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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
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Another year is nearly gone, but Arthur Kill Terminal is leagues ahead of where they started 2024. The terminal, which will be constructed with union labor in the early months of 2025, has been in the works for several years. In 2024, the project — run by Atlantic Offshore Terminals — got Mayor… Read More
The Australian government has declared another zone for the development of offshore windfarms, in the Bass Strait in northern Tasmania. The Bass Strait is the sixth area declared suitable for offshore wind development, following areas declared in Gippsland, Victoria; Hunter, New South Wales; Southern Ocean, Victoria; Illawarra, New South Wales; and the Indian Ocean off… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced today that it is issuing a Determination of Competitive Interest in two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. The determination comes after an unsolicited request from Hecate Energy Gulf Wind LLC expressing interest in acquiring a commercial wind energy lease for WEA options C… Read More
Rock solid in Taiwan After an intensive and successful season at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, the final phase of this extensive project has started for Boskalis. With our subsea rock installation vessel Seapiper, we are currently working on the rock installation works at the remaining wind turbine generator locations. This is being… Read More
Zeewolde, December 9, 2024 – Econowind, a leading innovator in Wind-Assisted Ship Propulsion technologies for the maritime industry, announces the appointment of Chiel de Leeuw as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective December 1, 2024. Chiel will play a key role in advancing Econowind’s mission to revolutionize maritime sustainability and expand the company’s impact in the… Read More