of multiple offshore wind farms, where it has also performed a variety of activities. For example, the BOKA Atlantic has filled jacket foundations with grout to fix them to the seabed, carried out… Read More