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The California Energy Commission has unanimously approved a sweeping plan to develop a massive floating offshore wind industry in ocean waters — a first-of-its-kind undertaking that will require billions in public and private investments and could transform parts of the coast. The new state plan sets the path for harnessing wind power from hundreds of giant turbines, each… Read More
America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the U.S. Several big hitters, including Ørsted, Equinor, BP and Avangrid, have canceled contracts or sought to renegotiate them in recent months. Pulling out… Read More
NREL researchers identify promising locations off US coastlines for installation of technology Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)…. Read More
Steerprop’s fit-for-purpose propulsion system will help to maintain environmental performance and provide the manoeuvrability needed for operations in and around deeper offshore power projects. Set to be delivered in 2026, the Fleeming Jenkin will be the world’s largest Cable-Laying Vessel (CLV) to date. By optimizing the propulsion system to be in line with the ship’s… Read More
Building on existing marine life protections, Ørsted has developed a new, lower-noise installation method that could potentially revolutionise the way offshore wind foundations are installed. The groundbreaking new technology has been successfully tested in Germany, proving that this innovative approach can dramatically reduce noise levels during foundation installations, strengthening existing protections to marine life and… Read More
Up to two additional offshore wind projects are being proposed for the New Jersey coast, and the developers of a third project that already has preliminary approval want to re-bid its terms ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Up to two additional offshore wind projects were proposed for the New Jersey coast Wednesday, and the developers of a… Read More
Damen Shipyards has secured a contract to build a sixth Commissioning Service Operation Vessel for offshore personnel transfer provider Windcat, thus completing the six-ship ‘Elevation Series’ of future-proof CSOVs. The contract marks the further strengthening of the working relationship between Damen, Windcat and CMB.TECH. Windcat will deploy the ‘Elevation Series’ to provide in-field technical and… Read More
A Dominion Energy subsidiary has agreed to acquire a 40,000-acre offshore wind lease off North Carolina’s Outer Banks for $160 million, the Fortune 500 utility announced Monday. Virginia Electric and Power Company, which does business as Dominion Energy Virginia, will purchase the Kitty Hawk North Wind lease from Avangrid, a Connecticut-based sustainable energy company, and… Read More
The United States will fall far short of the Biden administration’s 2030 offshore wind goal but will catch up quickly in the following years, according to an analysis by an industry group published on Tuesday. The American Clean Power Association (ACP) projected there will be about 14 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity along U.S…. Read More
Further to our announcement from 24 January 2024, and following the successful award of Sunrise Wind in the New York 4 solicitation for offshore wind capacity, Ørsted has now completed the acquisition of Eversource’s 50 % share of Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm located off the coast of New York. The purchase price… Read More
GE Vernova aims to install a prototype of its next-generation 15.5MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine in Norway after securing Nkr332m ($31m) from a government-backed agency. The turbine will be installed by the US group’s local subsidiary Georgine Wind at a site onshore in Gulen municipality, subject to final licensing approval by the Norwegian authorities. Deployment… Read More
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project off New Jersey. This is the United States’ ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to be approved since the start of the current administration. With the approval issued on Tuesday, July 2, the DOI has approved more than… Read More
We signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of about 90km of subsea high-voltage export cables. Those cables will bring wind energy generated at the Fengmiao I wind farm ashore. Fengmiao I is the eighth wind farm in Taiwan where we are contributing to. Worldwide, we’ve participated in the… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold public meetings and take comments this month on its draft environmental assessment for proposed offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, announced in April its proposal for an offshore wind energy auction. It would include eight… Read More
Before 1850, flat oyster reefs were a dominant structural and ecological component of the North Sea ecosystem. Due to human influences and a persistent oyster parasite, they have all but disappeared today. Nevertheless, oyster reefs are important ecosystems. They are often called “ecosystem engineers” because they create habitats that support entire ecosystems. On behalf of… Read More