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The world’s first semi-submersible wind farm is making waves with the incredible amount of energy it’s producing. According to Interesting Engineering, WindFloat Atlantic, located off the coast of Portugal, was the first semi-submersible wind farm in the world. Built in 2020, the installation has blown past projections for output in its four years of operation, putting… Read More
BOSTON & HARTFORD, Conn.–Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES) today announced that it has completed the sale of its 50 percent interest in the 132-megawatt South Fork Wind project (South Fork Wind) and the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project (Revolution Wind) to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Adjusted gross proceeds from the transaction were $745 million. Adjusted gross proceeds… Read More
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Van Oord’s subsidiary MPI Offshore has signed a three-year framework contract with Vattenfall for the charter of offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution. The MPI Resolution will be tasked with servicing Vattenfall turbines with a maximum power output of 5 MW across Northern Europe. Wind turbines rotate and inevitably experience wear and… Read More
Lara Jewinat, one of the employee-elected members of the Board of Directors of Ørsted A/S, has stepped down as board member. The first alternate, Leticia Torres Mandiola (Lead Strategy Consultant, Commercial), has replaced Lara Jewinat as employee-elected board member of Ørsted A/S. About Ørsted The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green… Read More
Download this Press ReleasePDF Format (opens in new window) HOUSTON — McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by QatarEnergy LNG for the North Field South (NFS) Offshore Pipelines and Cables Project. This new contract is in addition to the awards received by McDermott earlier for the NFS Pipelines FEED, the… Read More
A proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines received a boost this week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing the Port of Long Beach, which is pursing the ambitious project, to streamline the design and construction of the plan, known as Pier Wind. Assembly Bill 2235 — authored by… Read More
ATLANTIC CITY — The federal government gave a key approval Tuesday to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey, even as residents in the town where its power cable would come ashore worry it could go through underground toxic waste that’s still being cleaned up. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved Atlantic Shores’ plan to construct… Read More
KF Wind, a floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan by Ocean Winds and Mainstream Renewable Power, has completed the geotechnical survey for the first phase of its project, East Blue Power, which has 375 MW of installed capacity. The geotechnical survey was carried out for approximately one month by Geo… Read More
New Jersey’s first planned offshore wind project took a major step forward Oct. 1. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced approval of the Atlantic Shores South plan to construct and operate two wind energy facilities Tuesday. The project, compromised of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind 1 and 2, will stand between Atlantic City and Long Beach… Read More
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it is delaying the offshore wind energy auction planned for potential lease areas offshore Oregon due to insufficient bidder interest at this time. On August 29, 2024, the Department of the Interior announced the Final Sale Notice (FSN) for offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental… Read More
BRIGANTINE, N.J. — Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation. The court cases represent another hurdle the nascent industry must overcome, particularly along the East Coast where opposition to offshore wind farms is vocal and well-organized. They… Read More
Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt have joined forces in the offshore energy sector with four construction commissioning service operation vessel (C-CSOVs) newbuilds in China. Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings has ordered the ships from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for delivery starting in early 2027. The newbuilds will be fit to work in the offshore wind sector… Read More
The projects chosen this month are widely expected to cost ratepayers more than previous projects. BOSTON — Massachusetts residents already pay some of the highest electricity prices in the country and the state is going to need a lot more power as it tries to make a big shift away from fossil fuels. So how… Read More
The federal agency that identifies offshore wind energy areas is in the early stages of siting another possible commercial lease sale for the East Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held an open house last week at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, the first in the multiyear, multistep planning process for… Read More
A company partly backed by the government of France is working to advance an Oahu offshore wind energy project as a federal agency prepares to possibly auction an ocean lease for such use in 2028. Aukahi Energy LLC, a joint venture involving a subsidiary of French utility giant EDF Group, in recent months has publicly… Read More